TEUTONIC MAGIC - Awaken Video

V. Meditate on the might of Nerthus flowing up through the tree and on the power of the tree itself
flowing into your branch, shaped by the shining runes you sang. Aware of this power, you are also aware
of the pain you are about to cause to your tree-brother or -sister. Put that energy into tree and branch as
well. If a tear falls, touch it to the place where you are about to cut.
VI. Cut the branch with one swift stroke if possible (this is why a hallowed axe may be needed),
crying out sharply as a bright burst of might runs from your center down your weapon and into the tree,
cutting through its limb. The wood should not be allowed to touch the ground, if possible. Hold it in both
hands, concentrating on sealing the bright life-force it still holds inside a shining sphere, then wrap it in
black cloth and put it away. Touch the tree where you have cut it, pouring some of your own strength into
it to help it heal. It is thought right by many to put a drop of your own blood on the wound in the tree.
VII. Say a short blessing of thanks to the tree, then put your hands on the earth again and thank
Nerthus for her gift. Return home in utter silence.
RITE OF WHEELS
Purpose: To enliven the magical wheels of the body through runic meditation.
The term “wheels of the body” is used in Teutonic magic for the whirling points of power along the spine
which the Hindus call “chakras” and the Celts “cauldrons.” These wheels are gateways bringing might
from the various forms of the soul into the earthly body and from the hidden worlds of power into the
soul. Normally they are small and dim, moving sluggishly. For proper magical functioning, it is important
to open and enliven each of them in turn, awakening the specific quality of power which dwells in every
level of your being. This awakening will make both magical and psychic functioning easier, since in
addition to allowing a greater passage of power through you it also increases your perceptions and aids in
awakening your own hidden abilities. This exercise has been designed to strengthen and enliven the
wheels of power from crown to feet and back again through the use of specific runes and colors.
Lie down or sit with back straight, knees and feet together, palms on thighs, eyes closed. Begin deep
meditative breathing until you are completely relaxed and feel yourself in a state verging on trance.
Slowly begin to vibrate the sound of sowilo, “sssss,” seeing and feeling this rune whirling in wheels of
white radiance at your crown, brow, throat, heart, solar plexus, groin/base of your spine, and feet. When
you feel this strongly, throw your force up to the crown of your head, vibrating the rune elhaz and seeing
a sphere of rainbow-sparkling white spinning there with a brilliant red elhaz at its hub. Do this until you
can feel the crown of your head tingling with its radiant might. Breathe inward, seeing a white ray
stretching downward to the center of your forehead. Vibrate the rune mannaz, seeing a deep violet sphere
of glowing light whirling in the center of your forehead around a burning red mannaz while the wheel
above your crown spins with none of its rainbowed-white light lost. Again, do this until you can feel the
force of the wheel as a bodily sensation in the center of your brow. Breathe inward, sending a purple ray
down to your throat. Vibrate the rune ansuz . The color of this wheel should be deep, shining blue, the
rune, as all of the runes will be, red. Continue as before, sending a blue ray down to your heart, singing
the rune wunjo and enlivening this sphere with gold. The wheel in your solar plexus should be a rich
orange-red; vibrate jera.
The wheel at your groin should be a deep, deep green-blue with a glowing center of red-gold at the
base of your spine; vibrate laguz. At your feet, the wheel should be a shade of brown-green so dark it is
almost black; vibrate berkano. Now aware of all the wheels spinning through your body, see the light they
are giving off blend into a sphere of might around your body which glows darkly in the bottom third,
bright red in the middle, and shades to shining gold at the top. This sphere is both might and shield
around you.
When you have become good at doing this, perform the rite as above. After vibrating berkano,
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