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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:53 am
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Odin is one of the deities I work with, so I'm good to go there. Am trying to catch up on my reading of the Eddas, it's something I've been meaning to do for a while, I started the Poetic a bit ago, so am continuing on with that.
I've done some exploration with runes before, have one set I made on some found rocks, and am working on carving another set out of bones.
Many, many years ago, I was introduced to runes by the book by Blum, which I have since learned has a pretty bad reputation. Recently I've read and worked with interpretations from Futhark (by Edred Thorsson) and Teutonic magic (by Kveldulf Gundarsson).
I am always excited to go through the runes, and deeper my understanding of each one. I kind of struggled with them for years, most of the websites I had found or books that included little snippets on runes just listed them with a list of attributes for each one which I found very hard to work with. I definitely find that building my understanding of Germanic legends and stories has made a lot of things click in my mind.
I really like the rune consecration in the rune guide linked.
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:58 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:51 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:16 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:33 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:32 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:11 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:38 pm
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Sanzolvr29 I was wondering about food offerings. For drinks you simply pour the offering on the ground, but what do you do with food? Leaving dry cat food outside attracts raccoons, so I'm not comfortable leaving meat. I read somewhere that they let their dogs eat it once they were done, although I don't think my parents would be too happy about that. So what else do you do with food offerings?
Typically when I have food offerings, I leave the plate on my altar overnight, and then there is a tree outside, where I place the offerings the next day. If you are concerned about animals being attracted, maybe find a spot that is a bit further away from your house. In general though, it doesn't have to be a huge amount, and if it's a one time thing, it shouldn't attract to much (at least not for long, since it will be gone quick enough).
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:53 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:53 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:29 am
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I think I've seen more arguments caused by knowledge (and people's way of expressing their knowledge) than by money.
I think Fehu helps to remind us that monetary wealth is what you make of it. Money itself doesn't create happiness, although it often gives us the means to be happy. If we focus too much on the money (or even on the 'stuff' we can get or do with it) instead of focusing on the experiences, we can twist it around into something that can be cruel (by showing off to others how much more we have)or stingy (by feeling it is better to keep the money just to have it than to spend it wisely).
I also think that Fehu reminds us that wealth of this sort is mutable: it changes. I did a lot of thinking a while back about Fehu and the connection between cattle and wealth (being that I am not a rancher or herder and such my personal wealth has no direct link to cattle). Herd animals can be a continuing source of wealth and many of them can product things without being sacrificed (like milk or wool). They also produce offspring, and so will multiply themselves. All these things lead to your overall wealth increasing. But they are a very transient sort of wealth. Eventually, every beast will die, and if you haven't managed the herd well, you are left with nothing. You also have to prepare for natural emergencies that can threaten your cattle, or human threats (such as theft).
If you talk to (or read about) wealth and wealthy people, almost all say that the money itself is nothing, what is important is what you can do with it. I see this quite strongly in the Old English rune poem, where it talks of sharing. I think it is pretty common to judge the wealthy, not by how much money they are worth, but by how they act, what do they do that is charitable and how do they carry themselves (do they treat others as if they are better because they have more money).
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:53 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:46 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:55 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:31 am
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