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Copyright 1985-1998 by Karl Hans Welz
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The Rune NOD

by Karl Hans Welz

THE   RUNE   N O D "An eighth one is mine, quite useful to hear For all the people in danger and need. Where hate should arise from man against man This I settle fast! The symbolism of the stanza of NOD points out that NOD is the Rune of karma, of karmic need and of karmic debt.  With NOD you will be capable of recognizing karma by viewing it from the creative realms.  It is evident that such a perspective leads to the skill to overcome karma. The power of NOD is a very profound one.  It takes a high stage of your personal evolution to have to power of overcoming karma and of setting actually determining your karma. In the mythology of the Atlantean North NOD is one of the Runes of the Norns.  The Norns are goddesses who are spinning the threads of destiny, or karma.  Therefore to be capable of working with NOD means to be capable of evoking the Norns.  To be capable of such an operation, the Rune Master needs to have gained a thorough understanding of what karma means.  Otherwise such an evocation will invariably cause problems.  The Rune Master will gain this understanding by acquiring an appropriate mapping, or insight, of TIME in which DESTINY is EMBEDDED. NOD allows you to gain an understanding of destiny and of time.  Therefore NOD helps you to gain access to the realms of the Norns.  To try to gain access to the realms of the Norns before you have gained the necessary understanding of NOD may bring some serious problems.  In most cases, though, the Norns will smilingly forgive the person who tries to approach them unprepared.  However, if such approach is attempted with negative, or unethical, attitude, then whatever the operator projects will inevitable backlash against him or her in karmic determinism and structuring. At your present state of evolution, NOD allows you to recognize the reasons for your present karma.  Consequently you will be able to work with it and eventually overcome it.  NOD will give you memories of events that shaped your karma, present and past lives.  It will give you insights in events that were significant for the shaping of your present karma.  NOD also can help you overcome bad karma and change your destiny for the better.  At this stage, NOD is likely to help you accept your present karma and to make the best of it.  Read and murmur the Song of NOD to understand.  In addition, set up meditation practices with NOD in a ceremonial setting. It is appropriate for this lesson to practice the following rituals that will change your destiny toward the better.  You may use these rituals to help others.

RITUAL TO CHANGE BAD LUCK INTO GOOD CIRCUMSTANCES 1.  Set up your outer Rune Realm. 2.  Establish your inner Rune Realm.  You may use the tape for this purpose. 3.  Develop your individual force field (see in L.o.I. of HAGAL) 4.  Practice the ritual of change: 5.  Body position of NOD      Look at the stave of NOD      Visualize NOD      Chant the mantra of NOD      Prayer: "Rune of the Norn   Dissolve karmic ties,   Change bad luck.   O my willpower   Change all problems.   You, my karmic necessity,   Because of you,   Thanks to you,   I am growing   Beyond misery and death." 6.  Body position of NOD-cross      Look at the stave of NOD      Visualize NOD      Chant the mantra of NOD      Prayer: "Calling in need,      Screaming,      Brethren of Hermes,      I beg you!      Be advisors,      Be Helpers,      To me,      Who I am erring      And searching!   Aepandi Nam   Brethren in the universe,   Be of assistance to me,   Turn around misery!" (If you perform the ritual for someone else, substitute "me" with name of the person whom you help.) 7.  Body position of MAN      Look at the stave of MAN      Visualize MAN      Chant the mantra of MAN      Prayer: "Ma, original word of plenty,   Be grantor of my requests   Be increase of that   Which is due to me   Spiritually and materially." 8.  Body position of SIG      Look at the stave of SIG      Visualize SIG      Chant the mantra of SIG      Prayer: "Creator-Spirit   Dwelling within   Be victorious." End the ritual as described in L.o.I. of Hagal.

RITUAL OF SUCCESS To begin, proceed as in previous ritual:  Outer Rune Realm, Inner Rune Realm, individual force field. 1. Body position of NOD   Look at the stave of NOD  Visualize NOD  Chant the mantra of NOD  Prayer: Rune of the Norn   Dissolve karmic ties   Change bad luck!" 2. Body position of BAR  Look at the stave of BAR  Visualize BAR  Chant the mantra of BAR  Prayer: "New life sprouts   Through the birth-giving   Powers of the Rune BAR" 3. Body position of FA  Look at the stave of FA  Visualize FA  Chant the mantra of FA  Prayer: "Grow, Thrive,   With the power of FA!" 4. Body position of SIG  Look at the stave of SIG  Visualize SIG  Chant the mantra of SIG  Prayer: "The power within myself   Is victorious.   The all victorious   Power of SIG   Leads me   From success to success." 5. Body position of MAN  Look at the stave of MAN  Visualize MAN  Chant the mantra of MAN  Prayer: "MA, original word   Of plenty   Be grantor of my requests   Be increaser of that   Which is truly mine." 6. Body position of BAR  Look at the stave of BAR  Visualize BAR  Chant the mantra of BAR  Prayer: The blessings of BAR   Fend off blind coincidences   Fend off evil forces!   Shielded by BAR   I enjoy the fruits   Of my requests." 7. Body position of AR  Look at the stave of AR  Visualize AR  Chant the mantra of AR  Prayer: "Completion and success   Brought forth by the   Divine power of the Sun." 8. Body position of TYR  Look at the stave of TYR  Visualize TYR  Chant the mantra of TYR  Prayer: "TYR-TYR, TYR-TYR, TYR-TYR   Wealth increases   Bliss grows   The fruit of combat   Is victory!" End the ritual as described in HAGAL.  Ground surplus energies.

The preceding rituals have the following key: NOD gives awareness of karma, or it brings you in contact with your karmic background. BAR gives new direction of karma, like being born again into another time-line. FA is at the beginning of this new venture.  It draws the fire of the beginning. SIG provides you with the attitude of a victorious person. MAN brings you in touch with your Higher Self, which transcend karma-subjected space-time. BAR again solidifies the new birth into another line of karma, which is to be a line of success. AR causes the necessary reframing of your personality, so you have the tools to succeed. TYR gives success without your attachment to it.

ACCESS KEYWORDS, TYR through GIBOR The Rune TYR Rune of the god of swords.  Rune of the god(dess) who sacrifices him/herself, certain of resurrection.  Rune of initiation, of reincarnation, of being born again. Uses:  Hammer of Thor.  TYR helps overcome the material world, the fear of material death.  Brings victory of spirit over matter.  Recalling of past lives. Time of the year:  August 31 through September 22. #12 Correlation with the Tarot:  12 card, The Hanged Man.  Odin's Song (of initiation):  I know how I hanged on the wind cold tree for nine icy nights, wounded by the spear, . . . . .  A shamanic motif of the dying and resurrecting god, found in all religions. Mantra:  t-t-t-t-tyyyyyyrrrrr The Rune BAR Rune of revelation, Rune of birth of the spirit.  Rune of birth, of spiritual rebirth.  Return to the Mothers, to the empire of HEL.  Life, hopes, wishes.  Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth. Uses:  Development of higher spiritual, mystical and psychic capabilities.  Lead to inner freedom and outer independence.  Helps birth, spiritual birth. Time of the year:  September 23 through October 15. #13 Correlation with Tarot:  13th card:  Death - Transformation - Metamorphosis. Mantra:  b-b-b-b-baaaaaarrrrrr The Rune LAF The ancients used the mythological method to talk of that which is psychological, psychic, and spiritual.  LAF is the Rune of life, of the law of life, of the original laws of the universe, of the original water.  Rune of the sea.  Rune of the etheric part of the body.  Rune of initiation which experience life on earth as a process of initiation. Uses:  LAF brings understanding of the life processes, of true religion. Time of the year:  October 16 through November 7. #14 Correlation with the Tarot:  The 14th card of the Tarot:  Temperance. Mantra:  lllllllllaaaaaaaffffff The Rune MAN MAN is symbolism of man, of mankind, of humanity, of the resurrected god.  It signifies the upper part of the world tree Yggdrasil.  Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Mana powers. Uses:  MAN leads to Divine Magic and unfolding of life (see Symbolism of Man).  It protects against enemies.  MAN increases and strengthens the aura.  It opens the mysteries of MIMIR, the mysteries of original memories, or of root-memories.  Use for levitation, elevation, reaching in the spheres of the Divine. Time of the year:  November 8 through November 29 #15 Correlation with the Tarot:  15th card:  The Devil. Mantra:  mmmmmmaaaaaaaannnnnn, aaooouuummmmmm     mmmaaannniii     paadmmmmeeeee     huuummmmmm The Rune YR Rune of the unio mystica.  Desire for completion, and perfection.  Rune of the night and of the Moon.  Rune of karma and of karmic tests.  The counterpart of MAN, the god with antlers.  Roots of the world tree, from which life springs ("the mighty tree which conceals man, where man grew from the roots . . .")  God in the waters at the winter solstice.  God descending to the material world. Uses:  YR overcomes illusion of the material world, which is often a painful process bringing radical changes, and a sudden overturning of affairs.  Overcomes the illusions of neuro-semantic environments.  It recognizes mappings as mappings. Time of the year:  November 30 through December 21. #16 Correlation with the Tarot:  The 16th card:  The Citadel, Lightning. Mantra: yyyyyyyyrrrrrr The Rune EH Rune of cosmic union, which transcends the 16 Runes of the zodiac, or the octagon with its polarities.  It is the Rune of ideal love, of twin souls, of soul mates.  Two in one, Soul and cosmic.  God and man. Uses:  Connects two lives, brings from the Two to the One.  Helps find the soul mate.  Brings together soul twins.  Brings success and increase. #17 No connection with the year, referring to polarities unified.  Also no connection with the Tarot. Mantra:  eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh The Rune GIBOR Rune of the wheel of life, of union of the god and the world, of Creator and Created. Uses:  GIBOR harmonizes the relations of twin souls, unifies the energies of the I and YOU in a cosmic context, both reaching into the common universe, in a true cosmic wedding.  Leads to cosmic consciousness, vision of God, unio mystica, the deepest mysteries of the universe. #18 GIBOR has no relation to any part of the zodiac, but it is Symbolism of wholeness.  Likewise, there is no correlation to any single card of the tarot. Mantra:  ggiiibbboooorrrr

EXERCISES,   THE   RUNE   N O D 1. Copy the Song of NOD in your book of ceremonials, if time allows. 2. Murmur the Song of NOD in a ceremonial setting. 3. Practice the Rune NOD and meditate. 4. Practice the rituals described above.

PREVIEW FOR THE NEXT LESSON:  I S 1. IS and control of emotions. 2. Runes for healing. 3. Runes to awaken the chakras 4. Breathing exercises for the chakras. 5. Conscious eating.