Ljos Vindalf's Runes

                              Runes: First Aettir

1 FEHU: COSMIC FIRE
Keywords: Mobile Force. Energy. Fertility. Creation\ Destruction. Becoming.
Mythology: Fire-Etins. The raw archetypal energy of motion and expansion in the
multi-verse. The force that flows from Muspell-Realm: cosmic fire. Fehu, like
fire, is both creative (the formation of the multiverse) and destructive
(Ragnarok). Matter.
Lore: The F-Rune is the essence of a mobile form of power. The basic meaning in
this sense is wealth: money or currency. Cattle were a mobile method of
measuring one's wealth. Fee, a payment, comes from this term, as does
fellowship and friendship, wealth of another kind. Mobile power can also be
seen as the Hamingya, illustrating the concept of a "Guardian Spirit," and
"Luck." The Hamingya is each individual magicians' pool of psycho-mystical
power.
Gold, being one of Freya's attributes is also associated with Fehu.
Brisingamen, Freya's necklace, is made of gold (or amber), thus this rune may
mean fertility. This is money or wealth that comes form one's energy and use of
resources (i.e. one's fertility). The money (minerals) and wealth (fruits) of
the earth is also fertility. Gold is the fertility of the wallet.
Magick: Strengthening psychic powers. increase of personal wealth. drawing down
the moon/sun/divine powers. the "sending rune". energy to create wealth.
Divination: Rune of wealth and expansive energy. new beginnings and the
circulation of power. positive: new beginnings, social success, foresight,
energy, travel, money, control. negative: greed, failure, atrophy, poverty,
discord.
Stone: Moss Agate- friendship and agriculture.

2 URUZ: AUROCHS
Keywords: Archetypal Patterning. Organic Organization. Wisdom. Health. Vital
Strength and Endurance..
Mythology: Audhumla. The Mother of Manifestation. The creating (patterning and
formulating) power in the multi-verse. The dripping Rime (ice, salt, and yeast)
produced when Primal Fire met Primal Ice. Cleansing and transforming by water.
Lore: The auroch was a wild ox, very large and very fierce. In the ancient
Teutonic world, a test of strength was to fight the auroch, and bring back the
horns. The energy of the auroch is indestructable, raw, primitive and
unbelievably strong. Uruz symbolizes strength, persistence, durability, and
adaptability to environmental changes.
Uruz is associated with the primal creative force: primitive, earliest or
original. Audhumla, the great cow which was formed form the dripping rime
produced from fire and ice. She was the "shaping force" that licked the ice
into the primal giant, and was the source of sustenance for the cosmic giant
Ymir.
Uruz is a spiritual or creative force which pervades the universe, a vital
essence. It is protective, as the auroch, when used in defense of one's
territory or children. It is also associated it with the primal well, Wyrd (ON
Urdh).
Magick: Shaping and forming. healing. knowledge of the self. good luck.
realizing causes.
Divination: A formative or protective force. unmanifested but which can shape
things to come. Rune of vital power and will. formation and organic
structuring. positive: strength, constancy, vitality, tenacity, pattern, luck,
health, knowledge, understanding. negative: weakness, obsession, misdirected
force, inconstancy, sickness, ignorance.
Stone: Lava and Pumice- manifestation.

3 THURISAZ: THURSE
Keywords: Force of Destruction. Force of Defense. Action. Applied Power.
Direction of Polarities. Regeneration Following Destruction. Mythology: Thunar
and Myollnir. The directed cosmic force of destruction and defense. The
archetypal instinctual will. Cosmic Phallic Power. Dynamic/Disruptive unity.
Forces of Choas.
Lore: Thurisaz is a great force of defense. "Bramble" or thorny bushes were
used to "fence" and protect boundaries. Thunar is the god that protects sacred
enclosures in much the same way that the thorny hawthorne, blackthorn, or rose
does. It is in this manner that thurisaz is a rune of protection.
Thurisaz is also a force of destruction and the indiscriminatory power of decay
in nature. It is associated with the thurses, or "giants" in the Old Norse.
There were several groups of these beings, the "rime-thurses" or Frost-Etins,
were wise and very old and who fought with the gods. They are primal forces,
elemental in nature.
It is also the rune of regeneration after destruction and fertilization. It is
the rune of sexual libido and lust.
Magick: Active defense. destruction (of enemies and curses). awakening.
preparedness. sex magick.
Divination: Testing and challenge. as well as protection and defense. Rune of
reactive and directed force. catalyst of change through resistance. positive:
reactive force, directed force, vital eroticism, regenerative catalyst.
negative: danger, defenselessness, compulsion, betrayal, dullness.
--Stone: Sapphire- achieving goals

4 ANSUZ: ASE-LORD
Keywords: Reception- Transformation- Expression. Container. Numinous Knowledge.
Inspiration. Ecstasy. Word-Song. Death Mysteries.
Mythology: Wodann. The Ases and Elves. The God of Magick and Inspiration. The
reception of Runic Wisdom. Wodann's gift. The Wind-Song.
Lore: Using this rune, Wodann gives order to the multiverse and ond, vital
breath, to humankind. This rune represents consciousness, intelligence,
communication, and reason. It is the magickal use of sound and chanting runes.
This is the rune of inspired speech and incantation as a creative expression.
It is linked with the ancestors, the magic of speech which passes along
knowledge with the breath of life, the passing of knowledge through the spoken
word, as differentiated from the written. It is the rune of the poet, the saga,
the seer, those of inspired speech. It thus represents the ecstasy of
inspiration, the "swan song" chanting out one's life as he or she prepares to
meet death, the first cry of a newborn baby. It is whistling in the dark to
banish fear. It encompasses the power of suggestion and sublimination.
It is the rune of the Wild Hunt, the movement of the God or Goddess who rides
the howling winds, gathering lost souls and those newly released from life back
into the arms of the ancestors who await them with horns of mead and
pleasurable company.
Magick: increases active magickal power. inspires speech. writing and poetry.
the acquisition of inspiration. and understanding. releasing fetters.
Divination: Inspiration. enthusiasm. transformation. manipulation.
encouragement. compassion. Rune of ancestral sovereign power. archetypes.
consciousness. enthusiasm. the power of the use of symbols for transformation
of consciousness. Rune of Wodann. positive: divine inspiration, word-power,
synthesis, transformation, intellect. negative: misunderstanding, delusion,
manipulation by others, boredom.
--Stone: Emerald- perception and inner clarity

5 RAIDHO: COSMIC CHARIOT
Keywords: Right Action and Order. Cosmic Cyclic Law. Religion & Magick. Ritual.
Rhythm. Journey.
Mythology: Forseti. The Cosmic Law of Right. Archetypal Order in the
multi-verse. Solar Journey. The Journer to the Under/Upper-World. The Chariot
of the Gods.
Lore: This is the rune of ritual, or, the correct way to seek the Gods. It is
the channelling of force according to the natural laws. Rhythm and movement are
important to the concept of Raidho. The sound and dance of the ectatic traveler
who is carried on a circular journey. The spiral journey of the sun on it's
annual course from North to South and back, as in the journey of Nerthus and
Frey's processions. It is the wheeling of stars around the cosmic axis. Raidho
is also the rune of travelling, wether astral or actual. It can be thought of
as the chariot of Thunar or Sunna or any other cosmic "transportation." As the
chariot is primal forces controlled by conscious thought. It is being in
control of the journey of your life. Magick: Strengthening ritual abilities.
access to inner advice. obtaining justice according to right.
Divination: A possible or necessary journey. It can mean a path or road. a way
through a dilemma. It can be a journey in consciousness. or a change in
viewpoint. Rune of ordered change and progress. rationality and right order in
the world. positive: rationality, good advice, action, justice, ordered growth,
journey. negative: crisis, rigidity, stasis, injustice, irrationality.
Stone: Quartz Crystal- clear goal.

6 KENAZ: MYSTIC TORCH
Keywords: Controlled Energy. Ability. Transformation. Regeneration. Will to
Generate. Sexual Lust. Creativity.
Mythology: Freya and the Dwarves (Freya and Brisingamen). Passion, Lust, and
Sexual Love. Fire under human control. The ritual fire burning away the outer
shell to reveal the pure core. Hidden Shaping: Creation of the Swart Elves.
Lore: Kenaz is the flame of transformation and regeneration. It is associated
with kin and the sacred fires of sexual generation. It is the flame of the
forge, the crematorium, the volcano and deep earth energies. It is the
controlled flame of the artist and craftsman. It "breaks out" in unexpected
ways, and holds the power to create and/or destroy. It is a primal force of
creation, in the myths it is fire and ice that produce the life force.
Kenaz is the torch of knowledge passed from one generation to another. On an
inner level, it is clarity of thought, insight, consciousness of the self,
inborn/hereditary knowledge (wisdom passed by the hamingya), confidence, trust
in one's intuition, and determined effort. Kenaz lights the path to inner
knowledge as well as lighting the path during astral travel.
Magick: bring about change. effect a transformation. creative inspiration.
love. gaining occult knowledge.
Divination: It can be a symbol of a sexual relationship or the product of that
relationship. It can be a craft or a creative outlook. It can be the "barrier"
that must be crossed to reach the inner secrets of the shaman or hero on his
journey through the labyrinth darkness. Rune of creativity. the ability to make
and create. art. positive: artistic or technical ability, craft,
transformation, offering. negative: disease, decay, break-up, inability, lack
of creativity.
Stone: Emerald- artistic ability.

7 GEBO: SACRIFICE
Keywords: Magickal Force. Giver- Giving- Given. Ecstasy. Sacrifice. Sex Magick.
Mythology: Wodann's Trial. The gift of self to self for greater wisdom. The
gift of Runic Wisdom. The unconscious magickal force present before creation,
neither god nor goddess. Sacrifice.
Lore: Gebo represents hospitality, generosity and giving. It is generosity and
hospitality as virtues. It is the joining of giver and the one who receives. It
also has the meaning of a gift from the Deities, particularly through union.
The gift is often the wisdom received from the walkyrige, as well as the Blot,
the sacrificial rite. But it is also the concept that a gift demands a gift.
Asking (the god/desses) for something requires a gift returned.
It is a form of the solar wheel used traditionally on the saffron colored sweet
rolls which celebrate the changing of the seasons and the gifts of grain and
wealth from the gods which is given back in the form of sweetened offerings.
It is a symbol of exchanged vows, marriage, ecstacy both physical and mystic.
It is an awareness of the self-sacrificial and balanced nature of love between
two people.This rune also refers to agreements, settlements, legal matters, and
the honoring of contracts. It is the sealing of an alliance by the exchange of
hostages.
Magick: to promote harmony. bring about union. receive divine instruction and
gifts. increase magical power. binding someone to an obligation.
Divination: self-sacrifice. giving and receiving. giving something to gain
something af greater value. be ready to sacrifice your current ideas and state
of awareness and being for the sake of reaching greater wisdom. exchange as a
binding of loyalty. every act demands a payment: when someone gains, someone
else looses. the alchemical marriage and endless exchange of ideas.
partnership. increase because of consolidation. Rune of the gift - of exchange
between two poles. sacrifice of the self. hospitality and generosity. positive:
generosity, gift, magickal exchange, honor, sacrifice, divine vision. negative:
influence buying, greed, loneliness, dependance, over-sacrifice.
Stone: Emerald as an emblem of love and loyalty. Jade to open awareness to the
need of sacrifice to seal a relationship.

8 WUNJO: HARMONY
Keywords: Harmony. Well Being. Fellowship. Binding.
Mythology: Frey, Lord of Elves. Harmonious existence of various affiliated
forces. Harmony and Unity of Will.
Lore: Wunjo contains all that is kind, beautiful, and loving in the Gods and
Goddesses. It is the Divine forces in nature bestowing wishes and giving
blessings. This rune is joy, glory and striving towards perfection. It is the
power of the realization of the true will.
The power of Wunjo is also the fellowship and brotherhood which binds groups of
people together. When all the members of a group work together, victory surely
follows. United we stand, divided we fall is a saying inspired by this rune.
Wunjo is also the energy that binds different fields of force together and is
therefore invaluable in bind runes.
Magick: Strengthens links and bonds. invocation of fellowship and harmony.
banishes alienation. happiness and well-being.
Divination: The Rune of pleasure. finding harmony within yourself and with
society. well-being. positive: joy, harmony, fellowship, prosperity. negative:
stultification, sorrow, strife, alienation. --Stone: Diamond-
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