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- An Example of the Hammer Rite Ritual
- as adapted by Grendel and unknown others
- Original bare bones by Edred Thorsson
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- Terms Used
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- VE: Ritual workspace or area. This can be a permanent room or a tempory
- space.
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- GALDER: A magical invocation or mantra.
-
- STADHA: Bodily postures which imitate the shapes of runestaves used in
- GALDER.
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- VITKI: A runic magician
-
- In important ritual work the vitki may wish to recite an invocatory
- GALDER into which the hammer rite may be incorporated. Such a GALDER
- would serve to invoke divine forces or simply act as a general
- invocation to the runic powers, or both. The knowledgeable vitki will
- compose his or her own rite and GALDER, for this would be a great deed
- of runecraft! Note how the hammer rite is interwoven into this example:
-
- 1. Standing in the middle of the VE, face north, in the STADHA and
- intone:
-
- Fare now forth
- mighty Fimbultyr "The Awesome God"
- from heavenly homes all eight
- Sleipnir be saddled,
- hither swiftly to ride:
- Galdrsfadhir, "The Father of Incantation" might to give and gain.
- Holy rune-might flow
- from the hoves of Hangatyr's, "The God of the Hanged", steed;
- in streams of steadfast strength -
- through staves of stalwart standing!
-
- 2. Go to the northern rim of the VE and with the wand trace the circle
- in the direction of the sun, from left to right.
-
- During this process sing:
-
- The rune-might is drawn
- 'round the holy-stead,
- unwanted wights wend away!
-
- 3. When the circle is complete return to the center and facing the
- original direction, perform the rune-ring portion of the hammer rite.
-
- THE HAMMER RITE
-
- This example is written in a northward orientation, and appropriate
- changes of course should be made in the order of GALDER in rites of an
- eastward orientation.
-
- a) With the rune wand in the right hand, face the North.
-
- b) Beginning with FEHU in the north, trace and send the runes of the
- futhark in a ring around you at the level of the solar plexus as far out
- as the circle on the ground or floor, always "with the sun" in a
- clockwise direction. The ring of runes should form a complete band
- ending with OTHALA next to FEHU in the north after the circle has been
- gone completely around. The runes should be visualized as glowing, red
- characters floating about three or four feet in the air.
-
- c) Stand in the cross STADHA (arms straight out from the body) and
- visualize an equilateral cross lying horizontally in the plane of the
- rune ring and your solar plexus, with that point as the center of the
- cross. The arms of this cross should end at the points where they
- intersect the rune band at each of the cardinal points. Imagine a
- surrounding sphere of shimmering blue light with the red rune band as
- its equator. Then visualize a vertical axis coming down through your
- head into your body from the infinite space above and up from the
- infinite space below through your feet.
-
- d) Feel and see the force flowing into your centre from all six
- directions (north, east, south, west, up, and down) as it builds a
- sphere of glowing red might. The colour may be altered depending on the
- ritual intention.
-
- When this is complete say:
-
- The worrisome wights
- now wend their way
- eastward toward etin-home;
- hallowed be the hall of Hroptatyr, "The God of Hidden Things"
- with the help of Hrungnir's slayer! "Thorr"
-
- 4. Now perform the rest of the hammer rite.
-
- e) Facing north, the vitki should touch the lower part of the wand to
- the breast at the solar plexus, the center of power, and thrust it
- forward, projecting the force from that center to a point on the inside
- face of the outer sphere. Trace the Hammer of Thor with your dominant
- hand using the wand and draw from the might that has been accumulated in
- the sphere around you as follows (starting with the w and following the
- letters in normal order):
-
- w
-
- I
- I
- I
- I
- y _______I________ z
-
- x
-
- During this process intone:
-
- Hammer in the North hallow and hold this holy-stead!
-
- Then, turning 90 degrees to the right, send and sign another hammer
- sign in the same manner vibrating:
-
- Hammer in the East hallow and hold this holy-stead!
-
- In the South:
-
- Hammer in the South hallow and hold this holy-stead!
-
- And in the West:
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- Hammer in the West hallow and hold this holy-stead!
-
- Returning to the north, direct your attention overhead, there send and
- sign the hammer on the "ceiling" of the sphere directly above you,
- saying:
-
- Hammer over me hallow and hold this holy-stead!
-
- And then project the hammer sign below the "floor" of the sphere (not
- the ground or room floor) directly beneat you and intone:
-
- Hammer under me hallow and hold this holy-stead!
-
- f) Now, strike the cross STADHA again and vibrate:
-
- Hammer hallow and hold this holy-stead!
-
- Turning in the center of the VE, repeat this once for each of the other
- four directions and once for the vertical axis. The visual effect
- should be one of axes connecting all six shinning red hammers to your
- personal center, all engulfed by a field of sparkling deep blue light
- and surrounded by a band of bright red runes.
-
- g) Finnally, center all the forces of the VE by folding your arms from
- the cross STADHA in toward your center, with your fingertips touching at
- the solar plexus, and saying:
-
- Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midhgardhr!
-
-
- 5. If the energy built up by the entire operation is to be
- internalized, then draw the collected energies into your personal center
- by standing in the cross position, and while deeply inhaling, draw your
- arms in so that your fingertips touch your solar plexus. Turn in all
- four directions and repeat this action, each time visualizing the sphere
- being drawn into your center. If the energy of the rite has been sent
- abroad, then you may simply split the sphere with your hand or knife and
- step out of the circle. More complex rituals can be worked into this more
- simple pattern. This is mainly a ritual for centering and banishing.
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