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1) Odinic Rite Blots: Is the Odinic Rite Blot book available to folks that are not members? Or is that the same as the Odinic Mythology books you recommend below? For working out when to hold rituals, I've found To Hold the Holytides by Thorbeorht Ealdorblotere quite good, which shoots for a reconstruction of the apparently Lunar-Solar calendar of the heathen Anglo-Saxons. That being said, as I am not currently a member of any religious organization, I'm open to learning from just about any rituals out there.
2) Your Cauldron Working: That sounds fascinating. I'm currently working with the DA version of the Three Cauldron ritual, which is extremely similar to what's given in the DMH, at least the first step of both is nearly identical (not sure if there's more variation when elaborated into the two dragons, the tree, or the grail). I'm planning to stick with the DA/DMH "by the book" work until I finish both books, at least, but afterward I may want to explore some, and your ritual sounds potentially promising. I suspect that autocorrect hit a few spots in your description, so I wanted to clarify a few points if you're willing to share: a. For the "solar white pillar," did you mean "Woden" (Anglo-Saxon name for the God known as Odhinn to the Norse), or did you truly mean that the pillar is in some way "wooden," maybe associated with the world tree? b. Is the golden plasma sun that forms located at your solar plexus, or at the same place as the lower cauldron it fills? c. If I understand right, you have a lower cauldron in the belly, just under the belly button, that is dark blue and associated with Thor, the thunder God. Then at the level of the heart, a red cauldron associated with Tiw, the one-handed Wolf-Fetterer. Lastly, in the head, presumably where the third eye is, a white cauldron associated with Woden. Is this right? When it says the Hart Cauldron, you didn't mean an association with a deer, did you (Can you tell I've been reading a lot about the World Tree lately?)? d. Assuming the above clarifications are correct, I imagine you would visualize the Rune Ansuz for the Woden/Spirit White Cauldron in the head, Tiwaz for the Tiw/Principled Power Red Cauldron, and what, Thurisaz for the Thor/Life Force Dark Blue Cauldron? e. What do you mean that the cauldrons "spin on their axes?" Do they rotate like tops, keeping the open top facing up, do they roll forward/to the side, having the open top make a complete revolution, or some combination?
3) Odinic Mythology and Viktor Rydberg: Thanks for this recommendation! I've got electronic copies of Rydberg and have read some discussion of his takes on things over at germanicmythology.com, but I haven't dug in deeply yet. Sounds like a fascinating and often overlooked scholar in field, these days at least.
Sorry for peppering you with questions, and if there's anything there that you feel it's better to keep silent on ("to know, to will, to dare, ..."), then I very much understand. Thanks for sharing what you have so far!
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Re: Druid Magic Handbook vs Dolmen Arch
Date: 2023-08-29 12:59 am (UTC)1) Odinic Rite Blots: Is the Odinic Rite Blot book available to folks that are not members? Or is that the same as the Odinic Mythology books you recommend below? For working out when to hold rituals, I've found To Hold the Holytides by Thorbeorht Ealdorblotere quite good, which shoots for a reconstruction of the apparently Lunar-Solar calendar of the heathen Anglo-Saxons. That being said, as I am not currently a member of any religious organization, I'm open to learning from just about any rituals out there.
2) Your Cauldron Working: That sounds fascinating. I'm currently working with the DA version of the Three Cauldron ritual, which is extremely similar to what's given in the DMH, at least the first step of both is nearly identical (not sure if there's more variation when elaborated into the two dragons, the tree, or the grail). I'm planning to stick with the DA/DMH "by the book" work until I finish both books, at least, but afterward I may want to explore some, and your ritual sounds potentially promising. I suspect that autocorrect hit a few spots in your description, so I wanted to clarify a few points if you're willing to share:
a. For the "solar white pillar," did you mean "Woden" (Anglo-Saxon name for the God known as Odhinn to the Norse), or did you truly mean that the pillar is in some way "wooden," maybe associated with the world tree?
b. Is the golden plasma sun that forms located at your solar plexus, or at the same place as the lower cauldron it fills?
c. If I understand right, you have a lower cauldron in the belly, just under the belly button, that is dark blue and associated with Thor, the thunder God. Then at the level of the heart, a red cauldron associated with Tiw, the one-handed Wolf-Fetterer. Lastly, in the head, presumably where the third eye is, a white cauldron associated with Woden. Is this right? When it says the Hart Cauldron, you didn't mean an association with a deer, did you (Can you tell I've been reading a lot about the World Tree lately?)?
d. Assuming the above clarifications are correct, I imagine you would visualize the Rune Ansuz for the Woden/Spirit White Cauldron in the head, Tiwaz for the Tiw/Principled Power Red Cauldron, and what, Thurisaz for the Thor/Life Force Dark Blue Cauldron?
e. What do you mean that the cauldrons "spin on their axes?" Do they rotate like tops, keeping the open top facing up, do they roll forward/to the side, having the open top make a complete revolution, or some combination?
3) Odinic Mythology and Viktor Rydberg: Thanks for this recommendation! I've got electronic copies of Rydberg and have read some discussion of his takes on things over at germanicmythology.com, but I haven't dug in deeply yet. Sounds like a fascinating and often overlooked scholar in field, these days at least.
Sorry for peppering you with questions, and if there's anything there that you feel it's better to keep silent on ("to know, to will, to dare, ..."), then I very much understand. Thanks for sharing what you have so far!
Cheers,
Jeff