TEUTONIC MAGIC - Awaken Video

dark sea, the color of hidden wisdom and mystery-the color of Odhinn's cloak. The sea or air between the
worlds often appears as dark blue. White is the color of intensity of spirit aspiration, and activity;
Heimdallr is "whitest of gods," and to be fair or shining is a sign of power. The English word "white"
comes from the Anglo-Saxon hvit, meaning "silver-white"; silver and white are functionally identical.
Purple can be seen as a shade of either blue or red; it appears several times in the Anglo-Saxon
sources.
Gold, like red, is a color of power and life. Like white, it is a color of spiritual aspiration and
intensity of energy, although more earthy in nature.
Green and brown are colors of the earth. Dark green is associated with the Vanic mysteries, light
green with birth and the Vanic power springing forth. Green is also associated with the fertility and
hidden mysteries of water. Brown is associated with the Dokkalfar.
Yellow is a color of ambition and fertilization. It may be seen, in one aspect, as the masculine
complement to green. It can also be seen as the color of the sun's workings upon the earth, or a very
earthy gold.
Black is the ultimate color of concealment and mystery, into which dark blue and dark green both
shade. It is the color of stlllness and death, and the womb of rebirth.
TIME
The Teutonic use of time in magic is not nearly as strictly regulated as that of ceremonial magic. It is
mainly ruled by the position of Moon and Sun, although certain times of the year are more powerful than
others.
The times of day which are traditionally used in Teutonic magic are sunset, midnight, and sunrise;
it is unusual for a ritual to be performed between sunrise and sunset. Sunrise is best for religious rites,
some meditational rituals, and collecting of herbs and hallowed water. Sunset is also good for religious
rites and some meditations; trials should begin at sunset. Midnight is best for practical magic, for some
initiations, and for divination. These times are by no means the only times at which you may perform
rituals of any sort; as always, it will depend on both the individual vitki1s intuition and her/his
circumstances.
The day of the week is relatively unimportant in Teutonic magic. If it is convenient, the day which
bears the name of a god fitting to one's rite may be used for extra harmony of atmosphere, but omitting
this detail will not detract from the rite's efficiency in any way. The days of the week correspond thus:
Sunday=Sunna, Monday=Mani, Tuesday=Tyr, Wednesday=Odhinn, Thursday=Thorr, Friday=Freyja
(also Freyr or Frigg). Attempts have been made to force Saturday to correspond to Loki, but these have
been largely unsuccessful. A closer similarity lying between Saturn and Nerthus might be suggested, as
both are chthonic deities with power over agriculture and keepers of the dead, but there is no historical
reason to maintain this correspondence in the days of the week.
The strongest influence in scheduling your rituals will probably be the phase of the Moon. The
New Moon is good for beginnings and the increase of growth; the Full Moon is the night when magical
power is at its strongest flow in the open; the waning Moon is good for bindings and putting magics into
concealment; and the dark of the moon is the night of the greatest hidden magical power. Most magic is
traditionally done at either the new or full Moon.
The most important times of the year are the solstices, the equinoxes, and the full moons
immediately following these peaks of power. In tradition, at least, the mightiest time of magic is the
twelve nights of the Yule feast, beginning at the night of the Winter Solstice. At this time, the Wild Hunt
rides and the other worlds are closest to the earth.
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