Ljos Vindalf's Runes

                              Runes: Third Aettir

17 TIWAZ: DIVINE JUSTICE
Keywords: Justice. World Order. Victory (According to Law). Self-Sacrifice.
Spiritual Discipline.
Mythology: Tyr. Divine Law and Order. Force of passive regulation.
Self-sacrifice. Force directed by form.
Lore: A three-fold mystery is contained in the T-rune: justice, war, and the
world-column. The T-rune is primarily one of justice since Tyr is the Norse god
who presided at the thing (the Germanic general assembly). Tyr is also a
War-God: Jupiter-Mars. Judgment was not always arrived at by discussion,
judgment by arms was a common concept to the Norse cultures. It is associated
with the idea that "justice will prevail." The Old English Rune Poem says "Tyr
is a star, it keeps its faith well. It is always on its course over the mists
of night." Tiwaz is the mystery of spiritual discipline (faith) according to
divine law. Magick: obtaining justice. building spiritual will. develops force
of faith.
Divination: it will mean judgment. matters of law. decisions. or guidance. The
Rune of divine balance and justice. sacrifice for the greater good. positive:
troth, faith, loyalty, justice, rationality, self-sacrifice, analysis, victory.
negative: mental paralysis, over analysis, over sacrifice, injustice,
imbalance.
Stone: Coral-

18 BERKANO: BIRCH GODDESS
Keywords: Earth Mother. Birth. Life- Death Cycle. Containment. Moment.
Mythology: Hella. The Great Mysterious Mother. The Dark Empress. Cosmic Birth
and Rebirth. Rites of Passage. Birth- Adolescence- Marriage- Death. Vessel of
cleaning and transforming.
Lore: The B-rune is related to the Great Mother, the Earth Goddess. The Birch
Goddess is the mother of manifestation and of birth and rebirth. The Birch
Goddess is also the Terrible Mother and rules over death. The soul travels to
the safety of her cauldron to be transformed before rebirth. Berkano is the
passive receptor and the conserving protective force. Like the cauldron of the
Goddess, it conceals and protects.
The birch tree was often planted before a home to protect it. The rune is used
in "birthing" new ideas, bringing them to life.
Magick: rebirth of the spirit. protective work. concealment spells. promoting
safety and secrecy. the renewal of spring after a period of winter. realization
of the Great Mother in all things.
Divination: Rune of containment and release of energy leading to continual
renewal. liberation and becoming. positive: birth, becoming, life changes,
shelter, liberation. negative: blurring of consciousness, deceit, sterility,
stagnation.
Stone: Moonstone-

19 EHWAZ: TWIN WAR HORSES
Keywords: Harmonious Duality. Vehicle of Otherworldly Journey. Fertility.
Trust. Loyalty. Legal Marriage.
Mythology: The Alcis, the Divine Twins. Power of Duality. The Divine Hero or
Horse. The love of the God and Goddess. Mobile unity.
Lore: Ehwaz is associated with "twin" gods or heroes, the divine twins, or two
horses. It is the harmonious relationship between two forces. It is the
combination of two forces or entities (man/horse, horse/chariot, man/fetch)
that work harmoniously together towards one goal. This is a rune of trust and
loyalty.
Ehwaz was connected closely to the concept of a man's fetch, the "horse" that
carries one on the journey between worlds. It is the rune of Sleipnir. It
facilitates the journey between the worlds of Yggdrasil. As such it can be used
to obtained hidden knowledge or knowledge from a distance. It can represent a
journey in consciousness, a swifter flight than that of Raidho, and one that is
protected or guided.
Magick: astral travel. trust and loyalty. prophetic wisdom. projection of
magickal power. swiftness.
Divination: Rune of harmonious teamwork and trust. pairs of entities working
together for a common goal. your divine partner/twin/guide. positive: harmony,
teamwork, trust, marriage, loyalty. negative: duplication, disharmony,
mistrust, betrayal.
--Stone: Iceland Spar-

20 MANNAZ: HUMANKIND
Keywords: Divine Structure. Divine Link. Intelligence. Androgyne. Initiate.
Mythology: Heimdall. The divine structure in humankind. The Vitki claiming the
full godly inheritance.
Lore: Mannaz is the mystery of the divine, archetypal structure in each
individual imparted by Heimdall as the progenitor of humankind. Heimdall is the
genetic link between the Gods and humankind. He also represents the physical
link between the Gods and humans, for he guards Bifrost, the bridge to heaven.
Mannaz is the power of human intelligence, rationality, memory, and tradition
It is a rune of the perfected human existence, of which life and death are both
part. It is the rune of mortality. It also represents interdependence and
support, as well as duty and responsibility. No individual is independent of
others, each is part of a larger pattern.
Magick: assistance. bonding with the community. social order. cooperation.
realizing the divine in man. balancing the poles of the personality.
Divination: Rune of the divine structure of intelligence in the human soul or
psyche. awareness and awareness off the horizons of human existence. positive:
divine structure, intelligence, awareness, social order, divine influence in
life. negative: depression, mortality, blindness, self delusion.
Stone: Garnet- Malachite-

21 LAGUZ: WATER
Keywords: Life. Primal Water. Passage to and from Life. Growth. Vital Power.
Mythology: Nerthus. Sea Goddess. Life energy in the multi-verse. The secret
source of all organic life. Elemental Water. Orlog, layers of the past
governing the future. Water journey.
Lore: Laguz is the law of life, throughout the multiverse. Laguz represents the
primal waters of Nibel-Realm that contain the potential of life, which must be
solidified with salt and yeast, and energized with fire before the pattern may
be manifested.
This is a potent rune of initiation. Cultures often sprinkle their young with
water to adopt them into society. It is also the watery rite of passage at then
end of life- the crossing of the primeval waters to the realm of the dead.
The rune may also mean leek, a water plant, and therefore it rules over
herbalism.
It represents ebb and flow, and dark currents. Laguz can be the water in a
well, bubbling up from secret depths, or dark and still reflecting the querent
but revealing nothing beneath the surface.
Representing the Well of Wyrd, laguz holds all the secrets of the unconscious
and the collective or universal knowledge. It represents psychic abilities. It
is the ale which can be charged with runic knowledge. Magick: to develop second
sight and psychic powers. guidance through initiatory rites. gathering magickal
power.
Divination: it is the unknown, the primeval water of birth and creation as well
as death and the abyss. The Rune of the matrix of action. upward growth out of
roots in the unconscious to unfoldment and blossoming in the light. the context
of becoming. unconscious evolution. positive: life, passing a test, sea of
vitality, the unconsciousness, growth. negative: fear, circular motion,
avoidance, withering.
Stone: Pearl-

22 INGWAZ: EARTH GOD
Keywords: Potential Energy. Gestation.
Mythology: Fro Ing. Earth Lord. Power sent into the hidden realms for the sake
of creation.
Lore: Ingwaz is associated with Nerthus as well as Fro Ing. The circuit of the
wagon that was associated with their respective worship insured fertility to
the land. The female consumes the male to replenish herself after she gives
fertility to the land.
Ingwaz is a storehouse of potential energy that must undergo a gestation period
in order to gain strength. It is a rune of ritual embodying action on behalf of
the earth and mankind. Just as the greening of the earth follows the northerly
progression of the sun, and retreats in it's wake, the rune is one of movement
as well as action and reaction.
It is a rune of invocation and action, as well as responsibility. It can be
used to stimulate the growth of slumbering abilities into full growth.
Magick: storage and transformation of power for spiritual use. fertility.
meditation. release of blocked energy.
Divination: it represents a gradual change or an adherence to ritual or
ceremonial responsibilities: Rune of gestation and internal growth. isolation
and separation in order to create a space where transformation may occur.
positive: resting, gestation, internal growth. negative: impotence, scattering,
movement without change.
Stone: Amber-

23 DAGAZ: DAYLIGHT
Keywords: Light. Polarity. Syncretization. Wodannic Paradox. Mythology: Ostara.
The light of day. Sunrise- Dawn- Sunset- Twilight. Cosmic Awakening. Mystic
Light. Transcendent quality of human and godly awareness.
Lore: Dagaz refers to the a day, a period of darkness and light, since the
Norse counted their days from evening to evening, with the mid-point being dawn
and the rising of the sun. It is the rune of awakening, and metaphorically,
rebirth.
It is a rune of paradox, the balancing of opposites and movement, not as
contradictions and opposition, but as counterbalances and compliments. It
represents light, paradox, syncretization. It is the rune of "clear vision" and
"enlightenment." It represents time and space, and the weaving movement of the
loom of life.
Magick: attaining a mystical moment. reception of mystical inspiration.
Divination: the rune of polarization. of sunlight and good fortune. Rune of the
final synthesis of consciousness. the ultimate enlightenment of the mind.
positive: awakening, awareness, hope, happiness, the ideal. negative: lack of
vision, sleep, blindness, hopelessness.
Stone: Diamond-

24 OTHALA: ENCLOSURE
Keywords: Sacred Enclosure. Inherited Power. Preserved Freedom. Prosperity.
Mythology: Middle-Garth. The enclosure in the middle. The stronghold enclosure.
Inheritance of being. Stronghold of the will.
Lore: Othala is the rune of the sacred enclosure, the homeland, the village,
the homestead. It is the family group, its customs, lands and language as well
as the duties and responsibilities that go along with maintaining family ties.
Othala is the rune of inborn qualities that are the result of being born into a
certain bloodline. It is the mystery of the fetch which is a spiritual source
of magickal power derived from the humans' past lives.
It can be used to invoke a solid and peaceful family or group life, and to
continual growth and prosperity. It is the "inherited" wealth that comes from
one's ancestors, the customs as well as property or physical attributes. It
represents the wise management of family assets or one's family or kin. Magick:
maintaining order among fellows. concentration on common interests. collecting
knowledge from past lives. acquisition of wealth and prosperity.
Divination: Rune of the homeland. freedom and security. positive: a home,
group, prosperity, group order, freedom, productive interaction. negative: lack
of customary order, slavery, poverty, homelessness, totalitarianism.
--Stone: Ruby-
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