TEUTONIC MAGIC - Awaken Video

Teutonic tradition, the "day" being the half-passage of the solarhringar), walk or dance deosil; to draw up
earthly mights, walk widdershins (the direction of the Earth's turning). Widdershins was given its
unfortunate reputation because of its association with the magic of Nerthus, Freyja, and Het and because
of the frequent use of chthonic power in curses. It is not intrinsically negative, woe-working, or any sort
of perversion of the order of nature.
The walking of the circle should generally be done lightly, almost as a dance, although different
rituals will of course need different rhythms. It may be found effective to spin one’s body in the direction
opposite to that of the spiral. At first this will cause giddiness, but once controlled, it will add to the
power one is drawing into the circle.
RECELS
Recels, or incense, is used in Teutonic tradition for cleansing a place or thing: "smoking out" those
wights and powers which are not wished within.3 It can also be used in the process of charging the
working space with the desired energy and levels of vibration. While it is not absolutely necessary for the
vitki to make his/her own recels, the scarcity of appropriate scents on the general market will almost force
this upon one; and of course, properly made recels will be much more powerful than any store-bought
incense, (Chapter 13 may provide a useful basis for composing your recels.) Folk names for herbs,
especially those based on Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic beliefs, will be a good guide to their powers,
Cunningham's Magkal Herbalism, and Grieves' Modern Herbal are excellent sources for further research.
In making one's recels, one should trace the runes of the workmg over the materials, intoning their
names and feeling the might of each one flowing through the gandr into the recels. One should continue
to chant the names of the runes and perhaps a line of galdr describing the purpose of each in the working
as you grind, channeling the flow of the runic power through one's body and the pestle into the recels. It
may be further charged with a drop of blood when the grinding has been done. It is best to make only
enough for one ritual; if excess is left over it can be disposed of in the running water of the sink or else
kept in a clean, dry, glass jar with a clear label so that it may be used again in the next rite of this sort one
performs. Runes may also be cut, colored, and scraped into recels for the purpose of directing them into a
place where visible motions and audible chanting seem inappropriate, or where the force of the fully
activated rune is needed and there is no time to cut and color it-though in this case some galdr will be
necessary to direct the runic power to its end.
GOD-CALLING; HAMINGJA
It is general practice in almost all fields of magic to perform a brief god-calling after the drawing of
the circle and before beginning the active part of the ritual. This furthers the process of banishing
unwanted/raising wanted energies. By calling the gods to witness her/his acts, the vitki consciously
guides his/her power through all the worlds. This idea is furthered by the practice of calling upon one god
at each quarter of the compass, four being a number of earthly completeness and manifestation. It is also
possible to call upon one deity for each of the aett- divisions of the solarhringar. This further strengthens
the working in that, by speaking the name of the god, one calls into oneself a little of the hamingja-force
(mana) of the god, adding that energy to the rite. It is recommended, however, that if one is making a
really serious attempt to pull in the hamingja of a being much larger than oneself, that one have a staff or
similar large focus that one can channel the energy into so as to avoid having one's brains stir-fried.
The hamingja is the storehouse of magical/life energy which everything possesses to some degree.4
It is closely tied to the faculty of shape-changing, being that undifferentiated force which is the strength
of the hamr, or hide-that fine body which goes forth, often in the shape of another being, in the faring
between worlds. The hamingja, however, can be passed temporarily between one person and another; it
was not unusual for a Norse king to "lend his luck" to a messenger or champion. The personal hamingja
can be increased by workings of magic and courage. When drained by the expenditure of magical
energies, it will refill to its normal level within a period dependent on the strength and activity of the
vitki. It is not unusual for magicians to set up deposits of this force outside of their bodies which can be
drawn upon when they require more power than their normal capacity. These deposits can be built up in
either objects or places, as wished; they should, however, be well warded against both magical and
physical discovery and/or tampering.
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