TEUTONIC MAGIC - Awaken Video

herbs you use for this purpose are nonpoisonous, and also remember that a little herbal taste can go a very
long way: half or a quarter of an ounce of dried herbs is enough to flavor a five-gallon batch of strong
mead quite thoroughly. It was common practice among the Norse people to brew their enchantments into
ale or mead; you may make small batches for specific purposes, or hallow a general-purpose batch which
may be directed towards more specific ends later. Care should be taken if the enchantment itself is
directly tied to the ever-growing action of the yeast. It is quite possible to end up with something much
stronger than you expect and hence potentially disastrous (rather like intending to smoke marijuana and
ending up on a surprise acid trip).
If you are unable to actually brew an enchanted drink, scraping the runes into mead or ale and
singing the galdrar into it, being sure that your breath stirs the surface of the liquid, is equally as
traditional. A more potent enchantment may be set into mead by repeating the rite for three or nine nights.
Herbs may be steeped in it as well, though the same cautions apply as do to brewing with herbs. A single
fresh leaf or small dried pinch is quite enough for one bottle.
Another alternative to brewing, especially if you wish to use herbal lore in conjunction with runic
power, is the creation of herbal tinctures or fluid condensers. These are less traditional than the other two
means, being dependent on distilled liquor as a base, but are still within the spirit of Teutonic tradition
and can be quite powerful. Herbal tinctures can be made by filling a clean glass jar two- thirds with fresh
or dried herbs, then filling it to the brim with Everclear or unflavored vodka (methyl alcohol must not be
used). This should be done on the night of the New Moon, after which one should trace the runes and sing
the galdrar appropriate into the tincture every night of its maturation. If runes are to be scraped into it, this
should be done on the night of the Full Moon after the tincture is strained, or else a drop of the vitki's
blood should be added on that night in the final ritual of enchantment. A few drops of this tincture may be
taken internally (if none of the herbs used were poisonous); otherwise it may be used to charge an item
which, for whatever reason, cannot have runes carved into it. The herbs strained out may be dried slowly
in your oven and used as recels.
NUMBER
Number is used in Teutonic magic for the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of runic writings and
spells. It differs from standard Western numerology in that the Germanic counting worked on a base-12
system (whereby we still have “eleven, twelve" instead of "oneteen, twoteen"). Hence the consciousness
of "perfect numbers" is shifted to twelve, its factors, and their multiples.
Number in runic inscriptions can be shown by the total of the numbers of the runes in the
inscription or by the number of runic staves (bind-runes counting as a single stave). These numbers can
be used to multiply the potency of a runic incantation or to guide the sphere through which it works,
according to either general Teutonic numerology or the specific numerology of the runes.
ONE: One is the prime source and the end of the synthesizing process; in all Indo-European cultures, a
single thing or deity will quite often be divided into three aspects: Odhinn = Odhinn/Vili/Ve, Odhinn/
Hoenir/Lodurr; the Well of Wyrd = Hvergelmir, Mimir, Urdhr, etc. An understanding of this continual
process of division and synthesis is important to the working of Teutonic magic, especially as numerical
lore is concerned.
TWO: In Teutonic magic, the power of duality is not so much conflict of opposites (which, to be
effectively powerful, must be resolved into the synthesis of the triad) as it is the common working of
complements (ehwaz). This can be seen in the archaic dual kingship, the Vanic twins Njord/Nerthus and
Freyr/Freyja, and the pairs Geri/Freki (Odhinn's wolves) and Huginn/Muninn (Odhinn's ravens), as well
as the other manifestations of dual power discussed under ehwaz. It is associated with active balance.
THREE: Three is the first of the great magical numbers of the Teutonic people. As two is the number of
active balance, three is the number of action/reaction. It represents the synthesis of opposites to create
directed force (see thurisaz), as fire and ice create the first life. A chant or word of power is often repeated
three times to set it into action, and a rune is carved three times to multiply and activate its power. It is
both permissible and effective to alter the galdr slightly with three repetitions, being sure to stick to the
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