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Chapter 7. At the Well of Urð 183
Ring of Troth 18 ) published a book in 1990 CE, called Teutonic Magic 19 , which is a
practical manual for those wishing to engage in this method for indirectly accessing
knowledge. His book is well steeped in the ancient Germanic world view. Since
that time many others have written books, some combining the Germanic tradition
with the New Age or classical occultism of the Hermetic tradition while others, the
reconstructionists, have written very good, well researched books. A reading list of
some of these latter can be found at the end of this book.
People are all different in their individual needs, but certain needs are consistent
for all. All want to be comfortable with life, in general, and want to make the
journey from birth to death meaningful and fulfilling. Virtually all cultures have
attempted to accomplish this by creating worldviews which help them extract the
most out of life by offering a systems of interpretation which bring seemingly chaotic,
random events in accordance with the needs of the community and the individual.
Each culture, and each worldview, must take into consideration that a community is
made up of a variety of individuals with different spiritual, emotional, and physical
needs as well. To this end, any worldview offers a variety of approaches to life ranging
from the strictly physical needs of the atheist/ agnostic to the more spiritual needs
of others while at the same time offering heritage and a place in history. So it is
with the Germanic worldview as well.
The most base, physical approach in the system outlined in this chapter is that
of simply acting in a functional manner so as to ”go with the flow” to use a modern
phrase. Other approaches are more ritualized in nature such as the celebrations
of the ancient holidays with an understanding of the purpose behind them as interpreted
through the Germanic worldview. Other routes are more spiritual with
methods for extracting deeper meaning out of the happenings of the world. Whatever
the individual’s needs are they can be met out of the same single system.
TO DRINK AT THE WELL OF MÍMIR
In one way or another, all the methods outlined so far allow an individual to
access the ¸orlögas it has been laid down in the Well of Urð. Changing one’s way
of acting results in putting down good strong layers that permit a greater access
to power/ luck, reading omens allows one to glimpse relationships between lineages
18 The Ring of Troth PO Box 25637 Tempe, AZ 85285-5637. [Since the original writing of this
book, the address of The Ring of Troth has changed several times. At this point, it is easiest to
track down the current address and officers online by typing “Ring of Troth” into a search engine
such as Yahoo!, AltaVista, or Google.—B.L. 08.03.03 ]
19 Published by Llewellyn Publishing out of Minneapolis, Minn. As of 08.03.03 this book is
very hard to find and may need to be special ordered. There is an ebook version available which
may be found online through one of the major search engines.