Initiates of The White Stone

Following from At-al-land & The Book of Enoch on the Inglinga Blog I am going to continue the theme through a look at the Ar-Kan Runes, the system we use within Woden's Folk. This runic system derives from the Anglo-Frisian Rune-Row which was developed in Northumbria and Frisia, two areas on opposite sides of the Dogger Bank area where At-al-land once stood as a continent. Is it a coincidence that this rune-row is the only rune-row that has hidden within it the Mysteries of the White Stone?

Within this rune-row are the two consecutive runes Calc and Stan; these runes mean 'chalk' (white) and 'stone' making - White Stone. But this goes even further when we look at an alternative version of the Stan-Rune -

This is the rune-stave that I have decided to use now within the Ar-Kan Runes since it is important in that it does contain these Ancient Mysteries. The message here is clearly - The Stone of Ing - since we have the Stan-Rune ('stone') within which is the Ing-Rune. It contains far more runes than this, which I have outlined before in another blog, but I will look at some of these here -

• The Man-Rune and its reflection - thus the secret is held within Aryan Man which is the true meaning of 'Man'. 
• The Eh-Rune and its reflection, together with the Germanic Ing-Rune at the centre; this represents Hengest and Horsa - the Horse Twins - and the White Horse Stone which is the 'Birthplace of the English Nation'. The White Horse Stone is also called the 'Inga-Stone', it is also symbolic of the 'Stone of Ing'.
• Two Beorc-Runes facing each other, symbolic of regeneration, resurrection and the Dawn-Time. 
• The rune-stave contains the Sword of Ing within the Stone; this comes through into the Arthurian Legend (Legend of Arctur which is the original Hyperborean Legend associated with Arcturus and Bootes). 
• There are twin Lagu-Runes and their reflection; these represent the waters ('Lac') where the Broken Sword is taken to be mended by the Sun-Hero, Sigurd. 
• Two Wyn-Runes and their reflection - the Wyn-Rune being symbolic of Venus, and twinning them being the Mystery 88. 
• The essence of this rune is harmony, bit also the idea of a 'reflection' from one world into another. 'That which is above is like that which is below'. The Daeg-Rune and its reflection suggest the reflection of the Heavenly Light into an Earthly Light. 
• The Ing-Rune is the Kan-Fusion version as opposed to the Ur-Fusion in the Gar-Rune - a very subtle but important difference. The Kan-Rune is the Rune of Fire, the Rune of the Serpent, the Rune of the Khan. 

One of the tactics used by the Counter-Initiation is to break the Eternal Chain that links us to our Ancestors; this is where the 'Celtic' stuff comes into play because it breaks up the link between the English Tribes and the Germano-Celts who already dwelt here in these islands. The Thule Mysteries which were already present in these islands was taken up and incorporated into the Old English Runes, especially the 33 runes of the Anglo-Frisian Futhork. These were, as we have seen, the Mysteries of the White Stone - the lapis exilis or 'Stone of the Exiles', i.e. the Divine Race 'exiled' from their Original Homeland of Thule-Hyperborea after the 'Racial Sin' and the catastrophe that followed this. Wherever the 'exiles' moved they took with them the 'White Stone' - the Blood Memory or the Memory of Ing. 

The Armanen have been traced through the history of Germany; the Saxon High God was Irmin, Ermin or Arman, whose name was drafted onto one of the main trunk-roads of England-Scotland - Ermine Street. Ireland or Erin both contain the roots Ir or Er, and the latter was said to stem from 'Aryan'. This was the 'Land of the Arya'. Like the Armanen the Initiates of the White Stone seem to have been a Druidic Priesthood, more of a Hidden Order really; they passed their secrets down through the Holy Runes and the Tree Alphabet (Ogham, which is more of a code than a Magical Alphabet). The Initiates of the White Stone would have been the survivors of the sinking of At-al-land; the stone circles, cairns and cromlechs must have been built in very ancient times, disused for some time and then reused once more by the descendants of the builders in order to revive the Ancient Mysteries.

From what we know it would seem that when these islands were isolated somewhat they developed their own unique system to preserve the Ancient Mysteries and that those who did so were associated with the White Stone. This was symbolic of the 'Blood Memory' and also of 'The Pure' ( a name later given to the Cathars). The drawing of the Sword from the Stone may be, at one level, symbolic of the gaining of the Ancient Wisdom from the White Stone. 

The Four Hallows - Cweorth (Sword), Calc (Cup/Chalice/Cauldron), Stan (Stone) and Gar (Spear) - have an interesting sequence. The first and the last - Cweorth (Sword) and Gar (Spear) are the weapons associated with the Graal Mythos, whilst the two central runes - Calc (Cup) and Stan (Stone) represent the Graal itself in its two different versions. We can see that the Calc-Stan sequence means 'White Stone' and this represents the Sang Real or 'Regal Blood' and thus the 'Blood Memory'. The 'Gift of Ing' is the Blood Memory. 

I mentioned Newgrange in the last Inglinga post and its connection with Ingwe as AEngus; another title of AEngus is Macc Oc or Macc Og, the 'mac' meaning the same as 'ing' - 'son of'. This AEngus is the 'Son of Og' or 'Son of Ygg' which is significant. In the Irish tale The wooing of Etain we find this tale and a significant part where the foster-father of Macc Oc, Midir, loses an eye. One of the main legends of Macc Oc directly parallels the wooing of Gerda by Ingvi-Frey. A figure known as Ingcel appears in an Irish Legend about the Midwinter; he is described as a one-eyed warrior. These tales about a ritual death at midwinter where the main character is engulfed in flames and dies in the feasting-hall can be seen as Archetypal Myth. The death of the Wotanist - Robert Matthews - clearly fits this Aryan Myth. 

The myth mentioned above can be found in both Celtic and Germanic Mythology, and are thus Germano-Celtic Mythology, both peoples being the same Germanic stock. The following can be found in Snorri's Ynglingatal -

• King Visbur's sons burn him in his hall.
• Solvi burns King Eistyn in his hall.
• King Ingjald burns six district kins in his hall.
• King Ingjald burns King Granmar and King Hjorvarth in their hall.
• King Ingjald and his daughter burn themselves in their hall.

The Ynglingatal is the 'Tally of the Inglingas' and it is through these Northern European people - the 'Sons of Ing' - that these stories have come down to us. We can find confirmation in the figure of Robert Matthews whose own archetypal myth fits with the Midwinter Tale - the burning of the hero within the dwelling-place. The Middle-English tale of Gawain & The Green Knight stems from the saga of CuChulainn where the 'Beheading Game' is played; and this itself is the Myth of Odin and Mimir, where Odin cuts off the head of Mimir ('memory') in the same 'Beheading Game'. This is Germanic Myth throughout, and the essential link between the different areas and these legends is - Ingwe, AEngus, the Inglingas and the White Stone which represents the Ancient Mysteries of At-al-land and the Blood Memory. 

In The Lay of Hyndla found in the Poetic Edda we find the following verses -

'A Skjolding who, a Skilfing who,

(An Othling who), an Ylfing who...'

and later -

'Thence the Skjoldungs, thence the Skilfings,

Thence the Othlings, thence the Ynglings...'

These names are related by the scop telling the genealogy of Ottar; the names 'Ylfing' ('Wulfingas') and 'Yngling' seem to be interchangeable - the Wulfingas and Inglingas being the same people, or at least the Wulfingas are Inglingas. The basis of the Ingwaeones is Sacral Kingship where the Sacral King is the 'Son of the Mother'. This seems to be associated with the Waene-Cults and is very ancient in Northern Europe; scholars have misunderstood these peoples as being 'Celtic' and thus the 'original' peoples of Europe, whereas the Myth of the First War may well contain hints that the Waene warred with the AEsir from the East and these peoples fused together as the Germanic Folk. This is perhaps one understanding of the myth.

The true founding of the Folk-Nation of the English only came about through the West Saxons who traced their lineage back to Woden, and even further back to Scef-Ing. I have mentioned throughout this of a Hidden Order of Initiates such as the Armanen which surface again and again at important times in order to guide their Folk and alter the course of their history - thus guiding their unique evolution. It is thus significant that the area of the West Saxons was held by peoples known as the Gewisse and Hwicce, both names meaning Wise Ones. Names are not given for nothing, and always have a meaning to them, and the name Wise Ones suggest 'seers' and 'philosopher-priests' who hold the keys to the Ancient Mysteries. In the porch of the Sussex church dedicated to Andrew and Cuthman we find a 'tombstone' said to be that of AEthelwulf, father of King Alfred which has two 'Templar-Crosses' on it. The West Saxons must have had some links to the area of Steyning.

The 'Gift of Ing' is the Sacred Blood and the Blood Memory, but it is also Sacral Kingship - the Line of the Sang Real. This seems abundantly clear from the 'Gift of Ing' as Ken - the Rune of the Khan, the Rune of Sacral Kingship. The 'stone' has always been associated with kingship, as seen through the following -

• The Rightful King has to take the Sword from the Stone.
• The 'Stone of Destiny' which sounds when the Rightful King is crowned.
• The King's Stone found at Kingston in Surrey, where the English Kings were crowned. 

The Sacral King is the 'Son of the Mother', hence why the 'Mother' image has been suppressed over the ages, thus hiding the true nature of Sacral Kingship. Frey and Freya are brother and sister, but also husband and wife; this is always connected to Sacral Kingship. This is also associated with the Morning Star - Venus - and to the Waene/Vanir-Gods. The 'fertility' element is connected to both Man and the Land, one being linked to the other in the Mystical Link between Blood and Soil. 

It is certain from all accounts that these Ancient Mysteries were passed into the growing Christian Church, a ploy, no doubt, that was made in order to hide them from destruction. They could hardly be destroyed when they were part of the new order; they were held safely since the Christian Church did not possess the keys to these Mysteries. It is the 'keys' that open the doors to wisdom; this is perhaps where Peter comes in, for he has the 'Keys to Heaven'. It cannot be coincidence that his name means 'rock' or 'stone'. 

Sacral Kingship was something that needs to be understood, and this can be done through looking at Frey and Gerdr. Frey is the God, Gerdr the Earth - a Giantess. This is important since the Sacral King seen in many cases through the Northlands is married to a Giantess, thus creating the fusion of Order and Chaos, though he is really neither. Woden has the giantess Grid, from whom we get Wid-Ar. The Sacral King, as shown through Ingvi-Frey, is married to the land, known as 'Sovereign' in some cases. The land, the king and the people are one and the same - a harmonious wholeness. The Sacral King was initiated into the Hidden Knowledge, the Ancient Wisdom, and was thus a 'Seer'. The Sacral Kingship depended upon konigheil or 'The King's Luck' which was the heil and maegen held by the King. This is a very ancient concept since it fuses the roles of Priest (Woden) and King (Tiw). They were also attributed 'supernatural powers'. 

One of the best examples of such are the Merovingian Kings who originated in the Sigambrian Franks, and were clearly the Wolsungas of Germanic Mythology. They were 'sorcerer-kings' with 'healing powers' and their tribal symbol was the Tribal Spear - the Spear of Woden. Crystal balls and other such magical objects were found in their graves. We find this to be so with King Raedwald of the Wuffingas whose ship-grave had magical objects such as a Whetstone and a Magical Wand with a wolf's head, as well as other objects that could be related to magic. 

We are far from totally understanding the nature of the 'White Stone' and the Hidden Order of Initiates, nor the whole of the links between these ideas. Somewhere there is a 'missing link' waiting to be found; the key lies in Ingwe as the Divine Ancestor of the English and his association with At-al-land and the 'Shining Ones'. It also lies in the 'Blood Memory' which is our dearest possession, as the Armanen knew and did not tire of telling us. The 'Blood Memory' is not only diluted through mixing, but also distorted through differing Race-Memories through this mixing, a far more dangerous thing since it introduces falsehoods into the Racial make-up. 

One of the enduring legends of these islands is 'King Arthur', a figure who has been used and distorted over and over again. He is most certainly linked to the English originally when we consider him as Arctur, associated with Arcturus in Bootes. He is originally part of the most ancient Polar Mythos connected to the Great Bear ('Arth Fawr') and to Draco (Pendragon = 'Head of the Dragon'). The Seven Stars of the Great Bear and the Seven Stations of the Pole Star relate to his original Hyperborean Myth. With the changes that occur through the Cycle of the Ages he became part of the Solar Mythos where the Twelve Knights of the Round Table, plus Arthur, make up the 12 + 1 numerology of the Solar Mythos. The first is Hyperborean and the second Atlantean. With Arthur (Ar-Thor) we find the Sword in the Stone, but we also see him as the vital link between the Hyperborea and Atlantean Mythos. 

Arthur, in some sense, is the continuation of this, the link between the First Polar Centre and the Second Atlantean Centre, the shift from the North to the North-West. Yet, when we consider this figure from that point of view, and not the Christian Arthur of Welsh Legends, then we peel away the outer skin to find Scef-Ing or Ingwe. Ingwe forms the link between the Polar Mythos (as Scef he clearly comes at the end of a Golden Age), and the Atlantean Mythos (as At-al-land). Although Arthur has been heavily promoted, and used over and over again for the agenda of power-hungry tyrants, the figure of Ingwe appears over and over again throughout these islands as a kind of 'Hidden God'. As much as scholars try to create a human figure out of Ingwe or Ingvi-Frey, underlying this is a Divine Hero whose origins lie with the Gods. In fact he is one of the 'Shining Ones' who were probably demi-gods, but their origins laying with the Gods who mated with Man. 

Scef originated in Scandi - the 'Shining Island' or the 'Isle of Splendour' - which was the White Island of Aryan Myth. He came at the end of a Golden Age, bringing hunting and agriculture to the Ingwaenes. He appeared in a dragon-ship or swan-ship (most see the latter as being the true  vessel), with the Sun-Disc on its sails. His 'resurrection' happened on August 11th 1999 when the Solar Eclipse brought back to life the 'King of the Angles'. Connected to Bootes he is 'The Coming One', and here we see his 'resurrection' being the role of the 'Once and Future King'. Like much of our Aryan Mythology the Legend of Ingwe has been overlaid with the Legend of the Celtic Christian Arthur. Ingwe-Arcturus has been transformed into 'King Arthur'. 

It can be no coincidence that our English Mythology and English History is now coming to light through the lies and deceit that have distorted it. This is due to the Resurrection of Ingwe. Nor is it a coincidence that the White Stone of Ing and its mysteries have surfaced again at this time. The nature of the stone in the church at Steyning is not of local stone; at first it was my thought that it may have come with the Anglo-Saxons from elsewhere, and we have seen how there are links to both North Wales and Ireland through the 'White Stone' symbolism. 

In the Ar-Kan Runes we have the symbolism of the White Stone of Ing (Calc-Stan) guarded on both sides by the Sword of Tiw and the Spear of Woden - the 'Sword of Victory' and the 'Spear of Destiny'. In Tolkien's Mythology the first lands were named Beleriand in the Far North and when this sank there was a continuation into Numenor-Atalante where the kingship was through the High Race of the Numenoreans whose name started with Ar-. This is the origin of the name Ar-Thur, for Ar represents the Solar Race. This continued into Ara-Thorn (Ar-Thur) and then to Ara-Gorn whose role in 'Lord of the Rings' is well known. That the prefix -ara symbolised the Sun and the Solar-Race is clear when the Armanists used the title Arahari as the Sun-God. 

We will go back to the name 'Og' which is shown to be a variant of 'Ygg'. In Norse Mythology 'Ygg' is an older name of Woden-Odin, as we are told in the texts. And where we use the name Ingwas for the Rune of Ing, the Goths use the name Yggws; could 'Ygg' and 'Ing' be one and the same? The Greek 'ing' would be written 'igg', which seems to underline this statement. Since 'Ygg' is the older name, and we find the name 'Og' here in these islands, then it is quite possible that the name stems from the time of At-al-land since Tolkien has it that Ingwe led the tribes back here to these islands. Ogma - the Sun-God, -and the Ogham Code come from this name too. I have shown that the name Woden and Gwydion are both associated with 'magic' and also with the 'forests' (Herne the Hunter). Significantly, we find the name Og here in England and Ogma in Ireland, and links have already been found between these two nations in ancient times. And the links between the English, Scots and Irish seem to be via an ancient god-form named Ingwe-AEngus (there is a variant of Ingwe as Ingus). We know from one source that the 'God of the Goths' was Ingwe; it is found carved on an piece of jewellery. 

We have the names Jutland and Gotland in Scandinavia, the latter being pronounced 'Yot-land'. These may well be variants of the same names of the ancient Goths, just as the Geats are also considered to be the Goths. The Goths are perhaps the most ancient in name of the Northern Tribes. Their name is related to both 'God' and 'Good', and the title of Odin as Gaut tells us that he was 'God of the Goths'. The name 'Og' seems to give rise to the later 'Ogre' which was probably due to the Church and its twisting of the truth. Whatever the case we do have grounds to see in this 'Og' an older name for Woden here in these isles. 

It is also significant that the Anglo-Frisian Rune-Row has a significant numbers of trees, two of these being added through the last AEttir -


Thorn - Thorn/Hawthorn/Rose,

Eoh - Yew,

Sigel - Willow,

Beorc - Birch,

Ac - Oak,

AEsc - Ash,

Yr - Yew (Bow),


I have left out Ken which can have the meaning 'Pine Torch' but this is not strictly stated in the OE Rune Poem. Feoh has been related to 'Fir' but again this is not stated. Sigel is (as Runebinder pointed out) salix related to the Sun, and to this rune. The staves of Feoh, Os, Ken and Eolhs do resemble a tree in some form, especially if they are written back-to-back. The last three - Ac-AEsc-Yr - included in the lengthened English Row must be significant.

There is a link between Ior (Serpent), Ear (Eagle) and Cw-eor-th (Fire-Twirl); just as there is a link between the last three runes - Calc (Cup), Stan (Stone) and Gar (Spear). There was a link between the Irminsul (Ear), the Serpent (Ior) and the Stag in Dorset, where legends of this have come down to us. These links seem specific to these islands.

Wotan's Krieger has pointed out that the 33-rune row may have been the earlier row, and both he and I have quoted Marby about the connection to Atlantis (At-al-land in Folkish Wodenism) which Marby stated many decades ago. He also knew of the area of the Dogger Bank which has only just been the subject of archaeological studies again. When we find one of the Fourth AEttir - Ear or Cweorth - in the rune-stances of the Horn of Gallehus this proves their magical use at some level, and also that the extra runes were not added later, but had been there as the Mysteries of At-al-land. Like the Graal Mythos they originated here in North-West Europe. There are three specific symbolic figures shaped like the Cweorth-Rune - the Long Man, the Herne Giant and the Atacama Giant in Peru (Peru was the seat of the Inkas or Ingas). 

When 'St. Patrick' went to Ireland he 'slew all of the serpents' which some of the gullible may believe; others may see this as 'slaying' the Serpent-Cults, just as 'St. George' slew the Serpent-Cults here in England. 

Such symbols as the above could well represent the Four Elements - Earth, Air, Fire and Water. But four dots would do to symbolise this; the four 'legs' come from a central point - the Sacred Centre - which suggests a Fifth Element. The secret of the White Stone of Ing suggests that the 'Gift of Ing' is Fire. Within us is the Divine Spark ('Light of the Gods') which is probably the same as saying 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within'. This is the Serpent-Fire.

The Serpent moves over the crown of the head, meeting at the centre of the forehead (Mind's Eye) with the Swan/Eagle/Dragon. The 'Irminsul' (nose-piece) is the ond-weg which is the 'Way of the Vital Breath' (ond). The secret here is that the Fire of the Serpent has to be 'fanned' through the use of the rhythmic breath (air) in order for it to become a 'Flame' and thus 'illuminate' the body of the Initiate. The Woden Initiate is 'enlightened' through this process, he becomes a Body of Light. This Fire acts to purify the body in order that it can become enlightened, just as Surt's Fire will purify the Nine Worlds. 

In order to understand the White Stone we should also bring into play the Calc-Rune, which is the Yr-Rune of the Younger Futhark and the Armanen Runes. This is usually called 'The Death-Rune' and it may well be the rune associated with the 'Death Mysteries'. However, the name calc is Latin and not Old English, so it has been added into this for some unknown reason. It is the stem of 'chalk' which is a 'white stone'; but chalk is also associated the movement of water within the Earth. We find many of the 'crop-circles' occur in chalk-lands in the South of England. 

I have associated the Calc-Rune with Kalki; Hamasson has seen this as being linked to Kali too. One does not rule out the other; in fact Kalki and Kali are themselves linked in Hindu Lore, and each rune has its equal and opposite meaning. The irony is that 'Kali' is black whereas 'calc' means chalk which is white. There are subtle hidden secrets here. We are here interested in the 'White Stone' so we need to unravel this paradox. Logically, since this is a 'cup' or 'chalice' it should be the upright version - Eolhs - and not the inverted one as it is. This suggests the cup being poured, and we find this image in the Age of Aquarius with the 'water-bearer' who is seen pouring water from a vat or container. But if this represents the 'Graal' then it is pouring out the 'Sacred Blood' (Sang Real). We shall come back to this theme.

When we speak of Blood Memory we must beware not to think that this is a physical connection to blood alone. Many scientists believe that the mind resides in the brain, but if we are to believe in some form of life after death this is totally impossible. And when ancient seers sent their souls out of their bodies they were sending out their consciousness, which obviously does not rely wholly upon the physical form but can leave it at will. So consciousness does not reside in the human brain. Everything is consciousness, the cosmos is like a 'Great Thought' and not a machine as science taught us. Quantum Science is finding this to be true. 

Both the Chalice and the Stone have associations with the Graal; there is also the Philosopher's Stone of the Alchemists, which seems to be associated with immortality. The key to all this seems to be that the term 'White Stone' is the link to the Graal Mythos; if right then the Runic Initiates that created the Old English Rune-Poem hid within it the key to the Graal Mythos. They hid it by changing the rune-name to calc which symbolised 'white', putting this next to stan which means 'stone'. Around these two they hid the 'Graal Weapons' - Sword and Spear. In the last rune - Gar - they gave away the secret that the Spear of Woden (Spear of Destiny) was associated with the Graal Mythos. The 'White Stone' could well be a hidden code for a Hidden Order that operated here in these isles. The first rune of the Fourth AEttir is ac meaning 'oak'; is this a coincidence since it is the tree associated with the Druids, and even more of interest is that it is the tree associated with the Royal House of the Wolsungas, who did represent an Elite Order - a Divine Race spawned by Woden in the forests of Germania. 

As Hamasson has pointed out time and time again stan was once used as a 'marker-stone' or 'boundary-stone' and the boundary is a point of liminal space since it is neither in nor out of a territory. Hence why Woden was associated with the boundary and the crossroads, both having the same properties. The names Hindu-stan, Paki-stan, Afghani-stan, Khazak-stan and all of the other areas with the suffix '-stan' show this clearly - it is an ancient Aryan word. The fact that this is a point of 'in-betweenness' is important, since this stone can represent this particular state - in both the physical world and the spiritual world. The stone is 'open' like a doorway or a portal into another world; the opening is 'guarded' by Ingwe (Ing-Rune). The Twin-Horses (Eh-Runes) are the means of travelling between the worlds, and Ingwe is the 'portal' at the centre. As I have shown in posts from way back, the Divine Twins are associated with Ingwe in a subtle way. 

There is a faint image of a horse on the White Horse Stone or 'Inga-Stone'; the stone is connected to the burial of Horsa ('Horse'). Throughout these islands we have the White Horse, the White Boar, the White Dragon, the White Rose and the White Stone, all of which are interconnected in the Web of Albion - the White Island. Albion - Alban - Albania - these are all interconnected names, all stemming from the  Germanic Root *alb meaning 'elf' or 'shining', and all also meaning 'white'. 

The figure of Irmin or Arman is always shown with the symbol of the White Rose of Albion. The Irminsul was erected by the Saxons in Germania; the White Horse is a specifically Saxon Symbol. The problem is that we do not know whether the White Horse originated in what is now Saxony or whether it came from here in these islands originally - or maybe even back to the time before these became islands. The same goes for the White Rose. The Rose is in fact the Fehm Star or Five-Rayed Star, this symbol being derived from the rose shape. The five-pointed star is also found in the apple cut into halves - it is a symbol of the planet Venus for one thing. The rose can also be a symbol of Venus. 

As I have stated, the Ior, Ear and Cw-eor-th runes are connected and the Serpent is an important symbolism here. The 'Dragon-Ships' of the Vikings is a clue to the importance of this symbol to the Germanic Folk. The English also used such symbols on their ships, so it is recorded. The Saxons came across the seas with their sails bearing the Golden, Winged, Coiled Serpent of Germania, as told in the Mabinogian. We shall be looking more closely at the Serpent Symbolism which was used extensively in these isles, and may have a link to the Initiates of the White Stone. 

The Runes & The Tree

We call the 'Cosmic Tree' by the name Yggdrasil - the 'Steed of Ygg'; it is also known as Irminsul - the 'Column of Irmin'. Despite sometimes being seen as different these two are merely Saxon and Viking concepts stemming from the same roots. They are both symbols of the 'Cosmic Tree' and the 'World Tree' one working at a cosmic level, the other at a world level. The 'White Tree' is also symbolic of the White Race, another point to consider when studying this are of research. 

In the Tarot Card named The Hanged Man the figure of a man hangs upside-down from a Tau-Cross (T-shape). This is a living tree (not the dead tree on which 'Jesus Christ' hung) as can be seen from the green shoots from the cross-piece. The figure also has a 'halo' suggesting 'enlightenment' and his body makes the shape of a Cross above a Triangle. Whether Woden hung upside-down we do not know and are not told specifically. All we are told is that he peered downwards before crying out and picking up the Ancient Runes. 

However, there are strange accounts, and many of them, suggesting that the 'World Tree' is itself upside-down with its roots in the heavens and its branches in the underworld. What we are to make of this I do not know, but there are also strange traditions here in England (and probably elsewhere too) that have places named 'Upper.....' below places named 'Lower.....' In the Eddas the roots are said to come from 'above'. This is also the case in the Aryan Vedas, the oldest texts in the world. 

Trees on this earth grow upwards from their roots which are in the soil; so where does this image of an upside-down tree come from. It is possible that here we have a representation of the Cosmic Tree rather than the World Tree, although by the Hermetic saying 'As Above - So Below' these should be the same. However, some Vedic scholars do believe that this is a representation of our universe. 

The human body is a 'World Tree' in microcosm, and here was can see that when we place the Ar-Kan Runes along the spinal column they move from the top down to the bottom, from Feoh at the top down to Gar at the bottom. This is the only logical way that they will fit into the pattern of the human backbone which works as 7-12-5-5-4, the last 9 being the fused vertebrae of the sacrum and coccyx. There are 24 of the vertebrae apart from these which fits exactly with the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark. Thus, the runes move downwards within the human body, at least if we use them as they have been laid down to us. 

But....the second vertebrae from the top is called after Atlas, the god who held up the world. And the one rune which itself shows a glyph of Atlas is the Edel-Rune, which if we use this system would be down at the bottom of the spinal column, not at the top. However, were we to reverse the first 24 runes and go from bottom to the top then the second from the top would be Edel, the 'Rune of Atlas'. In doing this we would either throw the whole thing into disorder, or we would have to use the first 24 runes in the reverse order and the last 9 runes in their normal order. 

However....if we see the human body as being like the Earth, with a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere then things change. The electro-magnetism of the Northern Hemisphere is anti-clockwise (as seen by the growing movement of runner beans up a cane and the movement of water down a plughole), and that of the Southern Hemisphere is a clockwise movement. If this were projected onto the human body then there is a case to see the top part of the body being opposite to the bottom half. In which case the reversal of the runes makes sense. We would need to place the centre of the body around the 'navel', which is a word that refers to a 'centre'. We could, of course, project this idea onto the World Tree and Cosmic Tree.

If we imagine this process then the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark (Feoh to Daeg) could be seen to move upwards, ending at Daeg - which suggests 'balance' and 'enlightenment'. This makes a good deal of sense. The Widdershins Swastika is the 'Swastika of Return' (Miguel Serrano) and being anti-clockwise this would mean a return to the roots. If the 24 Runes move upwards - towards the roots - again this makes sense of all this.

The runes in the new rune-row given to us in 2012 are, as I have often stated, made up of at least 11 runes with an directional arrow pointing either upwards or downwards. I have on a couple of occasions pointed this out as being significant, but not knowing why this is so. Perhaps we have here a hint at 'polarity' and even the reversal of the poles which happens every so many thousands of years - we are told. This was also part of a dream that I had years ago, and was sparked by a meditation on the Tiwaz-Rune before going to sleep that night. The Tiwaz-Rune is an 'arrow' or 'spearhead' - a directional marker.

The particular rune of interest here is in fact the AEthel-Rune which has the Germanic Ing-Rune (Diamond - which also occurs in the Edel-Odal Rune but with an upward-pointing arrow below it) and a downward-pointing arrow underneath it. This, to me, now suggests the Earth (diamond) whose electromagnetism is reversing at the poles. This may indeed be the meaning of the change in this rune-stave. These are changes for the future I may add.

We are told by establishment scholars that the extra nine runes of the Old English Runes were added onto the original twenty-four runes of the Elder Futhark. However, Marby and others have seen the 33 Runes as originating in At-al-land, the lost lands of the Dogger Bank area. If so then these are the Elder Runes. Either the Anglo-Saxons brought with them the 33-rune row, they developed the extra 9 runes over here, or the 33 Runes originated here, were taken over to what is now Frisia, Northern Germany and Southern Scandinavia, and were brought back again in later times. This seems to have been the movement of the Ingwaeones, so logically it could also be the movement of their Holy Rune Row. 

In the Dream of the Rood we find the secrets of the Rad-Rune or Rit-Rune where the Hero-God - Krist - hangs upon a 'Bleeding Tree' topped by a luminous Sun-Wheel. The tree represents the Cosmic Tree which is 'bleeding' (like the Cosmic Krist) because it is wounded, it has been wounded by the Dark Forces. The tree has been wounded by 'arrows' just as the Sun-God Baldaeg was (in some accounts) wounded with arrows. (*) The 'Sun-God' is here the Hero-Krist who hangs upon the Bleeding Tree. The Anglo-Saxons held a far truer account of the Cosmic Cycles of the Ages when they recognised what this 'dream' or 'vision' actually referred to. This is a far better account than that of the New Testament which has been 'doctored' to suit the agenda of a power elite.

The figure of the Aryan Krist hanging upon a Bleeding-Tree can be understood through the Rad-Rune. This rune shows an upright stave (Stone Pillar or Tree Trunk) with a zig-zag pattern of blood flowing down it. The zig-zag pattern is found in the reversed Sig-Rune which forms part of the Rad-Rune, attached to the upright Stone Pillar or Tree Trunk. Sig is thus linked to the idea of the 'Blood on the Pillar' or the 'Bleeding Tree' and forms the symbol of that Holy Blood. If we see the Rad-Rune as a glyph of the God-Man on the Tree, then he hangs in the upright position and not inverted; at least that is what it seems to be, though we cannot be sure. In every rendering of 'Christ' on the 'Cross' the figure is upright, and this usually bears some resemblance to the original archetype. 

This type of Shamanic Ritual (which it is) is usually an Initiation and in this case a Sun-Initiation. The figure hanging upon a Bleeding Tree, in suffering and pain, is the Sun-Initiate who has to suffer in order to reach a stage of higher consciousness. This is reflected upon Earth through the pain and suffering needed for our Folk to reach a higher stage of consciousness. Woden's Initiation ended with his peering downwards, crying out a magical formula, and then 'seeing' the runes and their secrets. These secrets, we may imagine, were held within the World Tree or Yggdrasil. 

The Rad-Rune is also known as the Rit-Rune - the Rune of Cosmic Order or Rita. Thus, the 'Bleeding Tree' represents a 'wound' in that Cosmic Order, a 'disorder' that has entered it. The Hero-God must also suffer this 'disorder' or 'wound' in order to see what is involved, to see how this has come about. Before he can be revived and brought back all of Nature must weep tears of sorrow, must experience itself this suffering of the Cosmos. The world must pass through Fire and Flood before it can be renewed whole once more. 

At one level the 'Bleeding Tree' is the White Tree which represents the White Race and its suffering today. This has come about by evil Dark Forces that seek the destruction of our Folk; yet we should see this not in negative terms but as a challenge, as a struggle for survival, and as a means to overcome our human limitations and rise to the Divine, rise to the heights in order to become the 'Higher Man' - the 'Superman'. It was the struggle of the Ice Age that kept pure the Folk of the North; only in such harsh conditions could the Northern Barbarian survive and hold on to his purity of Blood and Spirit. In areas further south intermixing destroyed everything that had been built in the ease and comfort of the warmth and easier climate. In the harsh, cold, wet northlands this people remained true to their roots, to their blood and to their kin.

Unlike Buddhism we do not see suffering as such a problem, and we do not wish to leave the 'Wheel of Suffering' but to see this as part of our upward evolution towards the God-Man. The aim is not to be dissolved back into 'The One' but to achieve the uniting of the opposites (Male-Female) but to pass beyond this where the 'I' remains and becomes the Absolute I. The Sun-Initiate would create his own 'Son of Man' and thus achieve immortality, become immortal, a God-Man. In the Golden Age mankind was like a child, this process will be the adulthood of mankind - to grow into the God-Man. 

In the Old Testament (taken from earlier Aryan sources as well as Semitic) there are two trees - the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life, the latter being the Tree of Immortality which, as it states makes man become 'as gods'. This is the tree denied to us by El Shaddai/Jehovah, but the tree offered to 'him that overcometh' by the Krist of the New Testament. Notice that immortality is offered to 'him that overcometh' and not to those who have 'faith' - its is for the few who struggle against all odds. 

LUWA-TUWA

This is a runic formula often quoted in runic books without knowledge of what it means. When we split this and use as a gealdor - LUWA - we find that the sound merges into ALU with the 'W' becoming silent. This has to be done over and over again until this happens. The same goes for TUWA which, when done over and over, becomes ATU with the 'W' becoming silent once more. When done together the sound ALU-ATU becomes clearer as the chant is repeated. Thus, no matter the spelling of this word the sound comes out quite differently. The IE Root *at-al stems from one root of the Tocharian at-al where at means 'over', 'beyond', 'super' and al means 'nourish', 'to foster'. This suggests a 'noble fostering' and goes beyond this to the Superman. Both of the components of the IR Root *at-al are contained in AL(U)-AT(U). (**)

The ALU-ULA formula has to fit onto the World Tree as Mount Su-Me-Ru which is the human spinal column. The trunk of the tree and the mountain are both symbols of the same thing - the spinal column. Whereas the Roots AL/UL refer to 'Light' the Root *at can mean 'to go' but is also related to *atar which means  'fire' in the sense of 'blackened by fire'. This is associated with the Fire-Worship of the Aryans of Persia and India. The ALU-ULA is used as a spiritual exercise in Folkish Wodenism and is linked to the three Energy-Centres of the human body, and thus the three Energy-Centres of the Cosmos. These would be connected to the World Tree. 

It is known that the Heart emits 5,000 times as much electro-magnetism as the human brain; thus the Heart-Centre (Lagu) is a powerful source of human consciousness, associated with the emotions rather than the logic of the left-brain. Legend has it that before 'The Flood' the Serpent climbed the World Tree but only reached as far as the Heart-Centre; it must continue its climb until it reaches the top of the World Tree. It thus moved from Ur up to Lagu and must now reach to the Gods Ansuz who are the 'Ancestors' and thus the 'Origins' - by moving upwards to the heights we have to move downwards to the origins. 

The Daeg-Rune fits with the head since it appears to be a glyph of the right-brain/left-brain function which centres upon the Third Eye or Pineal Gland. The two hemispheres of the brain are found in the one glyph and balancing them is also inherent in the rune. This brings the 'Light of Day' or 'en-light-en-ment' or 'illumination'; the body is made up of water in the main, but scientists have already found that cells emit light and that there is thus a 'Body of Light' within our make-up. The White Tree is the 'Tree of Purity' to which we all should strive towards. The tree is also symbolic of a wholeness too, again something that we need to strive towards. The Aryan Tree will be the Aryan Race - the Coming Race. 

(*) The god slain by arrows is baeldaeg since in Beowulf we find Heathcyn (Blind Hod) slaying Herebald (Here-Bealdaeg) with arrows. We find a similar symbolism in the slaying of King Edmund by the Vikings - Edmund the Wulfinga.

(**) This idea of chanting the LUWATUWA comes from Paul Waggener of the Wolves of Vinland and Operation Werewolf but I have extended it to show how it fits with our work on the ALU-ULA Formula. Credit must go to Mr Waggener for thinking this one up though. His idea does explain the use of such a formula and also its link to 'ALU' which at first is not clear in the LUWATUWA runes. Since the formula is indeed etched in runes it would be logical that the individual runes are as important as the formula itself. Especially since there is no 'logical' meaning of the runes here. 

Analysing the formula - LUWATUWA - this would not work without the 'A' being after LUW and TUW; indeed, having just said that the words LUW and TUW are very much like Lugh and Tiw which are both gods associated with the Light, one with Woden (Lugh) and one with Tiw. There are many hidden meanings in this formula as we are beginning to see. Woden and Lugh are associated with the World Tree. 

The Thorn Rune

This rune-stave is called Thorn in the Old English Rune Row and Thuraz or Thurisaz in the Common Germanic Futhark and Elder Futhark. There are thus four distinct meanings we can get from this rune -

1. It is a Thorn of Protection. 

2. It is the Sleep-Thorn and the Thorn of Awakening. The 'Sleep-Thorn' concept we find in 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'Dornrose" (Thorn-Rose). 

3. It is the Thurs-Rune which is the rune of the Thurs, the 'Giants', the Agents of Chaos.

4. This is the Hammer of Thunor which can be seen if the 'point' is placed downwards and an upright stave placed on the top of it. 

There are more meanings than this but these will be the subject of this post; they are enough to give an idea of the meaning of the rune-stave. We shall now go through the above meanings -

1. Thorn of Protection. The thorn, whether of the rose, the briar, the hawthorn, the blackthorn or whatever is a protective device for the plant or tree. The symbol is thus one of protection, especially passive protection although this is a rune used for active protection too. The hawthorn is especially used to protect the boundary of a home or hamlet - a tribal boundary. Invariably, a Solar Hero has to get through a hedge of roses or thorns in able to get to the 'maiden in distress' - his Higher Self in mystical terms. 

2. The Sleep-Thorn and the Thorn of Awakening. "Sleeping Beauty" is put to sleep by being pricked with a thorn or a spindle; she is pricked with the Sleep-Thorn. Sigdrifa or Brunhild are put to sleep by Woden pricking her with the Sleep-Thorn. This is the basis of the "Sleeping Beauty" tale anyway, and she is the 'Higher Self' of Sigurd the Wolsung. This seems clear when Sigurd betrays her (even if the fault was not his own) by marrying another 'earthly' queen. His luck ends there and from then on he is doomed to die. They are united after death though. The Thorn of Awakening is that which awakens the individual or the Folk; sometimes it takes suffering to awaken people and this is perhaps the meaning of the rune. No pain - no gain! A people sometimes need pain and suffering to wake them from their slumber and apathy. There is another, hidden, meaning in this concept because Sigdrifa is 'pricked' by the Sleep-Thorn to be awoken only by the Sun-Hero who has to pass through the Vafer-Flames to get to her. There they are 'united' as one, and the hidden code may be that she gives birth to Aslog ("Law of the Asen") through their union - through being 'pricked' by the Thorn. 

3. The Thurs are something like the Joten and sometimes the names seem to be interchangeable. In Christian times these were seen as 'demons' or 'evil beings' and we find the same with the Joten, though sometimes some of them (especially the Giantesses) aid the Gods. In both the Icelandic Rune Poem and the Norwegian Rune-Poem the Thurs are deemed a curse to women. No reason is given for this idea. In the Icelandic Rune-Poem Thurs is linked to Saturn; this is interesting in that the Germanic Tribes did not name a day of the week after Saturn, they called this day 'Sun's Eve'. There is also a strange thing about our 'Thursday' which is named 'Thurs-Day'; originally this was 'Thunor's Day', named after Thunor-Thor. I am not sure whether the modern 'Thursday' is a simple corruption of the original, or whether the day was deliberately altered, as was our 'Saturday". The Aryans were always the Sons of the Sun, whilst only the Judaic Religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - appear to have symbols dedicated to Saturn. 

4. The Hammer of Thunor is the Hammer of Creation, the Hammer of Destruction, and the Hammer of Protection. Thunor is an offspring of the Thurs-Joten and the strongest of the Gods; his role is the destruction of the 'Giants' in order to uphold Cosmic Order and World Order. Or rather, we could say Thunor upholds Cosmic Order by keeping at bay the Forces of Chaos (Giants), whilst the role of the Arya is to uphold World Order here in Midgard, their role to keep these Forces of Chaos at bay on Earth - or rather to counter the Servants of Darkness as we shall call them. Thunor's destructive powers are there to destroy the enemies of the Gods in order to uphold Cosmic Order. The Fylfot-Swastika is the Hammer of Thunor in flight. After the Ragnarok the Hammer of Thunor will change direction to become the Hammer of Creation. 

Someone once wrote that the Thurs-Rune has the power of the Atomic Bomb, as such being a very powerful symbol of destruction. As the 'Cursing Rune' this could have a ring of truth in it, since it has been used to curse. Whether this is so or not the symbolism of the stave shows it to be very, very powerful since both the Powers Above (Heavens) and the Powers Below (Earth-Underworld) are fused into one powerful force sent out from the centre - from the 'thorn'. 

I have shown before how the AEgisjalmr ("Helm of the Terrible One") can be seen to be made up of eight Thurs-Runes pointing towards the eight directions - the staves each with three cross-staves, the three being a code for the Third Rune - Thurs. There are also eight Tridents, a trident being made up of three points; this again emphasises the Number 3. This rune, as I showed, is a rune of active protection, throwing its force outwards in all directions to counter a 'curse' or 'spell' or any other force that threatens. The Trident is the Symbol of Rudra-Shiva and of Woden-Odin. 

'Third' is also a name used of the "Triple-Godhead' and also of Trita whose name means 'Third'. Trita is the 'Dragon-Slayer' of Aryan Mythology, he takes the role of Thunor in the Hindu Lore. The power of the Thorn-Rune is also associated with the Dragon-Slayer or Serpent-Slayer - the 'Serpent of Evil'. We can see from these various meanings how this rune contains its 'meaning' and its 'polar opposite meaning'. As do all of the runes. We see in our Northern Mythology how like can only counter like since opposites conflict and are fused as one to create something new. 

The Runes UR and YR

The Ur-Rune has the basic meaning of Aurochs which is the 'Ur-Ox' or 'Primal Ox'; this was a massive beast with horns that could reach up to 12ft long. You can imagine the power of such an animal. The Aurochs represents the primal nature of the wilderness, the 'Moor-Stomper' as the Old English Rune Poem calls the beast. This is a very primal power, and a chaotic power such as that found in the 'stampede'. 

The rune itself means 'primal' which means 'first'; this is the Rune of Origins which refers to the source of something. The glyph is said to be that of the horns of an ox or bull; the stave also looks like the body of the ox or bull, which may have been where it derives from.

The above is an alternative, although the ur-glyphic symbol was probably like an upturned 'V' rather than as the stave above. This is the symbol of the Primal Mountain and is a male symbol as opposed to the 'V' shape itself which is female. The Sacred Mountain is Mount Me-Ru or Mount Su-Me-Ru either of which we use within Folkish Wodenism. 

It has been said that the stave represents a 'doorway', probably due to the shape of it, though this does seem to need a bit of imagination to see it for one. The Ox or Ur-Ox is an 'earthly' beast, and like Taurus the Bull it has associations with the Earth. This rune represents the Lower Cauldron of the ALU-ULA Exercise, which is Bodn or 'Earth'. 

The rune is a rune of strength and power; it is a powerful healing-rune in ite own right. Meditating upon the rune will aid in strengthening one's self-discipline and Will-to-Power. The Primal Bull has associations with Rudra-Shiva, which underlines its chaotic, wild nature; it is a rune of the wilderness, of the Primal Wilderness. Use the rune when doing strength-training. In order to feel this power it is necessary to retire into the wilderness at times, to get out into the wild, windy, wet, cold wilderness and to 'feel' its power. 

The alternative meaning of 'drizzle' refers to the misty realm created by the coming together of the Primal Fire and Primal Ice. This is the realm of the Mist Hunter and in Celtic Lore we find the figure of Gwyn ap Nydd - 'Gwyn - Son of the Mist'; Gwyn ('The White One') is the Wild Hunter-God that we know as Woden. Gwyn-Wyn-Gwydion-Wydion-Woden - they are the same archetypal Hunter-God and Magician-Poet.

The stave also represents the 'Path of the Fire-Serpent' in that the long upright stave is the Spinal Column along which the Fire-Serpent rises; the stave going across is the path of the Fire-Serpent over the crown of the head; the shorter stave is the final movement to the Mind's Eye or Third Eye. This can be found on the famous Sutton Hoo Mask where the Serpent moves from the neck, over the head, to the Mind's Eye where it meets with the Eagle-Swan-Winged Serpent. The whole thing represents the transformation of the Serpent (Earth-Mortal) into the Winged Serpent-Eagle (Divine-Immortal). 

The Ur-Rune also features in the English Yr-Rune, as shown below -

This rune is made up of an Ur-Rune within which is an 'Irminsul' which can be more easily seen in a variant where the inner cross-piece goes straight across and not at an angle as here. Here the Ur-Rune seems to be used in its original form and meaning of 'Primal' in that the 'Irminsul' represents the Three Royal Lines of the Angles - Wolsungas, Wulfingas and Heardingas. This is an interpretation used solely within Folkish Wodenism and the Ar-Kan Runes. The Yr-Rune also represents Ymir and the Primal Sound - YM (pronounced as UUUM, as in 'l-UM-inous'). 

The Armanen System and Norse Systems use the above rune for YR; both the Norwegian and Icelandic runes refer to either the Yew-Tree of the Yew-Bow. The Old English Rune-Poem also suggests (to me) a Yew-Bow, and the glyph itself also suggests the same. The use of the bow on horseback is clearly stated in the OE Rune-Poem, or at least suggested if the meaning is that of a Yew-Bow. The YR-Rune shown here is also a glyph of a bow and arrow, when turned onto its side. In the Ar-Kan system the above is the Calc-Rune whilst the top glyph is the Yr-Rune. Times change, technology changes, and the above 'bow and arrow' becomes a 'nuclear warhead' in modern terms of warfare - the symbols remain the same. Just as the 'Ministry for Peace' concerns itself with war in Orwellian terms, so the 'Peace Movement' uses a warlike symbol as its prime symbol.

The Hagal-Rune, shown as the 'snowflake' version below, is made up of the 'Life-Rune' and 'Death-Rune' -

But it is also the case that the Haegl-Rune of the Ar-Kan Runes can be split into two Ur-Runes, one above the other -

The same is true of the Hagal-Rune of the Common Germanic Futhark, which has only one cross-stave. The stave shows - UR-RU. In both cases there is a fusion of opposites into a wholeness. In both cases there is the union of male and female into a wholeness - a Sacred Marriage. There is also a link between the meanings of Ur (Drizzle) and Hagal (Hail); the latter is frozen rain or drizzle.

The difference in sounding UR and YR is quite simple; UR is sounded at the back of the throat, whilst YR is sounded at the front of the mouth. This, I feel, is the way that they could be sounded, but this is just my own idea on the subject. Thus UR is deeper and more 'primal' whilst YR is a shade higher in pitch.

The father of Bor is Buri, and the name 'Buri' is given to a Primal Beast, often the Bear, Boar or the Wolf depending upon cultures. B-Ur-i is a Primal Being, the First of the Gods. His name contains his essence - 'Primal'. He is the 'First of the Gods'. His origins lie in the Primal Ice which also produced the Primal Being Ymir. It was Audhumla, the Cosmic Cow or Cosmic Mother, that licked the Ice and freed Buri; at the same time her milk fed the giant Ymir. Ymir represents the Primal Material from which the worlds were formed by the Gods - Woden, Will and Weoh. 

B = The Creation - Birth.

UR = Primal.

I = Primal Ice - the forming material from which Buri emerged. 

The son of Buri is Bor and the names appear to mean the same; he marries Bestla ('Best Blood' according to Vargs Vikernes); this couple produces Woden, Will and Weoh, the Triple-Godhead. We have the sequence 1 - 2 - 3 which appears as such in various traditions, each giving birth to the next. In fact, we would perhaps be better stating this as 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 since the starting point is really with the Void - Ginnungagap. 

The Lagu Rune

This rune has differing spellings in different areas but the meaning is much the same throughout Germania -

Laguz (PGmc) - water/lake.

Lagu (OE) - ocean.

Logr (O. Ice.) - waterfall.

Logr (Norse) - water.

We can add to this Laukaz which means 'leek' and which is the odd one out here; the leek was a symbol of warrior-hood.

The glyph is that of a wave of the sea, a wave of the lake, flowing water of any kind, and the waterfall as shown in the Icelandic Rune-Poem. So far this is straightforward.

In Wodenic Lore we use the Three Cauldrons as a spiritual exercise; these have been amply covered before so I will not go into the subject fully. What we need to consider is that the Lagu-Rune in this Ar-Kan Rune-Lag system is to be found at the Solar Plexus-Heart Centre - at the Son-Centre. Here it does in fact relate to water, and also to the blood, hence why its colour is red. 

Science knows that the heart generates an electromagnetic field 5000 times more powerful than the human brain; this makes this centre very powerful. The Heart Centre is seen as female, associated with electro-magnetism, mystery, awe, emotions, feelings and the element of Water. In today's society this centre has been almost cut off since the brain-centre is dominant through education and everything associated with modern life. The Heart-Centre is associated with the Soul and with the holistic, intuitive side of consciousness - it is, of course, a Source of Consciousness, no matter what materialistic science maintains. 

As part of the ALU-ULA formula this centre forms the central point of the upwards-downwards movement along the Spinal Column - Mount Su-Me-Ru or Mount Me-Ru. If you chant the ALU-Gealdor over and over in a rhythmic form the sound 'LUWA' can also be heard; this forms part of the same formula but rather than the three letters of spirit, the four letters of matter come into being. 

This brings me to another matter, and one which follows from this idea but is not really the subject of a post on the Lagu-Rune. However, I might as well go into this here for convenience. We have the following runes in the ALU-ULA -

Ur - Earth - Bodn (Boden).

Lagu - Water - Son.

Ansuz - Air - Odroerir.

Now, looking at this we find that the element of Fire is completely missing; this is something that seems to need putting to right. The element Fire should perhaps be found at the Solar Plexus Centre since this relates to the Sun, to Light and thus to Fire. The three colours - Black, Red and White - relate to the colours of the ancient Royal Art (Alchemy). But here again there is another (missing) colour - Yellow. So, we could relate this colour - Yellow - to the Sun-Centre or Solar Plexus Centre. There is reason to believe that the Lagu Centre contains both the elements - Water and Fire. 

As the 'Son' this centre equates with Ingwe/Ingui; as the Son of Njord he is associated with water, but as the Divine Hero he is associated with the flame and with fire. Ingwe can be seen as Agni of the Vedas - Fire from Water. Here we have the links between Fire and Water, both held at this centre. 

When we consider certain key points within our runic-lore we find this recurring pattern of 3-4 - Spirit-Matter. The following are clear examples -

• There are 3 Aettir in the Common Germanic Futhark; there are 4 Aettir in the Ar-Kan Runes.
• There are 3 Graal-Runes in the Ar-Kan Runes - Calc/Stan/Gar; there are the 4 Hallows in this system - Cweorth/Calc/Stan/Gar.
• There are 3 'cauldrons' in this system; there is a hidden 'cauldron' represented by the colour Yellow.

This even comes into biblical lore with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, where we have Black, Red, White and Yellow; the latter, Yellow, is the 'pale horse' associated with 'death'. 

White Horse - a Crowned Bowman.

Red Horse - Swordsman.

Black Horse - Scales or Balances.

Pale Horse - Death. 

Red and Yellow make Gold! This is the 'Alchemical Gold', the end-result of the alchemists journey. 

The Heart-Centre is the centre associated with the emotions, with true (Aryan) compassion, and with love. The symbol of the heart is really the female buttocks and genitalia hidden in one symbolism; in the case of 'love' an arrow passes through this heart. In the Dream of the Rood we find the Krist pierced by arrows reflected in Beowulf where Herebald is pierced through with arrows. Herebald is, of course, Baeldaeg. Let me just look at the name Bael-Daeg, which means - 

Bael - this can mean 'Light' and also 'White',

Daeg - 'Day'.

This we have - The Light-Day or The White-Day, the 'Light-God' or 'White-God' who is also known as Pol or Pal, names associated with the 'pole' and with the Polar Mythus. Also associated with the symbolism of the Heart and Arrow is the god Wali, Son of Woden. The Son of Bael-Daeg is known as Brand a name linked to 'Fire', to the 'Fire-Brand', and to the 'Sword-Blade'. 

In the Chakra System the 'Heart Centre' is named Anahata which is said to mean 'unhurt', 'unstruck' or 'unbeaten', or so it would seem. This name is not very far from the Iranian Goddess known as Anahita or in full Ardvi Sura Anahita. She is the goddess associated with the waters and the source of the Cosmic Ocean. Her association with water is underlined by her chariot being drawn by four horses - wind, rain, cloud, sleet. She is the 'Source of Life' and associated with Venue and the Eight-Rayed Star or 'Veneris' (Serrano). In Armenia she is known as Anahit and she is the Goddess of Sovereignty.

It would seem quite obvious that consciousness does not exist merely in the human brain; indeed, since there are so many cases of 'out-of-body-experiences' and 'near-death-experiences' logged down for us, consciousness exists outside of the human body. It seems to interact with the brain and also with the heart. The ancient peoples knew that consciousness exists to some extent in everything. 

The term 'heart' in some way connects to the 'earth'; moving the first letter - 'h'  - to the end produces 'earth', here we have a subtle connection (*). Connecting this to Ingwe and the Inga-Fire we have the word 'hearth' which is made up of both 'heart' and earth'. At the side of the 'hearth' is the Inglenook (Ing-le-nook). Ingwe and Fire are connected through this; and the Golden Boar is symbolic of this Solar-God or Solar-Phallic God. 

(*) This I got from a 55 Club work which linked this idea to the 'Beginning and the End', and the 'First and the Last'.

In the Chinese system there are three 'Dan Tiens' - Lower, Middle and Upper; these are the Energy-Centres of the body, or rather, Energy-Centres linked to the human body -

Lower Dan Tien - Jing which is the Source of Energy.

Middle Dan Tien - Qi/Chi which is the heart area, associated with thoughts and emotions.

Upper Dan Tien - Shin which is associated with consciousness and spirit.

Here we can actually see a link with our runes since the Lower Dan Tien is the 'Source of Energy' whilst we use the Ur-Rune for this - Primal or First, i.e. the 'source'. The Middle Dan Tien is the heart-centre and it is here that the 'thoughts' and 'emotions' stir the Chi-Force (Vril) into motion. The Upper Dan Tien is the realm of Spirit, of Od/Wod - the Realm of Odin. 

The Bind-Rune

Most people will know what is meant by the term 'bind-rune'; for anyone who does not it means a number of runes bound together into a single symbol. The rune-meanings are thus 'bound' together into a 'magical formula'. I am going to use the above drawing (courtesy of Hamasson) to show how a bind-rune works. Although it may seem quite simple this one has a number of runes within it that are not at first obvious. Let us go through the runes and I hope that I have covered all of them as we do so -

Is-Rune: This is the upright stave running through the centre; it means 'ice' which is stasis, stillness, but which also represents the Cosmic Axis which at one level is the spinal column.

Ing-Rune: In this we can find an Anglo-Saxon Ing-Rune and two Germanic Ing-Runes (diamond-shape). These two latter runes are found in a separate rune-stave, but that there are three runes has to empower the Ing-Rune more due to this. This is the Rune of Ingwe - it is the rune associated with the 'Son of Man'. This concept is very important and I'll deal with that later.

Ger-Rune: The Anglo-Saxon Ger-Rune is formed by the upper part of the Is-Rune, being made up of this and a Germanic Ing-Rune. Ger relates to the seasons revolving around the Cosmic Axis. 

Eolhs-Rune : Calc-Rune : Ing-Rune: The Anglo-Saxon Ing-Rune, with the upright stave running through it, can be seen as an Eolhs-Rune (Tree of Life), a Calc-Rune (Death-Rune) and the Germanic Ing-Rune which naturally forms part of the A-S Ing-Rune. Here we have 'Ing hanging between Life and Death'. This itself is a powerful symbol, and when held within that of The Hooded Man this is made even more powerful. 

Wyn Runes (back-to-back): Here we have the Mystic Formula '88' since the Wyn-Rune is the eighth rune of the Futhork. The Wyn-Rune is that of 'Joy' and also symbolic of the 'Tribal Banner' and thus represents the 'Joy in Kinship'. It is the rune of fellowship and kinship. 

Feoh-Runes: Two Feoh-Runes can be found within this bind-rune, each facing outwards from the central Is-Rune. Feoh is a Rune of Fire, a Rune of Light, and a Rune of Initiation. 

Thorn-Runes: the upper part of this symbol shows two Thorn-Runes, one right and the other reversed. These runes are very powerful symbols and in The Hooded Man we find a darker side as well as a light side - he comes both to destroy and to recreate. 

Ken-Runes: Two Germanic Ken-Runes can be found in the A-S Ing-Rune; this is the Ken-Fusion version of this rune, holding within it 'Cosmic Fire' and the 'Fire of the Forge' - the 'Fire of the Will'. 

Edel-Rune: Two Edel-Runes can be found, one upright and the other upside-down. In a sense these symbolise the Divine Twins which have a connection to The Hooded Man. The rune itself, as Hamasson has shown in the past, is that of The Hooded Man. It also relates to the 'Racial Homeland' - At-al-land. One is the sinking of At-al-land, the other the rising of At-al-land. This all relates to Ingwe and to The Hooded Man. The A-S Ing-Rune itself shows 'The Hooded Man' with a 'Crown' - the 'Crowned and Avenging Son of the Sun'. (Hamasson pointed out the 'crown' too). 

Sig-Runes: The Sig-Rune (forwards and backwards) can be found twice in this same bind-rune, being formed within the A-S Ing-Rune. The 'Lightning-Flash' was, to Nietzsche, symbolic of the Superman. 

Nyd-Rune: This is another rune that can be found within this glyph; it can be found twice within the symbol, thus doubling the 'Power of Need'. This is the 'Sword of Need' (Nothung) which is in fact the 'Need of Ing'. 

Tir-Rune: This is another rune found within this symbolism; from this the Lagu-Rune can also be found, but we should not push these points too far perhaps. Tiw is the 'God of Victory'. the 'Tribal God'. 

Eoh-Rune: We can find this rune hidden too; this is the 'Yew Tree', the tree of Eternal Life and Death. The opposites of Life and Death, Good and Evil, Light and Darkness can be found symbolised here. 

That is far as I can go here though I may have missed something, of course; this is enough to show how many runes can be found in this type of bind-rune. There is a lesson here since if such a bind-rune were made up for a certain purpose the rune-magician must be sure to recognise any 'hidden' runes he puts in which are not necessarily part of the bind-rune. 

This symbol was originally a kind of 'logo' or 'signature' which I used myself; it originated in a symbol put down after the mystical experience I had back in 1997, and it was connected to the Hale-Bopp Comet Mysteries. It developed and has been altered slightly but the basic meaning relates to The Hooded Man.