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possi$le &ithout a good Etymological dictionary( and a good ld Norse or ld *celandic dictionary( all of

&hich * o$tained and used to great effect-

5hile most of us &ill ma'e an attempt to study ld Norse or any of the /ermanic languages. &hich is a

good pursuit( a pious pursuit. fe& of us &ill master those old tongues- English is a perfectly /ermanic

language all on its o&n( so modern Heathens &ho only spea' English need not &orry too much a$out

staring at the Ancestors and Ancestral /ods from across some large chasm- f course( * am of the

opinion that /ods aren1t sitting around listening for &hat language a human might $e using. * thin' they

'no& &hat &e mean( &hat &e &ant( and &hat &e are &orth in &ays that deeply transcend ho& &e use

sound to epress oursel+es- All the same( &e ha+e a connection to the /ermanic Heathen past $y

spea'ing a /ermanic language &hich others may not ha+e( and &e all instincti+ely understand ho& this

creates an element of intimacy that &ould other&ise $e lac'ing-

As mentioned $efore( &e all grasp the ,etra, force and po&er that +ery old &ords and phrases.

particularly those &ords and phrases that are Ancestral to our o&n modern language. really contain- *f

you1re anything li'e me( you can spend an entire night online researching 6roto.*ndo.European language

roots for &ords( and feeling pretty thrilled as you disco+er a &ord1s e+olution.stream( all the &ay $ac' to

&hat might ha+e $een its original form- 6roto./ermanic and 6roto.Celtic are pretty &ell.esta$lishedthings no&( and they are $oth eciting and edifying to study-

My original intention in the creation of this ,guide to ritual phraseology, &as to gi+e myself a &ay to

utili)e old &ords and phrases( to sonically and aesthetically create a ne& 'ind of spo'en eperience in my

sacrifices( fainings( prayers( $lessings( or in any other occasion &hen * felt the need to reach out to non.

human or di+ine 6ersons for help $ased on relationship- * lo+ed the &ay some of the older &ords and

phrases sounded7 my deeper self( my deeper mind also ,reacted, to the mysterious sounds( and my

intellectual self &as secure in the 'no&ledge that these ,sound roots, &ere connected to the ideas(

re8uests( and metaphysical su$3ects * &as aiming for-

* $elie+ed then( as * $elie+e no&( that these &ords and these phrases ,echo long, into the Unseen( andinto the 6agan soul.roots of me( and of this &orld( o&ing to the ancestry of these &ords( and the &ay

they connect me not to the Latini)ed and Christian /ermanic people( $ut to the pre.Christian /ermanic

people &ho used them in spo'en and car+ed in+ocations and $lessings and the li'e-

*t1s not that English &ouldn1t &or' perfectly fine7 it &ould( and it does- "ut ha+ing these phrases and

&ords to use( in a heightened and deepened state of re+erence( has al&ays made me feel li'e another

layer of po&er &as transmitted( and transferred to me in return- And so * used them- *n some &ay( &hat *

did &as not unli'e &hat 9ames H3u'a Coulter did &ith his ,:alic Formulae, that he mined and created

from continental /ermanic language roots( and used in the ritual structure of his o&n reconstruction of

continental /ermanic Heathenry- He also 'ne& the po&er of the ,;trange( ld ;ounds, and of &ords

created from them( to heighten the sense of ,&ih,( of sacredness( of mystery- "ut the sounds themsel+es

also ha+e po&er( and through sonic epression( pass that po&er on to &hat they reach-

As a final note( it should $e stated that &e ne+er


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%his document contains the follo&ing segments4

- * HA=E 5A;HE> *N %HE "*#CH.>ALE;4 Consecrating 5ater for Ceremonial Use

2- A F*#E FULL F L*FE4 Consecrating Fire

!- A /#UN> /*=EN =E#4 =ocalics for the ;acred Veor #itual Area

?- %HE HL@ FEA;% F />;4 Formulae for >rin'( Meat( and "read

- % A;: AN> % "LE;;4 Elements for Faining( As'ing( "lessing( and 6raying

B- M@;%E#*U; 5#>;4 #unic Encoding and ;orcerous Formula Creation

Each segment &ill contain its o&n notes and eplanatory material( as &ell as the e+er.needful

pronunciation of these formulas and &ord.elements- * don1t 'no& 8uite &hy( $ut so many &ritten

sources online and off for Ancestral Language either don1t gi+e pronunciation guides in &ays that

ordinary men and &omen can understand it( or they gi+e a guide that is +ery poor- *1ll try to gi+e the $est

possi$le guide to pronunciation for e+erything-

< < # L*FG#4 Eh&a)( Lagu( >aga)( Algi)( Lagu( *sa( Fehu( %hurisa)( Algi)

NA@AH*5A4 Naudi)( Ansu)( 9era( Ansu)( Hagal( *sa( 5un3o( Ansu)

5*H HA*LA/4 5un3o( *sa( Hagal( Hagal( Ei&a)( Lagu( Ansu)( /e$o-

A GROUND GIVEN OVER

%his use of the ,ld 5ords, for ceremonial aesthetics represents the third ,&ord scaffold, that * &rote(

to accompany the consecration of &ater and fire- %hese three &ere the first( and for a long &hile( the

only- %his last formula.se8uence &as used to announce( using the old &ords and sounds( that an area of

ground( or the interior of a room or a $uilding( &as consecrated for sacred use-

%o the Ancestors( a ,sacred place, &as called a ,=e,( pronounced ,=A@,-

%he &ashed and purifiedD person &ho is to consecrate the =e stands $efore it( and says

VE WIJU ALU!

VE WIHYAN

And then( &al'ing around the perimeter of the place( or around inside it( almost al&ays in a cloc'&ise

manner( they sprin'le consecrated &ater( carry a $it of consecrated flame( or stri'ing the ground &ith a

ha)el rodstaffstic'( they say( &hile they are &al'ing4

WIH HAILAG


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WIH HAILAG

WIH HAILAG

And then( standing at the center of the =e( they proclaim

VE WIHAZ!

A.Z.A.H.I.I.W.A

ALU!

%a'en all together( =E 5*9U ALU means ,A ;acred 6lace * consecrate. in+ested &ith di+ine po&er-D, =E

5*H@AN means ,;acred 6lace %o ;anctify---, 5*H HA*LA/ means ,=ery Holy, and =E 5*HAI means

,;acred 6lace ;anctified-,

AIAH**5A is yes( you guessed itD ,5*HAI, encoded( spelled $ac'&ards( &ith its nati+e +o&els used to

ma'e a formula of eight letters- *t is pronounced( in that long.dra&n out song.li'e &ay ,AH.IAH.HEE.

5AH-, A +ery primal and potent sounding formula-

#unic ;pellings4

=E4 5un3o( Eh&a)

5*HAI4 5un3o( *sa( Hagal( Ansu)( Algi)

AIAH**5A4 Ansu)( Algi)( Ansu)( Hagal( *sa( *sa( 5un3o( Ansu)

THE HOLY FEAST OF GODS

A point comes in nearly e+ery rite or ceremony &hen some 'ind of offering is to $e gi+en- %he standardoffering is a drin' of some sort. in our practice( it had to $e a honey.$ased drin'( &hether mead or a

special offering drin' made from honey melted into $oiling purified &ater( &hich &as then spiced &ith

clo+es( allspice( and other such spices( and then mingled &ith a measure of +od'a or &his'y to gi+e it

,spirit, and the ,'ic', of life- Also used &as ale( &ine( or &hole mil'- ;eldom anything else-

Historically( the ,holy drin', or ,special drin', &as called ,=eig,( pronounced ,=A@/, and this is the

meaning of ,=eig,. holy or special drin'- *f &e &ere to offer food( it &as either $read or meat of some

sort- %he &ord for meat is ,;lJtr,( pronounced ,;LAU5.ter,( and the &ord for $read is ,"rau,(

pronounced ,"royth, &ith the .th sounding soft( not hard. almost li'e you said ,$royd,-

* &ill gi+e 3ust the formula &e used for consecrating a holy drin'( $ut you can insert the &ords for meat

or $read if you are ma'ing an offering of them-

%he consecrator held a cup of the holy drin' and said o+er it( and into it4

VEIG WIJU ALU

I.U.U.J.U.I.W.I

ALU!


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Z.A.G.A.I.A.W.A &hile ma'ing a circle and e8ual.armed cross o+er it &ith their fingerD

ALU!

%hen( holding the cup up( proclaimed

VEIG WIH HAILAG

TUWA!

5hat all that translated o+er into &as ,+eig &i3u alu,( ,sacred drin' * consecrate( in+ested &ith di+ine

po&erD,. follo&ed $y the ,long utterance, of 5i3u in its encoded form( and a first ALU- %hen(

,IA/A*A5A,( pronounced ,IAH. /AH. E@E. AH. 5AH, is the &ord ,5aiga), encoded. &aiga) $eing the

proto.form of the ld Norse &ord ,+eig-, %he rest of the &ords you 'no& ecept for ,%U5A,( &hich

means ,An offering, or ,* offer,- * al&ays say ,%u&a, $efore * pour out drin' offerings( or gi+e meat or

$read to the Holy :indreds-

*f you1re going to use this a$o+e formula to consecrate $read or meat( you ha+e to remo+e the encoded,long utterance, IA/A*A5A- #eplace it &ith AIAH**5A( &hich you should 'no& from an earlier formula-

*t is important to point out the traditional practice of ,mar'ing, sacrificial drin's and foods &ith the

,/e$o, sign. the #une ,/e$o, meaning ,/ift,- /e$o loo's li'e an ,K,( $ut it is not dra&n the &ay you

ordinarily dra& an K- *f you are offering something to the /ods ,a$o+e,( as in the /ods d&elling in

regions of the +ertical ais of the cosmos that are aesthetically pictured ,a$o+e, in the $ranches or

heights( you dra& an upside.do&n ,=, first( and then dra& a ,=, on top of it( so that the t&o =1s meet in

the middle and form an K- %he upside.do&n = represents you ma'ing the offering( and the = on top is

,%hem Up %here, coming do&n to recei+e it- %he Full ,K, means ,gi+en as gift-, *t mar's the gift as

$elonging to ,%hem-,

9ust so( *f you are sacrificing to the land.d&elling po&ers( or po&ers in ,lo&er, realms( you form /e$o $y

dra&ing a ,=, o+er the offering( follo&ed $y an upside.do&n ,=, under it( meeting at the middle( ma'ing

an K. this time( the top = is you ma'ing the offering( and the $ottom = is ,%hem, coming up to recei+e it-

* al&ays said ,%U5A, $efore * poured out anything or placed any offerings( after ,gift mar'ing, it-

#unic alpha$etic renderings for the terms used in this section4

%U5A4 %i&a)( Uru)( 5un3o( Ansu)

IA/A*A5A4 Algi)( Ansu)( /e$o( Ansu)( Eih&a)( Ansu)( 5un3o( Ansu)-

5A*/AI4 5un3o( Eih&a)( /e$o( Ansu)( Algi)

TO ASK AND TO BLESS

* &as at a funeral once( for a young lady &hose grandmother had passed a&ay( and it &as a shoc'ingly

inappropriate lo& 6rotestant funeral- %he &oman &ho had died &as( indeed( "aptist( $ut e+eryone 'ne&

she &asn1t that ,into, the fundamentalist +ersion of that faith assuming there1s any other 'indD. and yet(

some preacher turned that funeral into a three.ring.circus of painful protestant ho&ling and hem.


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ha&ing- After it &as o+er( one of this young lady1s friends( 'no&ing * &as Heathen( approached me and

said that she felt traumati)ed $y the nastiness of the funeral( and &anted a Heathen $lessing to ma'e

her feel $etter- ;he meant it half as a 3o'e( $ut half 8uite seriously( and * reali)ed on that day that * had

no easy &ay of offering such a thing- ;o * set a$out correcting that issue( using my studies of the ,ld

5ords-,

For o$+ious reasons( organic religions li'e Heathenry ha+e no formali)ed prayers( really7 a person simply

goes to a simple( natural place. li'e a tree or a special roc'( or a stream.side( or perhaps goes $efore a

sacred image in a 8uiet place or &ithdra&s to some pri+acy( and ma'es a to'en offering of anything if

they ha+e something &orth&hile( and then they call out the name of the $eing they &ant to ,spea',

&ith( and they spea' their heart- %here are no rules( and &hat is said is 8uite personal- "ut it is possi$le(

as &e disco+ered( to $ring some ,formula, &ords to the process that add an etra element of connection

$et&een the &orshiper and the di+ine $eings- %his formula also allo&s a short yet rich ,formal $lessing,

to $e gi+en to someone or something if it is needed-

And it al&ays $egins &ith an in+ocation to the $eing or $eings you &ant help from( or desire contact

&ith- %he old &ay of saying ,* offer an in+ocation, is %A5 LA%H>U- @ou can either follo& that( or

precede that( &ith the name of the $eingsD you are reaching out to- * &ill use din as my eample in this&or'- *t is traditional to use multiple ,titles, or ,$y.names, for /ods and /oddesses( if you 'no& any(

too. at least one or t&o etra tends to ma'e the prayer or ,reaching out, stronger- *n ld Norse( $y.

names( or Heiti( &ere +ery common( particularly for din( and &e 'no& almost a hundred or more for

him- "ut other $eings ha+e their o&n-

A $lessing( a faining prayer( or any prayerin+ocation can start li'e this4

TAWO LATHODU OINN;

TAWO LATHODU SVIURR:

translatedD* offer an in+ocation toD din7

* offer an in+ocation to the 5ise ne-

pronouncedD

%AH.&oh LAH.tho.doo H.thinn

%AH.&oh LAH.tho.doo ;=EE.thoor

No&( since you are al&ays as'ing for something. a $lessing of some sort( the second part of the formula

has you say the old &ord for ,$lessing,( follo&ed $y the encoded( long.utterance form of ,$lessing,4

SEGUN pronounced ;[email protected]

U.N.E.U.G.E.S.U pronounced .NA@../A@.;( dra&n out long( the &hole length of a $reath-D

%he third part of the formula has you say a &ord or &ords encapsulating &hat it is you1re as'ing for- * &ill

include a list of many possi$le things that may $e sought( $ut for this eample( let1s say you1re loo'ing for

good luc' on a dangerous trip you1re a$out to ha+e to ta'e- @ou &ould as' for ,good luc' in a 3ourney, $y

concentrating on that luc' you &ant and saying4


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FAR-GAEFApronounced Far./[email protected] And after saying this( &hich simply means ,good luc' in

3ourneying,( you may add a fe& sentences detailing more of &hat you &ant or need( and as'ing politely

for it- @ou can also say ,FA#./AEFA, t&o or three times( to increase the urgency of as'ing- Anything can

$e repeated- @ou can also as' for more than one thing. good luc' on your 3ourney and +ictory or success(

or good luc' on your 3ourney and &ealth. the old &ords for those things &ould all 3ust go here-

And end the formula( as you might guess( &ith

ALU! @ou can say ALU three times if you li'e( to increase the potency of this petition-D @ou can also say

,SEGUN ALU!, if you prefer-

%o say these things to yourself( in your heart( or outloud( is fine and &ell- *f another person had as'ed for

the $lessing( you &ould say the ,%a&o Lathodu, portion &ith your hands up( ordinarily in a ,@, shape on

either side of your $ody( and then the ,;egun, portion and all the rest of it &hile touching their forehead

or heart-

;o( to sho& &hat the formula to din for good luc' in a 3ourney loo's li'e altogether4

TAWO LATHODU OINN;

TAWO LATHODU SVIURR:

SEGUN!

U.N.E.U.G.E.S.U

FAR-GAEFA.

ALU.

%his formula literally communicates the follo&ing message( 3ust as it is &ritten4

* offer an in+ocation to din7

* offer an in+ocation to the 5ise ne-A "lessing

,magical, chant for $lessingD

/ood Fortune in my 3ourney-

%his is in+ested &ith di+ine po&er-

%his is the $asic( minimalistic form- As * said $efore( you can ,add in, passages of your o&n need( your

o&n personali)ed communications inside of this formula( and pro$a$ly should-

Here is a list of +ery common and important &ords for the +arious reasons you may see' a $lessing from

the ;acred "eings( &hich you can use to create prayers$lessings-

FAR-SAELA Far.;[email protected] %he ,general, $lessing &ish meaning ,good speed( prosperity( or happiness-,

BADA"ah.duhD4 Comfort-

LAor HLELAH or HLA@D4 6rotection-

BARNA"A#.nuhD ,%o /et &ith Child, or ,%o $ecome pregnant-,


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SIGR;EE/.oorD ,=ictory,( &hich can also mean ,success,-

WUNJA5N.yuhD ,9oy-,

LAUKAZLAU5.'ah)D ,;trength( potency( and +irility-, Can mean all those things( or ,health,-

FAR-GAEFAFar./[email protected] ,/ood luc' on a 3ourney-,

AUJA5.yuhD ,"e Luc'y, or ,Endo&ed &ith Luc'-,

[email protected] ,5ealth-,

LYFJALF.yuhD ,Heal-,

"ecause of the deep and potent use *1+e put this particular formula to( *1ll gi+e one more eample. in thiscase( a prayer$lessing as'ing the >isir the di+ine AncestressesD and Frigg( the /oddess most associated

in this tradition &ith motherhood( to $less a &oman &ith a child and protect her-

TAWO LATHODU DISIR!

TAWO LATHODU FRIGG!

SEGUN! SEGUN!

U.N.E.U.G.E.S.U

BARNA. BARNA. BARNA. HLE.

ALU.

MYSTERIOUS WORDS

* don1t intend to go into detail on the process of creating ,#unic, formulas here( for &hat &ould $e

sorcerous purposes( $ut * did &ant to ma'e a footnote a$out ho& it could $e done- * again strongly

suggest that e+eryone interested o$tain the Macleod and Mees $oo'( &hich &ill gi+e you all you need to

do precisely &hat the #une.masters of old &ere doing &hen they crafted their formulas-

#unic formulas used on &eapons or talismans or $racelets or &hate+er( &ere not created $y doing( as

many modern people do( and selecting #unic letters $ased on &hat the letter itself might mean- %o an

etent( that might &or' only in a fe& cases. the 5 #une( 5un3o( does ha+e a name that means ,3oy-, "ut

if you &anted to ma'e a #unic charm to $ring 3oy into your life( you &ouldn1t 3ust use a #unic letter- @ou1d

use the ld Norse &ord ,9oy,. 5un3o. spelled out in #unes- *t is a more ne&.age or modern pursuit to

attempt to use the #unic letters indi+idually as charms( &hen #une.charms from the past are almost

al&ays ro&s of letters &hich are actually &ords( or encoded formulas-

%he &ord ,9oy,( 5un3o( is spelled in #unesD 5un3o. Uru).Naudi).9era.dal- *t can also $e rendered

5UN9AD"ut to ma'e a magical charm out of it( it should $e encoded- Historically( this is done $y turning


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the &ord $ac'&ards( and ma'ing it ( 2( or 2? letters long- 5UN9 has t&o +o&els( and the +o&els are

often used as the ,filler, letters. so &e could turn 5UN9 into 9NUU5. pronounced oh.yo.nooo.

&ohD and spelled( in #unes ,dal( 9era( dal( Naudi)( Uru)( Uru)( 5un3o( dal-,

%hat eight.#une se8uence is not 3ust an encoded form of 5un3o( $ut a magical chant for 3oy- "y adding

ALU after it( you endo& it &ith dedication( &ith di+ine might- @ou could car+e 9NUU5 ALU in

#unesD on a &ooden tine( and consecrate it( and &ear it as a magical anti.depressant- f course( to 'eep

to the historical practice( you1d &ant to add a fe& more things too. or you could( if you &anted- ;uch as

the name of a /od or spirit that could help in $ringing 9oy( &hich is really any /od or /oddess( $ut it so

happens that in most ,/ermanic, traditions( the /od *ng.Frey is seen as the guardian of home.3oy and

peace and frith( so adding his name to the chant or the car+ed ro& couldn1t hurt-

@ou could also name the talisman. name it ,9oy,( after &hat it $rings- %o say ,9oy * am named, or ,* am

called 9oy,( you &ould say or &rite or car+eD 5UN9 HA*%E:A-

;o no&( a more full formula for a car+ed stone or rod &ould $e

WUNJO HAITEKA. OJONUUWO. ALU

*f you car+ed or &rote all of that in #unes( an ancient #une.master &ould 'no& precisely &hat you

meant and &hat that charm &as designed for- *t &ould $e plainly o$+ious- @ou &ould $e &ell &ithin the

ran's of tradition to put small s&asti'as or sun.&heels $efore or after your rune.ro& or inscription(

&hich is something &e see on tons of the historical finds- %his gi+es them great po&er-

* made a #une.charm on a &ooden tine out of ,"A#NA,( the &ord that means ,%o get &ith child,( and

ga+e it to a &oman &ho later $ecame pregnant- Frigg is the ,Mother of Mothers,( as it &ere( so her

name &as incorporated into this charm- My formula &as this of course( remem$er it &as car+ed in

#unesD4

AUJA xxxx. AAAANAARAABA. SALU FRIGG

Eplanation4

,AU9A -, &as my &ay of saying ,"e Luc'y( name of personD- * ha+e ta'en her name out( $ut the

charm had it-

,AAAANAA#AA"A, is the &ord ,"arna, encoded into a t&el+e.letter formula- *t unloc's the magic of the

&ord "arna( ma'es it into a magical &ord( to ma'e someone ,get &ith child-, More than 3ust $eing

car+ed( it can &or' as a chant( too-

,;ALU F#*//, means ,An in+ocation toD Frigg-,

Any >ictionary of ld Norse or *celandic &ill pro+ide you &ith thousands and thousands of &ords that

can $e turned into #unic magical formulas-

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