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Runic lore and Rune Magick

A workshop with Freya Aswynn on May 7th - 9th I in Italy

 

“Hidden within the runes lies the path to initiation into the northern mysteries”

 

 

The Runes are possibly the most ancient native European magical language. Their roots lie deep into the ancestral soil of Europe, flourishing in the continent’s spiritual traditions. They have been carved in wood and in stone by pagan Norse, German and Celtic tribes, giving shape and visible appearance to the language of spirit and soul. Shamans and craftsmen, those skilled in their use, were the core of this ancient culture.

 

After millennia of use, still the Runes bear within them great power and knowledge, to be unlocked by who will and dares to meet them. In this workshop, participants will have the chance to understand the basic character of each Rune, receive methods of practical use in magick and divination, experience the force of the Runes as vehicle of personal transformation. Also those new to the subject will be fully involved in the activity.

 

The Teacher:

 

Freya Aswynn is one of the founders of modern study of Rune as a living tradition and is skilled by decades of use and love of this alphabet. Raised in the direst circumstances mid-twentieth century can offer, she endured and educated herself. Her meeting with Runes, Nordic tradition and God Woden marked the beginning of a new life dedicated to study and practice. Freya is author of cornerstone books  on Runelore and beautiful Nordic hymns, she has also been leading esoteric orders and even a commune in London with outstanding success. In last years she is dedicated to continual lecturing and teaching, living a retreated life in warm Spain.

 

Details and reservation:

 

The workshop will take place near Modena, in a hillside region of northern Italy. A secluded but welcoming lodge in the woods will be at our disposal for the complete seminar, with traditional meals prepared by the owner family. Details to reach the place will be given to the participants. Bologna international airport and Modena rail station are both within an easy 1 hour reach of the destination.

 

Participation fee is 340€, including 3 nights of accommodation and all meals. To reserve a place we require an advance payment of 200€, due by end of March. We have strictly limited the number of attendees to 10 people; the limited slots are expected to fill very quickly, so booking as soon as possible is recommended.

 

For more information and reservation, please contact Marc’Aurelio Pozzi, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , facebook: http://www.facebook.com/marcaurelio.pozzi.

 
Interview at Treadwells. PDF Print E-mail

File is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blk2fFb37UA

 

 

 
A year of Viking Ritual NEW BOOK PDF Print E-mail
Headline: Scott Mohnkern releases new book, "A Year of Viking Ritual"

Scott Mohnkern has released the book "A Year of Viking Ritual."  This book, intended for individuals engaged in the worship of the gods of the Northern Europe provides over 12 different rituals for individuals to use in a solitary or group setting.   In addition to the rituals themselves, the book provides topics for discussion relating to the deity being honor, feast ideas, runes to discuss and meditations on each deity.

This book is designed for those people that are looking for guidance in their ritual structure, and for those who need rituals to "pick up in an instance" for their groups.

Chapters in the book:


Introduction
The Blot
Tools
Appropriate Clothing for a Blot
The Question of Alcohol
Participants in a Blot
The Structure of a Blot
The Hammer Rite
The Libation
The Rituals
Thor Blot
Freyja Blot
Freyr Blot
Ostara Blot
Frigg Blot
Sunna Blot
Disablot
Baldur Blot
Odin Blot
Tyr Blot
Alfarblot
Eir Blot
Sumbel
Weddings
Profession
Funeral
In Conclusion





 
Interview Treadwell's PDF Print E-mail
July 18, 2009 - Saturday 
 
 
 
The first part of this interview is now online.
Enjoy!
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25 September 2009 (Friday)
Rune Mistress - Freya Aswynn
Treadwell's Meets Freya Aswynn
An Interveiw and Discussion on Odin, the Volvas, and Rune Magic
7.15 for 7.30 start

Freya Aswynn is a key figure in the latest renaissance in rune magic and germanic-inspired mystery practices. She shot to fame with the publication of The Leaves of Yggdrasil  and her debut album Fruits of Yggdrasil in the late 1980s, and through the 1990s, living in London, she developed and dissieminated her work with a tenacity that took the whole of Britian by storm. She published and worked experientially in a potent, individualised practice of female-empowered Asatru. Few people, indeed few female magicians of any era, can have been as influential as she was on the preoccupations of a community. In some sense, one could say she has been to the Runes what Timothy Leary was to LSD.

Freya Aswynn now lives in Spain, but is back in the UK briefly, during which time she will be appearing at Treadwell's for one night only. Those who have met her will know she emanates pride, intensity, intelligence and utter conviction. Tonight she is interviewed by Christina Oakley Harrington, who invites her to talk about her vision of the runes, her feelings about female magical power, and about the values of her spriritual path. Questions from the audience will be taken too, at this rare audience with a living legend.

Book early as places are even more limited than usual. Note: it is expected this interview will be filmed for YouTube; audience members will not appear on the film, and there should be little or no disruption to the evening on account of this.
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34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB
http://www.treadwells-london.com/default.asp 
 
Gerald Massey PDF Print E-mail

DEDICATORY

 

AT times I had to tread

Where not a star was found

To lead or light me, overhead;

Nor footprint on the ground.

 

I toiled among the sands

And stumbled with my feet;

Or crawled and climbed with kneeds and hands

Some future path to beat.

 

I had to feel the flow

Of waters whelming me:

No foothold to be touched below,

No shore around to see.

Yet, in my darkest night,

And farthest drift from land,

There dawned within the guiding-light;

I felt the unseen hand.

 

Year after year went by

And watchers wondered when

The diver, to their welcoming cry

Of joy, would rise again.

 

And still rolled on Time’s wave

That whitened as it passed:

The ground is getting toward the grave

That I have reached at last.

 

Child after Child would say—

Ah, when his work is done,

Father will come with us and play—”

’Tis done. And playtime’s gone.

 

A willing slave for years,

I strove to set men free;

Mine were the labours, hopes, and fears,

Be theirs the victory.

 

 

GERALD MASSEY.

 

The Underneath is also taken from Natural Genesis by Gerald Massey

 

In the customs and institutions of schools, academies, colleges, and similar bodies destined

for the abode of learned men and the cultivation of learning, everything is found adverse to the

progress of science. For the lectures and exercises there are so ordered, that to think or speculate

on anything out of the common way can hardly occur in any man. And if one or two

have the boldness to use any liberty of judgement, they must undertake the task all by themselves:

they can have no advantage from the company of otherts. And if they can endure this also, they

will find their industry and largeness of mind no slight hindrance to their fortune. For the

studies of men in these places are confined and as it were imprisoned in the writings of certain

authors, from whom if any man dissent he is straightaway arraigned as a turbulent person and

an innovator.”—BACON.

They needs must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken

Authority for truth.

 

The Shadows of the past, substantialized,

Environ us; we are built about from birth

With life-long shutting out of light from heaven.

 

The few who had the courage to call the child by its right name, the few that knew something

of it, who foolishly opened their hearts and revealed their vision to the many, were always

burnt or crucified.”—GOETHE.

 

Tis a truth, howe’er unheeded

Work least wanted is most needed.

 

There is, however, an incredible tendency in human nature, however few may cultivate

it at one time in the same direction, never to rest short of the attainable; and however minimized

its value may appear in the process of attainment, we cannot rest until we have

the truth.

 

-----------------------------

 

First published London, Williams and Norgate, 1883.
This electronic edition issued by Celephaïs Press,
somewhere beyond the Tanarian Hills, and
mani(n)fested in the waking world in
Leeds, Yorkshire, England,
2004.
This work is in the public domain.
Release 1.01: January 2008.
Tidied up headers, added new cover, otherwise nothing changed.
Could probably use further proof-reading but I need a better
copy-text than the crappy page-scans I based this off.
Please report errors to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
citing revision date or release number

 

This is a wonderful book, I came across it via Kenneth (Kenaz) Grant(Gebo)

Who refers to it constantly in his Typhonian works.

This book as well as it companion 2nd volume are available online.

Freya

 

 

 
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