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- The Runic Sub-Committee of the Orgone Committee has been working on
- many facets of the Runic Magical System in the past four years. The
- following ritual is the result of many months of discussion and work.
- May it serve you well.
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- The Thorn Ritual
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- Set-up:
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- One's Runic Wand (or fingers if one is not available)
- A place in which to cast the circle...
- Meditation on the aspects of the Thorn (Thuriaz) Rune
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- Sit quietly in the space in which the cirle is to be cast.
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- Meditate on the various aspects of the Thorn rune (consult various
- sources such as Thorrson's Futhark, F. Asswyn's Tree Yggdrasil, and N.
- Pennick's Runic Astrology). Concentrate on the passive and active
- protective aspects of the force embodied int the Thorn Rune.
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- Stand Facing North.
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- Assume the Isa stance, hands at side and feet together.
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- Visualize yourself as an antennae for the forces of the Multiverse.
- Feel the forces flowing through you from above and below. Let the energy
- flow through your body from the floor and the sky passing your solar
- plexus and energizing it.
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- When you feel that the energy is flowing smoothly through your body
- visualize the space around you as deep blue. The deep blue of the late
- night sky. Shimmering with energy. Scintillating as you look in to it.
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- Inhale evenly and deeply from you diaphram (letting your stomach
- expand and contract with your breath. Do not allow your upper body to be
- moved by the intake of breath. Let the sides of your mid section and the
- back of your midsection expand and contract with your breath. Breath
- fully and calmly. Let the breath energize your cells. Feel the energy
- adding to the energy raised with the Isa meditation.
-
- Trace the Hammer of Thor with your dominant hand using the
- wand or your fingers...
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- I
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- As you trace the Thorn, say (vibrate) the word Thorn (or Thuriaz if
- you are using the Norse name). Visualize the energy flowing from you
- solar plexus, through your hand/wand, tracing the rune.
-
- Turn to the East and repeat the invocation. Then to the South then
- to the West. Then Above you, then below you.
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- Turn to the North (if not already standing in that direction)
- and say:
- Thorn in the North, Hallow and hold this Holy Stead.
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- Do this for the other five Thorns you have invoked.
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- Having invoked the six points of the circle, we will be invoking a
- thorny circle of briar in four parts. Each "string" will be invoked as
- long as you can say the word Thorn. When your breath runs out then one
- shoud inhale and begin another string, until you have scribed four
- interlacing, intricate strings of ethric briar. You will be tracing
- these strings so as to create a ball similar to yarn. As you are tracing
- the strings of briar, visualize the briar as being covered with sharp,
- pointy, nasty looking thorns. Invest these thorns with the power to keep
- out unwanted influences.
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- Now stand facing North. Inhale and as you exhale vibrate the word
- "Thorn" make the vibration of the name last as long as you have breath.
- As you are saing the word trace briar in a circle around you. Visualize
- the stream of briar comming out of the end of your wand/finger. Trace
- the briar in any way you want. I am fond of dancing in spirals, spinning
- in cirlces, moving my hand in the way an artist would with a pencil if
- they were in a globe of canvas... When your breath runs out from the
- first "Thorn", inhale and invoke that name
- again..."TTTTTTHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNN",
- drawing a string of briar around the inner surface of a globe, forming a
- globe of briar with your actions. Remember to see what is already there
- and fill in the spaces you have yet to get to. When you are out of
- breath again, inhale, and begin the third string of Briar...Don't forget
- to get the space over your head and below your feet. Make wide sweeping
- motions, small scribbly motions. Let your enjoyment of movement arouse
- more energy, feel the energy flowing through you, through your hand, and
- coming out in the stream of briar. When you are out of breath inhale,
- and invoke the Thorn one last time. Make sure to get all of those places
- that have not been covered. Don't worry about small spaces, just make
- sure that there are no large gaps in the ball of briar you have just
- make. Fix the holes with this last invocation.
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- As you finish this last invocation of Thorn, stand facing North. It
- is not uncommon to feel both exhiliarated and exhausted by this process.
- Stand, with feet apart and hands spread over your head. Breath deeply.
- Visualize the glowing ball of briar...see it, its green tendrils
- intertwining, feel the vibrance of its life force, a force that you have
- given to it. Breath deeply, calming yourself...
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- While standing with your feet apart, arms upraised in a "Y" inhale,
- and as you exhale feel your energy flowing through the orb of briar, and
- see, as you energize the orb, the thorns grow. See the thorns, browinsh
- and reddish, getting larger and closing up the small spaces that existed
- between the strings of briar. Feel the spaces being blocked off. See the
- blue of the space around you, see the orb of thorny briars...Keep the
- thorns growing until you feel that the orb is complete and capable of
- keeping out any unwanted influences. Infuse the orb of briar with the
- ability to repel unwanted energies and permit those energies desired.
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- Stand in a comfortable position. We are near the end of the ritual.
- The invocation of the God/desses.
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- Stand in the Isa position. Say IIIIIISsssssssss.
- Stand in the As (Anuz) position. Say Odhinn.
- Stand in the Beorch position. Say Urdh.
- Stand in the Ing position. Say Freyr.
- Stand in the Foeh position. Say Freya.
- Stand in the Thorn position. Say Thorr.
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- Stand in the Isa position. Breath deeply. Thank the God/desses
- silently. Feel the Orb of Thorns surrounding you. Begin your
- working...secure in your circle.
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- Certain parts of the ritual were taken from Thorrson's Hammer Rite.
- But the ritual is mostly original. The God/dess names at the end can be
- altered at your behest but try to keep Odhinn First, Freya in the
- middle, and Thorr last. I will be posting meditations for the Runic
- God/desses to help with the last part of this ritual.
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- May your path be filled with Wisdom and Wonder,
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- Blessings of the Aesir and Vanir,
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- Faunus,
- The Runic Sub-Committee
- of
- The Orgone Committee
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