Ar-Kan Runes

In Esoteric Wodenism I use the 33 Anglo-Frisian Runes but not strictly as they appear in historical documents. This is why I chose to call these the Ar-Kan Runes, since some of the runes will have more than one rune-symbol, and also more than one rune-sound. They will be neither 'historical' nor 'traditional' so it makes sense to use another name for a 'new' system, and thus stave off the inevitable accusation of not being 'authentic'. Were we to take the 33 Runes of the Anglo-Frisian rune-row and use their rune-meanings alone we would get no further than a set of mundane meanings, some of which have a Christian tinge, and the system would be unworkable. 

Guido von List used an 18-rune Armanen System, but as Aelfric Avery shows in 'Armanen Runes and the BlackSun Volume 1' he did not invent the rune-symbols nor the rune-names. What he did do is to match the rune-staves with the Ljodatal in the Havamal, and in doing so he produced a set of Magical Symbols that could be used for this purpose. The rune meanings of the Havamal cannot be easily matched to either a 24-rune system, nor a 33-rune system, which is why very little weight is given to this by modern Heathens. But they do match with the 18-rune Armanen System. Since these 'spells' come after Woden's initiation on the World Tree, and his recovery of the Ancient Runes, it is assumed these are Runic Spells. The genius of List (under the 'possession' of the Spirit of Woden) was that he matched the 18 runes with the 18 spells, thus making a working system, something not done elsewhere. (*) 

(*) If I remember rightly Freya Aswynn tried to match the 24 runes with the 18 Rune Spells, but this involves using two runes for one, and does not fit as well as the 18 Runes. But there is no reason why List's 18 Rune-meanings cannot be matched with the same runes in the Ar-Kan System, which I am working on now. 

In doing so there are some spells which seem better fitted to other runes, and I see no problem in adapting this. I'll give a few examples here -

OS-RUNE - breaking fetters. A dream I had years ago connected the Perth-Rune with the breaking of fetters, and the rune-shape itself suggests this, since it is an 'opened up' Beorc-Rune. 

RAD-RUNE - Stopping an arrow in flight. In cases of trying to stop something directly the Root-Sound 'ST' has been used, and thus the STAN-RUNE seems to be appropriate to this. 

BEORC-RUNE - Protection in battle. Since this involves blessing with water, the LAGU-RUNE seems more appropriate, especially one a Leek is given to the warrior.

These are just things I thought up now, and much more work is needed on them. But this could serve as a basis for more 'rune-spells' that could be made to match each of the 33 Runes. Of course, this is going to be neither 'traditional' nor 'historical', but the runes do not stay static and change and adapt - indeed, the runes are maybe not bounded by Time and Space, they are timeless! In fact, there is perhaps a need for a new set of Rune-Poems for the Ar-Kan Runes, one that will ensure they can be used in a magical way, being easily remembered through verse. The last three rune-spells contain remarks upon women, and how to get and keep a woman, something that would seem far more at home in the modern mundane use of runes. However, just a quick look will show how these might have hidden meanings relating to the Female Mysteries.

The Armanen Rune Adepts and Masters adapted the meanings of the runes to the 'Spirit of the Age', and this has come in for some criticism. I have done just the same here, since whatever criticism is made their work has proof of success in that this led to the German Awakening and the Incarnation of Wotan in the German Folk. The aim of Esoteric Folkish Wodenism is to continue this work but in a form suited to the English Folk, and to prepare the 'vessel' for the next Incarnation of Woden on Earth. We follow Miguel Serrano in this, though his work did not revolve around the English Folk. Miguel Serrano was aware of the work of Woden's Folk.

Woden's Folk was the first real attempt at reviving Folkish Wodenism here in England through its own English Heathen Movement. Small groups had dedicated themselves to Woden, but for all intents and purposes Odinism was the main base for Northern Heathendom. Today more and more Wodenist groups are springing up, some of whom are Folkish in nature, many are not. What they have in common is that an English Religion is being promoted more widely here in England, and the scene is being set for a future Folkish Movement. Our work on an esoteric level differs -

1. Woden's Folk was founded in order to prepare a 'vessel' that will be able to take the Incarnation of Woden as Wid-Ar the Avenger - here in England. This is unique and is not widely accepted, except for a good number of individuals who follow this work, some of whom are in the USA. 

2. Woden's Folk recognises the Incarnation of Wotan in Germany before World War II, this again is not widely accepted, and in the main most are scared stiff of even studying the subject. However, there are more and more people beginning to awake to this through Carl Jung's 'Wotan' essay. It will take much time to get people to overcome this fear, indoctrinated on them for decades. 

3. Woden's Folk set out to create a new Folk-Religion for the English, a religion suited to these aims, and one suited to the 'Spirit of the Age' - Zeitgeist. A new runic system has been created and is still being created, one suited to our era, and to the struggle we face today. 

On the wider level Folkish Wodenism will expand through all of the groups and individuals who are growing in numbers, and this will help to preserve some of our Culture & Tradition (much will be lost in this Dark Era). An English Symbol has arisen - the White Dragon - which will act as a unifying symbol for the English Folk. Years of research and use show that this is a powerful symbol and the one that we should use, one that arose in the 1980s at exactly the right time. This Sacred Symbol draws power from not only our realm but also from other worlds of being. It forms the basis of the Eternal Struggle between the Red Dragon and the White Dragon for supremacy over these islands. (This has nothing to do with the Welsh and English.) 

The WF-C is now really a 'non-organisation' working like the Wotan Network and it will grow organically from this. Woden's Folk is no longer an 'active group' and remains as the 'Telegram' channel called 'Woden's Folk', promoting Esoteric Folkish Wodenism. My main work now is done with emphasis on the esoteric side, (**) because this is how it must be; many of the groups arising now shun esotericism, a vital part of any Spiritual Revolution. The last few years have shown us how powerless we are whilst working at the material level, and how powerful the Global Powers really are - and that is because they use Occult Knowledge and Occult Power in their aims and agenda. 

(**) I still stick to a healthy balance here but with emphasis on the Esoteric Arts, since this is a side that needs to be developed within Folkish Wodenism.

The Ancient Runes can be a means to counter the mind-control used by the Occult Powers, so this work is growing more and more important as the noose tightens. Mind-Control is the main power over our people, feeding false propaganda and scare-mongering in order to increase stress, tension and fear, which aid the work of control. We don't have to think deeply on the means by which the people are controlled, since they are under a form of spell or curse that binds them, not allowing them to break free as free-thinkers. Most people are not strong-minded or strong-willed enough to break the spell! Working on the Group-Mind and the Group-Soul is the only means to break these fetters, and that means using the Magical Runes to do so. 

The Runes as Key to a Spiritual Awakening - Part Two

 The Runes as Key to a Spiritual Awakening

In 'The Path of Wotan' Jost Turner sees the World Tree - Yggdrasil - as being an upside-down tree, whose roots are at the top, representing the human brain. He is not the only one to do this, and it is a feature of some representations of a Sacred Tree in other Aryan Traditions. This, of course, would not seem to fit with the ideas I have suggested in Part One of this article. However, since we are dealing with consciousness, and specifically shifts in consciousness then maybe this does not make a difference. It is certainly not logical but we are dealing both with the logical side and the intuitive side of the brain. 

From what I can gather the Sacrum and Coccyx are fused vertebrae, but were once separate vertebrae, as are the top 24. But these do link to the last 9 runes, broken into Ac - Aesc - Yr - Ior - Ear, the first three being Sacred Trees, Ior being the World Serpent (and also Kundalini), and Ear being the 'Earth' or the 'Waters'. Cweorth - Calc - Stan - Gar are the Four Hallows - Sword, Chalice, Stone & Spear - which include the Gral-Runes - Calc (Chalice), Stan (Stone) & Gar (Spear). Going from the top (Feoh) and through to the base (Gar) we can use a meditation-visualisation through each of the 33 Runes, using the rune-names given here. I emphasise this because in using the same runes in shape and in sound the results would be similar for anyone taking part in this Spiritual Exercise - and such results could be shared in order to verify the work. 

The Feoh-Rune is at the top of the spinal column, and from here we work downwards from Spirit into Matter (Base Centre - Boden - Earth). I use these 33 Steps in a downwards direction to move down to the 'Cavern' in the Cavern Meditation I do personally. This is in line with the role of Woden who hangs upon the World Tree since Woden (Spirit) is bound to the Tree (Matter), thus bringing Spirit into Matter. This is the first stage - A-L-U. From this we move to Stage 2 where we work upwards from the base up to the top, going backwards through each rune. Again, we work from the base of the coccyx area and go through all 33 Runes, reaching Feoh at the top of the spine. Remember, we work on the Astral Body which we are seeking to 'resurrect' within ourselves. The 'Three Cauldrons' exercise does much the same thing, but best done separately in order to awaken and strengthen the Three Energy Centres - the Centres of Vril. 

The whole aim of this type of exercise is to awaken dormant powers within ourselves, and run doing so co-operate with our own evolution, indeed to shortcut  the evolutionary process. However, it is quite widespread to see this as an individual process, which it is to some extent, disregarding that we are part of a Folk. Woden's role as the 'High God' was to show the way for Man to overcome his human limitations and become 'as gods' - to evolve into the God-Man. This demanded a huge amount of self-sacrifice on his part, suffering, endurance and a strong Will being needed for this. He dedicated himself to the study of the Occult Mysteries, to the Hidden Knowledge, and sometimes what is known as the 'Forbidden Knowledge". Freya too is the 'Mistress of Magic' and she is said to have taught Seidr Witchcraft to Woden. Woden and Freya are the twin God-Goddess of Magic and Mysticism, and thus the two who can most aid those who look towards this aspect of Aryan Lore. 

Using this method whereby the 33 Runes are visualised moving downwards along the spinal column, and upwards along the spinal column, and adding to this the regular exercise of the Three Cauldrons, this is a powerful means of awakening the Vril-Energy. This is not something 'supernatural', it is a quite natural force that lies within, but one which can be recognised and directed through the Will. 

The Runes as Key to a Spiritual Awakening - Part One

 The Runes as Key to a Spiritual Awakening

The Old English Runes are a unique key that can be used as a means to a Spiritual Awakening, since they link directly to the 33 vertebrae of the Spinal Column. The human Spinal Column creates a link between the Earth and the Divine, and the 33 runes can be placed along this column, starting with Feoh at the top of the column. This has to be this way since it starts with the 24 Runes of the Elder Futhark, adding the 5 Runes of the Sacrum, and the 4 Runes of the Coccyx, these latter vertebrae being fused together. 

The Spinal Column, which in this Spiritual Discipline we call 'Mount Me-Ru', linked to the idea of the 'Measure of the Runes', is the Irminsul or Yggdrasil at a microcosmic level. It is also the 'Shaman's Ladder' by which he climbs the 'column' between Earth and Heaven, a Stairway to the Divine. As we find in the image of Ratatosk running up and down the World Tree, there is a two-way movement either from top to bottom, or bottom to top, and this is a vital part of this process of Awakening. 

The important symbolism is the World Pillar or World Tree, with the Serpent at the base, the Eagle at the top, and the Hawk between the eyebrows of the Eagle. The wings of the Eagle, or the wings of the Swan on the Irminsul, are symbolic of the Right-Brain and Left-Brain. The wings can also symbolise the lungs, the means by which air (and Life-Force) is drawn into the body. The Serpent, at one level, is thus the Kundalini Force or 'Fire-Serpent' that lies dormant at the base of the spine, and which can be awakened in the Initiate-Hero and which rises upwards along the Spinal Column and opens the Mind's Eye (in theory, of course). The key to this is the use of the 33 Ar-Kan Runes and the use of the Vital Breath - controlled breathing techniques. 

The runes, running from top to bottom, are -

Feoh - Ur - Thorn - Rad - Ken - Gyfu - Wyn : Haegl - Nyd - Is - Ger - Eoh - Perth - Eohls - Sig-el : Tir - Beorc - E(o)h - Man - Lagu - Ing - Daeg - Edel : Ac - Aesc - Yr - Ior - Ear - Cweorth - Calc - Stan : Gar. 

In the Ar-Kan Runes there will be variants of some runes used, to suit different purposes in their use. 

"I am the Beginning and the End - the First and the Last" - in this respect the Gar-Rune could be used as the first rune or it could be used as the last rune. This is one experiment that we shall be trying out in our work on the Ar-Kan Runes. (This is why we need not use the term 'Old English Runes' or 'Anglo-Saxon Runes', since the Ar-Kan Runes will be based upon these, but will be subject to experiment and change where necessary. Plus the fact we shall use variants in the glyphs of some runes.) In regard to the same theme, we may even start to study the Runic UTHARK system, where the F-Rune is moved to the end, leaving the U-Rune at the beginning. This was devised in the 1930s by a philologist named Sigurd Agrell, a professor at the Lund University in Sweden. This is not well-know and is widely rejected because it has no 'historical' basis - as if we always need 'historical proof' for something that could (like other things) spring from the 'Well of Memory'. I have not idea if this is valid as yet, but to be honest, anything is worth looking into, and nothing can be lost through doing so. 

When we speak of 'Awakening the Fire-Serpent' this is directly linked to Ingwe whose name suggests the 'Fiery-Serpent'. In a sense this is linked to the 'Resurrection of Ingwe', but in the sense of his being a Solar-God of Fire and Light. Just as important is the Goddess Freya, who's is a Solar-Goddess of Fire and Light, hence her symbol being that of the 'Fire-Necklace'. (The 'necklace' can also be symbolic of the female sexual organs, or more precisely this area of the body. The two versions of the Ing-Rune (Germanic-Diamond-Ing & English Ing) show the female and male - the former as the Female, the latter as the DNA which is passed through the Male-Line (it also contains the Female Ing-Rune too). In fact, there is another variant on the Diamond-Ing Rune, but with a line passing through and down, symbolic of the male sexual organ. We should think as much in terms of a Female Creative Force and a Male Creative Force, both of which have to be joined in a 'Sacred Marriage' in order for any kind of Creative Act to take place. 

The two-way movement of the Vril-Energy is important in that it gives equal importance to Matter and Spirit. Many eastern traditions place Spirit above Matter, and such views as some of the Gnostic and early heretical Christian sects dismiss Matter altogether. Germanic Lore recognises the body (matter) as being the 'temple' for the soul (spirit). Thus, importance is given to Body, Soul and Spirit. And the 'soul' is a multi-faceted form in man and is present in everything - in all life-forms, even rocks and stones. 

In Norse Mythology the link between Midgard and Asgard is the Bifrost (or Bilrost) Bridge - the 'Rainbow-Bridge'. This has been linked to the Milky Way, but also the Northern Lights, but what we can say it links to the Mystical North and the Home of the Gods. The Bifrost Bridge can also be linked to the Spinal Column, since this is the case with the Milky Way, but using the rainbow colours for the Seven Chakras must be seen in the light of its use by the 'New-Agers' rather than some archaic Hindu idea. The name 'Bilrost' appears to relate to a female figure named 'Bil', and Viktor Rydberg sees here as being the same as Idunn. Idunn is certainly related to 'regeneration' and to 'immortality' since she guards the 'Golden Apples of Immortality'. Another divine figure linked to Bifrost is Hama (Heimdall) who we know as a 'God of Fire' linked to the Vedic Agni; this link also relates to Ingwe, so for this we shall see them as both Archetypal Gods of Fire and Light. 

The transformation of The Serpent to the Winged Serpent (or The Serpent to the Eagle) is related to the Myth of Knit Mountain, where Woden achieves this whilst gaining the Sacred Mead of Inspiration. Woden, of course, is the God of the Vital Breath - Ond or Anda - needed to 'fan the embers' as the Fiery-Essence awakens in the Initiate. As for the Three Energy-Centres (ALU-ULA) we can see these as being placed along the spinal column, most likely (and this is open to experiment too) using the 24 Runes of the 24 vertebrae. Of course, to do this means that the A - L - U runes would be the 'Primal Runes' for the Three Energy Centres, which would also have other runes at the three points of the 24 Runes. What about the extra 9 Runes? Since the runes of the Coccyx relate to the Four Hallows - Gral Runes then these would relate to being 'beyond' this part of the spinal column. 

There may be a hint in the Edel and Daeg Runes being interchangeable, since if the Edel-Rune were place after the Daeg-Rune, thus coming at the end of this sequence, its meaning contains that of 'beyond'. The Sang-Real or 'Holy Blood' is the basis for the Gral-Mythos, and thus the Quest for Immortality. These runes would be linked to this, as may the Sacrum Runes - Ac - Aesc - Yr - Ior - Ear. 

The Gar-Rune - the Spear of Woden - represents the Spinal Column in itself, hence why it does not actually form part of the 4 Aettir. It is the 'Gift of Ing' and thus clearly related to Ingwe as well as Woden. To keep things simple for now Woden, Freya and Ingwe will be the main Gods/Goddesses concerned with this Spiritual Awakening. The Male Initiate would no doubt put more emphasis upon the Male, whilst the Female Initiate would put more emphasis upon the Female. A balance must be kept though but this is not unbalanced using these three, since Woden-Freya and Ingwe-Freya can be paired together. 

"The Second Coming"

  

The Wild Hunt - Twelve Nights of Yule

'The third image I want to give you today shows how again a New King arises in the distance. His name is 'HOPE' because he closes the Sources of Evil. And every sign of the zodiac gives him a year, the first half of it is in peace (1933 - 1939) and the second in war (1939 - 1945). However, the Sources of Evil break out again, and they shower the Young King with Blood and Fire, from above and below and from all sides. Thus he perishes. And the name 'HOPE' falls with him.'

The Book of Sajaha - 9.

HOPE and its reflection EPOH. Through English Gematria HOPE = 44, thus HOPE and its reflection = 88. 

Aragorn is the 'Once and Future King' and, as Aragorn II was born in Rivendell in 2931 Third Age, the only son of Gilraen the Fair and Aragorn I, fifteenth chieftain of the Dunedain of Arnor. He was fostered by Elrond, and he bore the name Estel meaning 'HOPE', to hide his true lineage from the Servants of Sauron who were scouring the North for the lost heir of Isildor. Aragorn became a Ranger of the North clad in simple Green and Brown. 

"But some Strong Man will shake up and awaken the remains of the heirs. Like a Comet that suddenly gives a sign...."

Book of Sajaha - 9.

'When all seems lost, all HOPE is gone,

Then shall arise The Hooded One...

The Hooded Man Prophecy - Wulf Ingessunu

With the defeat of HOPE the Dark Forces take complete control of the Earth -

"Then the darkness totally captures the power in the world. The deluded people sacrifice in dull temples any impure kind. The Prince of Shadows determines the paths, his mocking Priests of Lies rule the Earth. Yet the heirs of the heirs of Babylon (Iraq), Assyria (Syria) and Persia (Iran) try to resist, but have long been weakened...."

The Book of Sajaha - 9.

"Bring HOPE to those who have none,

FREEDOM to those in chains,

JUSTICE to those who are wronged."

Word-Hoard of The Hooded Man - 18 Words.

Tir - The Sky-Father. There is a possibility that 'TIR' represents the most ancient Pole Star that hung over the Golden Age of Thule-Hyperborea. 

Beorc - The Birth-Mother (Freya-Venus). This, of course, also applies to the 'Earth Mother' since an Avatar is a Divine Being born of an Earthly Father/Divine Father and an Earthly Mother. This Avatar is born under the influence of the 'Virgin' (Venus) as we find in many of the archetypes related to 'Krist' - Krishna, Agni, Krist, etc. 

E(o)h - Sacred Marriage of the Sky-Father & Birth-Mother.

Manu - The Aryan Manu - offspring of the Sky-father and the Earth-Mother; HOPE - the 'Mighty One' of the Eddas. Manu appears before the Great Flood in order to save the Ancient Mysteries and to recover the Divine Order of the Gods. 

Lagu - The Waters of Chaos, the Waters of Dissolution, the 'Great Flood' (symbolic and literal), the Birth-Waters in the Womb of the Mother. This is the point when Chaos reigns, when the Prince of Darkness takes control of the Earth. 

Ing - The 'Son of Man' - the Warrior-Hero, Resurrection of Ingwe (1999) and the conception of the Age of Ing (1999). Era of 'The Strong One', this is the Age of Heroes, the transition-period between the world ages. This period really starts with The Hooded Man Prophecy on October 31st 1993, and then the appearance of the Hale-Bopp Comet in 1997 when the Mysteries of HelgiH are revealed. 

Edel - The Hooded Man (linked to the Ing-Rune above).This is not the Last Avatar, it is a force that heralds the Coming of the Avatar. 

Daeg - Day, the 'Day-Break', Dag (Daeg) wields the Spear of Woden to slay Helgi Hundingsbane (The Hooded Man). Heralds the birth of the Last Avatar. The transition-period must first be 'slain' in order that the 'Day-Break' of the Age of Aquarius takes place. 

"The Spirit of the Emperor will be kept in the Male Stone, the Gar-Il. Its Female counterpart, Ilua, will be safely hidden in the Holy Mountain of Wotan waiting for the New Age. For this birth the two crystals will be united in the Great Baphomet and flow through a worthy woman."

The Gar-Rune is the Spear of Woden - the 'Gift of Ing'. The 'Gift of Ing' is, as we know through the White Stone of Ing - FIRE. This is the Spirit of the Emperor found in the Gar-Il. 

The White Stone of Ing shown as the Stan-Rune (The Stone), where Ing is found in the White Stone - Calc-Stan. In this White Stone is found the 'New Name of God' - Ingwe. This is the god-force that rules over the Age of Ing - the Age of Heroes. Ingwe is the Sacral King, or in this case The Emperor - the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS. 

In the Gar-Rune we find the Ing-Rune (Male) and the Gifu-Rune (Female); Parsifal - the 'Divine Fool' - plunges the Spear of Woden into the Grail-Cup, this brings into being The Emperor. 

"All-Father himself was slaughtered as a living messenger by the servants of the dark horror.

Because it was All-father as All-Krist himself. The hatred of darkness raged against him.

The Power of Light martyred, the truth crushed, the liberators bound - a terrible time."

The Revelation of Isais.

The Revelation of Isais is supposedly an account of two Templar Knights to whom the Goddess Isais appeared and gave to them certain prophecies, and accounts of the lost homeland of Thale (Thule). Whether these two Templar Knights existed we do not know, and this piece should be placed in the context of the time in Germany when an 'Aryan Kristianity' developed. But, when we look at the account of the Death of Krist in the Old Saxon Heliand this is nothing but a scathing attack upon the Forces of Darkness that slew the Krist, certainly a lot more furious than that which we find in The Bible. Somewhere, in the mists of time, a God-Force appeared as the Power of Light and was put to death at the hands of the Forces of Darkness. In the 'mists of time' -

'However, the Sources of Evil break out again, and they shower the Young King with Blood and Fire from above, and below and from all sides. Thus he perishes.'

But, of course, nothing like that could ever happen, could it? A God-Force that appears upon the Earth and is destroyed by the Forces of Darkness? Just an old tale from the Middle-East! But...Archetypal Myth is never a point in time, it is a recurring myth that forms the history of the world, appearing at different times and in different places. 

"Your goddess, however, is called Ishtar, All-Father's radiant messenger; and your secret companion: Isais. You will see her when the victory battle is fought, to celebrate with a long wavy head of hair, before I shorten it again to continue fighting. I say this because you always have to know how to recognise my image. How you think it - so I recognise myself.

Because all thoughts are seen in Greenland, understandable message, clearly recognised by pictures."

The Revelation of Isais.

This piece speaks of the Goddess Isais, whose image here is one of a long-haired woman in her role of the 'Goddess of Love' and a short-haired woman in her role as the 'Goddess of War'. Now, even though the authenticity of this work may be in question, I can verify this statement myself from a dream long before I was given this piece. In the dream appeared a woman who had her hair cut short, and she appeared to me to give some advice. After the dream I first thought of Sif, with here hair cut off, and although this may have a ring of truth there is also the possibility that this was the Goddess Isais. 'Greenland' is here the Inner Earth of Miguel Serrano - it is the Nether-World - it is also the 'Land of Dreams'. The clear statement here is that of the importance of images that work between the worlds. Isais, like Freya, is associated with the Cat, that is in her 'Goddess of Love' aspect; in her 'Goddess of War' aspect Freya is associated with the Wolf. This too I had in a dream at the Midsummer Sunstead over 20 years ago, not historical but 'revealed'. 

Ishtar (*) is the Babylonian name of the earlier Sumerian Estar, a name clearly related to our 'Easter' - Eostra. In the Revelation of Isais she is revealed as Idunn - the Goddess of Regeneration and Immortality. The theme of this work, and the Book of Sajaha, is the Eternal Battle between the Gods and the Lord of Shadows; we have this in Norse Mythology through the Eternal Battle between the Gods and the Dark Joten. However, if we seek to look no further than the Germanic, Norse and Anglo-Saxon Myths we can easily fail to understand what this struggle is about. The power-centre of the Lord of Shadows is in the Middle-East, and it is to the area around here that we can best understand these forces, and how both the Babylonians and later the Romans tried to crush the growing Power of Darkness, and in the process perhaps (through Wyrd) hastened their drive for world conquest. 

(*) In Verse 29 of these 'revelations' the name given is not Ishtar but Istara, a name clearly the same as Ostara/Easter, and indeed almost the same as Tolkien's Istari. The root of these words is IE Root *awsos- from which stems 'Isais' presumably. 

The origins of the Revelations of Isais are said to lie in the two Knights Templar Roderich and Emmerant who were searching for traces of Marcion in the former Carthage. There they are said to have received The Message of the Goddess. Marcion, of course, was one of the non-Judaic Kristians who, like some of the Gnostics, saw Jahu-Shaddein as the 'Lord of Shadows' - the 'Demiurge'. This was another form of Kristianity that arose in these times, since there was not just the Judaeo-Christian version that is always promoted, a move that seeks to stop any form of study into the true versions of this religion. The Goddess Isais-Istara tells the two Templar Knights that she has appeared to them in order to give the true version of Krist, and not the distorted version that have been taught to believe in. 

Most people will no doubt reject what I have said here because it has no 'historical' proof of ever happening, as if 'history' was a series of 'proven facts' rather than being written by the 'victors' - i.e. made up! A growing number are questioning the 'truth' of the recent 'pandemic', and yet most of these are still unwilling to recognise the deceit and lies of the press, the scholars and the academics who continue the Great Lie of the events of World War II. Repeat a lie, over and over again, and it becomes 'believable'. The servants of the 'Father of Lies' have had thousands of years to perfect this! The whole basis of Judaeo-Christianity was built upon a LIE. But they did not create this, merely distorted an Archetypal Image into something that suited their agenda.

For myself I can see certain things in these 'revelations' that could have been taken from Revelations; but this is just a very small fraction of the work, and it is still possible that some form of real 'revelation' was behind this, and that this was 'historicised' in order to help to make it palatable to others. Most of this runs parallel to the Book of Sajaha anyway, which is said to have been found in stone tablets from Iraq in the early Twentieth Century. The other work may have been 'revelations' stemming from this, we do not know. 

The Woden Folk-Community promotes Exoteric Wodenism in a form suited to Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Germanic Heathens, who can use their preferred form of this. In reality they are, of course, exactly the same, since to recreate an 'Anglo-Saxon Mythology' the Anglo-Saxon names are used to replace the Norse names, which in truth remains a 'Norse Mythology'. The same applies to a 'Germanic Mythology', since most of the Northern Myths were recorded (by Christians) in Iceland, and the sagas mainly in Scandinavia, though they could have originated in other areas of Germania. Since almost everything we have is recorded in the Christian era it is necessary to be wary of this when studying Germanic Mythology.  

This is where Woden's Folk differs, since this was originally created to prepare the way for the Coming of the Last Avatar. To achieve this we need a new Folk-Religion suited to the new world-age, or more particularly the transition-period between the Age of Pisces (Hanged God) and the Age of Aquarius (The Warrior-King riding a White Horse). Since much of this breaks with 'tradition' (since it has to be a new adaptation, then it will produce a good deal of opposition, and will be accepted by far fewer of our Folk. To create such a New Folk-Religion means that it must be a Revealed Religion, not one taken from the past and revived. Hence the need for Woden's Folk to take upon itself the role of using the essence of the Ur-Religion of the Aryan to create a new form suited to this new world age. 

This new Folk-Religion must be based upon the New Archetype of Woden as the Warrior-King riding a White Horse, bearing a Flaming Sword and the White Dragon on the Shield. In the background are the Holy Mountain of Woden, and the Comet which heralds the Coming of the Last Avatar. 

The Need of Ing

 

This work is based upon the ideas of Peryt Shou and on the Magical Formula AEPANDI NAM, the 'Cry of Need' used by Woden as he recovers the Holy Runes. To understand this it is necessary to follow the idea of Peryt Shou in that Yggdrasil (The Steed of Ygg) and the Cross of Krist are one and the same thing - the Gallows-Cross or 'Wolf-Tree'. 

The core of his ideas centre around the idea that the Crucifixion of Christ - 'The Crucified One' - brings the world (and Man) to destruction, whilst Woden-Krist is 'The Awakened One' who leads the world (and Man) back to resurrection and to a spiritual transformation. Nine great lunar-cycles have gone by since the death of Christ, and on the Ninth Night Woden climbs down from the World Tree as the 'Awakened One'. Woden awakens on the Ninth Night, in the deepest night of humanity, by means of the Magical Runic Force - the Need is the Compulsion of Fate, which is how Guido von List sees the meaning of the Need-Rune. 

For a Spiritual Awakening to take place it is thus necessary to recognise this 'Compulsion of Fate', to recognise this Need-Necessity, and to break free of the negative anti-life meaning of the Need-Rune, and embrace the positive and spiritual meaning of the rune. 

The tale of the Ring of Power which is held by the Dwarf Andvari, who represents the base materialistic power of the Gold Ring, shows how Woden first lusted for the Gold Ring, which was eventually hidden away by the dragon, Fafnir, and then taken by Sigurd the Wolsunga when he slew the dragon. Thus, Sigurd took upon himself the Curse of the Gold Ring - its materialistic meaning - and this became his downfall. The 'Curse of the Gold Ring' - the One Ring - is its being locked into the material world, thus keeping out the spiritual worlds. 

What Man must rediscover is the Spiritual Eye which has been submerged in the world of matter; to do so he must plunge deeply into the 'Well of Memory' (Mimir's Well). There are four important runes/symbols that are connected to this 'Awakening' -

• The Nad-Rune.
• The Swastika.
• The Solar-Word - Os-Rune.
• The Cweorth-Rune - Cygnus the Swan. 

But first we shall look at the meaning of the 'Cry of Need' - AEPANDI NAM -

• Aepa (O.N.) to cry out.
• oep - a shout of need.
• op - cry of distress, pain.
• and/anda - secret/spirit/spiritual waves.
• and/anda - breath (hence 'wind' or 'spirit'). Clearly 'ond'.
• NAM - 'took up'.

(We have also the Hindu 'Ananda' - An-Anda - which is the 'Eternal Bliss', and the Goddess known in the South-East of England Andraste (And-Raste). 

When Woden reaches downwards to pick up the Holy Runes and then 'took up' the  Runes, he does so from the 'Watery Abyss' that is below the Earth, i.e. the Realm of Mimir (Well of Memory). He can do this simply because his 'Spiritual Eye' was given in exchange to Mimir, and held in Mimir's Well, which he thus has access to in order to 'see' and to recover the Ancient Wisdom. It is the Need-Rune and the 'Compulsion of Need' that causes him to make this self-sacrifice. He becomes the 'Turner of Need'. This is why Woden is the Great Initiator, since he is the leader of the Divine Revolt against the Demiurge (Dark Lord) and the one God who guides our evolutionary-drive towards the Superman. It is the Will of Woden that is the Will-to-Power that turns the Need in order to achieve this aim. The Aryan Spirit triumphs over Need and Death. 

Another symbolism here is the Fenris Wolf (The Jackal) who 'swallows' Woden; here this is symbolic of the material world. Fenris Wolf is Saturn ('The Swallower') who is Cronus, who 'devours' his sons. The 'resurrected' Woden is 'The Son' who is Wid-Ar, the god who breaks open the Jaws of Fenris and allows the Spirit of Woden to escape. This is why Wid-Ar (The Silent One) is so important to us, since this entails the transformation from the 'Hanged God' or 'Crucified God' (Ear-Rune) to the 'Crowned and Conquering God' (Cweorth-Rune). 

The Swastika is the Symbol of Salvation (SAL) and has within it the Double-Sig Runes - Sal = Salvation & Sieg = Victory. This can also be rendered as Heil (Hal) and Sieg. The Need-Rune is static, and applied to the kindling of the Need-Fire, whilst this is the energy that turns the 'Solar-Wheel' (Swastika). We can put this in another way - the kindling of the Need-Fire, and the compulsion of Need (Fate), is the energy that causes the re-awakening and waxing of the ancient Black Sun - the Sun of the Former Earth. 

Peryt Shou connects this Current of Awakening with the constellation of Cygnus the Swan, and this is interesting in that Andrew Collins ( a speculative writer) connects Cygnus the Swan with man's evolution. Peryt Shou mentions Cygnus and the Cosmic Rays that it emits, which were proven by science decades after his time. This is the symbol of Cygnus the Swan -

The Cweorth-Rune is the 'Fire-Twirl' and is akin to the symbolism of the Swastika; it is also connected to Waendal (Mundilfore) as the World-Turner. I have mentioned before how the VW symbolism on the wheels of this car, when revolved at a certain speed, shows a Curved Swastika. (This shows how advanced esoterically the Germans were, since the use of the car thus impressed the symbolism of the Thule Swastika into the subconscious mind of the people.) The Swan has always been the symbol of the Highest Initiation. 

The 'Solar-Word' is symbolised by the Os-Rune which is the rune showing the 'Prince of Asgard' holding a Rod and a Ring - representing Authority and Power, but in this case spiritual Authority and Power. 

As Peryt Shou tells us, the Runic Magic of Woden, that which allows for the 'resurrection', is a 'Mystery of the Blood'. In this case he sees the Sacred Blood as a 'vibrating crystal', and in his work he equates the vibration associated with this as 432 cycles per second. 

The sword named 'Nothung' is the Sword of the Wolsungas in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle and the name means 'Need of Ing'. Here we see a confirmation of the 'Mystery of the Blood' that Peryt Shou talks about. The Ing-Rune is the Mystery of the Blood, and the DNA Spiral - and here also we see the link to the Evolution of Man. 

The Age of Heroes

 

The Ing-Rune has many levels of meaning, and at one level it is the 'Sign of the Son', and in this case we are looking at Wid-Ar the Avenging Son. Here we see the Edel-Rune that is 'crowned', but as we know the 'crown' has been 'toppled' by the Joten-Forces who have usurped the Divine Authority and replaced this by a Demonic Kingdom of Darkness. 

The Ing-Rune is made up of Twin Ken-Runes (FIRE) as the Ken-Fusion, and of Twin Ur-Runes (UR) as the Ur-Fusion - thus 'Primal Fire' or 'Ur-Fire'. Wid-Ar arises wielding a FLAMING SWORD - the Ur-Fire. This is the 'Fire of the White Dragon' in our own Wodenic Lore. This rune is also made up of Twin Gyfu-Runes - the 'Gift of Ing'. If the rune-lines are extended in any/all directions the same pattern unfolds - to infinity. This pattern is of the Gyfu-Rune and the Germanic Ing-Rune (Diamond-Ing). But, when this sequence is started the first rune that is formed is the Gar-Rune - the 'Gift of Ing' (Gungnir). 

This is why these three runes - Edel-Ing-Gar - are linked together as the 'Gift of Ing'; the 'Gift of Ing', as we know, is FIRE. This mystery can be found in the White Stone of Ing, known as the Firestone. 

The 'Gift of Ing' as the Spear of Woden is the Cosmic Axis, here symbolised by the Sacred Spear, and by the World-Pillar, which the Stone of Ing clearly symbolises. We know that this era is that which will see the Fires of Surt cleanse the worlds, and here too we see a cleansing by fire, with the Flaming Sword. 

Now let us look what the Stan-Rune in this version can tell us about the subject. This is the 'Stone of Ing' since it contains the Ing-Rune; it also contains Twin E(o)h-Runes and Twin Mann-Runes - the Divine Twins and Manu. All these runes and concepts are connected with our era, at the end of a world-age moving into the beginning of the next world-age. This, in fact, contains the three concepts of 'Twin' (Divine Twins), Manu (Mann-Rune) and the 'Son' (Ing-Rune). This message - on the White Stone of Ing - has been given to us today, at this time of the Cosmic Cycle, to aid in our Sacred Blood Struggle. 

The Edel-Rune is that of Twin Sig-Runes, here seen as White (White Sun) and Black (Black Sun). The Sig-Rune is the Rune of Victory and Rune of the Sun, as well as being symbolic of the Solar Serpent. It is the Lightning-Bolt of the Lightning-War, the war waged against the Forces of Darkness and Chaos. This is the Lightning-Bolt of Thunor which blasts the Darkness, allowing the Divine Light to shine once more upon the Folk. 

The transition-period between the Age of Pisces and the Age of Aquarius we name the 'Age of Heroes' or 'Age of the Son' ('Age of Ing'); Ing is also the Divine Hero, which adds weight to this idea.  We are in the time of the greatest destruction, disorder and chaos, at the time of the Great Dissolution, but this is an age in which the Aryan Hero arises to combat the Darkness and Chaos, to wage a Holy War against the Joten-Forces, and to bring into being a New Order that will manifest a 'New Man' - the 'Superman'. 

The Return of the King

 

The Edel-Rune represents the Folk and the Land - Blood & Soil. The Ing-Rune is the Rune of the Blood and the Rune of the Blood-Memory. The Tarot Card named 'The Tower' or 'The Falling Tower' has upon it the image of the Crown - Kingship - being toppled by the Lightning-Bolt that strikes the tower. The constellation known as the Northern Crown (Corona Borealis) shows the 'Crown' fallen from the Constellation of Bootes (Constellation of Ingwe). In Lord of the Rings we find a poem by Tolkien which states that 'the crownless again shall be king'. 

The Ing-Rune shows the 'Crown' on the top of the Edel-Rune, symbolic I feel of the Kingship-Kinship bond. With the Ing-Rune we find that the Crown has been regained once more. This does not seem to be borne out by the rune-sequence, where we have Ing-Daeg-Edel or Ing-Edel-Daeg, these two versions being used. It has always seemed strange how Daeg-Edel are interchangeable for no known reason. However, Woden Initiates often disguised their work from the uninitiated, sometimes by altering a sequence. 

However, if we see this as the loss of the 'Crown' then Ing-Edel fits perfectly, but unfortunately we do not have the 'Crowned King' here. As I said, the Edel-Rune is of Folk & Land, and the Erda version obviously of the Folkland. Again, perhaps the interchangeable runes also applies to other runes, and thus Ing-Edel and Edel-Ing would be used in the same manner, which would solve the problem. But we do not know this and this is just speculation. But what we do know is that the 'Crown' that has toppled from Ingwe (Bootes) applies at this time, since this is the way that these two constellations are placed in our era. 

What we have to add to create the Rune of the Blood is FIRE; this is clear when we use the Kan-Fusion as shown above. This would be the right version to use since the glyph is of the DNA Helix. When the Crown is toppled the DNA Helix is broken, thus the link between Man and Land is broken. This is what seems to be the core of the Graal Mythos which is the quest to find the New King, whilst the Old King has a wasting wound (in the thigh which is important). The New King is not crowned until the Last Battle has been won.

The Edel-Rune drawn as above is seen as the White Sun - Black Sun in balance; we can surmise that the 'Dying Sun' (White Sun) is perhaps in near balance, whilst the Black Sun is the Rising Sun, getting more and more powerful, and thus its energy is waxing in the Sacred Blood. The above glyph is actually relevant if we see these Twin-Suns as being in two worlds - the Earth and the Inner Earth. 

According to Hindu Lore the Last Avatar - Kalki Avatar - arises from Shambhala, which is the 'Inner Earth'; thus, he appears as the God of the Black Sun, incarnate here on Earth. The same type of legend can be found in Tibet where the Chakravartin or Rudra Kalki appears, again related to the Legend of Shambhala. The name 'Shambhala' seems to be related to the idea of a 'pillar' and to the Spiritual Centre or Sacred Centre, also related to the 'Skamba'.