The ancestral turning point usa for Turtle Island,
which is to identify, educate, train, develop, and organize as deep as possible, as much as we can our Folk First! Earth First! people into keeping the flame alive of our sacred land sacred sex sacred life, ancestral faith which is the Mimmir’s wellspring of our biospirit wellbeing. There is a lot of learning, unlearning, relearning, coupling and uncoupling screaming of biospirit to find what works in the wellbeing sphere of ancestral faith. Nature is door. Nature is entranceway. Nature is pathway authentic for most. ‘Never surrender.’, can not mean surrendering our stories. So I ask you, how can ‘Never surrender.’, mean surrendering our stories? ‘Never surrender.’, can never mean surrendering our stories. Surrendering our stories means surrendering our people to despair. Despair escalates into numb withdrawal. Numb withdrawal becomes erasure. We live within our talk. So respect what enters your hall. Respect the words you say from your mouth. Especially respect the fake sense of hiding anonymity of the online experience. Everything said online will be traced back to you and become a weapon used against you. Forget miranda rights, everything you say will be traced back to you and used against you as blackmail, to escalate further. Get it through your head every loosening of the noose is a trick to dox you then tighten that noose further. You are under attack. The true temple hall is you as a tabernacle. If faith requires renouncing your deepest ethnic connection to the bioregion and our ancestral DNA then that is entropy and pulling apart the fabric woven by the wyrd in the Norns. We must have our own ancestral faith stories. The human condition requires our adherence to connection within mythic heroic stories. Family is the pillar upon what all ancestral faith stands.
I am a ‘we’ within Folk First! making primary and central our ancestral faith as ultimate meaning in being alive, going deeper. For me as Wild Herb Ways this is the news, the message of ancestral vitalism being above ground breathing is as myself within the envelope of us, a people, sealed, set, stamped, sent, and delivered.
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| My grandfather August Manski |
From Tacitus in his Germania describing me, my people, circa 75AD, “For myself, I concur in opinion with such as suppose the people of Germany never to have mingled by inter-marriages with other nations, but to have remained a people pure, and independent, and resembling none but themselves. Hence amongst such a mighty multitude of men, the same make and form is found in all, eyes stern and blue, yellow hair, huge bodies, but vigorous only in the first onset. Of pains and labour they are not equally patient, nor can they at all endure thrift and heat. To bear hunger and cold they are hardened by their climate and soil.” -Publius Cornelius Tacitus in Germania circa 90 C.E.https://youtube.com/shorts/cHMe0VKxKVA?si=kG4LMfFOx9-2sAko
What is the envelope, sealed, set, stamped, sent and delivered? It is an ethnic indwelling spirituality based on biospirit on Turtle Island. Pay attention bio is actual touchable biology, the body and the spirit, mind are one together unit. Overcoming the ‘whatever’ and positing the ‘ok’ to wellbeing. Materials. Eating right, food with good fats, as close of possible natural whole unadulterated food. Food is thy medicine and medicine is thy food. Living in a relatively simple house, as much as possible a non- synthetic house. With natural law it’s about getting our biospirit gut mind frame back together. Getting a natural thinking process together. Do as much as possible synching with the same flow as happening in, within the natural world. As above, so below. Sobriety is key. Sobriety is sustaining a chemical integral balance in the mind. These are all recommendations about what you should do. You have to liberate biospirit, which includes your mind thinking process from the entertainment based AI electric media meme pathogens that function to inculcate negative outcomes, along with a dynamic health of body, which we call biospirit. So the process becomes looking into your own people. So the process becomes looking into the ancestral faith of our people. So the process becomes reanimating home as a nourishing place of belonging. So the process becomes concretization opposed to abstraction. So the process becomes being here now, deleting a generalized somewhere, ultimately belonging in your body, within a bioregion ecosystem as family, tribe, neighborhood. So the process becomes going into our white european ethnicity to bring a deeper tradition of home. Ultimately an ancestral brotherhood sisterhood of communal family Folk First faith. The ultimate guidance is pilgrimage, to find the genuine and bring it back as much as possible, Prometheus bringing fire. Wotan Odin gaining the runes through single pointed focus upon the goal of wellbeing. A religion without a female goddess is unbalanced. Frigg is the consort of Wotan and of the Æsir. Frigg is a goddess devoted to traditional motherhood within marriage and a style of intuition or prophecy. Closely related to Frigg is Freyja, Freyja is a vanir goddess. Freyja is a goddess more connected to what might be called eros, or wilder ecstatic sexuality and fertility including the field and harvest. Freyja’s style of prophecy is that of a female seeress called a völva. The Völva was a seer who traveled from town to town performing acts of seðir in exchange for gifts, land, meat, food or lodging. It is believed that Freyja took on this role for the Gods of Æsir.
So what are some of the main pathway journeys to ancestral faith? In a sense for many people there is a central uncoupling process from unproductive negative thought patterned belief systems that oppress our folk. So in a sense a shaking off of primeval guilt, original sin is a part of the process. These negative thought patterns within belief systems stem from an imposed artificial, unsubstantive primal guilt which is used to entrench negative repetitive outcome or failure. Yet the uncoupling process is a stage and can not be the essential focus for wellbeing and positive growth. If the uncoupling process becomes a de rigeur virtue signal outward attack into blaming others then that fundamentally violates self-reliance. Self-reliance within Germanic Wotanvolk should not be confused with selfish individualism which is a block to wellbeing. The uncoupling process is a stage of becoming and is not an end game which is a trap. In Germanic heathenism the natural world is the sacred world. The world we live in, in the here and now is the sacred world. In heathenism you are called to be strong and self reliant within folk cooperation. Stephen McNallen of The Asatru Assembly in California in 1982 outlined these nine points in the Runestone journal Anthology, listed in the references that follow..
“ STRENGTH IS BETTER THAN WEAKNESS . . .
Let others revel In their vulnerability! We are not ashamed to be strong. The cult of the anti-hero will find no support in us. and the gods we follow are not for the weak.
. COURAGE IS BETTER THAN COWARDICE . . .
By facing life's struggles with courage, we constantly extend our capabilities. Without courage, nothing else can be done!
. JOY IS BETTER THAN GUILT . . .
Let us take pleasure in our humanity, rather than being ashamed of who we are. Misplaced guilt - because of our sexuality, or our strength, or our greatness has enslaved us long enough!
. HONOR IS BETTER THAN DISHONOR . . .
We must be true to what we are. and we must insist on acting with nobility rather than baseness. Our interior standards must be banners held high in our hearts.
. FREEDOM IS BETTER THAN SLAVERY . . .
We have no master! Those who would enslave us. whatever their excuse, are our enemies. The totalitarian ant nest is repugnant to us who demand the free, bracing wind of the Northlands.
. KINSHIP IS BETTER THAN ALIENATION . . .
The isolation and loneliness of modern life is foreign to us. nor Is It a neces¬ sary evil. We call our Folk to return to kith and kin. to family, clan, and tribe.
• REALISM IS BETTER THAN DOGMATISM . . .
Blind faith has no place in Odinism. Our ancestors may have been sublimely mystical, but they were at the same time severely practical. No pie in the skyj we must act in this world rather than calmly wait for the next.
. VIGOR IS BETTER THAN LIFELESSNESS . . .
Let us dare to be all that we can be! Let us take risks and taste the richness of life. Passivity is for sheep. We refuse to be mere spectators in life.
. ANCESTRY IS BETTER THAN UNIVERSALISM . . .
Odinism is not for all. It Is a product of the soul of the Northern peoples and is suited by Its very nature to our needs.” -McNallen, Stephen A., ed. Runestone: An Odinist Anthology. Payson, AZ: Asatru Free Assembly, 1982.
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Other in the ancestral Odinist sphere outlined these nine virtues:
The Nine Noble Virtues
The Nine Noble Virtues and one interpretation of what they should mean.
1. Honour - Be brave, you have a duty to advocate up for your wellbeing and the innocent entrusted to your care. Your job is not to verbally argue your beliefs. Your duty is to do, to act, to create. What we believe is sacred and not open to ridicule. Do not turn the other cheek. “The miserable man and evil minded
makes of all things mockery,
and knows not that which he best should know,
that he is not free from faults.” Havamal 22
comment: Irony and sarcasm is misspeech because it devalues word. Turning the other cheek is destructive, ill conceived and unworkable. Natural law that rules our lives is not a written constitution. It is like gravity. You throw a ball up in the air, it falls to the ground. It’s not a question of belief. Turning the other cheek to enemy out to harm is abuse. The enemy who sees you and your people as a patsy victim will attack again, as he senses weakness.
2. Truth - Be honest with yourself. You damage yourself when you lie. You have no obligation to telegraph your intentions to enemies who will use your truth to humiliate you. Speech has totally different rules depending on the distance from your inner circle.
"Silence becomes the Son of a prince,
To be silent but brave in battle:
It befits a man to be merry and glad
Until the day of his death," Havamal-verse 15
HAVAMAL:
counsel you second; swear no oath
But what you mean to abide by:
A halter awaits the word breaker,
Villainous is the wolf-of-vows.
3. Industriousness:
"A small hut of one's own is better,
A man is his master at home:
A couple of goats and a corded roof
Still are better than begging." Havamal - Verse 36
4. Fidelity - Stay true to yourself as it exists within your tribe and inner circle, your family, faith and folk.
"With presents friends should please each other,
With a shield or a costly coat:
Mutual giving makes for friendship
So long as life goes well," Havamal - Verse 41
"A man should be loyal through life to friends,
And return gift for gift,
Laugh when they laugh,but with lies repay
A false foe who lies." Havamal - Verse 42
"A man should be loyal through life to friends,
To them and to friends of theirs,
But never shall a man make offer
Of friendship to his foes." Havamal - Verse 43
"Young and alone on a long road,
Once I lost my way:
Rich I felt when I found a another;
Man rejoices in man." Havamal - Verse 47
"The young fir that falls and rots
Having neither needles nor bark,
So is the fate of the friendless man:
Why should he live long?" Havamal - Verse 50
5. Discipline and Duty - Develop sobriety in self-discipline. Develop and carry through inner strength rather than relying on others for stimulus. Follow these values. Teach others only within your circle.
"Less good than belief would have it
Is mead for the sons of men:
A man knows less the more he drinks,
Becomes a befuddled fool," Havamal - Verse 12
"Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good name never dies
Of one who has done well" Havamal - Verse 76
6. Hospitality - Your hearth should be welcoming to friend, family and folk First!. Help those in need within your circle. Hospitality:
"Fire is needed by the newcomer
Whose knees are frozen numb;
Meat and clean linen a man needs
Who has fared across the fells," Havamal-Verse 3
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"A guest should be courteous
When he comes to the table
And sit in wary silence,
His ears attentive,his eyes alert:
So he protects himself," Havamal-Verse 7
"The wise guest has his way of dealing
With those who taunt him at table:
He smiles through the meal,not seeming to hear
The twaddle talked by his foes" Havamal - verse 31
HAVAMAL:
Fire is needed by the newcomer
Whose knees are frozen numb;
Meat and clean linen a man needs
Who has fared across the fells,
Water, too, that he may wash before eating,
Hand cloth’s and a hearty welcome,
Courteous words, then courteous silence
That he may tell his tale.
HAVAMAL:
I give you rede Loddf fnir— heed it well!
You will use it if you learn it,
it will get you good if you understand it.
Do not abuse a guest— or drive him out the door.
Instead do well for the wretched.
7. Industriousness - Work hard to achieve your family goals and make strong your tribe. A day of no work is a day of no eating. Make do with little as long it is your own. HAVAMAL:
One’s home is best, though small it be
To each home is hall.
The heart bleeds in the beggar who must
Ask at each meal for meat.
HAVAMAL:
Wits are needful
to he who travels far.
The dull should stay home
The dull will be mocked,
who cannot sit with sages.
8. Self-reliance - Try not to rely on others, do what you can yourself so you can assist your tribe and provide for the wellbeing of your people.
HAVAMAL:
Better alive than lifeless be,
to the quick fall ay the cattle,
the hearth fire burned for the happy heir-
outdoors a dead man lay
May the halt ride a horse, and the handless be herdsman,
the deaf man may doughtily fight,
a blind man is better than a burn one ay;
of what gain is a good man dead?
9. Perseverance - Life is a hard path at times, but push yourself on till you reach your goal.
HAVAMAL:
The coward believes he will live forever
If he holds back in the battle,
But in old age he shall have no peace
Though spears have spared his limbs.
The Hávamál (passage 15) expresses the concept of boldness well:
Silent and attentive– and battle bold
should a chieftain’s son be.
A man should be glad and happy, until defeated by death.
Such sentiment is further expressed in Fáfnismál (passage 29):
Ever the fearless, but never the fearful
fares the better in a fight;
’tis better to be glad than in gloomy mood
whether all is fair or foul.
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus, the 1st century Roman writer historian writing in “Germania”, described my ancestral people, the Germans having encountered them two thousand years ago.
“No nation indulges more freely in feasting and entertaining than the German. It is accounted a sin to turn any man away from your door. The host welcomes his guest with the best meal that his means allow. When he has finished entertaining him, the host undertakes a fresh role: he accompanies the guest to the nearest house where further hospitality can be had. It makes no difference that they come uninvited; they are welcomed just as warmly. No distinction is ever made between acquaintance and stranger as far as the right to hospitality is concerned. As the guest takes his leave, it is customary to let him have anything he asks for; and the host, with as little hesitation, will ask for a gift in return. They take delight in presents, but they expect no repayment for giving them and feel no obligation in receiving them.” -Publius Cornelius Tacitus in Germania circa 90 C.E.
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My ancestral family members were said to be a people who emerged from the forested mountains, an indigenous self arising first people, a situated people who traced their lineage to the paleolithic with significant Neanderthal DNA in our ancestral genome. Along with the Basque people, my family Germanic lineage has up to 5% Neanderthal. Science now reveals that all human life emerged from Europe in the straight out of Europe discoveries, that prioritize our wellbeing, as the actuality authenticity unfolding through my human genome research. Our people trace their divine ancestry through to Rome and were Roman Catholic old believers. We are likewise linked to greek Hercules, who according to Tacitus visited Germania along with Odysseus. “Germans, like many other peoples, are said to have been visited by Hercules, and they sing of him as the foremost of all the heroes when they are about to engage in battle. Ulysses also, in all those fabled wanderings of his, is supposed by some to have reached the northern sea and visited German lands, and to have founded and named Asciburgium, a town on the Rhine inhabited to this day. They even add that an altar consecrated by Ulysses and inscribed also with the name of his father Laertes was discovered long ago at this same place, and that certain barrows with monuments upon them bearing Greek inscriptions still exist on the borders of Germany and Raetia. I do not intend to argue either for or against these assertions; each man must accept or reject them as he feels inclined.” -Publius Cornelius Tacitus in Germania circa 90 C.E.
We originated in a mountainous forested coal mining region close to the Germania described by Tacitus, today called Silesia. Today Silesia is Polish, German speaking in a region of modern Poland. My grandfather on my father’s side was named Augustus Manske, and we trace our descent through Mannus, Manske, one of the sons of Mannus, divine founder of our race. After having been gored by the bull Doldôth (Wild Death), Istrô becomes Swervandôth (Wandering Death). As the first to die, Istrô is also Furistadôd (First of the Dead), and as such, is ruler of the dead at Wîtansal (Wise Hall). He also takes on the title of Mokka (tr. “pig,” interpretatio Mercurius Moccus) in his role as hunter.
Within the ancient Eddas, the Poetic and prose Edda are the ancient hymns that are the “rainbow bridge” “blood of blood, bone of bone, earth of stone, wood of rune, air of fire, water of cloud”, which we recite sing pray in our blot, that link the abstract, mythic song of Edda to the concrete and historical evolution of the people. The Elder Futhark system of writing with 24 runic inscriptions was traditionally engraved with straight vertical and angled chiseled symbols. The Runic examples we have today are mainly inscribed in stone. There is also the Codex Runicus, circa 1300AD which used the 24 runic signs with an additional series of ‘dots’ to ‘or dotted marks’, to duplicate the latin roman alphabet. The Codex Runicus was written on sheepskin parchment, sewn and bound with wooden cover.
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Tacitus the roman historian describes the use of runes in Germania: “ Augury and divination by lot no people practise more diligently. The use of the lots is simple. A little bough is lopped off a fruit-bearing tree, and cut into small pieces; these are distinguished by certain marks, and thrown carelessly and at random over a white garment. In public questions the priest of the particular state, in private the father of the family, invokes the gods, and, with his eyes towards heaven, takes up each piece three times, and finds in them a meaning according to the mark previously impressed on them. If they prove unfavourable, there is no further consultation that day about the matter; if they sanction it, the confirmation of augury is still required. For they are also familiar with the practice of consulting the notes and the flight of birds. It is peculiar to this people to seek omens and monitions from horses. Kept at the public expense, in these same woods and groves, are white horses, pure from the taint of earthly labour; these are yoked to a sacred car, and accompanied by the priest and the king, or chief of the tribe, who note their neighings and snortings. No species of augury is more trusted, not only by the people and by the nobility, but also by the priests, who regard themselves as the ministers of the gods, and the horses as acquainted with their will. They have also another method of observing auspices, by which they seek to learn the result of an important war. Having taken, by whatever means, a prisoner from the tribe with whom they are at war, they pit him against a picked man of their own tribe, each combatant using the weapons of their country. The victory of the one or the other is accepted as an indication of the issue.” -Publius Cornelius Tacitus in Germania circa 90 C.E.
Each of the 24 Elder Futhark runes has a 3-fold significance a symbol connected with a specific sound, a name that is the sound and an energy that combines the three. The Runic order is significant. The 24 runes of the Elder Futhark are divided into three groups called “aettir,” or “families.” Each aettir contains eight runes, and each of the runes within an aettir is believed to be connected in some way, either through their meanings or through their connections to ancestral faith of our Folk. The first 8-grouping or aett is called “Freyjas (and/or Freyrs’) Aett,” and it is associated with the goddess Freyja (or Freyr, Freyjas’ brother). This aett is associated with material abundance, fertility, as well as the natural world. The runes in this aett are believed to represent the forces of creation and the cycle of life. The second 8, aett is called “Hagall’s Aett,” and it is associated with the Aesir god Heimdall, who was also known as Hagal. This aett embodies transformation, change, and the passage of time. The belief is that the runes in this aett symbolize the forces of destruction and renewal. People call the third and last aett “Tyr’s Aett,” associating it with the Aesir god Tyr. This 8 group 02aett symbolizes social order, justice, and the structure of society. People believe that the runes in this aett symbolize the forces of order and stability.
MEANINGS THE RUNES
Rune: Fehu
The Meaning:
Fehu (F) –Cattle, livestock, riches, landed property, movable property. “cattle or wealth”. It is associated with prosperity, abundance, and the natural cycles of life.
Sound: F, Element: EARTH
Germanic name: Fe (Fehu)
Norse name: Fé
Anglo Saxon name: Feo, Feoh
Icelandic name: Fé
Norwegian name: Fe
Rune: Uruz
Meaning: Primal EARTH Element Energy. Primitive ox, wild ox. Uruz (ᚢ) - Meaning "aurochs" (wild ox), symbolizing strength and potential.
Uruz (U)
– “Wild ox, Aurochs”. It is associated with primal power, physical strength, and the forces of nature.Sound: U Element:EARTH
Germanic name: Uraz (Uruz)
Norse name: Úr
Anglo Saxon name: Ur
Icelandic name: Úr
Norwegian name: Ur
Rune: Thurisaz
Meaning: 
Thurisaz (Th) – “Giant, or thorn”. It is associated with danger, protective powers, and the courage to face challenges.Thorn, Giant, Troll. Thurisaz (ᚦ) - Meaning "thorn" or "giant", symbolizing defense or conflict.
Sound: Þ, Th ELEMENT:FIRE, war hammer
Germanic name: Thyth (Thurisaz)
Norse name: Þurs
Anglo Saxon name: (Thorn)
Icelandic name: Þurs
Norwegian name: Thurs
Rune: Ansuz
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Meaning: Primal AIR Element Energy God, Asa god, divinity. Ansuz (ᚫ) - Meaning "(a) god" or "mouth", associated with communication and wisdom.
Ansuz (A) – “God, thought to mean the breath of Odin”. It is associated with wisdom and the power of the spoken word.
Sound: A Element: Wind Wotan's cloak beard billowing in the wind
Germanic name: Aza (Ansuz)
Norse name: Óss, Áss
Anglo Saxon name: Aesc, (Os, Ac)
Icelandic name: Óss, Áss
Norwegian name: As
Rune: Raidho
Meaning: Riding, Travel. Raidho (ᚱ) - Meaning "wagon" or "journey", representing travel and movement.
Raidho (R) – “ride, journey”. It is associated with movement, change, and the journey of life.
Sound: R Element: EARTH, horses hindquarters hitched to a wagon, cart.
Germanic name: Reda (Raidho)
Norse name: Reið, Reiðr
Anglo Saxon name: Rad (Radh)
Icelandic name: Reið
Norwegian name: Reid, Reidr
The rune's name: Kenaz
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Meaning: Boil, carbuncle. Kenaz (ᚳ) - Meaning "torch" or "knowledge", symbolizing clarity, creativity, and illumination.
Kaunan/Kenaz (K) – “ulcer/torch”. It is associated with fertility, creativity, and the power of procreation.
Sound: K (C) Element: FIRE, a torch casting it's own shadow
Germanic name: Chozma (Kenaz)
Norse name: Kaun
Anglo Saxon name: Cen, Ken
Icelandic name: Kaun
Norwegian name: Kaun
Rune: Gebo
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Meaning: Gift. Gebo (ᚷ) - Meaning "gift", symbolizing balance, partnership, and exchange.
Gebo (G) – “gifts, exchange”. It is associated with generosity, partnerships, and the exchange of energy and resources.
Sound: G Element: AIR, Either, hands clasped in greeting, shaking hands.
Germanic name: Geuua (Gebo)
Norse name: Gipt, Giöf
Anglo Saxon name: Geofu (Gyfu)
Icelandic name: Gjöf
Norwegian name: Giof
Rune: Wunjo
Numerology number: 7
Meaning: Good fortune, Delight. Wunjo (ᚹ) - Meaning "joy" or "pleasure", representing harmony, comfort, and success. 
Wunjo (W) – “joy, success” Associated with joy, success, and the attainment of personal goals.
Sound: W Element: EARTH, tribal folk banner.
Germanic name: Uuinne (Wunjo)
Norse name: Vend
Anglo Saxon name: Wynn
Icelandic name: Vin
Norwegian name: Wynn
Rune: Hagalaz
Meaning: Hail. Hagalaz (ᚺ): Hail, disruption, change, and natural forces.
Hagalaz (H) – “hail” Associated with change, transformation, and the forces of chaos.
Sound: H Element: WATER, Wind, storm, bridging mist and fire, ice fog of winter.
Germanic name: Haal (Hagalaz)
Norse name: Hagall
Anglo Saxon name: Hagall (Haegl)
Icelandic name: Hagall
Norwegian name: Hagall, Hagl
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Other versions of the Hagalaz
Rune: Nauthiz
Meaning: Suffer want, crowd, bondage, slavery. Nauthiz (ᚾ): Need, constraint, necessity, and self-discipline.
Nauthiz (N) – “need”. Associated with need, constraint, and the challenges that we must overcome in life.
Sound: N Element: WATER, bow drill for fire starting.
Germanic name: Noicz (Nauthiz)
Norse name: Nauð, Nauðr
Anglo Saxon name: Nied (Nyd)
Icelandic name: Nauð
Norwegian name: Naudr, Naud
Rune: Isa
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Meaning: Ice. Isa (ᛁ): Ice, stillness, reflection, and inner strength.
Isa (I) – “ice” Associated with stillness, isolation, and the need for introspection and self-reflection.
Sound: I Element: ICE, solid water, image icelcle
Germanic name: Icz (Isa)
Norse name: Íss
Anglo Saxon name: Is
Icelandic name: Íss
Norwegian name: Is
Rune: Jera
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Meaning: Year, harvest, produce, crop, good year. Jera (ᛃ): Year, harvest, fruition, and cycles of time.
Jera (J) – “year, harvest, abundance”. Associated with abundance, prosperity, and the cycle of the seasons.
Sound: J (Y) Element: EARTH, a sickle harvesting grain
Germanic name: Gaar (Jera)
Norse name: Ár
Anglo Saxon name: ger (Jara)
Icelandic name: Ár
Norwegian name: Jara, Ar
Rune: Eihwaz
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Meaning: Tree, Yew. Eihwaz (ᛇ): Yew tree, endurance, resilience, and spiritual growth.
Eiwaz (Ei) – “yew, or ash-tree”. It is associated with healing, strength, and the power of transformation.
Sound: Ë Element: Wood, branching yew tree
Germanic name: Ezck (Eihwaz)
Anglo Saxon name: Yr (Eoh)
Norwegian name: (Eo)
Rune: Perthro
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Meaning: Uncertain, but might be Stone, Rock. Perthro (ᛈ): Dice cup, mystery, fate, and hidden knowledge. 
Perthro (P) – “pear-tree/wood”. Both its meaning and association is unclear.
Sound: P Element: Fire Change, a wooden dice cup turned on its side
Germanic name: Pertra (Perthro)
Anglo Saxon name: Peordh (Pertra)
Icelandic name: (Perð), (Plástur)Norwegian name: (Pertra)
Rune: Algiz
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Meaning: Elk. Algiz (ᛉ): Elk, protection, defense, and a guardian.
Algiz (Z) – “elk” Associated with protection, defense, and the guidance of the higher powers.
Sound: Z (-R) Element: AIR to WOOD, variable, Elk antlers
Germanic name: Algis, Algiz or Elhaz
Anglo Saxon name: Eolh
Norwegian name: Elgr
The Algiz-rune, the Elk-rune, should only be used when the sound of "r" is the last rune in a word. When you see runic inscriptions written with Latin letters, the Algiz-rune is written as a capitalized "R".
Rune: Sowilo
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The Meaning: Primal Elemental FIRE Energy. Sun, the power of sun. Sowilo (ᛊ): Sun, success, personal power, and finding light in darkness. 
Sowilo (S) – “sun” It is associated with success, victory, and the attainment of spiritual enlightenment.
Sound: S Element: Lightning bolt, FIRE in AIR, change
Germanic name: Sugil (Sowilo)
Norse name: Sól
Anglo Saxon name: Sigel
Icelandic name: Sól
Norwegian name: Sol
Danish: sulu
German: sil, sulhil, sigo
Rune: Tiwaz
The Meaning: Warrior, The god Tyr,Tiwaz: Tiwaz (ᛏ) Represents the god Tyr; symbolizes justice, honor, leadership, and sacrifice for the greater good.
Tiwaz (T) – “Tiwaz / the god Tyr”. As an extension of the god Tyr, it is associated with justice, honor, and the qualities of a strong leader.
Sound: T Element: AIR spear point or arrow head, movement
Germanic name: Tys (Tiwaz)
Norse name: Týr
Anglo Saxon name: Tir, Tiw
Icelandic name: Týr
Norwegian name: Ty
Rune: Berkano
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Meaning: Birch, twigs of birch. Berkano (ᛒ): Means "birch"; associated with birth, new beginnings, growth, and fertility. 
Berkana (B) – “birch”. It is associated with growth, fertility, and the cycles of life and death.
Sound: B Element: Wood/ wind as in penetration, twin lobed birch seed, or a mother's two breasts
Germanic name: Bercna (Berkano)
Norse name: Bjarkan
Anglo Saxon name: Beroc
Icelandic name: Bjarkan
Norwegian name: Bjarkan
Rune: Ehwaz
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Meaning: Horse. Ehwaz (ᛖ): Means "horse"; symbolizes transportation, movement, trust, partnership, and collaboration leading to positive change. 
Ehwaz (E) – “horse”: Associated with partnership, loyalty, and the bonds of trust and commitment.
Sound: Ë Element: Horses head bridal and reins
Norse name: Ehol, Ior
Germanic name: Eys (Ehwaz)
Anglo Saxon name: Eoh
Icelandic name: Eykur
Norwegian name: Eh, Eol
Rune: Mannaz
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Meaning: Man, husband, human being. Mannaz (ᛗ): Means "man" or "mankind"; represents humanity, the self, individuality, and the importance of community and mutual support.
Mannaz (M) – “man”. It is associated with humanity, society, and the relationships that we have with others.
Sound: M Element: Family, tribe, Folk
Germanic name: Manna (Mannaz)
Norse name: Maðr
Anglo Saxon name: Mann
Icelandic name: Maður
Norwegian name: Madr
Rune: Laguz
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Meaning: Primal Elemental WATER Energy. Laguz (ᛚ): Means "lake" or "water"; associated with formlessness, intuition, life's flow, emotional depths, and potentiality.
Laguz (L) – “water or lake”. It is associated with flow, emotion, and the power of the unconscious mind.
Sound: L Element: Water, lake, marsh
Germanic name: Laaz (Laguz)
Norse name: Lögr
Anglo Saxon name: Lagu
Icelandic name: Lögur
Norwegian name: Laukr
Rune: Ingwaz
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Meaning: Phallus, name of a God. Inguz (ᛜ) Means "Ing" (an old Germanic earth god) or "seed"; symbolizes stored energy, potential, growth, harmony, and the release of energy when the time is right. 
Ingwaz (Ing) – “Ingwaz, old name for Freyr”. It is associated with completion, fulfillment, and the attainment of personal goals.
Sound: NG Element: AIR, FIRE, spark, burning ember
Norse name: Ing, Ingvarr
Germanic name: Enguz (Ingwaz)
Anglo Saxon name: Ing
Icelandic name: Ing
Norwegian name: Ing
Ing, or Yngvi (an "other name of Frey") is a god of fertility and conquering. Ironically, in the Norse tradition it was often the women who conducted rites involving sexuality. Ing is related to the old Nerthus-cult which dealt with the mystery of fecundity and birth.
Rune: Othala
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Meaning: Allodium, Land-holding, Inheritance. Othala (ᛟ): Othala: Means "inheritance" or "homeland"; associated with ancestry, legacy, property, belonging, and spiritual heritage.
Othala (O) – “home”. It is associated with inheritance, property, and the transmission of cultural and spiritual values from one generation to the next.
Sound: O Element: EARTH, homestead, FOLK, house framing, wood
Germanic name: Utal (Othala)
Norse name: Oðal
Anglo Saxon name: Otael (Ethel)
Icelandic name: Óðal
Norwegian name: Odal
Rune: Dagaz
Meaning: Day. Dagaz (ᛞ): Means "day"; represents a new dawn, enlightenment, breakthrough, hope, and polarity.
Dagaz (D) – “day”. It is associated with transformation, enlightenment, and the attainment of balance and harmony.
Sound: D Element: AIR Sunrise, sunset,
Germanic name: Daaz (Dagaz)
Norse name: Dagr
Anglo Saxon name: Daeg
Icelandic name: Dagur
Norwegian name: Dagr
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The last 8 runes in the Elder Futhark, which I want to take a closer look at, in relation to their sound, pronunciation and the meanings of those remaining runes: Tiwaz, Berkano, Ehwaz, Mannaz, Laguz, Ingwaz, Dagaz, Othala.
Tracing my ancestral Folk family tree. All my parents, and grandparents were Catholic, either Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox. To the best of my knowledge I never met face to face any of my grandparents, as they died before I was born. Three of my grandparents were of Germanic, Polish, Austrian descent and were born in Europe at latitude 54N. I mention the latitude north because all of the United States even north Washington state, is below 49N latitude. So the area where my grandparents were born in Europe is at least 350 miles north of anyplace in the continental lower 48 states. The same latitude in North America would be Prince Rupert or New Brunswick in Canada. To the best of my knowledge all of my grandparents passed away before I was born. My mother Irene Rebbecca Rosol, was an orphan raised by her sisters Catherine, Anna and Helen Rosol. They lived in a small row house on Fleetwood Street on Polish Hill in Pittsburgh. My father was a member of the Fleetwood Wheels, a Polish group there, he lived nearby with his mother Marie Manski who was an unmarried single mother. My father’s family aunts and uncles I remember, all spoke Polish as their first language. Actually the aunts and uncles of both sides of my family mother and father, were native 1st language Polish speakers. They attended a long gone Polish catholic church school, then a tradition in european immigrants in eastern cities. They spoke mainly Polish at home. None of the women drove cars or had driver licenses. Not a single one of them attended college. Weddings, funerals and Christenings were elaborate serious parties with a lot of drinking, talking and feasting eating. Funeral wakes would last several days and men did not work. It was an insular ethnic european expatriate world, although I don’t think any of us saw it that way. Our people did not travel very far in that world. Which seems kind of crazy because all of their parents left their homes, families, brothers, sisters, parents, came to America and then basically their children hunkered down no more than 30 or 40 miles from where their parents landed in America. I think a lot of that not moving had to do with what no one could mention or say outloud. My people were pretty poor. They didn’t have money to go anywhere. Another thing, America was kinda of a scary place for first generation Polish immigrants. America sounds amazing dazzling on paper, in the media, but for these people it was unfamiliar and strange everywhere they went. You could easily get ripped off. I mean these people, my people grew up speaking Polish. We weren’t really American. My grand mother was a maid, a cleaning woman. As I said before not a single one of this generation went beyond the high school. Although some my oldest Polish speaking, then living aunts, on my father’s side, now long passed away Aunt Sophie, Ciotka-Anna, Anna, Aunt Ester mentioned there was a meeting while I was an ‘infant child’, with a mysterious figure my grandfather George John Sharraf, who would become in adulthood, a physician and state senator who allegedly fathered, though never married my grand mother Marie Manski, who worked at the Sharraf house as a cleaning woman, maid. The Sharraf family were members of the Lebanese Maronite Catholic church, as the names John and George are Christian names with George being the patron saint of Lebanon. The Sharraf family were immigrant merchants who settled in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, from the Sultanate of Turkey in Syria. I found a ‘Declaration of Intention’, from 3 August 1909, for my fathers grandfather John Sharraf born 6 January 1864 who emigrated from Havre France, He arrived at Ellis Island New York, New York in 1888 at age 24. John Sharraf in 1909 at age 45 was 5’9” 176 pounds, had a dark complexion and blue eyes, with grey hair, he came from Lisbo, Syria and was a subject of the Sultan of Turkey of the Ottoman empire.
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Marie Manski, my grandmother who I never met, daughter of great grand father August and Suzanna Manski, apparently had a relationship with a son living in the home, George Sharaf. Who herself was in a kind of limbo, as unmarried motherhood. Illegitimate children out of wedlock was a stigma at that time. “George J. Sarraf, Allegheny County, 1935-1956 Dr. Sarraf graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and began his career as a physician. In his youth, Sarraf served in WWI as a private in the Army. During WWII, he again answered the call to serve, this time as a major in the Army Medical Corps, working as a surgeon. When Sarraf was reelected for his 6th term in office in 1944, he was never sworn-in for the session, and remained at Camp Hood, Texas, until 1946. In his absence, he stayed in touch with his fellow Members writing, “I sure miss being down there with you.” The House sent him their well-wishes in return and offered a congratulatory resolution saying, “It is great to get this message from one of us who has voluntarily chosen to use his professional skill for the benefit of sick and injured boys in the service when he could easily have been safely here with us.” While in office, Sarraf served on a Joint Legislative Committee on Mental Health Laws for the 1947-1948 session, putting his medical knowledge to use. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1956 until his death in 1966.” Maybe there was a meeting, with him I do not remember the meeting. To the best information available, My great-great grand parents on my father’s side were Franz Manski, Burial: April 1906, Lubiszewo Tczewskie, Tczew, Pomerania, Poland and Ewa Felska. They lived their whole lives on the south shore of the Baltic sea in the time period. The surname Felske has its roots in Germanic and Slavic origins, primarily associated with the regions of Germany and Poland. The name is believed to derive from the Middle High German word fels, meaning rock or cliff, which may have been used to describe individuals living near rocky terrains or cliffs. Over time, the surname evolved, with variations appearing in different regions, reflecting local dialects and linguistic changes. Felske may have also been linked to occupations related to stone masonry or mining, indicating a connection to the natural landscape and the skills of those who bore the name.https://youtube.com/shorts/iXJim9CarHU?feature=share
Through the name of my great grandfather, on my father’s side, ‘August Manski’ was linked to a traditional Germanic lineage, Roman lineage of Gaius Octavious Agustus Emperor of Rome who lived from 63 BC to AD 14. August Manski, 1866-1932, my great grand father was born in Uhlkau, Dirschau, West Prussia, Prussia, where the Vistula river flows north into the Baltic sea, in 1866. He lived for 66 years and died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Pennsylvania, 16, January 1932. His 1866 birth place is approximately 5 miles south of the Baltic sea in the modern nation Poland, bordering modern Poland, Germany, Lithuania, and Denmark and Sweden on the northern Baltic sea. This area in 1866 was a disputed territory between the kingdom of Prussia, Poland, Austria, Lithuania and Germany. Administrators, teachers and the people were able to speak both Polish and German. The area was a broad flat agricultural plain and has ship building tradition at modern Gdansk Poland. Dirschau, West Prussia, Prussia was historically the scene of wars and territorial disputes dating from the 1300’s to modern times passing back and forth between general Germanic control. August Manski left the Baltic sea area alone and traveled to Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania my great grandfather August Manski married great grandmother Susanna ‘Susie’ ‘Yuzie’ Suzun Podjacki, also known as ‘Zuzanna Mainske’ born 1873 and while married in Pennsylvania gave birth to my grand mother Marie Manski born 22 February 1894. My grandmother Marie Manski at age 29, had a relationship, unmarried with 22 year old George John Sharraf born 14, March 1900 (1900-1966) died age 66 on 9, September 1966. This relationship is listed on the marriage license of my mother Irene Rebecca Rosol who was at that time was a ward orphan under the care of Helen Turocy Rosol, her sister, then a seamstress at Joseph Horne department store in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My mother lived in a row house at Fleetwwod street on Polish Hill and attended the Polish church there the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. 0
It then part of the Austrian empire, ruled by The Emperor Franz Joseph I 1848-1916. Franz Joseph I’s father and grandfather was within the Hapsburg family traced to the Holy Roman Empire.
According to Tacitus in Germania, The Istrô (or Istaev) theonym is attested through the Istaevone ethnonym, supported by Tacitus’s claim that the Irminones, Ingaevones, and Istaevones are named after brother Gods:“… they -’the German people he encountered’ celebrate the god Tuisto (Frk. Tîwiskô), sprung from the earth, and his son Mannus (Frk. Mannô), as the fathers and founders of their race. To Mannus they ascribe three sons, from whose names the people bordering on the ocean are called Ingaevones; those inhabiting the central parts, Herminones (Irminones); the rest, Istaevones.” (Germania, Oxford tr.)” My grand parents, grand father on my mother’s side likewise came from this same region. His name was Adam Rosol, He was born in Poland in 1880- died in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1937. Polish (Rosół, Rosoł): from rosół ‘clear soup, beef tea’. This word is found in the idiomatic expression, ‘rozebrany do rosółu’. ‘stripped to the skin’, and this idiom may be the source of the surname as a nickname. My grand mother on my mother’s side was, Mary Anna (Vecza) Tecza born in what is now Poland 1885-1935 and died age 50 in 1935 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. They both came to Turtle Island which was at that time known and understood as the eastern paw of Turtle Island, also known as a United State. Their parents likewise lived in the Silesia portion of Germania. Nowy Targ is also famous for its monuments, national parks and mountainous areas. . Built in 1346, St. Catherine of Alexandria church is probably the oldest existing church of the Podhale region. Its founder was King Casimir the Great. Franciszek or Francis or Frank John Rosol
Birth: 28 Nov 1878 - Aielonka near Rzeszow, Poland
Death: 1898 - Zielonko, Poland. Magdalena Sikora
Birth: 1857 - Nowytarg, Galicya, Poland
Death: 1937
The German people possessed a unique spiritual perspective rooted in hero gods, linked to the place. as groves of trees. They were a
“They say that Hercules once stopped among them, and those who are about to enter a battle always sing his name before those of all other brave men. They also make use of songs, the recital of which (called the ‘barditus’ or ‘war cry’ by the Germans) inflames the spirits of the soldiers and foretells the fortune of the battle to come by its sound. They either instill terror, or shake with fear as the battle-line has sounded, and it sounds less like the sound of a voice than of manly ardor itself. A broken murmur and harshness of sound are also produced when their shields are lifted to their mouths, so that the voice can sound more fully and gravely by the reverberation.” - -Publius Cornelius Tacitus in Germania circa 90 C.E.
“Let me begin to sing of the Muses of Helikon, who abide on the great and holy Mount Helikon. Around the deep-blue spring, with dainty feet, they dance, and around the altar of the mighty son of Kronos. 5 Washing their tender skin in the waters of the Permessos or of the Horse’s Spring or of holy Olmeios, they set up their choral songs-and-dances on the highest point of Helikon. Beautiful and lovely, these [these songs-and-dances]. They are nimble with their feet. Starting from there [the top of Helikon], covered in plenty of mist [invisible], 10 they go about at night, sending forth a very beautiful voice, singing of Zeus the aegis-bearer and lady Hera of Argos, who walks about in golden sandals, and the daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus, Athena, and Phoebus Apollo and Artemis who shoots her arrows, “ -Hesiod Theogony lines 1-14 translated Gregory Nagy
How long has this been going on? Well a long while. I didn’t just grab an expensive microphone with a super fast video intranet connection and start a podcast. Physically I am ugly. It would be nice if every beautiful young, sexy, person had a bountiful beautiful authentic heart. There’s a premise cream rises to the top. The universe supports authenticity. Blah, blah, blah. How much suffering have you had is probably more important than how many plastic surgeries you have had. I posit and demonstrate ancestors and ancestral faith to facilitate wellbeing in first my family then outward in an increasing circle as tribe amongst us. So these are message lessons from us, in us, to the we of tribe as a people. We focus, highlight, deep dive ancestors and ancestral truths to strengthen and empower and embolden us, we as a people to deepen our wellbeing action. We become meaningful by making meaning the we of us as a people and bring to the group politik of governance table what we can to nourish our collective safe strong container to maximize our wellbeing of us resiliency. We as an us, Folk First!, our people on Turtle Island and myself of Germanic heritage as a we of us, are a people and our heroic history is derived from worship of our real time knowable recent ancestors as in genealogy and inculcation of Folk First heroic ancestors.
Loving our folk on a fundamental level is the only way. Loving is a positive thing not derivative from parasitic abrahamic faiths that while appearing our own are at this time occupied and always pointing away from us as a people. We have to go small and intimate. To see the powers of nature are intimate immanent gods, as in polytheistic and irreconcilable with monotheistic abrahamic imposed faiths.
https://pgmanski.blogspot.com/2025/11/plantago-major-plantain.html " In the heritage Basque language of Neandertal, “Zerua hartzez beteta dago. The bear's mother's name is Maria. Hartzaren amaren izena Maria da.” The Bear stars are many things in the north, a cleaver or obsidian axe, made of stone, the hammer. The bear stars are Karlsvagan, Karl’s wagon, or Charles wagon, from the anglo saxon churl for man, like volkswagon the folk’s wagon. The large wagon is Wotanchristvgon, the Wotan christ way path and the smaller wagon is Kevenavagan, Freya’s wagon, the man’s wagon cart and the woman’s wagon cart. Dawn stands the east and Evening for west.
Plantago was written described as a constituent of the 10th century Anglo-saxon plant spell, The Nigon Wyrta Galdor. “Nine Herbs Charm”‘way-bread’, the foot pathway daily bread panacea plant.
“ + Ond þu ƿegbrade ƿyrta modor
east[a]n op[e]ne inn[a]n mihtigu
ofer ðy cræte curran ofer ðy cƿene reodan
ofer ðy bryde bryodedon ofer ðy fearras fnærdon.”
“And you, Waybread, plant-mother!
You’re open to the east, yet mighty within:
Carts creaked over you, women rode over you,
over you brides bellowed, over you bulls snorted!”
“+ And you, wegbrade, mother of worts,
open to the east—within, mighty,
over you carts creaked, over you women rode,
over you brides yelled, over you oxen snorted.
All you withstood and pushed back against,
so might you withstand venom and on-fliers,
and the loathsome one that fares across land.” - 10th century Anglo-saxon plant spell, The Nigon Wyrta Galdor.In addition to recent and distant past ancestors we deepen virtues likewise to empower us. It is a point of honour to know and deepen who we are, where we come from and therefore gain insight where we are going. Ancestry, loyalty, clear headed sobriety, bravery, and heroic virtues are the stuff, the tools and lexicon we have to bond with the wellbeing good and decouple from the dis-ease illness that defeats wellbeing. We carry in our blood the past. We call this indwelling divinity, ‘blood of our blood, bone of our bones and stone of the stone’ and it is a discipline, obligation, duty and virtue to preserve the linkage chain of our past to our present into our future. Past, present, future is of us, within us, as our children as a people. We respect preserving and strengthening our uniqueness whatever it was, is, or will be because we are inherently good and blessed only as us within our existing wellbeing. Whatever the cause origin or description to have shame guilt for us, shame guilt for our ancestors is a pathological mind virus mental illness that leads to erasure of the inherent biospirit. Loving one’s people is a description of the health state. Loving one’s folk, Folk First! Is the natural state. Loving one’s folk simply can never emerge from a hate mode. The hate mode is within entropy and tearing apart. If a person focuses emotional energy on reaction as the primary outlet then that is within controlled opposition within defeatist deconstruction. Hate, anger, vitriol is primarily a misplaced male warrior energy, valid but ineffectual within the context present to us. The self perpetuating force in nature under natural law is the health state and within tool using hierarchical animals emerges as male female generative energy. The male female generative energy is genetically gene expressed as monogamous male female marriage. Marriage is a sacramental form and although it emerges within male female generative energy, it is a celebrated sacred land, sacred sex, sacred ownership property. The hate, anger, and vitriol of the deracinated, socially minimalized white male as an anonymous keyboard meme warrior on social media is fundamentally fake and ineffective.
One negative already done tack steering is blaming others for what is essentially our problem. We by focusing demarking the causes and origins of this meme pathogen mind virus of shame and white European guilt invoke Promethean victory only by focusing on us, we. We must become positive offensive rather than negative defensive. We must go straight into wellbeing. We see the world and everything in it as a challenge of choice. Within our ancestral european faith as experience we gate keep through discipline the sum total of everything into a plus vs minus lexicon of seeing and becoming. To us in this well being community everything becomes yes vs no, strength vs weakness, convergence vs entropy, pulling together vs pulling apart, courage vs cowardice.
“Convergence vs. Entropy
Everything in existence is either coming together or pulling apart, reaching a state of order or a state of chaos.Typically, all things are in a constant flux that equals a balance between the two, for we are all both living and dying at the same time. However, we all strive towards life and try to move away from death as beings of convergence. Death is inevitability, but that does not mean that we want to die right now. We have a survival instinct, because we embrace life and the living, even when we pretend that we do not. Because we embrace life, we seek to converge or commune with other living things, especially other people. This is manifested in its highest form with family, community, and tribe. Our lore represents this idea clearly in the constant battle between the Gods as representatives of order, and the Giants as representatives of chaos. The Gods wish to bring things together in harmony and peace, while the Giants, especially Loki and Gullveig, wish to tear things apart. We strive to emulate the Gods and work towards the harmony they exemplify. Like I said, death is inevitable, as is Ragnarok, but that does not mean we lay down and die here and now. We continue to struggle, to converge, to live.” https://norroena.org/the-nine-points-of-odinic-philosophy-2/
“It is time to chant from the sage’s seat,
at the spring of Urðr;
I saw and I was silent, I saw and I pondered;
I listened to the speech of men;
I heard them discuss runes; they weren’t silent with counsels,
at Hávi’s hall,
in Hávi’s hall;
I heard it said thus”
Elder Poetic Edda Intoduction From Olive Bray 1908, :Far-blue and Long-life. The Norns who dwell by the Tree of Fate. -Earth and Heaven, Moon and Sun, Clouds and Wind, Calm and Sea, Fire and Wood, Corn and the Ale which is brewed from barley. Odin, though a god, is not all-wise by nature, but has to learn, borrow, buy, and even steal his wisdom.
“In April 1984, during the advent of Spring and John Muir’s birthday, George Sessions and Arne Næss summarized fifteen years of thinking on the principles of deep ecology while camping in Death Valley, California. In this great and special place, they articulated these principles in a literal, somewhat neutral way, hoping that they would be understood and accepted by persons coming from different philosophical and religious positions.
Readers are encouraged to elaborate their own versions of deep ecology, clarify key concepts and think through the consequences of acting from these principles.” -Næss, Arne, and George Sessions. "The Basic Principles of Deep Ecology." The Trumpeter 3, no. 4 (1986).
“It is a well-known fact that the peoples of Germany never live in cities and will not even have their houses adjoin one another. They dwell apart, dotted about here and there, wherever a spring, plain, or grove takes their fancy.” -Publius Cornelius Tacitus in Germania circa 90 C.E.
Old Norse lay of Sigrdrifa
“Hail Day, hail sons of Day,
hail Night and the daughter of Night!
With eyes of blessing behold us now
and grant us victory who sit here.”
Sol or Sunne is still a goddess, the sister or companion of the Moon god. She is drawn in her chariot by the horses Early-woke and All-fleet, and is pursued by the wolf Sköll, while Mani, who rules the changes of the moon called Ny and Ni (st. 25, Grim.), is followed by Hati. That which required growth and increase was undertaken while he was waxing; money was counted, weddings took place, and seed was planted which bore fruit above ground. But with the waning Moon INTRODUCTION. XXIII timber was felled, grass was mown, charms were used against pestilence, and the seed planted whose fruit ripened beneath the ground.
Wotan, Odin The High One, in Germanic tribes and to the Romans, who identified him with their god Mercury-Wednesday or Wotan’s day, Woden's day corresponding with "dies Mercurii." Wotan Odin won the art of poesy for men by making love to the giantess Gunnlod. the Well of Weird is the fount of Wisdom,
“Nine days he hang pa da rutless tree,
For ill wis da folk, in gud wis he.
A bludy maet wis in his side,
Made wi a lance 'at wid na hide.
Nine lang nichts in da nippin rime
Hang he dare wi' his neked limb.
Some dey leuch, Bitt idders gret.” -Shetland Isles, quoted by Bugge
Wotan:attaining the Runes. something softly spoken, whispered, or " rounded" in the ear; learned, these charms were inscribed in characters cut in stone or wood. he use of supernatural power was permitted in prayer, or in the divine rites performed by priests; 3 kinds of Wisdom related to Wotan: I, the runes; 2, Mimir's wisdom, for which he pledged his eye; 3, Soul-stirrer, the mead of song. Sigrdrifumál, although it cannot be fully explained, throws suggestive lights on the subject, and shows the intimate connection of the threefold wisdom and the purpose of Odin's sacrifice. With the help of moisture from Hoddrofnir-that is, a draught from Mimir's well-Odin is said to have read, graved, and thought out the runes. "nine mighty rune-songs"
“Bone to bone,
blood to blood,
limb to limb as if they were limed.”
THE STORY OF SKIRNIR.-Freyja's feather coat in st. 3, and her necklace called Brisinga-men in st. 12.
-"Frey rules over the rain, and the shining of the sun and the growth of fruits in the ground." It is the spring-time, and Frey, the lord of light and heat, longs to embrace Gerd, the fair earth, and to draw her away from her father's wintry halls, that together they may bring forth the rich summer fruits. Whom shall he send as his herald but Skirnir, the Light-bringer, to bear the first greeting of the Sun to Earth after the long winter darkness in the North? But Earth is wilful and reluctant; hardly will she forsake her frost-bound halls. She dallies with the first tender caresses and bribes, until the Sun grows fierce and impatient, and her heart melts in love to him who had once seemed as alien to her as the summer warmth to the winter cold.”
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Basic Principles of Deep Ecology
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