ATDTDA (2): Iceland Spar

[Glenn Scheper]

Everybody know to try "define:<term>" at Google?

        define:spar

An earthy mineral that breaks with regular surfaces,
and has some degree of lustre; a crystallized earthy
mineral of a shining lustre.

The general term given to all of the poles used for
masts, yards, etc.

        define:odin

(Icelandic, Scandinavian) [from Wodan from odr cosmic mind;
cf Greek nous, Sanskrit mahat] As a god, foremost of the
aesir in Norse mythology; as a human being, the founder of
the ancient Norse religion. Odin is the Great Sacrifice of
our world system, hung or mounted on the Tree of Life
throughout its duration, seeking runes of wisdom in the
material worlds, "raising them with song" and at the end
of time falling once more from the tree. ...

(Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and
poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye)
and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan 

Odin, Icelandic/Old Norse Óðinn, Swedish Oden, English/Anglo-Saxon
and Old Saxon Wõden, Old Franconian Wodan, Alemannic Wuodan,
German Wotan or Wothan Lombardic Godan. Although its precise
mythological meaning is controversial, the name appears to be
formed from òð and -in. In Old Norse, òð means by itself
'"wit, soul" and in compounds "fierce power, energy;"
the suffix -in means "master, lord." Thus, Odin means
master of the life force. 

The typical autofellator: He hung on a tree, or spar.
Double entendre. His region seems to include Iceland.

I wouldn't be on this, but I had a dream. Well, first
there was a girl in In-n-Out, and she tipped her boobs
to me, and then, waiting behind her to fill my coffee,
I heard, Godiva, like God, I've a hard on, or I'd like
to see you naked. In meditation later, I recovered the
subtle undertones: She said, You're horny? ... Me Too!
and when she passed by me leaving, she said, We fucked.

But in the dream that night, I put my hand in a small
pig's mouth, which had horrific long teeth like nails.
Next thing I know, I am riding away on a larger pig.
I wonder how Jesus got his donkey? Skipping lots of
other dreams, I come to the part where I was, like,
sitting outside an army barracks with a buddy, and,
he was talking, and part of it was unintelligible,
and he advised me to look into Runes. So, here...


In an act of shamanistic self-suffering, Odin hung from the 
world-tree Ygdrassil for nine days until the secrets of the 
runes were revealed to him. Encoded within them were all the 
patterns of the universe. I know I hung on that windswept 
tree, Swung there for nine long nights, Wounded by my own 
blade, Bloodied for Odin, Myself an offering to myself: 
Bound to the tree, That no man knows Whither the roots of it 
run. None gave me bread, None gave me drink, Down to the 
deepest depths I peered Until I spied the Runes. With a 
roaring cry I seized them up, Then dizzy and fainting, I 
fell. Well-being I won And wisdom too. I grew and took joy 
in my growth: From a word to a word I was led to a word, 
>From a deed to another deed. -- The Poetic Edda (circa 1200 
A.D.)

  -- http://equinox.faithweb.com/runes/index2.html

The word "kenning" is used a lot in conjunction with runic 
interpretations. Kenning is a poetic metaphor used to 
describe something in terms of something else. Since the 
runes are tied to germanic myth which, as all myths, can be 
highly metaphorical the true meaning of a rune often times 
can be buried underneath the theme of a mythic germanic 
tale. Here is an example... At the most basic level, and 
without any kenning at all, the rune Fehu represents 
"cattle"... plain simple little cows. So if Fehu came up in 
your spread could it mean that cows are in your future? 
Quite possibly, but it is more likely that the rune 
represents what cattle symbolized to the early germanic 
people.

  -- http://equinox.faithweb.com/runes/index2.html


The Celtic Ogham alphabet dates from the fourth century. The 
alphabet is named for Ogmos, the Celtic god of knowledge. 
Ogmos was associated with the Gaulish Ogmios and 
occasionally the Greek hermes. The alphabet consists of 
twenty letters, each named for a different tree believed 
sacred to the Druids. Each letter is made up of one to five 
straight or angled lines incised on a straight base line. 
Because the number of letters, and the number of lines that 
make up each letter, some scholars have theorized that the 
ogham may have originated as a system of hand signs.

  -- http://altreligion.about.com/library/texts/bl_ogham.htm?terms=runes


Runes are a Norse alphabet developed around 200 BCE, from 
characters used for magical purposes. It was believed to 
have been discovered by Odin as he hung upside down and 
wounded for nine days on the World Tree Yggdrasil . There 
are three commonly known runic alphabets: the 'elder' and 
'younger' Futhark (futhark being the transliteration of the 
first few letters of that alphabet), the Anglo-Saxon 
futhork, and the Danish 'short twig' or script alphabet. The 
word 'rune' literally means a 'whisper' or 'secret.' The 
Elder Futhark is the oldest, and consists of three sets of 
eight letters; there have been as many as thirty three runic 
characters, and as few as sixteen at various times. Runes 
have been used as a divinatory device from the beginning, 
and some scholars believe that at one time, a special class 
of diviners existed dealing soley in rune reading. In the 
present time, runes are created and used by Asatru believers 
as a device for meditation and divination.

  -- http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/bldefrunes.htm?terms=runes


The name is from a root run- (Gothic runa) meaning "secret". 
(C.f. also Finnish , where runo was loaned to mean "poem".)

  -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes


Naturally, I used the 18 Runes that Guido von List introduced.

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/


traced to the occult and volkisch author Guido von List, one 
of the important figures in Germanic mysticism and runic 
revivalism in the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1908, 
List published in Das Geheimnis der Runen ("The Secret of 
the Runes") a set of 18 so-called "Armanen Runes", based on 
the Younger Futhark, which were allegedly revealed to him in 
a state of temporary blindness after a cataract operation on 
both eyes in 1902.

  -- http://www.crystalinks.com/runes.html


Quite to the contrary, the Armanen Futhork is a system of 
creative energies that naturally reaches far beyond the 
well-defined cabbalistic energies.

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/

The Eighteen Sacred Futhork Runes are a symbolism that 
represents universal cosmic structures. They connect with 
the natural zodiac of creative energies the periodic system 
of chemical elements the world crystal, and crystal 
structures in general a Runic musical scale with 18 tones

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/

the system of numbers with the base 18 RUNES ARE COSMIC 
ENERGIES OF CREATION that connect you with the WORLD 
CRYSTAL.

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/

Runes are Symbols on Many Levels First, they carry a number 
that defines their position within the symbolism as a whole.

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/

Second, each Rune is a symbol. You can draw or visualize 
this symbol.

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/

The graphic symbols of the Runes connect with the WORLD 
CRYSTAL. They are representatives of the creative energies 
of the world crystal. The symbol of the world crystal is the 
hexagon with the three inscribed diameters. If you look at a 
regular quartz crystal from the top you will see this 
structure. Each Rune fits neatly into this symbol of the 
world crystal.

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/

Next, each Rune naturally connects with a MANTRA, OR WORD OF 
POWER.

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/

The most important characteristic of a true symbolism is 
that the position of each symbol in relation to every other 
symbol is of crucial importance. Consequently, once you know 
the esoteric structure of a symbolism and the meaning of one 
of its symbols, you are naturally capable to precisely 
establish the meanings of all other symbols. Another 
important characteristic of a true symbolism is that the 
energy of the symbolism as a whole is qualitatively and 
quantitatively superior to the sum total of its individual 
symbols. Systems that lack these characteristics are, often 
worthless, arrays of incoherent symbols and not true 
symbolisms.

  -- http://www.magitech.com/~runes/


I evoked a Germanic god with a Rune. Before the god could 
manifest, the Rune asked me what god I wanted to create! As 
a consequence of the life force technology that I developed 
(I have built the first device on this planet that actually 
generates life force, i.e., the Chi Generator@, or generator 
of Od) and the scientific explanation of magic, radionics, 
and the power of abstractions such as thought forms, gods, 
sigils, radionic settings, etc. (also a first on this 
planet, see my course "Magick of the Future") , the power of 
a Rune magic that is rooted in the realms of creation has 
increased significantly!

  -- http://www.runemagick.com/


The Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems have 16 runes, with 
the letter names a fe ("wealth"), a ur ("iron"/"rain"), a | 
Thurs , a As /Oss, a ! reidh ("ride"), a ' kaun ("ulcer"), a 
hagall ("hail"), a naudhr/naud ("need"), a is/iss ("ice"), a 
ar ("plenty"), a sol ("sun"), a Tyr , a ' bjarkan/bjarken 
("birch"), a madhr/madr ("man"), a logr/lA g ("water"), a | 
yr ("yew").

  -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes


PERTHRO - P: Initiation, Things Unexplained, Something 
Hidden A hieratic or mystery rune pointing to that which is 
beyond our frail manipulative powers. Perth is associated 
with the Phoenix, the mystical bird which consumes itself in 
the fire then rises from its own ashes. Its ways aresecret 
and hidden. Powerful forces of change are at work here. Yet 
what is achieved is not easily or readily shared. After all 
becoming whole - the means of it - is a profound secret. On 
the side of the Earthly or mundane, there may well be 
surprises, gains or rewards that you did not anticipate. On 
the side of human nature this Rune is symbolized by the 
flight of the eagle. Soaring flight, free from entanglement, 
lifting yourself above the endless ebb and flow of ordinary 
life to acquire broader vision - all this is indicated here. 
Perth stands for the heart of Initiation - Nothing external 
matters here, except as it shows you in its inner 
reflection. ThisRune is concerned with the deepest stratum 
of our being, the bedrock on which our destiny is founded. 
For some Perth means experiencing some form of death - or 
transition. It is a letting go of everything, no exceptions, 
no exclusions. Nothing less than renewal of the Spirit is at 
stake. Hidden information and truths, mysteries, esoteric, 
that which is unknown on a conscious level, it could come 
into the light and you would understand the 'higher meaning' 
of things. Reversed: Events stalled,

  -- http://www.crystalinks.com/runes.html

BLANK RUNE: Sometimes called "Odin's Rune": Anything is 
possible and can happen. The sum total of who you are, what 
you have done, and what you have become. Choose a direction 
and go for it. The blank Rune was added to the others in the 
1980's.

  -- http://www.crystalinks.com/runes.html

I also smear my blood on the back of the rune stones to 
assimilate my life force into the stones to make them more 
'mine'.

  -- http://www.geocities.com/lavenderwater37/runes.htm


Virtually Virtual Iceland Runes and Pronunciation Following 
is the Icelandic Alphabet, the Runic character equivalents 
of the Alphabet and the pronunciation of vowels in 
Icelandic.

  -- http://www.simnet.is/gardarj/folk/runes.htm


Yours truly,
Glenn Scheper
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