TEUTONIC MAGIC - Awaken Video

The god Heimdallr is, in one sense, the ordering and weal- working side of Odhinn’s being as All-
Father and teacher, as set against Heimdallr’s foe Loki, the embodiment of Odhinn’s capricious and woeworking
nature. Heimdallr is spoken of as highest- minded and brightest of the gods.4 He may be likened
to the ever- watchful eagle at Yggdrasill’s crown, and Loki to the ever-gnawing serpents at its roots -
Odhinn, of course, melding the mights of both. Mannaz is the rune of this high-mindedness, emphasizing
the highest elements in the human nature as the goal and source of the vitki’s self-knowledge and selfcontrol.
Mannaz is used in all matters of the mind, both in strengthening intelligence and memory and in
awakening and guiding the force of psychic abilities.
This rune makes you more aware of the hallowed inheritance you share with the rest of the human
race and brings you into relationships with other wights who not only partake of this kinship but also have
actively taken it up and are setting out to claim its full might.
In workings of woe, mannaz can bring a sense of being “chosen” or somehow better than other
beings simply by the fact of birth or potential power. You must remember that although the “myth of
inheritance” is always ultimately true, it is an inheritance in which all humans can potentially share.
In ritual workings mannaz is the rune of the vitki her/himself. Mannaz represents the perfect human
being, balanced and self- guided with a full knowledge of the workings of his/her own mind-for only a
person who is in complete control of her/himself can work magic successfully, especially the magic of the
runes, which depends so greatly on the shape given it by the spoken galdr as well as on the runes
themselves. Without full and complete self- knowledge, the subconscious will twist your workings to
fulfill drives that may lead to self-destruction as easily as success.
Used with other runes, mannaz guides their workings into the realm of the mind or, at need, to
affect the brain.
The stone associated with mannaz is amethyst, which of all stones is traditionally the most
powerful concerning reason, memory/intuition, and the capability to effectively meld the two. It brings
clearness of mind and aids in the guidance of passion by reason. Its name means “without drunkenness”
(Greek), and it shows its might as a moderator and balance~ which is among the best of wisdoms,
according to the “Havamal,” and well shown forth in the nature of Heimdallr. Amethyst is a sky-oriented
stone, fitting for this rune whose stave-shape shows the marriage of heaven and earth.5
Mannaz: Meditation
You stand in a dark cave by a stone well. Drops of moisture drip from the tree-roots writhing
through the cave’s walls. A faint white light glows from a ledge at the rim of the well.
As your eyes grow used to the dark, you see the low-browed, broad-skulled head of Mimir on the ledge,
his white beard stained with streaks of brownish red and white hair faintly discolored by madder and
other preservative herbs. His withered eyelids are closed. A circle glows faintly around the head, an
interwoven pattern of bind-runes written within. The only one you can make out clearly is the rune
mannaz on the outer border of the circle.
You draw a small knife from your belt and prick your forefinger with the point. As the blood wells,
you trace over the rune with it, intoning the rune-name mannaz. Where your blood touches it the rune
begins to glow dark red, warm with power.
Mimir’s wrinkled eyelids lift and his deep, ancient eyes stare into yours. He does not speak, but you can
feel the wisdom flowing silently from his mind to yours. At last he doses his eyes again.
Acting as you know you should, you walk around behind the well. A small wooden door opens
from the roots and their twisting shadows in front of you. You pass through it, walking up a long spiral of
stone steps, up and around for what seems like hours. Finally you can see light above you, the faint glow
of late day. You hasten up the stairs.
Coming out, you see that you stand alone on the peak of a high mountain. It seems that all the
world is visible below you, cities and towns spread out over the land. Some are hazed by smog or clouds,
but none are hidden from your all-seeing gaze. You find that you can narrow or widen your sight at wilt
looking down to watch the movements of individual humans or up to see the patterns of motion that shift
around the earth with the slow course of the sun.
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