TEUTONIC MAGIC - Awaken Video

Rune Poem’s reference shows its being as a rune which acts both as a warder and in active combat. As the
wheel, it is a shield; as a thunderbolt it is a sword. The Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme shows sowilo as a
ruling power and the light of life. This rune has certain conceptual ties to elhaz; you should mark that the
sun, like the valkyrja, is always feminine in Germanic thought.
As well as guardianship and might the sun is also guidance, as the Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem
tells. “To fare far away” is a kenning used either for death or for the journeys taken by the magician in a
deathlike trance. In this case, the ocean referred to may be the waters between the worlds-the dark waters
of the underworld or the personal subconscious (see laguz). The magical will is the force which brings
you through the dark night of the soul and guides you living through the death-passage. In this setting,
sowilo (the sun) is closely related to raidho (the path of the sun) and to laguz (the waters which must be
crossed; note similarities in the Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem references). In both the shape and action of
sowilo, you may also see a certain likeness to eihwaz. Eihwaz, however, is unshakable and unchangingthe
will to endur~whereas sowilo is endlessly mobil~the will to act. Both are runes of transformation.
Thorsson identifies sowilo with the chakras (wheels) along the length of the spine which are vitalized by
the spinal fires of eihwaz.1
Sowilo is used to strengthen the active, magical will, making it into an invincible and unstoppable
force. Both its shielding and striking capabilities are bound up in this action; nothing can assail the fully
developed will, and nothing can withstand it. The woeworking side of sowilo’s being can clearly be seen
in Hitler’s SS, who used this rune in their insignia. Wrongly used, it is the rune of arrogance, cruelty, and
isolation. The will itself is a neutral force, with weal and woe depending on its goals, as may be learned
from both the triumphs and the terrible destruction wrought by Hitler, who consciously believed in
nothing but his own will.
The rune sowilo and the swastika may both be used in understanding the currents of power which
swirl widdershins through the earth and deosil through the heavens, coming forth from and meeting at the
poles.
In ritual usage, sowilo is associated with the hammer of hallowing. Used with other runes, sowilo
activates and vitalizes.
Sowilo can be used with meditations on the wheels of the body (chakras). It brings out the ability
for active leadership; that is, the ability to inspire others with your own will. It is not a rune for victory in
the same manner as tiwaz, but it is the rune of active triumph and of warding from wounds and defeat.
Tiwaz is a rune by which you may overcome others; sowilo is a rune by which you strengthen yourself.
The stone most traditionally associated with sowilo is the Norse sunstone (identified as iolite by
some, Icelandic spar by others) which, because of its refractive properties, was a valuable navigational aid
to Norse seafarers. There is also another stone called sunstone, an orange form of moonstone which
reflects light brilliantly and works well with this rune. Also appropriate to sowilo is the diamond which,
like the rune, is brilliantly invincible, its very name meaning either “unconquerable” or “hardest steel.”
The diamond is a great stone of warding and also brings shining might into the wheels of the body.
Sowilo: Meditation
You stand in a grassy field, a little way from the edge of a red sandstone cliff. Beyond the cliff, you can
hear the waves beating against the rocks. A strong salt breeze blows cool around you. Gulls and terns
circle overhead, calling sharply.
You take a step towards the ocean and at once your way is blocked by a horde of dark figures that
seem to have sprung up from the ground. They stand before you like warriors’ statues carved from black
ice. They do not move until you try to step forward again; then their swords and shields are up at once. A
few drops of water run off them in the sunlight, but a cloud is already moving across the sun to shield
them. Without faltering, you step forward again, tracing the rune sowilo with each hand. In your left hand
the rune becomes a spinning swastika-wheel of white light; in your right, it is a thunderbolt-shaped
sword. You push your way through the warriors of ice. As they strike at your shield, the swords melt in
their hands; when your sword touches them, they flow into pools of water, soaking into the grass.
By the time you reach the wind-eaten edge of the cliff, the icy warriors have all been slain. The
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