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6 Midgard , the realm of humanity, the inhabited world, civilization. Its guardian and protector is Thor. The rune connected with it is Jera. In psychological terms, this world represents the ordinary waking consciousness, the Ego or Mundane self.
Now we come to the Under Worlds.
7 Swartalfheim , the realm of the Inner Earth, the domain of the dwarves, who deal with precious metals and stones, working smithcraft; taking base materials and transforming them into higher materials, by means similar to alchemy. Their ruler is Modsognir and the rune that will grant access is Eihwaz. The psychological faculty attributed is: sensation.
8 Jotunheim, realm of the frost giants, raw disruptive male power. This realm is tricky and confusing, it contains the realm of Utgard Loki, a King of Giants who cheats Thor by trickery and sorcery. The access rune is Isa. In this realm, nothing is as it appears, however those well versed in shamanic traveling should be able to go there. For this reason I have assigned to this realm the Jungian psychological concept of the Animus, the male part of the self.
9 Hel , the realm of Hella, the goddess of death, counterpart of Odin in this respect. Odin takes the heroic dead shared with Freyja, those dead who in life were devoted to a specific God or Goddess may hope to share their realm with this deity after death. All others go to Hella's ream, a recycling plant for reincarnation. This realm can be traveled to quite safely provided certain precautions are taken. A pathworking to give to access this realm will be provided in chapter 6 on runes and magic. The realm of Hella can be accessed to communicate with ancestors and obtain knowledge from the dead. The access-rune is Hagalaz. Psychological aspect: Anima, female part of the self.
You will have noticed that Asgard, Midgard, and Hel are connected linearly. I am very pleased with the result of this diagram as it is actually an improvement on the earlier one given in ‘Leaves of Yggdrasil' and repeated in ‘Northern Mysteries and Magic'.
Thank you Odin!
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