Spear of Woden

Special Edition Summer Sunstead 2015

Ar-Kan Rune-Lag
The Secret Lore of the Arya
We need not make claim to inheriting our own Aryan Lore from those who have come
before and who have passed these secrets down, since this Aryan Lore is eternal and exists
outside the bounds of Time and Space. This is where the academics go wrong, in assuming
that everything must come through written and recorded sources, sources which
themselves do not always hold up as the truth. In ancient times the Wise Woman of the
tribe or the mother of the family was consulted for her intuitive insights, and we should
never forget that it is this intuitive insight from which knowledge wells up. This is the UrSpring of Knowledge since it lies in the Collective Consciousness of our Folk better put as
the Blood Memory.
This work continues that of the last Sword of Wayland which was also a Special Edition,
and also continues a close look at the Ar-Kan Rune Lag the Aryan Runes. In this we take a
slightly more esoteric slant since this is our esoteric magazine, and thus complements the
last issue which was more exoteric in form. In this issue I am going into other ideas
concerned with the runes, and looking again at how they can guide our lives and also the
type of society we wish to create a society based upon the Divine Order. The runes are the
key to the Divine Order, and from them we can gleam the workings of a traditional society
in Germania. That our forebears, the Saxons, claimed divine descent is made clear in an
obscure legend about their first ruler King Askanius. The name itself makes it clear that the
Saxons claim descent from Ask (sc) who we know from the Eddas was the First Man,
created by the Asen-Gods.
This edition also features a runic exercise routine and a runic form, and thus starts the
process of adapting the runes for physical use for the Warrior Arts, which is the next stage
of our work with the Ar-Kan Rune-Lag. The 33 rune-system will now be called the Ar-Kan
Runes which will be the runic staves shown in this edition, the rune-font for this kindly being
supplied by Hamasson. These are not the only runes that will be used but they are the
standard runes for this system.

The Secret of Silbury Hill

originated in Westphalia, the land of the Old

Saxons.

Silbury Hill seems to have been built in two

distinct stages

Since we know that these Thing-Steads were

held on ancient sites we cannot but conclude
that the Saxons (portrayed as heathen
barbarians as opposed to the Romans &
Celts) knew full well that their ancestors
held such sites to be sacred and kept to their
own tradition of using such sites hence the
name given to Silbury Hill.

2450 BCE
2400 BCE

It is 130 feet high and 1630 feet at the base

circumference. Just like the burials of the
ancient Egyptian Pyramids, no burials have
ever been found. During the recent
archaeological digs wooden post-holes were
found to have been on the top, which itself
seems to have been flattened.

We know that the area in which Silbury Hill is

situated was occupied by the Belgae which
were in part, if not all, Germanic in origin, and
this is perhaps where the Welsh name
Gwydion/Wydion stems, this area being in
the West of England and thus close to the
Welsh Tribes. That Waden Hill (Woden Hill) is
nearby is thus significant.

Legend has it that this was named after a

King Sil who we can take to be an ancient
king of the area. However, merely looking at
the original name seems to prove this to be
false since the name was Seleburgh which is
an Old English name meaning Hall-Burgh,
but which we shall see has a much deeper
meaning than this. The post-holes suggest the
truth of the name, and this (of course) would
give rise to the idea that the Saxons used this
as a look-out post to survey the area which
has actually been suggested. Such a
suggestion is rather strange in view of the fact
that almost everything else found on ancient
sites is deemed to be religious even though
this seems highly unlikely in every case!

It would seem that the term Vehm or Fehm

stems from a root that gives Wetum, Wedum,
Weitum and also what was called Wetende. I
am here reminded of the Old English Witan
which was seen as a council but which would
perhaps originally have been responsible for
upholding the Divine Law the Rita. This
would have been done through the ThingSteads, so the Witan would have been more
than advisors or counsellors to the King. This
would have been the English form of the Holy
Vehm.

May I suggest that the term sele did not

originally refer to a hall in the sense we
know it, but derives from the same root as the
Old English slig which means holy or
blessed. We are here really back to a
religious significance, but this time
overlooked.

The power of the Order was the sacred duty

of the fellows to enforce the spoken
condemnation of the damned and a main
requirement was secrecy. In our mindss eye
the Germanic God, Vidar, the god of the eerie
silence appears. Therefore, they had a careful
seclusion from all non-fellows, and so the
court was called the Heimliche Acht.

Now, it is a fact that our Germanic ancestors

used ancient sites, in the first place hills or
mountains, as the site for their Thing-Steads
which is a word today seen as used for an
assembly but which, from the proofs passed
down of the Holy Vehm, were originally sites
of Law-Courts and Judgement their primary
function. We know that the Vehm Courts

The Rita of the Ario-Germanen page 127.

Wid-Ar the Silent is seen thus to preside over
the Holy Vehm Thing-Stead as the God of
Justice and the renewal of Right Order the
Rita. This is thus the Strong One From Above
as prophesied by Guido von List, and whose
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appearance (resurrected) we await in our

times

by water. We can thus clearly see why these

sites may have been used as Thing-Steads
since they represented the Sacred Centre and
thus the connection to the Divine the Gods.

Here comes a powerful one to the ring of the

councillors,

The name King Sil may well have been a ploy

to hide the true meaning, but also a means of
passing on the knowledge that the site was
used by the Armanen who were heirs to the
Solar Race Arya the Race of Sol/Sil (The
Sun). This is underlined when we find that the
legend concerns a Knight in Golden Armour,
sometimes buried with his horse the horse
being a Solar Symbol from very ancient times.

A strong one from above ends the dispute,

Rule he orders and right he fixes,
Law he ordains, that last eternally.
Voluspa The Eddas.
This has been taken, by those who have not
understood the past 100 years, as a Christian
addition, yet it is quite in line with our own
Heathen Lore of the Avatar.

The Holy Runes - FeUrTh

We should perhaps review our ideas on

another Holy Hill in England, and one that
has been seen for its importance by the Dark
Forces who have for years used it for their
distorted rites Glastonbury. The name itself,
once again, suggests a link to legendary
Germanic Holy Sites Glastonbury

Feoh The meaning of cattle and moveable

wealth stands in stark contrast to the idea of
objects solely for selling and buying, from
which stems the evils of money-lending with
interest (usury). The wealth of a tribe was
measured in worth, and not in status as we
find in todays degenerate society.

Glas Glass

Feoh is also the Primal Fire or Ur-Fire; the Old

English fah means radiant or light and
suggests the idea of Sacred Fire. Fire and the
Sun were secret symbols of the god-head,
who we call Woden. This rune means
foremost and is thus the Primal Rune. It has
been associated with the god Freya and
goddess Freya, and since Frey was known as
Ingw to the English his seems to be the
Primal Rune.

Ton Hill
Bury Burgh
This is the famous Glass Mountain of
Germanic Legend, one that was also
associated with Sigurd (Siward) in a Danish
Legend. The name does not (like Silbury)
suggest the site of a Thing-Stead but it does
suggest a link to a Holy Mountain. The small
chapel on the top is dedicated to St Michael
who is yet another Christian saint derived
from Woden.

This rune is also associated with fertility and

fruitfulness (fecundity), as well as offspring
(fetus) and also the cat (feline which means
fruitful) and thus Freya (as well as Frey as we
have shown). It is a rune of generation and
creation. In this respect these meanings
connect to the idea of Primal Fire since we
find the Latin feuere means to generate, to
produce.

The hill or mountain is symbolic of the Sacred

Centre, from which the Four Rivers branch off,
making the symbol of the Sun-wheel. This
stands at the centre of the cosmos and is a
mandala of the cosmos. Some depictions of
the World Tree Iggdrasil show a Sacred
Mountain at the centre Mount Me-Ru (as
we have called it). Silbury Hill has a circular
ditch which may have been a stretch of water,
and Glastonbury was said to be surrounded

The glyph is that of the horns, always

symbolic of the Divine. The cow (cattle) has
always been symbolic of the Cosmic Mother

and that of the nourisher. This is Audhumla

who walks the Void through eternity.

fact the word third, stemming from *trimeans to go beyond or to complete which
suggests that the first and second runes are
thus symbolic of opposites and this rune
goes beyond these opposites crossing the
Abyss or Void. Third is thus obviously
Thunor-Thor who is the most ancient Aryan
Thunder-God.

UrThe second rune is that of the Primal Ox,

the Aurochs (Ur-Ox), and the symbol is that of
the aurochs itself, which is much like our bull
in its shape. This is the Wild Bull, the Primal
Ox and represents origin and that which is
primal i.e. existed as the first or foremost.
Here we see a clear link to the first rune.

Since the Aryan Root *tar-/*tal- also means

to lift, to endure, to suffer we can equate
Thunor with the Greek Atlas, whose name
derives (at one level) from the Aryan Root
*tal-. Thunor upholds World Order and
Cosmic Order which is why he is the DragonSlayer, this being the Serpent of Evil or
Gegn-Werold.

The Aryan Roots *wag-/*wak-/*ug-/*ukmean

To be strong, vigorous,
Watchful, wakeful,
To wet, to moist,
To cry out,
To wish, desire, be willing.

This rune is the Hammer of Thunor, just as the

Sigel-Rune is the Lightning-Bolt of Thunor and
the Stan-Rune is the Thunder-Bolt of Thunor
(the Aryan Root *(s)tan- means thunder and
the initial s was dropped at a later date.

This is certainly a rune that invokes strength,

and that of strength of Will. It is also seen as
the Rune of Awakening and we find that
Botes is associated with both oxen and as
The Clamourer, so there has to be a link
here. I have shown many times how Botes is
linked to Ingw, so we have yet another link
between this and the first rune. The bull is
seen as the bellower which fits the same
ideas, and thus is symbolic of the Awakening
Force.

This is the Rune of Tuisto who is the twister

or turner, the one who creates through
turning Mundelfore or Wndal. The
Sanskrit tri means to twist, to turn and this
is where our word three or third stems
from Aryan Root *tri-.

33-Day Runic Workout

In regard to the idea of origins this rune has to

been linked to Urd or Wyrd, even if only
through the rune-name. This is certainly seen
as the past or origins.

This first runic-exercise is made up of a 33-day

workout, starting at the Feoh-Rune and
adding one runic exercise each day until on
the 33rd day all 33 exercises would need to be
done. Please remember that these are not
meant to be strenuous exercises but are more
for stretching and relaxing, as well as
breathing in time with the moves. Obviously,
doing these quickly and with maximum effort
will merely hamper the breathing and the
moves, since tension only tightens the
muscles.

Thorn This is the Might of Thunor and the

Force of the Thurs. The thorn is sharp and
inflicts pain, but it is also symbolic of being
able to penetrate, go through and to
attain to and thus another rune of Will and
Power. It is rooted in the idea of to bore and
to turn and thus can be seen in the Myth of
Knit Mountain where Woden bores into the
mountain.
It is the third rune, and the name Third is
that of the Aryan Dragon-Serpent Slayer who
regains the Aryan Treasure (cattle or gold). In

DAY ONE Feoh

Take the left leg out to two shoulder-widths
apart in a Horse Stance, bend the knees down
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as far as you can. The arms now move out to

the left, (the arms should circle upwards and
outwards to set the position); you should
breathe out as you do this; you will shift your
weight to the right leg doing this move, so
that your left leg is straight and your right leg
is bent at the knee, facing towards the right at
about 45o. Your hands for this move should
both be palms downwards. The arms now
circle towards the right side, moving
downwards and across the body to end up in
the same position on the right. This time the
weight shifts over to the left leg, so that this is
pointing 45o to the left and the right leg is
straight. The breath for the swing from one
side to the other should be out as you move
downwards, in after you reach the centre of
the body and begin the upward movement.
The hands remain palm downwards as the
position is set, push down to start the circular
movement, swing across the body palms
facing your body, and then twist to palm
downwards again as the posture is set the
other side. Keep the back straight throughout
the move, the shoulders should be relaxed.
You should repeat this three times for each
side.

times, and then do the same on the left side.

The aim is to stretch as far round to the back
as possible keep the back straight.
DAY FOUR Os
Step the left leg out to a Horse-Stance two
shoulder widths apart (in breath), then swing
the arms in a circular motion parallel to the
floor (i.e. the arms push out slightly are swung
to the right); the right arm is at the top, palm
upwards, the left arm below, palm facing the
other arm (out breath). The elbows are kept
bent and in a V-shape. The stance you end up
in when pushing the arms to the side is a wide
Back-Stance, the weight on the back foot. Pull
the arms back to the side again (fists closed)
into Horse Stance. Do this the other side. This
should be done seven times each side.
DAY FIVE Rad
Ready Stance. The right hand twists at the
wrist, making a circular movement
downwards and to the right (as if deflecting a
kick at the stomach) [breathe out]; at the
same time the right leg is raised, bringing the
knee up, and the body twisted to the left
(pause in-breath); a snap-kick is done with
the right leg, aimed around the knee-cap area
(out-breath). (This is a side snap-kick since the
right side of the body now faces forwards.)

DAY TWO Ur
Take the left leg out to one shoulder-width
apart keeping the legs straight (Ready Stance),
lift the arms straight upwards above your
head, one shoulder-width apart (breath in);
bend forwards and touch the floor in front of
you keeping the arms as they are (breath out).
Lift the arms back upwards (breath in). Repeat
this seven times.

DAY SIX Ken

Stand in a wide Horse-Stance two shoulderwidths apart; hold the hands palm upwards
over the Hara-Centre. Pull the hands
upwards to shoulder-level (in-breath); turn
the hands over (palms downwards) and push
downwards back to the Hara-Centre (outbreath). Repeat this seven times. Keep the
back straight throughout and shoulders
relaxed.

DAY THREE Thorn

From the upright position, feet together,
circle the right arm upwards in a circular
motion (breath in), reaching the top and
circling round to the right side (breath out),
the open hand going behind the back,
touching the kidney area. The body now
twists to the right (breath in) and back to the
front (breath out). This should be done three

DAY SEVEN Gyfu

Stand in wide Horse-Stance with fists held at
the side; move the hands to the Hara-Centre,
palms upwards, and lift the hands upwards
across the chest to the shoulders (in-breath).
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The hands twist at this point and the arms

circle upwards then outwards into the Xshape (out-breath). Pause (in-breath), then
move the arms back to the Hara-Centre again
(out-breath). Repeat the cycle seven times.

hands, palm downwards; push downwards to

Hara-Centre (out-breath). Turn the hands
over to repeat the cycle. Seven reps.
DAY TWELVE Ger (Year)
Horse Stance. The body bends to the left with
the right hand, elbow bent, over the head
{palm facing forward}; the left arm, elbow
bent, goes downwards and behind the back
{palm facing backwards} (out-breath). You
should stretch as far as you can. Pause (inbreath). Then you circle the hands the other
way, bending the body to the right; the left
arm this time goes to the top (elbow bent
palm forward) and the right arm behind the
back (elbow bent palm backwards) (outbreath)

DAY EIGHT Wyn

Feet together, fists clenched by the side. The
right arm moves upwards and the right arm
goes behind the head, touching the top of the
back of the head (in-breath). The body twists
to the right as far as you can do so, so that the
arm is pointing behind you (out-breath). The
arm moves slowly back to the front (inbreath). Repeat the other side. This exercise
should be done seven times each side.
DAY NINE Hgl

DAY THIRTEEN Eoh

Ready-Stance. Circle arms outwards (inbreath) and downwards (out-breath) finishing

with the arms across the chest, left arm on
top, right underneath, parallel to each other
and with the right side down/left side up
(slanted to the right).

Wide Horse-Stance. Twist to the right, shifting

the weight to the left leg, with the right foot
onto the heel of the foot (out-breath); here
you should twist the foot until it is upright
facing the right side, and move your right arm
straight down to try to touch the floor, or as
near as possible {the right leg, foot raised, and
right arm make an Eoh-Rune shape}. Twist
back to the original position facing front (inbreath). Repeat on the left side. Seven reps.

DAY TEN Nyd

Ready-Stance. Push the right arm/hand
forwards and upwards, palm facing forwards,
at the same time pushing the left arm/hand
backwards and downwards, palm facing
backwards (out-breath). Repeat with the left
hand pushing forwards and upwards inbreathe on the movement to the centre.
Seven reps.

DAY FOURTEEN Peor

Ready-Stance. The right arm is raised at the
front, elbow bent, whilst the left leg is raised,
knee bent, trying to nearly touch each other
as you do so (out-breath), Return to ReadyStance (in-breath).

DAY ELEVEN Is
Feet Together Stance. Hands move to Hara
Centre with palms upwards, pull up hands to
throat area (in-breath) twist hand until the
palms come together, and push upwards to
end above the head (out-breath). The hands
will have the palms together, and pull them
downwards keeping the palms as they are
(which will bend the wrist); you will end with
the hands over the chest are in a kind of
Buddha Bow (out-breath). Pause (in-breath).
The wrists move outwards, flattening the

DAY FIFTEEN Eolhs

Feet together stance. The arms are pushed
across to the chest area making a X, push
upwards and twist to cross (X) above the
head, then push outwards so that the body
makes a Y-shape (in-breath). Return the
hands to the side (out-breath). Seven reps.
DAY SIXTEEN Sigel

Ready-Stance. Squat down with back leaned

forward as Rune-Posture (out-breath); go
back to original position (in-breath). At the
same time push backwards with the hands,
palms open facing backwards. Seven reps.

circle back to make the run-stave at the front

again. Seven reps.
DAY TWENTY-ONE Lagu
Ready Stance. Right hand does Palm Heel
Strike downwards and forwards (out-breath);
pull back to Ready-Stance (in-breath). Left
hand does Palm Heel Strike downwards and
forwards (out-breath); pull back to ReadyStance (in-breath). Seven reps.

DAY SEVENTEEN Tir

Feet Together Stance. The hands move across
the chest (X), upwards to make an X over the
head, outwards and downwards to TirPosture (in-breath). The arms should make a
stretch backwards at this point. The arms
then move upwards (in-breath) and then
cross above the head again (X), pulling down
to cross over the chest again (X) (outbreath).

DAY TWENTY-TWO Ing

Ready-Stance. The arms circle up to touch
over the head in a diamond-shape (in-breath);
the hands {fingers of left hand over right
hand} push downwards to the Hara-Centre
(out-breath). Seven reps.

DAY EIGHTEEN Beorc

DAY TWENTY-THREE Dg

Feet Together Stance. The left arm is held,

elbow bent, with the hand (*) at the waist;
the right leg is brought upwards this time so
that the sole of the foot is held against the
right knee. Hold this position for the count of
9. Repeat the other side. Three reps. (*) With
this one the hand at the waist should be more
of an open hand where the fingers are pushed
inwards, stretching the muscles here at the
same time.

Horse Stance. Push the hands across and up,

making an X-Cross over the Hara-Centre (outbreath); push the hands upwards and twist
over each other to make an X-Cross over the
head, the arms coming out to the Eohls-Rune
posture (in-breath). The arms continue and go
behind the back, crossing the wrists over each
other (out-breath). Seven reps.
DAY TWENTY-FOUR Eel

DAY NINETEEN Eh

Horse Stance. Circle arms upwards and

outwards (in-breath), coming down again to
make an X-Cross at the waist (out-breath).
Seven reps.

Ready-Stance. The hands come up and over

the back of the head, right hand at the back of
the neck, left on top of the right (in-breath).
Twist to the right side (out-breath). Twist back
to the front (in-breath). Then twist to the left
side (out-breath). Twist back to the front (inbreath). Seven reps.

DAY TWENTY-FIVE Ac
Ready-Stance. The left hand pushes upwards,
elbow bent and palms facing upwards, whilst
the right hand pushes forwards and
downwards in a Palm Heel Strike (out-breath).
The right arm now pushes upwards, elbow
bent and palms facing upwards, whilst the left
hand pushes downwards and forwards in a
Palm Heel Strike. Seven reps. [This is done
rhythmically as the changes from one side to
another are made there should be a push
at the end of each arm movement.]

DAY TWENTY Mann

Ready Stance. Bring the arms in a circular
motion upwards making an X-cross at
shoulder height, but when you have pulled
the arms together in the Mann-Rune shape,
return by circling the arms outwards (outbreath) and downwards towards the back (inbreath), stretching at the back. The arms

DAY TWENTY-SIX sc

shape, palms this time face inwards (outbreath). Seven reps.

Ready-Stance. The right hand swings

downwards and outwards, palm facing out,
whilst the left hand makes a downwards
punch to the groin area (out-breath). Back to
Ready-Stance (in-breath). Now the left hand
swings downwards and outwards, palm facing
out, whilst the right hand makes a downward
punch to the groin area (out-breath). Seven
reps.

DAY THIRTY-ONE Calc

Wide Horse Stance. Twist to the left side and
stretch the legs out as far as you can, pushing
downwards with the right hand towards the
floor, holding for three breaths (the left leg
should be bent slightly, whilst the right leg is
held straight. Twist the body round to the
right side now and repeat. Three reps.

DAY TWENTY-SEVEN Yr

DAY THIRTY-TWO Stan

Wide Horse Stance. The left leg bends whilst

the right leg twists to the right, toes pointing
to the right. Push the legs as far apart as you
can, as the right hand pushes down to the
floor and the left arm is pushed across to the
right behind the right arm, making the runeshape. This is repeated on the other side.
Seven reps.

Ready Stance, pulling the heels slightly

outwards as Rune-Posture; the arms make a
circular motion from the side, ending at the
chest, right hand outside, left inside, elbows
pulled upwards and backwards (in-breath as
the arms circle up, out-breath as they pull in
at the chest). The arms now circle around
again (in-breath), making a full circle and
ending with the arms in an Inverted V-shape,
the top of which (the fingers) are held over
the Solar Plexus (out-breath). The cycle is
repeated as the hands circle to the top
position (in-breath) and then back to the
bottom position (out-breath). Seven reps.

DAY TWENTY-EIGHT - Ior

Ready Stance. Push the arms across the chest
into the X-position (out-breath); circle the
arms upwards and outwards (in-breath), then
downwards and back to the X-position across
the chest (out-breath). Seven reps.

DAY THIRTY-THREE Gar

DAY TWENTY-NINE Ear

Feet Together Stance. Push arms across chest

to form X-Cross with right arm outside, left
inside (out-breath), then twist hands and
swing arms outwards in a wide circle, crossing
over right over left whilst squatting down,
pushing the knees outwards to the sides (inbreath as the arms circle, out-breath as the
squat is made). The arms are then circled
outwards and upwards again (in-breath),
crossing at the chest {palms facing inwards,
right hand on outside of left} (out-breath)
and then bringing back to sides (in-breath).
Seven reps.

Ready Stance. The arms come across and

cross at the chest (X), then circle outwards
{fists clenched} ending in the rune-posture,
elbows bent in V-shape (out-breath). The
arms circle slightly forwards and then
backwards as the final position is set. Return
to Ready Stance (in-breath). Three reps.
DAY THIRTY Cweor
Ready Stance. Push the hands across the
chest in an X-Cross (out-breath); make a halfcircle upwards bringing the arms outwards to
W-shape with palm facing outwards (inbreath). Right hand goes over left hand. The
arms circle back over the chest again to form
X-Cross again {left hand inside right hand} (inbreath) and they pull outwards to form a W-

These simple exercises are designed to

familiarise yourself with the rune-staves, and
also to act as physical & spiritual exercises
when done properly with concentration and
visualisation they go beyond the physical.
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The Fylfot-Form is the first form within the ArKan Rune-Lag System and is designed to once
again move through all 33 rune-stances, but in
this case the stances are done in a specific
form and with movement, rather than the
stationary forms in the first two parts of the
book. This is to bring foot movement into the
drills. The movement will be broken down into
its sections so that it is easily understood.

block and the right leg is raised up at

the knee; stamp down to your right
with the right leg. You will now be in
the Rad-Rune position. You will now
be at the end of the first bent arm of
the Fylfot.
6. Pivot again, to your left, stepping the
right leg forward as you do a right
open-hand strike to the throat area;
you will land in the Ken-Rune position.
The step will be made as the openhand strike is made, and this will be
reinforced by shuffling the left leg
forward behind the right.
7. Now step the right leg towards the
direction you were facing, but turn
sideways to the left and throw both
arms in a circular motion across the
chest, ending in a double hammerstrike with each closed fist, and your
feet in a wide horse-stance. The
movement of the right leg should not
just be a step but a stamp
downwards. You will now be in the
Gyfu-Rune stance. This takes you
back to the end position of the first
arm of the Fylfot.
8. Now take the right leg across the left
leg (making an X-Cross) still facing the
same way, and then take another
half-step (one shoulder-width) the
same way; at the same time bring the
left arm across the face in a kind of
elbow-strike/block to your left. You
will now be in the Wyn-Rune stance.

The Fylfot-Form
Fylfot First Arm.
1. Start at the central point in and take
the Feoh-Rune stance; you should
take a short fighting-stance for this,
with the arms straight, pointing
slightly upwards, and hands open.
2. Step forwards, at the same time lifting
the left open-hand straight upwards,
palm facing to the right; at the same
time the right hand goes across the
face )palm facing forwards/outwards
and make the Ur-Rune stave, crossing
the upright left-hand as a +-cross.
3. The left foot now steps forwards into
a form of ready-stance facing to your
right; at the same time the left arm
swings downwards, elbow bent, into a
side-elbow strike to the left of you
(i.e. forwards in regard to the
movements before). You will now be
facing to the right in the Thorn-Rune
stance. This is the first and forward
arm of the Fylfot.
4. Step the left foot forward into a short
fighting-stance as you throw the left
arm out in a Tarn Sauor open-hand
block-strike with the right hand
making a straight-forward fingerstrike to the solar-plexus area. You
will now be in the Os-Rune stance.
5. The right foot now moves up level
with the left (feet together), then the
left moves forward again; pivot to the
left as your right hand makes a
circular downwards and outwards

This will take you to the end of the First Arm

before you reach the central point again,
where the next move starts. You should now
familiarise yourself with this part completely
before you move to the next arm.

Fylfot Second Arm.

9. Now step the right leg across behind
you to the left, and pivot round,
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10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

moving the hands across the chest

left-below-right, with the left side
higher than the right. You will now be
in the Hgl-Rune position.
Step the right foot outwards in the
same direction you were moving; as
you do so fling the arms out, right
upwards with an open-hand strike,
left downwards in an open-hand
strike. The feet will come together at
the end of the move and you will be
in the Nyd-Rune position.
The left leg now moves forwards in
the arm direction, i.e. moves across
the right so that you are facing
forwards again; at the same time the
arms are brought up, palms together,
pushed upwards until they end over
the head in an Is-Rune stance feet
together. You will now be at the end
of the Second Arm.
Now step out to your right with the
right foot, followed by the left in a
fighting-stance; the two hands push
backwards behind you fingers facing
each other, looking backwards over
the left shoulder. You will now be in
the Ger-Rune position.
Step one pace forwards in the same
direction, left foot forwards; the right
foot is brought up behind your back in
a back-kick upwards (groin), and the
right arm thrust forwards in a fingerstrike to the groin area in front. You
will now be in the Eoh-Rune position.
This take you to the end of the
straight-arm.
Lift the right arm up and us it to
swing around 90o, ending the move
facing behind you and striking with an
open-hand strike with the right hand,
the right leg being used as a kneestrike. You will now be in the PeorRune position.
Step forwards, right foot first, left
follows, ending with feet together;
the arms come together, palms facing

each other, and push forwards,

twisting outwards (as if pushing the
arms of an opponent grabbing at your
throat). You will now be in the EolhsRune position. You will again be at
the end of the straight arm.
16. Pivot to your left, at the same time
the right arm moves to a position with
the elbow bent and the hand facing
upwards at 45o angle, the right leg
also coming up making a Sigel-Rune
acting as a form of block for high-low
kicks. You will now be at the end of
this section.
You should familiarize yourself with both the
First Arm and Second Arm, putting the two
together as one. When you have done so you
can move to the next section of the form, but
do not do so until this section is learned
properly.
Fylfot Third Arm.
17. Step forward and throw the arms out
to your side in a Tir-Rune position,
taking you back to the central point of
the form.
18. Pivot to your left; as you do so the
right arm makes a rolling-elbow at
head level, whilst the right leg comes
up into a side-knee strike. You will
now be in the Beorc-Rune position.
19. Step forward, feet together, and bring
the arms over (quickly) into the EhRune position (twin forearm strikes to
the throat). You will now be at the
end of the straight arm of the Third
Arm.
20. Step forward again, bringing the arms
just slightly back and smashing
forwards in a twin-elbow strike to the
head area. You will now be in the
Mann-Rune position.
21. Step forward again, left foot first, and
do a finger-strike to the groin area in
front of you, making the Lagu-Rune.
You will now be at the end of the
bent arm of the Third Arm.
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22. Place the right leg across the back of

you (X-Cross); at the same time form
an X-Cross with your arms over your
chest - Ing-Rune Position. Use the
pivot action of the crossed legs to
pivot quickly around and throw out
the arms into an X-Cross to the throat
area, using a scissor motion to chop
the throat.
23. Bring the hands quickly back to an XCross over the chest, right hand
inside, palms facing you; step the
right leg forward and chop across
the middle section, ending in rightfoot forward fighting-stance. You are
now back at the end of the straight
arm of the Third Arm.
24. Turn to the left, left foot steps out
then right into wide horse-stance; the
hands are pushed downwards
crossing at the wrists, making the
Eel-Rune position this is a doublestrike to the upper area of the legs,
clenched fists. This takes you to the
end of the Fylfot Third Arm.

27. The right leg now steps forwards into

a wide horse-stance, as the left hand
makes a downwards deflection (for a
kick at the groin area). The right hand
makes an open-hand groin-strike,
making the Yr-Rune position. You are
now at the end of the straight arm of
the Fourth Arm.
28. Step the right foot out to the right
and make an X-Cross over the chest as
you step left foot up to right, feet
together. This makes an Ior-Rune. The
fists are clenched.
29. Step right-foot left-foot forwards,
throwing arms outwards in a circular
motion from the X-Cross over your
chest, as if pushing outwards the arms
of an opponent who is going to grab
you by the collar. The fists are
clenched. You will now be in the EarRune position. You will now be at the
end of the bent arm of the Fourth
Arm.
30. The right foot is now taken behind
and across the back of you, the arms
crossed over the chest, right nearest
to you, palms facing you; with the
twist-motion of the legs, twist round
and the arms are thrown outwards
open-hand in a double-chop motion
across the throat.
31. The left leg and then the right leg step
forwards as you make a right-hand
groin-strike with an open hand. This
makes the Calc-Rune position. You
are back at the end of the straight
arm of the Fourth Arm.
32. The left foot steps to your left and
then the right (one shoulder-width
apart) and the hands and feet make
the Stan-Rune position.
33. Stepping forward with the right foot
the arms are thrust outwards to the
front, into an X-cross position around
the throat area; the arms are brought
back to the chest area, fingers (only)
crossed at this point, then the hands

Now you should put all three sections together

and learn them as best that you can for this
stage. Do not move on to the last section until
this is learned fully, at least in regard to the
sequence of moves the fine-tuning will
come later.
Fylfot Fourth Arm.
25. Facing the same way, step the left leg
forward and swing the left hand
outwards (bent) into a Tarn
Sau/open-hand strike, whilst the right
hand makes a palm-strike downwards
to the groin area. This takes you into
the Ac-Rune stance. You will now be
back at the central point.
26. The left foot steps out to the left, the
left hand making a solar-plexus
punch, the right an open-hand groinstrike. You will now be in the scRune position.

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are thrust forwards and downwards

into a double-groin strike. This makes
the Gifu-Rune/Ing-Rune sequence of
the Gar-Rune. The knees are then
bent down to form a Germanic IngRune with the legs, knees bent
outwards as far as possible, and the
hands are brought down in an X-Cross
over the Ing-Rune of the legs. You will
now be in the central position where
you started this is the end of the
fourth section.

which is the basis of the Aryan Society and the

life of an Arya. Rit is the reflection of Tir and
thus represents the earthly and physical
aspect of the struggle of Man to regain Right
Order on Earth. Rita represents Being, just as
the
Earth
is
Becoming.
Rita
is
Becominginfused with Being. The Holy Knight
(Ritter) upholds the Rita as the Holy Warrior
of the Gods.
In regard to the Aryan Law this rune
represents the concept of making right as
opposed to the Judaic Law that punishes;
this represents a debt owed for wrongful
action.

You should now put all four parts together

and form the whole of the Fylfot Form which
is the first form of the Ar-Kan Rune-Lag, and
which has within it all 33 runes of the English
Rune-Row, which you should now be quite
familiar with. The way to do this is to first
learn the basic moves of the form before
trying to perfect the moves, the stances and
the footwork. The form brings footwork into
the basic stances and hand-moves.

Ken Cosmic Fire the Fire of Surtur. This is

the Fire of Destruction that destroys the
worlds to make way for a new Creation (at
one level). It is also the Serpent-Fire
(Kundalini) which is the means to the Aryan
Awakening. Creative-Fire and Destructive Fire
emanate from the same source.
Gyfu This is the sacredness of Aryan
Marriage since the gift is the Bride who is
given away by the father, who gives back a
gift in the way of a dowry (the Aryan Root
*do- means gift). The exchange of rings
symbolises that the Sacred Marriage is a ring
eternal without beginning nor end. The
Gift-Goddess is Gefion, an aspect of Freya.

The Holy Runes

Feoh The Primal Fire which is symbolic of
light and the god-head. This represents that
which is foremost and eternal, that which is
and that which is behind all manifestation.
Ur This is the Divine Bull whose horns
symbolise divinity and god-head. This also
represents an aspect of the Force of Vril (BoVril) which is the all-embracing force known
as ther.

Wyn This represents the joy in struggle, the

joy in having the will-to-win. This is also the
rune of the Wild Hunter-God (Woden) who
brings destruction-to-recreation, the force
that seeks creation and creates destruction,
and seeks destruction that ends in creation.
The rune of the Ancient White One.

Thorn This is the turning-force that brings

into motion (wind-air) and thus starts the
creative process. This is the Third Force that
goes beyond and overcomes.

Hgl This is the mysterious force named

Heil or Hl which is that of the Luck, a
concept that is strengthened through heroic
deeds in the Sacred Struggle. Luck
represents the highest aim, reaching the point
of the Spiral of Life upward evolution to the
God-Man.

Os The mouth of a river is the source of the

waters, that which wells up and which
returns to the Great Waters the oceans and
seas. The mouth is the source of the Word or
Logos.
Rad This is the Rune of Rita which
represents the Cosmic Order and Right Order,
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Nyd Need is the compulsion through

necessity, that which is forced upon us as a
kind of fate or destiny, but which goes
beyond these ideas. We all must recognise
that in many cases we are somehow forced
into changes or into taking a certain path, as if
an unconscious force is driving us that way.
This is the power of Nyd. The Aryan Root
*nud- means to enjoy and to profit by
which suggests that what is forced by
compulsion is actually good for our lives in
some way we do not perhaps realise.

Peor I have suggested that this rune may

have been hidden by changing an original w
for the p; that the w-rune (Wyn) is like a p
suggests this may have been the case. If so
the original rune-sound would have been
Weor, which fits with the idea that this is the
Rune of Wyrd. It can certainly mean GamePiece or Dice-Cup but may also have the
hidden aspect of Wyrd that which is behind
everything. The root-meanings are
OE weor worth,
OE weoran to befall

Is I have stated before that the Is-Rune

represents stasis and stillness, but this is not
really the whole story. The Aryan Root *isactually means to glide, to go swiftly, which
relates to the opposite of stillness swift
movement. The meaning is that of the
swiftness of gliding upon iced-waters, which
also suggests calmness as well as movement.
This represents relaxed awareness and being
ready for anything.

Gmc wertahn to become (to turn into).

This suggests links to Wyrd (Urd) and also
Verdandi whose name is also connected to
these roots. Wyrd is Becoming and the
suggestion of worth relates to the idea that
what we become is fixed by our past actions
and what we do by right-action. There is also
an Aryan Root *per- which means forward,
before, early, first and in front of which
suggests Urd or Wyrd.

Ger The alternative form Ar is seen in the

Armanen Runes as Primal Fire and also the
Eagle representing the Law of the Arya. From
this we get the

Eolhs-Secg The clear meaning from both

Eolhs and Secg is to wound, since Eolhs
stems from Aryan Root *elk-os wound or
ulcer), and OE secg (to cut). This suggests a
Sword or perhaps earlier the Axe of the
Halidom as suggested by Thorolf Wardle. The
Divine Twins (Alcis) are connected to this
rune, as the Elk-Twins who have a protective
role.

Arkona Sun-Lady
Urkona Primal Lady
Arjuna Ar-Juna (Ar-Generator)

The Latin arcana means secrets from a root

meaning to keep. The Ar-Kan is the ArGenerator or Generator of Ar which
suggests that Ar represents the Solar Force,
and perhaps the Sun behind the Sun the
Black Sun. This rune holds the secret of Cyclic
Time.

Sigel This is the Rune of Victory, the

Lightning-War (Blitzkrieg) and the Solar Force,
as well as the Wisdom of the Serpent (S). The
root of the rune is the Aryan Root
*seghwhich means to hold (steadfast), and
we have the Aryan Root *secg-wer meaning
toughness, steadfastness, and Aryan Root
*secg-wer-o meaning tough, stern. This is a
rune of power and strength, and the VrilForce used as the Lightning-Strike. It is the
rune to invoke to hold ones own.

Eohs The Aryan Root *aiw-/*ayu- refers to

the vital force, life, long life and especially
eternity. This is why the rune has the YewTree as its symbol, which is the Tree of
Immortality which grows not only to a great
age, but certain species can actually
regenerate itself from within. It is a fitting
symbol of the aims of our Movement. We can
use the gealdor aiw-az to understand this.

Tir The symbol is that of the Tribal Spear,

and this is a Rune of Teuta/Tuisto (The Twin)
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and the Sky-Father Tiwaz or Tiw. It is also a

rune of direction and thus purpose. Rune of
the Shining Ones. It is the Pole Star that shines
at the centre of the Holy Fylfot-Swastika in
the North reminder of our origins and
destiny.

Rune is a glyph of twin Thorn-Runes facing

each other, i.e. the Sleep-Thorn and Thorn of
Awakening polar opposites in one stave.
Eel The Tocharian tl breaks into the
following meanings
*at- over, beyond, super,

Beorc The birch-tree, symbolic of rebirth,

new life and new beginnings. The name
means shining, bright, and white
suggesting purity and the Light of the Gods. It
is the tree of Perchta or Berchta.

*al- to nourish.
And the word itself means man; we have
thus the idea of the Superman the one that
goes beyond the Overman of Friedrich
Nietzsche the God-Man.

Eh This represents the Solar Force and also

the union of opposites (twin Lagu-runes face
to face). This is also Hengest and Horsa, the
Horse Twins (Aswins), and thus related to the
creation of a Folk-Nation. The Steed of Woden
Sleipnir is the Shamanic Steed that moves
between the worlds.

This rune also incorporates the idea of the

Odal Right which is the right of inheritance of
the family property, as opposed to the
modern idea of the Last Will and Testament
which is the cause of so many troubles.
Ac The strong oak which is associated with
both Woden and Thunor, and the stave itself
reminds us of the Dodona Oak which adorned
the front of the Ship of the Argonauts, and
which shows a figure in this rune-shape. This
is the Rune of Strength, and yet another rune
connected to Thunor.

Mann This rune is the link between Man

and Gods, connected to Hama-Heimdall who
guards the Rainbow Bridge. It is also
connected to the Moon and thus to the
manna and the Mead of Inspiration. The
Primal Man.
Lagu The waters of the Earth are the
Blood of the Earth, flowing through arteries
and veins (rivers), and blood-vessels (streams
and brooks). This rune is connected to the
Blood and to the Heart-Centre.

sc The First Man the Primal Ancestor

the Ash-Tree. The Primal King of the Saxons
King Askanius. Bede substitutes the name sc
(ingas) for Oiskingas as the forebears of
Hengest and Horsa which may be his way of
tracing these back to the First Man King
Askanius in this case.

Ing There are Gmc Roots *inga- and *ungawhich appear in various weapon-names in
Germania

Yr The Primal Giant Ymir, and the Primal

Sound YM (Om). This is related to the Primal
Mountain Me-Ru or Su-Me-Ru, and to the
Yr-Man-Sul and Ur-Man-Sul (Primal SunMan). The rune also shows the Three WolfTribes of Woden Wolsunga, Wulfinga and
Heodeningas.

G-ung-nir Spear of Woden,

Noth-ung Sword of Need (Wagner),
Mim-ing Sword of Memory,
Balm-ung Sword of Siegfried.

Ingw is the Divine Ancestor of the English

Folk and the Hero-God. He is also a Fire-God
associated with the Beacon-Lights, lit when
danger is foreseen, and to awaken the clans
to war.

Ior Ior-mun-gand, the World Serpent that

holds back the Waters of Chaos, the tsunamis
and tidal waves. Ior-mun is also Earmen,
Irmin, Arman etc.

Dg This rune holds the balance of Light

and Darkness Day and Night. The Old English
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Ear Stave of Earth and Water, both

meanings being found in the rune-name; also
the Ear-min-sul or Irminsul. The glyph is that
of the Irminsul. The Earth-Grave and the
Way of the Ancestors rebirth into the tribe.

The Ar-Kan Runes

CweorThe Fire-Twirl linked to the very

ancient Aryan God Rudra-Shiva and the FireDance of Destruction (that leads to recreation and resurrection). Fire of Cremation,
the fire that transforms matter into spirit
the fire that returns to source. The Way of
the Gods and the entry to Valhalla (K-weor).
Calc Graal-Cup or Chalice which contains the
Sacred Aryan Blood, reactivated through the
thrusting of the Holy Spear (Gar) into the
Chalice. The rune is upside-down suggesting
the wasting of the Sacred Blood through
race-mixing in the multi-racial society which
is against the Ur-Laws of the Gods.
Stan The Sacred Stone or Gral-Stone, the
male equivalent to the Graal-Cup. This is the
stone that fell from the Crown of Lucifer (the
Light-Bringer) the Third Eye that was lost
and has to be found again. It is also the
Thunder-Bolt of Thunor and the Holy White
Stone (Calc-Stan) of Ingwe.

F
U
t
O
R
K

Feoh

Gyfu

Wyn

Ur
Thorn
Os
Rad
Ken

H Hgl
N Nyd
I Is
G Ger
0 Eoh
P Peor
X Eolhs
S Sigel

Gar The Spear of Woden which is also the

Spear of Parsifal who destroys the illusions of
Klingsor and becomes the Graal King and the
High Priest of the Graal-Order. The rune-name
also means stone in some Celtic languages,
and is thus related to the last rune, Stan, and
to the Calc-Rune, calx being chalk, a white
stone. This rune is also a glyph of the Sacred
Mountain (upward triangle the mountain,
downward triangle the roots of the
mountain) and the Four Rivers that emerge
from the centre (the Old English Rune-Poem
shows the X as being twisted or rounded,
suggesting the rivers). This, of course, is the
same symbolism as the Spear of Woden, both
of which represent the Sacred Centre.

T
B
E
M
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Tir
Beorc
Eh
Mann

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n
D
o
A
A
Y
J
e
Q
C
s
g

Lagu

within the etymology of the word willow

/sallow to continue with this idea.

Ing

Sal and Hal Salvation and Health. From the

root Sal we get Salt (a product of the sun
[evaporation]) Salute (to greet the sun) and
Salvation, from Hal we get to Hale (to breath)
Hael (to Hail or Heil) and Health. Sal, from the
Proto Indo European sal(i)k gives us the trees
Latin name Salix. If we look at Celtic words
for willow we see the name rooted in hal, as
in the Welsh helygen and the Breton
halegen Holy or Healing Tree. The Irish
word for willow is Sail, which we can compare
with the Sieg rune Sigel meaning to Sail (on
the sea). It is from the Salix acid in the bark of
this tree that we get aspirin a word that
itself has its roots in spir, again meaning to
breath (respire).

Dg
Eel

Ac
sc
Yr
Ior
Ear

The Old English word for Willow is welig

from the root *wel which means to twist or
turn. From this root we get words like withy,
widder, wicker etc. In Old Norse this word is
Vidir maybe the tree is sacred to Vidar? If
we look at the rune shape the Sowilo rune can
be seen as a twist like that of the long
twisting leaves of this tree.

Cweor
Calc
Stan
Gar

The above are the 33 runes of the Ar-Kan

Rune-Lag system; these are the names and
order in which we use them. There are
variants which we shall also use but this does
not concern us here. The rune-font was kindly
supplied by Hamasson.

The Willow Tree

The Sowilo rune or twisted rune

Many of the runes have an association with a

specific tree, and there is certainly a
connection between the Sowilo rune and the
Willow tree (or more fitting is the trees
alternative though now rarely used name
Sallow). Recently I have been looking into the
overlap between the Sieg-Sowilo rune and the
Hail-Haeglrune and there is more evidence

Hamasson.
Hearth of the Strong Oak.

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extent this may be true, but it is not the

whole story. The riding through the town is
the procession of the Goddess on her White
Horse (or chariot) as the Bride-Goddess, that
of Freya, and her sacred marriage to Frey. The
Gifu Rune shows the two staves as the fusion
(wedding) of God and Goddess the Rune of
the Sacred Wedding.

The Gift-Goddess
I think most people would have at least heard
of the tale of Lady Godiva who rode naked on
a white horse through Coventry. Rarely has
this figure been seen as anything but an old
wives tale but there may be more to this than
at first glance.

Lady Godiva was wed to Lord Leofric of

Mercia who was one of four powerful kings
who ruled England under King Canute, and
she was a wealthy landowner who owned
Coventry. Her real name was Lady Godgifu
which is where we can start to see some form
of mythical figure related to the Gifu-Rune.

That the symbol x is used for multiplication

can be seen as being related to fertility and
to multiply. It should always be remembered
that Frey is not just connected to the fertility
of the land but also to the fertility of the Folk,
a very important thing to recall.

Her tale is pretty well known and will not

need repeating here, but when looked at
closely appears to be a heavily Christianised
one, suggesting the usual conversion of an
old heathen goddess to a Christian Saint, her
act resulting in a complete conversion of her
husband into a good ruler who ceased
persecution of the church.

We should also recall a Warwickshire rhyme

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine Lady upon a White Horse,
With rings on her fingers and bells on her
toes,

We may perhaps find the name Godgifu as

being related to the goddess Gefion whose
name is also related to gift, both being
names of the Gift-Goddess. Her riding on a
White Horse is significant since this is a solar
symbol and also related to a noble person, as
opposed to the riding of an ass (facing the tail)
which was deemed a disgrace, the ass being a
low-rank steed rather than the horse as a
noblemans steed.

She shall have music wherever she goes.

This relates to the same ancient myth of the
Bride-Goddess who rides a White Horse, the
music being used in heathen rites.
The ring is symbolic of wholeness and a unity,
the circle being closed and eternal. When the
bride and groom swap rings this is symbolic of
their oneness or wholeness. They are not
really partners as some would have it today,
for the two become one. This idea is inherent
in the rune-stave of Gifu which is two equal
lines fused as one symbol. This symbol
representing their ability to multiply and to
be fruitful.

Gefion or Gefn is Freya, and Gefion is the

Bride-Goddess, since the gift is the bride.
Indeed, we still say today how the father
gives away the bride which is the root of this
ancient Germanic concept. We can also find
this concept in the dowry which is given,
since this comes from a Root *do- which
means to give (we find this in words like donation, do-nate, etc.)

We have a clear account of the procession of

the goddess in her wagon as being connected
to the Angles through Tacitus in Germania.
This is connected to a sacred island in the
North.

Some have seen the tale of Lady Godiva as

being an old pagan fertility rite and to some
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The Flower of Life, as shown here, is made up

of seven vertical lines and two sets of seven
diagonal lines, all crossing each other in this
pattern. The Nine Glory-Twigs uses three
upright and two sets of diagonal and in the
same way expands upon the Ur-Rune or HagAll. If you look at the Hag-All it has the threedimensional shape of a cube, and is thus
associated with the planet Saturn ruler of
the Golden Age. This six-sided figure can
actually be seen on one of the poles of Saturn.

Runic Musings

This figure is a simplified form of the Seed of

Life and is known as the All-Hag or Hag-All
and even the Krist-All. It is the Hagal-Rune
with the points joined, and it forms the basis
of the Armanen rune-system.

We have not included the Hagal-Rune in this

snowflake pattern in the standard Ar-Kan
Runes, but it is an important part of our
system as much as the Armanen system. The
Old English Rune-Poem, Icelandic Rune-Poem
and Norwegian Rune Poem all mention Hagal
as the cold corn or cold grain, obviously
referring to the Seed of Life.
Hagal is thus the symbol of the pattern that
underlies all life, the cold unformed and
uncreated form that needs heat and warmth
to come into life. It is a rune of potential, one
which contains the seed of something new.
This basic pattern does not change, as we see
from the Flower of Life form, which is merely
an expansion of the basic form, growing out
of the basic form through multiplication of
this form.

The above is a version of the Armanen Runes

but if we notice that every one of these runes
is supposed to come out of the Hag-All, the
Thorn-Rune would not be found in this form,
it would need to be just the triangular part
without the upright stave. Some runes use the
whole form and some are made up from half
of the form.

The runes are thus the separate parts of this

basic form, and come from the One Source
the Ur. This goes as much for the 33 runes as
it does for the 18 runes. There is appoint we
need to consider here, because when we take
the individual forms out of the whole pattern
(as mentioned earlier) some are taken from
the full shape, and some only half, i.e. they
are all in a ratio to the whole. If you look at
the Armanen Runes here you will see that
they have been drawn in that ratio (apart
from Thorn). This must also be true of the 33
runes, but this will only work without
complication if we use the symbol below

The Hag-All forms the core of the Nine GloryTwigs, so long as they are placed in a certain
way. In this respect the Ar-Kan Rune-Lag is a
continuation of the Armanen Runes, just as
the Flower of Life is an expansion of the Seed
of Life.

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Twigs, and whilst contemplating this it

occurred to me that the Hag-All is made up of
three long staves making the Hagal-Rune plus
six half-staves joining them up nine staves
in all.

The above form is that first used in Runic

Inscriptions in Great Britain by Paul Johnson
(1999) and on the cover of Helruna by Jan
Fries (1993 & 1997). This has the Hagal-Rune
as its core, but not the Hag-All; it is also based
around the Gar-Rune which is the Spear of
Woden and thus the Sacred Centre. The
alternative form has the three upright staves
spaced the same as the diagonal staves,
crossing the crossover points further inwards.

This is the map known as Mercators Map

showing the North Pole; but it also shows a
Holy Mountain with Four Rivers running from
the surrounding area of water.

The basis of the above form is also the

Diamond-Ing-Rune which, like the Hag-All, is a
crystal the Diamond-Crystal. Both forms
pose somewhat of a problem when it comes
to the ratio of one rune to another, but we
should remember that we are all merely
assuming that this shape is that of the Nine
Glory Twigs and we are hardly likely to find
evidence either way. Since the Old English
text is the Nine Herbs Charm it may be that
the glory-twigs are nine in number because
they represented the power of the nine herbs.

If we take the Germanic Ing-Rune as the

Diamond Mountain and the Gyfu-Rune as the
Four Rivers (in the Old English version the
lines are bent) then the Gar-Rune does
represent the Sacred Centre literally. It
represents the Holy Mountain of the Arya and
the Four Sacred Rivers.
The Hagal Rune is the cold grain or cold
corn which is the Seed of Life and the Old
English Rune-Poem tells us that it is the wind
that blows it and thus turns it to water; this is
true of the Creation Myth where it is the
movement of wind that starts off the process,
but of course heat and warmth are needed
too. The Icelandic Rune-Poem tells us that the
Hagall Rune is snakes sickness which could
be connected to the idea of Woden slaying
the serpent with the Nine Glory-Twigs, and
may confirm the ideas above.

I have gone along with this shape because it

has been the one used by others, but it does
pose problems for us. Having looked at this
again, and also the idea of the Seed of Life
and the Flower of Life the one that would
encompass all of the Ar-Kan Runes would be
the Flower of Life which is made up of three
sets of seven staves (when the symbol is
simplified into lines) 21 staves. This would
be the extension (growth) of the Hag-All at
the centre.

The twin meanings of the Hgl-Rune heil

and hail both verify the root meaning of the
Seed of Life and that the ur-meaning is that

Of course, as I said, we are all only assuming

that the glyph above is that of Nine Glory
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of the underlying Primal Pattern of all

Existence one that goes for all life. This
Primal Pattern could be seen as the Web of
Wyrd, weaved by the Wyrd Sisters, which
contains the entirety of the runes.

Pattern HE/SHE the Eohls-Rune and the

Calc-Rune (Man-Yr).
Just as the Sacred Centre and the Four Rivers
represents the Cosmic Axis and the Four
Directions
(N-S-E-W)
the
Hagal-Rune
represents the same, the upright stave (IsRune) being the Cosmic Axis, and the GyfuRune the Four Directions.

The Armanen Runes can be used as the basis

of the 18-Rune Poem in the Havamal, which
was how Guido von List used them. This
cannot be done with the 24 runes or 33 runes
but there is no reason why this cannot be
incorporated into the Ar-Kan Rune-Lag system
since the Hag-All is also the basis of this
system the seed from which the others
grow.

The word hail comes from the Old English

Hagol or Hgel both of which suggest the
Hagal-Rune or Hgl-Rune, and the fact that
the word hail is used as both a greeting and
to describe the frozen hail-stones emphasises
the two distinct meanings of the rune. The
meaning heil is that of wholeness and
completeness healthy and wholesome
which is the basis of the idea of a Primal
Pattern which existed from the Ur-Time.

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The Hgl-Rune contains within itself the

Union of Opposites in a balanced stave. If we
study the rune-shapes we find that the basic
forms all derive from two runes Ken k and Is
I Fire and Ice. The Circle of Ostara teachings
contained this idea. This would be like the YinYang of the Chinese Tradition, which when
applied to the I Ching uses a line and broken
line, just as the Is-Rune is a line and the KenRune a broken line. The Hag-All is thus the
Cosmic Egg (the grain of corn being the
seed just as the egg is a seed) mentioned by
Miguel Serrano, which contained the Ur-

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