Runes
My first ever set of runes, which I made from an east growing branch from a tree on Glastonbury Tor
My Current Series - WYRDWAYZ - The Anglo Saxon Runes
My current series delves into the world of the pre-conversion Anglo Saxons, those people who migrated to this land from the continent from around 450 CE, and made this place their home. A number of strange synchronicities lead me to this place, not forgetting an overwhelming pull towards the Anglo Saxons and their spirituality. Unfortunately, with so many hundreds of years of Christianity to wade through, much of the truth of their lives and beliefs before they converted to the new religion has been lost to us. But there, if one looks hard enough, are tantalizing glimpses of the truth can be found and when one pulls hard enough on the threads, it is quite amazing what can be found.
Introduction Video
Although I may appear dead, I am on a one woman misison to bring the world of the Heathen Anglo Saxons alive.
Episode One - UR
Episode Two - Part One - Thorn
Episode Two - Part Two - Thorn
Episode Three - Part One - Woden Cults in England - Os
Episode Three - Part Two - Woden - Progenitor, Shaman and Shapeshifter - Os
Episode Four - Part One - Rad
Episode Four - Part Two - Rad
Episode Five - Part One Cēn - Riddles, Æðelings and Mead Halls
Episode Five - Part Two Cēn - Ritual in the Mead Hall?
Episode 6 - Part One - Gyfu - Gifting in the Anglo Saxon Meadhall
Episode 6 - Part Two - Gyfu - The Anglo Saxon in Exile!
Episode 6 - Part Three - Gyfu - Sacrifices into Liminal Spaces
Episode 7 - Part One - Wen - Joy
Episode 7 - Part Two - Wen - Hall Joy - Anglo Saxons in the Meadhall
Episode 7 - Part Three - Wen - Anglo Saxon Sexuality and Gender
Episode 7 - Part Four - Wen - Anglo Saxon Magic and Medicine
Episode 7 - Part Five - Wen - Slavery in Anglo Saxon Society
Wēsaþ gē hale ond bēoþ wilcuman
Anglo Saxon Creative Specials
The Elder Futhark and the Runic Wheel Series - Astrorunes and Galdr
The Runes
If you are under the impression that the runes are just another divination tool, similar to the tarot, then please put this notion out of your mind as this is very far from the truth. The runes are energies - they are the building blocks of the universe. Each rune is complex and has many layers, both exoteric and esoteric.
Each rune is strongest during its half rune month - a period of approximately 15 / 16 days during which it is in it's power. Placed around a wheel, the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark or Uthark (the system I am drawn to), they form a sun wheel - the Northern Tradition version of the Medicine Wheel. Jera sits in the Northern position, with it's peak at the Winter Solstice. Dagaz sits opposite it marking the point of the Summer Solstice.
I have been chanting the runes - known as Galdr - usually atop Glastonbury Tor for a while. I am sometimes joined by my good friend, Carolina, who happens to be an Astrolger as well as a Rune enthuiast. During our runic work we have found that there are links with the energies of the runes around the Sun Wheel with what is happening astrologically. So, we started making these vides for YouTube, where we talk about the runic and astrological energies that are happening at each point on the wheel and then I drum and we chant Galdr.
We hope you enjoy these videos. We started our journey around the Sun Wheel at the Autumnal Equinox with the rune Kenaz and we worked our way around the wheel. It was great fun making these 24 videos and hope you will enjoy them too.