August 3, 2025 • 26 mins
A comprehensive guide to Heathenry, Norse Magick, and shamanic practices. Authored by Asbjörn Torvǫl and published by Become A Living God, the book shares the author's personal spiritual journey from Christianity to a Norse Vitki (sorcerer). It covers fundamental concepts such as the nature of magick as a psychological science, the Law of Mentalism, and the Web of Wyrd, while also outlining various rituals and techniques. These practices include Útiseta (meditation), the Eye of Odin ritual for deep connection with the deity, protection methods like the Rite of the Hammer and Three Cloaks, and the importance of Blóts (sacrifices) and Önd (Odic force). The text further explores the Nine Noble Virtues, the significance of Freyja and Thor, and the historical origins of Yule traditions and the cultural importance of mead, concluding with a discussion on baneful magick (Myrkirstafir) and the concept of self-dedication and sacrifice.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome curious minds to another deep dive. Today, we're journeying
into a really compelling collection of insights from Asbjorn Torvil,
a modern Norse vitky. It's all from his book Lessons
of a Young Heathens. Our mission really is to understand
Asbuirn's unique path. We want to unpack the core concepts
he shares, almost like he's guiding us himself through his
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world of Norse magic and heathenry. You're basically about to
get a shortcut, you know, to understanding what it means
to be a modern day Heathen practitioner, all through this
very personal lens.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
And what's really fascinating, I think, is how he weaves
it all together, his personal spiritual awakening side by side
with practical teachings. We'll get into his definition of magic,
these foundational laws he talks about, some unique meditative practices
and specific nourse rights too, all adapted for today exactly.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
We've gone deep into Lessons of a Young Heathen, pulling
out the most potent bits, you know, from his own
stories to the actual ritual instructions. Get ready for some
big aha moments here, So let's start at the beginning
Asbern Torville's own spiritual genesis. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland,
Christian family, but his dad wasn't religious, so he was
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never baptized. He describes a pretty average childhood actually, but
mentions being bullied for being different. That feels well familiar
for lots of folks who find these paths, doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
It really does, and it makes you wonder what sparks
that deep spiritual search so young. For Asbern, it was
this intense curiosity about other ways. It started around age seven,
believe it or not. Oh seven, Yeah, led him to
stop going to church and just start this huge personal
journey of discovery, reading everything Islam, Buddhism, Jedism.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
And then in secondary school it went deeper Eastern traditions you.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Said, right, shinto Taoism. He was really casting a wide net.
And here's where it gets like really interesting. He finds
his first spiritual mentor.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Online before any Norse influence.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Right exactly. This connection was pizzotal. It introduced him to
these ideas of universe energies, core principles like her meticism, thilemma,
basically opening the door to the whole pagan world.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So that sparked even more study.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Oh yeah, his thirst for knowledge was just huge. He
went through hermeticism, the lima, talismanic magic, demonology, Western ceremonial stuff,
solemonic magic.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
He even got fascinated by necromancy in his late teens,
like seventeen or eighteen, after reading a friend's book.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
But despite all that, he still felt lost.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
That's how he puts it, like a puzzle piece that
could never fit. He just hadn't found his real spiritual
home yet.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Okay, So that sets up the big turning.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Point perfectly, because then for two solid weeks he starts
having these intense dreams about Thor, waking him up multiple
times a night, not just.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
A passing thought, then a real persistent.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Call, undeniable, and he listened. He followed his gut, you know,
bought a Thor's hammer, a statue, set up a little altar,
made an offering.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Oh that was it, the change that.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
He says changed his life. It's a classic spiritual awakening story,
isn't it. This strong, unavoidable pull from a specific deity.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Or tradition or basically pointed the way.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Guided him straight to the Norse tradition of magic and
the assature path.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And that became his path. Now working closely with odin Io,
guided by his teacher Dean.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Kirkler, sharing knowledge, leading by example. He's very clear about
his goal, keep teaching, keep learning.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
So okay, he finds his path. How does he then
define magic itself? He tackles the truth about magic pretty directly,
he does.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
He starts with a Leister Crowley's definition, the famous one,
the science and art of causing change to occur in
conformity with will.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
But he uses that to break down this conceptions right exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
He argues, magic isn't some mystical exclusive thing. It's not
even a skill you acquire. Really, it's built into your
very essence. Quit simply, He says, magic is the mind.
It's an underlying mechanic of life.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
So everyone's doing magic all the time, whether they know
it or not.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
That's his point. The difference for a magician of it
key is being aware, being involved, being in control. He
really stresses that all magic is fundamentally psychological rituals tools.
They aren't strictly necessary. A great magician uses their mind
anytime anywhere.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
He quotes s ben Quain too, saying magic is not magical.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Right reinforcing that idea. He sees it almost as a
scientific system that we don't fully understand yet. Science and
spirituality hand in hand, debunking myths, elevating life. Magic for
him is like science through the eyes of spiritualism.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
The big takeaway seems to be your mind is your magic. Absolutely,
every thought, every word, it's a spell shaping your reality constantly.
That's not just philosophy. It's presented as the most practical
tool you have.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And building right on that, he brings in the law
of mentalism from the Kabalion.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
The all is mind. The universe is.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Mental exactly, meaning all creation starts in the mind. The
universe itself is this infinite, intelligent.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Mind, which implies our thoughts literally create our reality, our
state of being.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
That's the core idea. Thoughts precede existence. They shape your
life's quality. Our Proctor's quote he uses, sums it up.
Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind,
you will hold it in your hand.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
So our physical existence is kind of a mental projection,
like we're in a dream, but the dream is reality.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
It's a paradoxical idea. Yeah, and he ties in Einstein too.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we
use when we created them. The mind is the only
place change can begin, and.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
This applies to all thoughts, not just the ones we
focus on.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yes, your whole psychological state dictates what manifests. Negativity breeds negativity,
positivity breeds positivity.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
It's constant, so the responsibility is huge.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Utterly, the magician has to be their own psychologist, constantly
monitoring controlling thoughts to manifest what they desire. Gaining control
means choosing, actively, choosing which thoughts to accept or reject.
Internal external doesn't matter. If you want to change your life,
change your mind first.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Okay, So if the mind is key, practices to train
the mind must be central meditation.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Absolutely foundational. He calls it the path of uticetta. It's
an old Icelandic term. It means sitting out or sitting
at the crossroads.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
So meditation through breath.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Essentially, Yes, the path of deep meditation via focused breath.
It's a solitary path, he says. You need to remove
yourself from distractions to get into those states and eventually,
with practice, maybe communicate with the gods.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
What's the goal then emptying the mind?
Speaker 2 (06:32):
No, he's very clear on that. It's not about an
empty mind, which he says is impossible anyway. It's about
focused attention, usually on the breath. He outlines a specific
four stage breathing technique. The aim is to quiet the
mental chatter, develop intense focus, reduce distraction, crucial for any
magical work.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Until the body almost feels nonexistent.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
That's the idea, mind immersed in breath.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
And it's this kind of inner work, this ready, that
leads to his big breakthrough with Odin, right, the eye
of Odin.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, that story is quite something, a real gateway experience.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
For him, even though he was initially connected to Thor.
His name Torvill means Thor's chosen, right, But he.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Felt Thor's voice quieting down and Odin's getting louder. He
was suffering from insomnia, exhaustion, seeking guidance.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
So he tries something specific one night.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Yeah, he paints a smeth thorn, a sleep thorn, and
a sleep bind drone on himself, drifts off immediately, and
Odin appears in a dream, hands him this incomplete symbol,
as Burne sketches at the moment he wakes up, that
doesn't know what it is, not yet days pass. Then
this interaction with his neighbor, who, as born felt was
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kind of an instrument for Odin. The neighbor says casually,
for all you know, I could be Odin. Whoa yeah,
And that sparks this intense urge to hike a local mountain.
Even getting snagged by a cactus on the way felt significant,
like a test from Odin, a test pushed right through it.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Carried his wife up part of the way, her ankles bad.
Reached the summit, made offerings beer, a candle, a personal offering,
a blood anointed plaque, and he calls out to.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Odin asking for deep guidance, asking.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
To be guided as deep in my path as I
can go. He admits he didn't realize the full weight
of that request at the time. Am. A few days
later Bam severe migrain, which he says is common for
him during intense spiritual experiences. He's in the shower, gets
this urge to draw the symbol Odin showed him on
his chest. As he starts outlining it, he feels Odin's
presence fill the space, and his hand just completes the symbol.
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It forms an eye, the eye of Odin.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Wow and what happens then.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
He describes it as disappearing, hit in his knees, feeling
like he left his body entirely, visions splashes, yeah, visions
of his future. Even saw himself as a gothy teaching
holding a black book a grimoire. He realized Odin was
calling him to serious responsibility, demanding total dedication, go as
dap as possible. And the symbol itself, he realized it
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wasn't just a drawing, It was a live, a spiritual
speed dial to Odin, a direct gateway.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
He shares a ritual for opening it.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
He does, involving specific calls, offerings, blood on the symbol,
but he gives a.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Very strong warning be careful what you wish for.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Basically, pretty much, this symbol is powerful. Opening that door
is much easier than closing it. You have to be
prepared for what comes through. He talks about daily interactions
now Odin, planting thoughts, feeling intertwined like an instrument for Odin.
But Odin's a hard teacher.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
So be bold, but be ready.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Be bold, but temperate with strength dedication. That's the only
way to handle that kind of connection and gain the
wisdom this.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Connects to the power of words too, doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
He emphasizes that hugely the things that we say create reality.
With every word, we continue to weave our future. That's
a direct quote and.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Gelder the Norse term for spellcasting with voice.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
He says, it's basically any voiced sound which makes mindfulness
of ever every single word absolutely critical. Words can backfire,
they can jinx things.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
So the advice for practitioners is.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Speak only if you're absolutely sure of the truth and
your belief in it. Better to be silent than to
lie or speak idly.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Choosing silence is as important as choosing words exactly.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Silence trains mindfulness, increases awareness internal and external. Helps you
choose words carefully, understand their weight and the weight of
others words too.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Okay, moving to another huge concept, the web of weird
often misunderstood, You hear that a lot very.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
True from a magical view, as Berne says, it's paramount.
It's simply reality itself. Everything that has happened, is happening,
and is yet to happen.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Woven by the norns er verandy skulled past, present future.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
That's a mythological framework. Yes, they represent time and causality,
weaving this immense web.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Man our lug primal law.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
That's like the cosmic structure of the web, things determined
by birth, ancestry, genetics, and the fundamental law of cause
and effe effect, the consequences of actions. It's the underlying
pattern the Norn's weave.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
But we're not just puppets.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
We have agency, significant agency. While the past urah is set,
as Buren stresses, our power to create new threads right
now in the present RANDI, every action, every choice constantly
modifies the web. Some future things might be fixed, but
we have real power to weave the future we desire.
Though our personality, our habits, they influence those choices too.
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Of course, so.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Magic itself is weaving you.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Threads precisely, that's the magical perspective. A practitioner must understand
their own personal web and how their actions their magic
affects the whole interconnected reality. You have to be mindful
of how it all strings together.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
You mentioned responsibility. This ties into power too, as Buren says,
power is inherent but also borrowed.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yes, in this work, all power is only borrowed, and
eventually we all have to pay for it. That's a
key quote. He compares us to biological machines needing fuel.
Our personal magic energy is limited. It depletes quickly, replenishes slowly.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Which is why meditation and grounding are so important.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Crucial for sustained effort. And this leads to the idea
of building magical credit favor with spirits, gods, whites. It's
essential for deeper work and seed griffis prayer is key
for that. It acts as a prerequisite, he suggests, like
daily devotions, building that spiritual relationship that credit line.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
He mentions, Heathen rely has an advantage here.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Because the only surviving pre Christian prayer is right there
in the sigaurtury fumal from the poetic Eda.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
And the practice is simple.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Relatively, go outside at sunrise, face the sun, barefoot, stand
in the algae's stance that why shape with your arms up,
and recite.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
The prayer, building that connection filling up with solar energy.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Exactly, especially vital for beginners. He says, It's about consistency.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Let's talk about the self. Know thyself. Sounds simple, but
as Buren says, the Norse view is more complex.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Multiple soul parts, very complex lines blur between self and environment.
Our own personal web part of the bigger one. He
focuses on two soul parts dealing with personal power, hammingjaw
and Megan.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Okay, hommingjaw first, that's luck.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
It manifests is luck. Yeah, but it's more like intrinsic
innate power set at birth. It never grows beyond that
initial level. It just depletes and replenishes back to that baseline, and.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
It could be passed down or lent.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Apparently so yes, reincarnated in descendants, or lent to others.
He suggests new souls often have lots of it, seem lucky,
but as souls reincarnate face challenges, loan lessons, the hamanjaw diminishes,
life gets harder, forcing us to find other ways. Conflict
becomes necessary for growth. Old souls recognized by their.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Struggle, which leads to Megan exactly.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Megan is our honor, our influence. We're not born with it,
but it's limitless. We build it throughout life wow, through
honorable action, cooperations, service, being true to your word to
people spirits the world. Keeping your word builds Megan, Breaking
it tears it down and more Megan means more trust
spirits gods they're more likely to help you age your
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magic let you go deeper. Megan is essentially your currency
with them. Devotional work directly builds megan.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Okay, Shifting to practical rights protection.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
The hammer right a core Norse protection ritual similar maybe
to a wick in circle casting, but crucially it calls
on Mulenar's power thor's hammer, not your own personal energy, so.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
It doesn't drain you personally.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Right. It's static temporary protection for a specific ritual space
cast before taken.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Down after tools needed a hammer.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
You can use a ritual mulenear, but as Beeren stresses,
your fistworks just fine with the right intent, which again
highlights that innate power focus. The right involves facing the
cardinal directions, moving clockwise, making the hammer sign and inverting tea,
visualizing a blue protective sphere forming around you north east,
southwest than above and below.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Then you do your work and reverse the process to take.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
It down exactly, move counterclockwise, thank the hammer at each point,
visualize the sphere dissolving.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
From individual protection to communal rights. The blood sacrifice or feast.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Both really the old Norse word hintset blood may be
sprinkled on altars historically, but for modern practice, as Bern emphasizes,
it's evolved. It's a personalized right of offering, bonding with
God's spirits, ancestors, giving thanks, asking for aid, often without
literal blood sacrifice.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Now are there set rules.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
No universal framework, he says, personalize it, but there are
typical steps. Prepare the space, the vey, maybe a fire,
make the space sacred, perhaps using the hammer right. Then invocation,
inviting not commanding the powers. Maybe a read outlining the purpose,
telling a story. Then the offering something of personal value,
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mead poured out, food burned or left for animals, often
followed by communal toasting.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
A sumble, and a blessing at the end.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Usually yeah, sprinkling participants with loutmead or herbal water the
modern stand in for blood, blessing the land too. Then
a clear closing, may be reversing the harrowing.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Okay, back to personal stuff. Mobile protection, the three cloaks right.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
This one's super practical, simple, effective anytime anywhere. Uses your own.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Power, though, so you use it when needed, then take.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
It down definitely it drains you. It's mobile, unlike the
hammer right. Good for when you're out and about doing
esoteric work.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Why needed does spiritual work attract things?
Speaker 2 (16:24):
He says, it makes you glow spiritually. Yeah, can attract
various entities, not all friendly.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
So how does it work?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Simple visualization? Sit, stand, lie down. First, pull up a
bright blue cloak gauzy covers everything, hood up blue for healing,
guarding energies. Second, over that a shining gold cloak gold
for protection. Third, and this is key, a camouflage cloak
dull green brown, matching surroundings.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Why camouflage isn't light usually used for protection?
Speaker 2 (16:55):
That's his point, He argues, Those glowing light shields can
make you a beacon, increasing risk from some entities. Camouflage
hides you from negative whites.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Clever, then you do your work, keeping a bit of
focus on the cloaks, and consciously take them off afterwards. Camo, gold,
bluepet exactly.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Layer by layer, even low level stuff drains energy, so
consciously removing them is important.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
What about balancing energy grounding?
Speaker 2 (17:18):
He shares an adapted technique not strictly from lore, called
grounding with Youura with the earth clears out negativity. Excess
energy aches as a dun find a spot outside ideally
not concrete barefoot stand straight tongue to roof of mouth.
Connect for a few minutes, then close your eyes. Visualize
yourself as a tree. Roots go deep from your feet,
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scan your body. Find negativity, push it down the roots,
ask ura the earth to take and transform it.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Then draw energy up fuel roots.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Go deeper. Find an energy source. Visualize branches growing up,
draw energy up through roots. Feel it cleans you, flows
into branches, becomes water droplets, drips.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Back to earth for a bit, then retract roots and branches.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
That's the gist, a nice balancing practice.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Let's talk dedication, usually to gods, but as Borin mentions,
self dedication critically important.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
He argues, acknowledging your own success, your inherent value. Because
all magic stems from the self. Individuality is key.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
We're constructs of magic with divinity. That's the idea of
gods are within and without. We have a form of godhood.
We can weave our own web, which means taking responsibility
successes and failures. It's an affirmation of dedication to your
path and to yourself, and this includes self sacrifice, like
Odin getting the runes.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
The prime example, Odin hangs himself from Yugrasol nine nights wounded,
given myself to myself. No Aid stares into the well
of er, calls the runes until they yield to his sacrifice.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
So self sacrifice and self dedication.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
Are linked inextricably. Progress requires sacrificing the old self, old ideas,
sacrificing ego, dedicating to your true, evolving self, realizing we
aren't all powerful, nor are the gods perfect. We are responsible,
like Odin in our deepest trials, we ultimately have to
rely on ourselves.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
Is there a practice for this?
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Yes, stand barefoot at sunrise, Visualize yourself hanging like Odin
on yudrisol. Recite a specific passage from the Havemal about
Odin's ordeal. Then open eyes, assume the algae's stance, and
recite a prayer dedicating yourself, mind and body to the
work for that day. Myself to myself, I.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Give powerful stuff. Let's touch on end the Norse life
force like key or prana.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
The very similar concept yes earned, sometimes called the odic
force by Baron Reichenbach, who studied it vital energy life force.
It connects to the law of vibration, the interconnectedness of word.
Everything is energy right earned? Is that fundamental magical energy.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
It's in us. You can interact with it definitely.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Reichenbuck even found the strongest emanations from the mouth, hands, forehead.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
The Vicki's main tools, intention, ritual, mind.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Work exactly the villaspas says Odin, gave soul and breath
and suggest maybe the soul is earned just with personality,
our personal end. If weird connects us, all earned is
the actual material of that connection. It ebbs and flows,
diminishes with hunger increases after eating. But like physical energy,
can it be increased? Like g Yes, it can be heightened.
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Meditation strengthens the soul makes magic more potent. We can
sync our earned with others through connection.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
And there's an exercise for deliberately increasing it before magic.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
A simple one. Sit, stand, or lie down. Become aware
of your body's energy. Focus on a small sphere in
your torso above the stomach. Inhale, pull energy from your
body into the sphere. Exhale, Let the sphere expand, collecting
your personal end.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Then draw ambient energy in.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Once you feel confident, yes, push awareness out. Inhale ambient
energy into the sphere. Exhale, let it grow bigger, and
then distribute it. Bring focus back to the sphere, exhale,
push the energy evenly throughout your body, watch the sphere shrink,
repeat until it feels balanced. Gives you extra energy for
magical work without depleting yourself too much. But he warns,
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don't do this. If you're not about to do work,
you'll be highly energized with a slow come down.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Makes sense, okay. The nine noble virtues foundational for a
sature right, A.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Code for a living foundational yes, a code from mundane
and magical life, extracted from old texts. Guidelines, not commandmentcy stresses.
They enhance your Aurlough weird hamanjaw. Can you remind us
of a few sure Courage, doing right despite fear, truth, honesty,
being true to your word and self honor, self value,
community value, deeds reflecting worth, loyalty to kin, God's spirits, discipline,
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being hard on yourself, dedication.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Responsibility, hospitality, industriousness.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Self reliance, perseverance, never giving up, learning from failure. They
all tie back to building that megan, that honor, which
is crucial for magical practice and relationships with the divine.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
As Berne Shaer's personal stories about specific gods too reaching
out to Fragia.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Yeah, despite his main links to Thor and Odin, he
does daily prayers and includes the line may you use
me as your instrument, But he admits he hesitated with
Fraja initially because of misconceptions about her reputation. He wasn't
sure what qualities he was asking her to bring forth
in him. He judged her basically, and he realized that
and apologized to her for it. He came to see
her as this vital embodiment of the sacred feminine strength,
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balance between masculine and feminine, essential and magic and beauty too.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
He shares his prayer for her now.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Yes, a heartfelt one, asking for guidance, strength, remembering the
sacred feminine bringing beauty to the world.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
Another story a walk with Thor finding something specific right.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
He felt this strong urge from Thor to hike a
specific trail, sensing he needed to find something. Packed his
Thor statue incense, went out at sunset.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Set up an altar, prayed yep.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Between two trees, asked Thor for guidance, then just walked, searched, felt,
pulled different ways. As it got dark, he found it.
Spotted this pearl white stone with red in it, and
it just clicked. How so Thor's mother is Yora the Earth.
He'd been working on connecting deeply with Yora the Stone,
a piece of earth felt like the final symbol of
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his dedication to her. A synchronoic city guided by Thor.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
He also touches on Yule and Christmas, not just complaining
about appropriation, No, he.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Takes a different tack, focus on recognizing the pagan roots.
Rather than fighting battles you can't win. Christianity absorbed older traditions.
That's history happened everywhere.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Like the Yule log exactly.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Historically, a huge oak log burned for twelve days, lit
from last year's remnant for good luck.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
In Mistletoe goes back.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
To Balder's death. Loki, using the one thing Frig forgot
to get an oath from the mistletoe, but then Frig,
realizing her mistake, declared it a symbol of love, peace,
protection for those beneath it. Reminders of deep history in
modern customs.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Mead gets a mention too, more than just a drink.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Oh, definitely almost symbolic of the Norse path as Boorne
loves it, but Stress is understanding it's important. Feasts storytelling stumbles, yes,
but the mythology is.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Key Odin stealing the meat of poetry.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
His favorite story. He says, how the mead was brewed
from Kvasir, the wisest beans blood, how it bestows poetic inspiration.
Odin's whole elaborate quest, cunning seduction, shape shifting to get.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
It, and the drops that felt to midguard.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Source of bad or average poets. True poets get it
directly from Odin. The story gives meat its symbolic weight.
It's about inspiration, community, honoring the gods.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
Finally, he doesn't shy away from the darker side.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Murker sir No, he confronts it directly. A true shaman,
he says, embraces life and death, light and dark. Murker's
staffeir dark marks is his umbrella term things.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
Like baneful magic, necromancy.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Exactly things mentioned even in old text, like the sigurb
fulml bolsterfear, evil, Marx flair, staffir, misfortune, brands, batiron, conflict rooms,
but used with extreme caution, absolutely never lightly deep consideration required.
His historical symbols are scarce, so it involves reconstruction. But
his point is magic works old or new. This area
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is dangerous. Consequences are real. Pushing out unstable energy affects you.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Yet it shouldn't be ignored.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
No, the Vicky embraces all aspects of reality without bias.
It's part of the natural cycle.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Wow, we have really covered a lot, a true deep
dive into lessons of a young heathen from his personal awakening,
the nature of magic, the mind meditation, those intense Norse
rights like the Eye of Odin, the hammer right.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
And core concepts like weird humminga Megan, the virtues. It
really shows how this ancient wisdom is alive being adapted.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
Yeah, live today with this emphasis on personal responsibility, thinking critically,
embracing the.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Whole cycle, a holistic approach.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Really, Azrein's final wish for readers is simple good luck
on their study of Heathen magic.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Yeah, and the publisher become a living god. Their ethos
fits perfectly maximize individuality, freedom and personal power. It really
is a comprehensive modern guide to nor sorcery.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
So, thinking about all this, what stands out most to
you listening is it that incredible story of finding a
path through dreams, or.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
Maybe the idea that every single thought you have is
literally a spell shaping your world, or the.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Sheer weight of responsibility that comes with practices like opening
the eye of Odin. Lots to them all over. Definitely
thank you for joining us for this deep dive. We
hope it's giving you some valuable insights, maybe spark some curiosity.
Until next time, keep seeking, keep learning, and keep asking
those big questions.
Welcome curious minds to another deep dive. Today, we're journeying
into a really compelling collection of insights from Asbjorn Torvil,
a modern Norse vitky. It's all from his book Lessons
of a Young Heathens. Our mission really is to understand
Asbuirn's unique path. We want to unpack the core concepts
he shares, almost like he's guiding us himself through his
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world of Norse magic and heathenry. You're basically about to
get a shortcut, you know, to understanding what it means
to be a modern day Heathen practitioner, all through this
very personal lens.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
And what's really fascinating, I think, is how he weaves
it all together, his personal spiritual awakening side by side
with practical teachings. We'll get into his definition of magic,
these foundational laws he talks about, some unique meditative practices
and specific nourse rights too, all adapted for today exactly.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
We've gone deep into Lessons of a Young Heathen, pulling
out the most potent bits, you know, from his own
stories to the actual ritual instructions. Get ready for some
big aha moments here, So let's start at the beginning
Asbern Torville's own spiritual genesis. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland,
Christian family, but his dad wasn't religious, so he was
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never baptized. He describes a pretty average childhood actually, but
mentions being bullied for being different. That feels well familiar
for lots of folks who find these paths, doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
It really does, and it makes you wonder what sparks
that deep spiritual search so young. For Asbern, it was
this intense curiosity about other ways. It started around age seven,
believe it or not. Oh seven, Yeah, led him to
stop going to church and just start this huge personal
journey of discovery, reading everything Islam, Buddhism, Jedism.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
And then in secondary school it went deeper Eastern traditions you.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Said, right, shinto Taoism. He was really casting a wide net.
And here's where it gets like really interesting. He finds
his first spiritual mentor.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Online before any Norse influence.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Right exactly. This connection was pizzotal. It introduced him to
these ideas of universe energies, core principles like her meticism, thilemma,
basically opening the door to the whole pagan world.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So that sparked even more study.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Oh yeah, his thirst for knowledge was just huge. He
went through hermeticism, the lima, talismanic magic, demonology, Western ceremonial stuff,
solemonic magic.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
He even got fascinated by necromancy in his late teens,
like seventeen or eighteen, after reading a friend's book.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
But despite all that, he still felt lost.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
That's how he puts it, like a puzzle piece that
could never fit. He just hadn't found his real spiritual
home yet.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Okay, So that sets up the big turning.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Point perfectly, because then for two solid weeks he starts
having these intense dreams about Thor, waking him up multiple
times a night, not just.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
A passing thought, then a real persistent.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Call, undeniable, and he listened. He followed his gut, you know,
bought a Thor's hammer, a statue, set up a little altar,
made an offering.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Oh that was it, the change that.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
He says changed his life. It's a classic spiritual awakening story,
isn't it. This strong, unavoidable pull from a specific deity.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Or tradition or basically pointed the way.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Guided him straight to the Norse tradition of magic and
the assature path.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
And that became his path. Now working closely with odin Io,
guided by his teacher Dean.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Kirkler, sharing knowledge, leading by example. He's very clear about
his goal, keep teaching, keep learning.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
So okay, he finds his path. How does he then
define magic itself? He tackles the truth about magic pretty directly,
he does.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
He starts with a Leister Crowley's definition, the famous one,
the science and art of causing change to occur in
conformity with will.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
But he uses that to break down this conceptions right exactly.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
He argues, magic isn't some mystical exclusive thing. It's not
even a skill you acquire. Really, it's built into your
very essence. Quit simply, He says, magic is the mind.
It's an underlying mechanic of life.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
So everyone's doing magic all the time, whether they know
it or not.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
That's his point. The difference for a magician of it
key is being aware, being involved, being in control. He
really stresses that all magic is fundamentally psychological rituals tools.
They aren't strictly necessary. A great magician uses their mind
anytime anywhere.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
He quotes s ben Quain too, saying magic is not magical.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Right reinforcing that idea. He sees it almost as a
scientific system that we don't fully understand yet. Science and
spirituality hand in hand, debunking myths, elevating life. Magic for
him is like science through the eyes of spiritualism.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
The big takeaway seems to be your mind is your magic. Absolutely,
every thought, every word, it's a spell shaping your reality constantly.
That's not just philosophy. It's presented as the most practical
tool you have.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And building right on that, he brings in the law
of mentalism from the Kabalion.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
The all is mind. The universe is.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Mental exactly, meaning all creation starts in the mind. The
universe itself is this infinite, intelligent.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Mind, which implies our thoughts literally create our reality, our
state of being.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
That's the core idea. Thoughts precede existence. They shape your
life's quality. Our Proctor's quote he uses, sums it up.
Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind,
you will hold it in your hand.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
So our physical existence is kind of a mental projection,
like we're in a dream, but the dream is reality.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
It's a paradoxical idea. Yeah, and he ties in Einstein too.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we
use when we created them. The mind is the only
place change can begin, and.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
This applies to all thoughts, not just the ones we
focus on.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yes, your whole psychological state dictates what manifests. Negativity breeds negativity,
positivity breeds positivity.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
It's constant, so the responsibility is huge.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Utterly, the magician has to be their own psychologist, constantly
monitoring controlling thoughts to manifest what they desire. Gaining control
means choosing, actively, choosing which thoughts to accept or reject.
Internal external doesn't matter. If you want to change your life,
change your mind first.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Okay, So if the mind is key, practices to train
the mind must be central meditation.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Absolutely foundational. He calls it the path of uticetta. It's
an old Icelandic term. It means sitting out or sitting
at the crossroads.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
So meditation through breath.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Essentially, Yes, the path of deep meditation via focused breath.
It's a solitary path, he says. You need to remove
yourself from distractions to get into those states and eventually,
with practice, maybe communicate with the gods.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
What's the goal then emptying the mind?
Speaker 2 (06:32):
No, he's very clear on that. It's not about an
empty mind, which he says is impossible anyway. It's about
focused attention, usually on the breath. He outlines a specific
four stage breathing technique. The aim is to quiet the
mental chatter, develop intense focus, reduce distraction, crucial for any
magical work.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Until the body almost feels nonexistent.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
That's the idea, mind immersed in breath.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
And it's this kind of inner work, this ready, that
leads to his big breakthrough with Odin, right, the eye
of Odin.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Yeah, that story is quite something, a real gateway experience.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
For him, even though he was initially connected to Thor.
His name Torvill means Thor's chosen, right, But he.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Felt Thor's voice quieting down and Odin's getting louder. He
was suffering from insomnia, exhaustion, seeking guidance.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
So he tries something specific one night.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Yeah, he paints a smeth thorn, a sleep thorn, and
a sleep bind drone on himself, drifts off immediately, and
Odin appears in a dream, hands him this incomplete symbol,
as Burne sketches at the moment he wakes up, that
doesn't know what it is, not yet days pass. Then
this interaction with his neighbor, who, as born felt was
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kind of an instrument for Odin. The neighbor says casually,
for all you know, I could be Odin. Whoa yeah,
And that sparks this intense urge to hike a local mountain.
Even getting snagged by a cactus on the way felt significant,
like a test from Odin, a test pushed right through it.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Carried his wife up part of the way, her ankles bad.
Reached the summit, made offerings beer, a candle, a personal offering,
a blood anointed plaque, and he calls out to.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Odin asking for deep guidance, asking.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
To be guided as deep in my path as I
can go. He admits he didn't realize the full weight
of that request at the time. Am. A few days
later Bam severe migrain, which he says is common for
him during intense spiritual experiences. He's in the shower, gets
this urge to draw the symbol Odin showed him on
his chest. As he starts outlining it, he feels Odin's
presence fill the space, and his hand just completes the symbol.
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It forms an eye, the eye of Odin.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Wow and what happens then.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
He describes it as disappearing, hit in his knees, feeling
like he left his body entirely, visions splashes, yeah, visions
of his future. Even saw himself as a gothy teaching
holding a black book a grimoire. He realized Odin was
calling him to serious responsibility, demanding total dedication, go as
dap as possible. And the symbol itself, he realized it
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wasn't just a drawing, It was a live, a spiritual
speed dial to Odin, a direct gateway.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
He shares a ritual for opening it.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
He does, involving specific calls, offerings, blood on the symbol,
but he gives a.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Very strong warning be careful what you wish for.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Basically, pretty much, this symbol is powerful. Opening that door
is much easier than closing it. You have to be
prepared for what comes through. He talks about daily interactions
now Odin, planting thoughts, feeling intertwined like an instrument for Odin.
But Odin's a hard teacher.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
So be bold, but be ready.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Be bold, but temperate with strength dedication. That's the only
way to handle that kind of connection and gain the
wisdom this.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Connects to the power of words too, doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
He emphasizes that hugely the things that we say create reality.
With every word, we continue to weave our future. That's
a direct quote and.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Gelder the Norse term for spellcasting with voice.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
He says, it's basically any voiced sound which makes mindfulness
of ever every single word absolutely critical. Words can backfire,
they can jinx things.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
So the advice for practitioners is.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
Speak only if you're absolutely sure of the truth and
your belief in it. Better to be silent than to
lie or speak idly.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Choosing silence is as important as choosing words exactly.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Silence trains mindfulness, increases awareness internal and external. Helps you
choose words carefully, understand their weight and the weight of
others words too.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Okay, moving to another huge concept, the web of weird
often misunderstood, You hear that a lot very.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
True from a magical view, as Berne says, it's paramount.
It's simply reality itself. Everything that has happened, is happening,
and is yet to happen.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Woven by the norns er verandy skulled past, present future.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
That's a mythological framework. Yes, they represent time and causality,
weaving this immense web.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Man our lug primal law.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
That's like the cosmic structure of the web, things determined
by birth, ancestry, genetics, and the fundamental law of cause
and effe effect, the consequences of actions. It's the underlying
pattern the Norn's weave.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
But we're not just puppets.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
We have agency, significant agency. While the past urah is set,
as Buren stresses, our power to create new threads right
now in the present RANDI, every action, every choice constantly
modifies the web. Some future things might be fixed, but
we have real power to weave the future we desire.
Though our personality, our habits, they influence those choices too.
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Of course, so.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Magic itself is weaving you.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Threads precisely, that's the magical perspective. A practitioner must understand
their own personal web and how their actions their magic
affects the whole interconnected reality. You have to be mindful
of how it all strings together.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
You mentioned responsibility. This ties into power too, as Buren says,
power is inherent but also borrowed.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yes, in this work, all power is only borrowed, and
eventually we all have to pay for it. That's a
key quote. He compares us to biological machines needing fuel.
Our personal magic energy is limited. It depletes quickly, replenishes slowly.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Which is why meditation and grounding are so important.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Crucial for sustained effort. And this leads to the idea
of building magical credit favor with spirits, gods, whites. It's
essential for deeper work and seed griffis prayer is key
for that. It acts as a prerequisite, he suggests, like
daily devotions, building that spiritual relationship that credit line.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
He mentions, Heathen rely has an advantage here.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Because the only surviving pre Christian prayer is right there
in the sigaurtury fumal from the poetic Eda.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
And the practice is simple.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Relatively, go outside at sunrise, face the sun, barefoot, stand
in the algae's stance that why shape with your arms up,
and recite.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
The prayer, building that connection filling up with solar energy.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Exactly, especially vital for beginners. He says, It's about consistency.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Let's talk about the self. Know thyself. Sounds simple, but
as Buren says, the Norse view is more complex.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Multiple soul parts, very complex lines blur between self and environment.
Our own personal web part of the bigger one. He
focuses on two soul parts dealing with personal power, hammingjaw
and Megan.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Okay, hommingjaw first, that's luck.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
It manifests is luck. Yeah, but it's more like intrinsic
innate power set at birth. It never grows beyond that
initial level. It just depletes and replenishes back to that baseline, and.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
It could be passed down or lent.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Apparently so yes, reincarnated in descendants, or lent to others.
He suggests new souls often have lots of it, seem lucky,
but as souls reincarnate face challenges, loan lessons, the hamanjaw diminishes,
life gets harder, forcing us to find other ways. Conflict
becomes necessary for growth. Old souls recognized by their.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Struggle, which leads to Megan exactly.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Megan is our honor, our influence. We're not born with it,
but it's limitless. We build it throughout life wow, through
honorable action, cooperations, service, being true to your word to
people spirits the world. Keeping your word builds Megan, Breaking
it tears it down and more Megan means more trust
spirits gods they're more likely to help you age your
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magic let you go deeper. Megan is essentially your currency
with them. Devotional work directly builds megan.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
Okay, Shifting to practical rights protection.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
The hammer right a core Norse protection ritual similar maybe
to a wick in circle casting, but crucially it calls
on Mulenar's power thor's hammer, not your own personal energy, so.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
It doesn't drain you personally.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Right. It's static temporary protection for a specific ritual space
cast before taken.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Down after tools needed a hammer.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
You can use a ritual mulenear, but as Beeren stresses,
your fistworks just fine with the right intent, which again
highlights that innate power focus. The right involves facing the
cardinal directions, moving clockwise, making the hammer sign and inverting tea,
visualizing a blue protective sphere forming around you north east,
southwest than above and below.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Then you do your work and reverse the process to take.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
It down exactly, move counterclockwise, thank the hammer at each point,
visualize the sphere dissolving.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
From individual protection to communal rights. The blood sacrifice or feast.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Both really the old Norse word hintset blood may be
sprinkled on altars historically, but for modern practice, as Bern emphasizes,
it's evolved. It's a personalized right of offering, bonding with
God's spirits, ancestors, giving thanks, asking for aid, often without
literal blood sacrifice.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Now are there set rules.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
No universal framework, he says, personalize it, but there are
typical steps. Prepare the space, the vey, maybe a fire,
make the space sacred, perhaps using the hammer right. Then invocation,
inviting not commanding the powers. Maybe a read outlining the purpose,
telling a story. Then the offering something of personal value,
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mead poured out, food burned or left for animals, often
followed by communal toasting.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
A sumble, and a blessing at the end.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Usually yeah, sprinkling participants with loutmead or herbal water the
modern stand in for blood, blessing the land too. Then
a clear closing, may be reversing the harrowing.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Okay, back to personal stuff. Mobile protection, the three cloaks right.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
This one's super practical, simple, effective anytime anywhere. Uses your own.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Power, though, so you use it when needed, then take.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
It down definitely it drains you. It's mobile, unlike the
hammer right. Good for when you're out and about doing
esoteric work.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Why needed does spiritual work attract things?
Speaker 2 (16:24):
He says, it makes you glow spiritually. Yeah, can attract
various entities, not all friendly.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
So how does it work?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Simple visualization? Sit, stand, lie down. First, pull up a
bright blue cloak gauzy covers everything, hood up blue for healing,
guarding energies. Second, over that a shining gold cloak gold
for protection. Third, and this is key, a camouflage cloak
dull green brown, matching surroundings.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Why camouflage isn't light usually used for protection?
Speaker 2 (16:55):
That's his point, He argues, Those glowing light shields can
make you a beacon, increasing risk from some entities. Camouflage
hides you from negative whites.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Clever, then you do your work, keeping a bit of
focus on the cloaks, and consciously take them off afterwards. Camo, gold,
bluepet exactly.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Layer by layer, even low level stuff drains energy, so
consciously removing them is important.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
What about balancing energy grounding?
Speaker 2 (17:18):
He shares an adapted technique not strictly from lore, called
grounding with Youura with the earth clears out negativity. Excess
energy aches as a dun find a spot outside ideally
not concrete barefoot stand straight tongue to roof of mouth.
Connect for a few minutes, then close your eyes. Visualize
yourself as a tree. Roots go deep from your feet,
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scan your body. Find negativity, push it down the roots,
ask ura the earth to take and transform it.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Then draw energy up fuel roots.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Go deeper. Find an energy source. Visualize branches growing up,
draw energy up through roots. Feel it cleans you, flows
into branches, becomes water droplets, drips.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Back to earth for a bit, then retract roots and branches.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
That's the gist, a nice balancing practice.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Let's talk dedication, usually to gods, but as Borin mentions,
self dedication critically important.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
He argues, acknowledging your own success, your inherent value. Because
all magic stems from the self. Individuality is key.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
We're constructs of magic with divinity. That's the idea of
gods are within and without. We have a form of godhood.
We can weave our own web, which means taking responsibility
successes and failures. It's an affirmation of dedication to your
path and to yourself, and this includes self sacrifice, like
Odin getting the runes.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
The prime example, Odin hangs himself from Yugrasol nine nights wounded,
given myself to myself. No Aid stares into the well
of er, calls the runes until they yield to his sacrifice.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
So self sacrifice and self dedication.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
Are linked inextricably. Progress requires sacrificing the old self, old ideas,
sacrificing ego, dedicating to your true, evolving self, realizing we
aren't all powerful, nor are the gods perfect. We are responsible,
like Odin in our deepest trials, we ultimately have to
rely on ourselves.
Speaker 1 (19:06):
Is there a practice for this?
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Yes, stand barefoot at sunrise, Visualize yourself hanging like Odin
on yudrisol. Recite a specific passage from the Havemal about
Odin's ordeal. Then open eyes, assume the algae's stance, and
recite a prayer dedicating yourself, mind and body to the
work for that day. Myself to myself, I.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
Give powerful stuff. Let's touch on end the Norse life
force like key or prana.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
The very similar concept yes earned, sometimes called the odic
force by Baron Reichenbach, who studied it vital energy life force.
It connects to the law of vibration, the interconnectedness of word.
Everything is energy right earned? Is that fundamental magical energy.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
It's in us. You can interact with it definitely.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Reichenbuck even found the strongest emanations from the mouth, hands, forehead.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
The Vicki's main tools, intention, ritual, mind.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Work exactly the villaspas says Odin, gave soul and breath
and suggest maybe the soul is earned just with personality,
our personal end. If weird connects us, all earned is
the actual material of that connection. It ebbs and flows,
diminishes with hunger increases after eating. But like physical energy,
can it be increased? Like g Yes, it can be heightened.
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Meditation strengthens the soul makes magic more potent. We can
sync our earned with others through connection.
Speaker 1 (20:22):
And there's an exercise for deliberately increasing it before magic.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
A simple one. Sit, stand, or lie down. Become aware
of your body's energy. Focus on a small sphere in
your torso above the stomach. Inhale, pull energy from your
body into the sphere. Exhale, Let the sphere expand, collecting
your personal end.
Speaker 1 (20:41):
Then draw ambient energy in.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Once you feel confident, yes, push awareness out. Inhale ambient
energy into the sphere. Exhale, let it grow bigger, and
then distribute it. Bring focus back to the sphere, exhale,
push the energy evenly throughout your body, watch the sphere shrink,
repeat until it feels balanced. Gives you extra energy for
magical work without depleting yourself too much. But he warns,
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don't do this. If you're not about to do work,
you'll be highly energized with a slow come down.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Makes sense, okay. The nine noble virtues foundational for a
sature right, A.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Code for a living foundational yes, a code from mundane
and magical life, extracted from old texts. Guidelines, not commandmentcy stresses.
They enhance your Aurlough weird hamanjaw. Can you remind us
of a few sure Courage, doing right despite fear, truth, honesty,
being true to your word and self honor, self value,
community value, deeds reflecting worth, loyalty to kin, God's spirits, discipline,
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being hard on yourself, dedication.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Responsibility, hospitality, industriousness.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Self reliance, perseverance, never giving up, learning from failure. They
all tie back to building that megan, that honor, which
is crucial for magical practice and relationships with the divine.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
As Berne Shaer's personal stories about specific gods too reaching
out to Fragia.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Yeah, despite his main links to Thor and Odin, he
does daily prayers and includes the line may you use
me as your instrument, But he admits he hesitated with
Fraja initially because of misconceptions about her reputation. He wasn't
sure what qualities he was asking her to bring forth
in him. He judged her basically, and he realized that
and apologized to her for it. He came to see
her as this vital embodiment of the sacred feminine strength,
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balance between masculine and feminine, essential and magic and beauty too.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
He shares his prayer for her now.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Yes, a heartfelt one, asking for guidance, strength, remembering the
sacred feminine bringing beauty to the world.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
Another story a walk with Thor finding something specific right.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
He felt this strong urge from Thor to hike a
specific trail, sensing he needed to find something. Packed his
Thor statue incense, went out at sunset.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
Set up an altar, prayed yep.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
Between two trees, asked Thor for guidance, then just walked, searched, felt,
pulled different ways. As it got dark, he found it.
Spotted this pearl white stone with red in it, and
it just clicked. How so Thor's mother is Yora the Earth.
He'd been working on connecting deeply with Yora the Stone,
a piece of earth felt like the final symbol of
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his dedication to her. A synchronoic city guided by Thor.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
He also touches on Yule and Christmas, not just complaining
about appropriation, No, he.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Takes a different tack, focus on recognizing the pagan roots.
Rather than fighting battles you can't win. Christianity absorbed older traditions.
That's history happened everywhere.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Like the Yule log exactly.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Historically, a huge oak log burned for twelve days, lit
from last year's remnant for good luck.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
In Mistletoe goes back.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
To Balder's death. Loki, using the one thing Frig forgot
to get an oath from the mistletoe, but then Frig,
realizing her mistake, declared it a symbol of love, peace,
protection for those beneath it. Reminders of deep history in
modern customs.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Mead gets a mention too, more than just a drink.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Oh, definitely almost symbolic of the Norse path as Boorne
loves it, but Stress is understanding it's important. Feasts storytelling stumbles, yes,
but the mythology is.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Key Odin stealing the meat of poetry.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
His favorite story. He says, how the mead was brewed
from Kvasir, the wisest beans blood, how it bestows poetic inspiration.
Odin's whole elaborate quest, cunning seduction, shape shifting to get.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
It, and the drops that felt to midguard.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Source of bad or average poets. True poets get it
directly from Odin. The story gives meat its symbolic weight.
It's about inspiration, community, honoring the gods.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
Finally, he doesn't shy away from the darker side.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Murker sir No, he confronts it directly. A true shaman,
he says, embraces life and death, light and dark. Murker's
staffeir dark marks is his umbrella term things.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
Like baneful magic, necromancy.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Exactly things mentioned even in old text, like the sigurb
fulml bolsterfear, evil, Marx flair, staffir, misfortune, brands, batiron, conflict rooms,
but used with extreme caution, absolutely never lightly deep consideration required.
His historical symbols are scarce, so it involves reconstruction. But
his point is magic works old or new. This area
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is dangerous. Consequences are real. Pushing out unstable energy affects you.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
Yet it shouldn't be ignored.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
No, the Vicky embraces all aspects of reality without bias.
It's part of the natural cycle.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Wow, we have really covered a lot, a true deep
dive into lessons of a young heathen from his personal awakening,
the nature of magic, the mind meditation, those intense Norse
rights like the Eye of Odin, the hammer right.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
And core concepts like weird humminga Megan, the virtues. It
really shows how this ancient wisdom is alive being adapted.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
Yeah, live today with this emphasis on personal responsibility, thinking critically,
embracing the.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Whole cycle, a holistic approach.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Really, Azrein's final wish for readers is simple good luck
on their study of Heathen magic.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Yeah, and the publisher become a living god. Their ethos
fits perfectly maximize individuality, freedom and personal power. It really
is a comprehensive modern guide to nor sorcery.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
So, thinking about all this, what stands out most to
you listening is it that incredible story of finding a
path through dreams, or.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
Maybe the idea that every single thought you have is
literally a spell shaping your world, or the.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
Sheer weight of responsibility that comes with practices like opening
the eye of Odin. Lots to them all over. Definitely
thank you for joining us for this deep dive. We
hope it's giving you some valuable insights, maybe spark some curiosity.
Until next time, keep seeking, keep learning, and keep asking
those big questions.
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