Runic Lore and Legend: Wyrdstaves of Old Northumbria by Pennick Nigel

Author:Pennick, Nigel [Pennick, Nigel]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Spirituality/Occult
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published: 2019-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

Stan is here the rune of magical turning and blocking, which can also be turned for use in attack and punishment. And of course the stone is the oldest offensive missile known to humans. The corresponding trees of Stan are the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and the witch hazel (Hamamelis mollis). Stan’s magical herb is the stone-loving lichen known as Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica).

GAR—SPEAR

The thirty-third and final rune of Northumbria is Gar, which has the literal meaning of “spear.” More specifically, Gar refers to the spear carried by Woden. The Northern Tradition teaches that Woden’s spear has a staff of ash wood, symbolically linking it with the world tree, Yggdrasil. Unlike the other thirty-two runes, which are assigned to their corresponding airt, Gar stands outside. This is because it is the central point, the stable axis, which is simultaneously internal, external, everywhere, and nowhere. When the runes of the four airts are written out, Gar is written at the center, and all the other runes are laid out in a circle around it. But holding the center is not the only function of Gar. It can also be used to magically empower the beginning of a new order of things and as a rune of fulfillment. In this way it serves as the seal in the completion of a magical formula or working. As a sigil it represents the final affirmation of the working. Its most useful function magically, however, is in wiping out any runic onlays that are no longer needed. Gar’s corresponding trees are the ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the now-rare spindle tree (Euonymus europaea), once used, as its name suggests, for making spindles used in the preparation of thread for weaving and sewing, thus linking us again to the Web of Wyrd.

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