Futhark by Edred Thorsson

Author:Edred Thorsson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633411784
Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser

The Soul and Personal Power Concepts

To fully discuss the depth of this topic would necessitate a study equal to that needed to outline fully the complexities of the runic cosmology. It is, however, important to understand the basics of the old Nordic soul-construct and personal power conceptions, for these play a prominent role in the theories of rune magic. It is in this world that the magic of the runes first arose, and the understanding—even the realization—of these conceptions will take us far into the power of the runes.

Certain soul qualities were given to the primal man and woman (coequally and simultaneously) by the triad of gods. This triad, which is a threefold expression of the god usually known as Ódhinn, was identified above as Ódhinn, Vili, and Vé. In another account, given in the “Völuspá” we read:

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