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Chapter 8. The Making of a Seiðman 212
3. Physical disease – physical disease is generally related to damage to the body. In
this day and age these are best left to physicians and surgeons although I have
treated some any emergencies particularly the stoppage of flow of blood.
4. Taboo – Asatru does not have sets of taboos like other religions do such as Islam,
Christianity, Judaism, or Hinduism. On the other hand, however, we have the
concept of debt either paid or unpaid. And unpaid debt can often be the source
of discomfort to the individual. In many cases, the individual has transgressed
another’s property or person unwittingly and has left the dead unpaid so that
the transgressee has a need to either consciously or unconsciously gain revenge.
Fear is by far the most common cause of disease. If the seiðman confine the base
of fear it can be treated and the fear itself will dissipate. Fear is associated highly
with physical discomfort, stomach disorders, nervous disorders, and headaches. It
can also be associated with muscle aches and pains and back problems. Treatment
of fear for the ancients was very important and there’s a large body of folklore
surrounding it and Scandinavian, Finnish, West Germanic, Celtic, and Spanish.
For the most part fear is the foundation for all negative feelings and emotions. In
general, there are only two feelings (although they run on a continuum between each
other): fear and love. Actually, these could be better divided from comfortable to
uncomfortable with fear being at the uncomfortable end. The fine division points on
the continuum are usually unnamed. Most people confuse ’feelings’ with ’emotions’
but emotions are really how the individual chooses to respond and/or express how
he or she is feeling at any given moment. For example, an individual may feel fear
but depending on the image that he is trying to present to the rest of the world he
may express that fear as
1. being scared
2. anger
3. jealousy
4. envy
5. irritation
6. agitation
7. aggression
8. confusion
9. or may simply ignore it all together.
The above list are emotions. The word ‘emotion’ is related to the verb ‘emote’ which
means to express oneself – it is usually used among actors regarding how well or
how poorly an actor expresses feelings to an audience. In a sense, we are all actors
expressing feelings to our audience which is the rest of the world.