alu an advanced guide to operative runology epub

Which tools to use? They revolve at the fringes of his mind-sitting out, cloaked, journeying to another place to search for the answers? A ritual to cleanse or heal? A time of fasting and silence to find the inner center? Dancing around the fire until the void opens? The sacred plants and their spirits-will it be one of those dire times? Or perhaps just the fire of the body, brought forth by the sexual responses, or by pain and torment carefully applied to open the paths of the soul? When the client is before him, when the question is asked, when the stones or sticks are thrown and the pattern laid out clearer, then the work will really begin. For this one, the drum, the beats circling round until his head lolls back and sound comes from his throat.īut this is only the preliminary round. Then he picks up the drum and begins the beat, bringing himself into a trance. The stones fall, and he studies their pattern, their sigils, for a long time. There will be a crisis they never come to him unless there is a crisis. Then the wight-claimed one sits naked on a reindeer-skin, one of his totems, and asks the stones about the client who is yet to come. Then the cleansing of the space with smoke of mugwort, the first of the sacred herbs. Morrisville, NC 27560 Introduction: Northern-Tradition Shamanismįirst, the cleansing of the body-a long bath in salt water. Or by any means without the permission of the author. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form Hubbardston, MA 01452 asphodel-press-glyphĭedicated to all my fellow spirit-workers, wherever they may be. Wightridden: Paths of Northern-Tradition Shamanism

Thorsson one of the most respected runic scholars living today, synthesizes the old and the new, the scholarly and the practical, and brings the use of runes in magical work to a new level in ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology.Wightridden: Paths of Northern Tradition Shamanism ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology contains completely new and fresh descriptions of all the individual runes based on traditional sources, runepoems, Old Norse literature, and more. This followup to the classic Futhark breaks new ground by applying current scientific theories on how magic works in traditional societies to the world of practical magic.

Alu an advanced guide to operative runology epub