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Chapter 8. The Making of a Seiðman 230
I acknowledge that there are three types of seiðmen.
1. The first would be hereditary. I have never heard of one nor seen one. I’ve heard
some folk say that have hereditary access to either heathenry or seiðmaking, but
I don’t ever believe it. In saga times this may have been a reality, but in modern
times, these are always individuals who have a need to impress. They would be
best served by learning to accept their real starting points in life rather than
living a fantasy, but there need to avoid reality is often very strong and I’ve
rarely seen one change his tune in less than a 20 year time frame.
2. The second is the student. These can work out if the training addresses the fact
that they usually have a need to seek for approval. Often these feel as if they are
a hapless person in a semi-viscious world. Sometimes they may be best served by
helping them to repair their damaged selves. Once the repair is made, they often
forget about the serious need to study seið that they once had. Occasionally,
they continue on with their studies and do well with one foot in each world.
3. The third is like me, a luck squandering jerk, who is spared from death by
having denizens of the Otherworld place one foot back in the world of the living.
Training is always in the hands of ghosts. Usually, they have suffered from a
life threatening illness (the result of a lifetime of senseless spending of luck),
madness, or perhaps clinical death and have recovered. The will eventually
become Wholemakers not out of some need for approval or to impress, but out
of a need to do so to live. Seiðmaking for these is not a show but a way of life.
Of course, these are of my clan so they are my favorites.
I am not sure that those who regard themselves as Asatru will agree with everything
in this little book. That was never my intent. I wished only to lay down those things
that I have learned at the hands of my teachers. They have taught me much, and
for that I must express my gratitude. They have opened my eyes to a lifetime of
mistakes that I committed over the years both in my interpretation of the lore but
also in my life. Having spent all luck under my own steam, I do not regret in the
least the fact that I am hapless. Standing with one foot in each I have seen more
in a decade than most see in a lifetime. When my time is over, and my course here
is run, I know that I have ever more folks to see, homes to be welcomed back into,
and more medicines to make.
Take care, gentle reader. We will run into one another at one point or another. In
the meanwhile, –Be Whole.