Comments on: Thoughts on Fehu

By: Mahryan

Mahryan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:31:57 +0000

Thanks Elven. I think that quote contains much to think about in terms of what ‘wealth’ means in the context of the runes and the ultimate journey to wholeness.

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:39:51 +0000

I really liked that. Think I will print that out and put on my wall.

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:36:42 +0000

Thanks for sharing that Elven

By: Elven

Elven — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:29 +0000

“For each of us eventually, whether ready or not, some day it will come
to an end. There will be no more sunrises, nor minutes, hours, or
days. All the things you collected , whether treasured or forgotten,
will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame, and temporal power, will
shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or owed. Your
grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally
disappear. So too your hopes, ambitions, plans, and
to-do lists will expire. The wins and losses that seem so important
will fade away. It won’t matter where you came from or on what side of
the tracks you lived at the end. It won’t matter if you’re beautiful or
brilliant. Even your gender and color will be irrelevant. So what
will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will
matter is not what you bought, but what you built. Not what you got,
but what you gave. What will matter is not your success but your
significance. What will matter is not what you learned but what you
taught. What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion,
courage, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered, or encouraged others to
emulate your example. What will matter is not your competence but your
character. What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how
many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone. What will
matter is not your memories, but the memories of those that love you. A
life lived that matters is not of circumstance but of choice.”

- “The Beautiful Truth” (documentary film)

By: Vanr

Vanr — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:20:36 +0000

This article brought me another thought.

Under Futhark our necessities are fulfilled, we accept the supplies (Fehu) provided to us, meaning we accept that we are not alone on beginning our journey. We ask help either it is from our ancestors, Nature, Universe or God.

Majority of people dealing with Uthark, eg Dragon Rouge, belong to Left Path Systems. They begin with their own naked and primal self (Uruz) and they continue their journey . Pointing to the almost same targets as with Futhark, they owe their evolution to theirselves only.

Of course there are exceptions, like Meadows, whose shaman path does not belong to this category, but Uthark generally has a more “dark” feeling.

By: Vanr

Vanr — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:26:44 +0000

My question about Fehu and Uruz was answered in Uruz article, but after this article everything is various steps clearer.

Thanks Mahryan for sharing your thoughts.

By: Mahryan

Mahryan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:44:04 +0000

Bjornsystir:
I knew someone was bound to ask me if my thoughts had stretched to the other Aetts! I definitely think that there are many linkages and that relations within the Aets are very important if we can grasp them. What Tyriel suggests definitely makes sense on a broad level, but I also like your suggestions. Always with the runes there are so many nuances and ‘levels’ of meaning. It seems to me that the first Aett is more about human basic needs – and creating as you put it ‘hearth and home’ – ‘human affairs’ to me would encompass more. I sort of toyed with the idea that we need the energies of the first Aett to cope with the powers beyond our control – especially harsh environmental conditions, much represented in the second Aett. I didn’t include it because I didn’t feel it is well enough develped in my thinking yet. There are also a lot of interelationships between the Aetts,so that makes it more complicvated to apply broad categorizations to each one!
I look forward to Tyriels promised article. it will be terrific to have something more detailed to provoke our thinking.

By: kat

kat — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:34:10 +0000

Jennifer Smith in her book Raido the runic journey does talk about aetts or at least gives an overview of them, like the name of the book there is a journey.
That would be awesome Tyriel, can’t wait to see the article.

By: Tyriel

Tyriel — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:22:31 +0000

Bjornsystir:

I have observed that there -is- an interconnectedness of all 8 runes in each Aett to the other ones in that Aett. The first Aett is primarily of practical human affairs. The second Aett represents powers indifferent to human influence. The third Aett represents the fundamental levels of consciousness/intelligence in the universe.

I’ll write a huge article on the Aetts at some point in the next couple of months, because I haven’t seen anything comprehensive written anywhere, and I can see and explain the interconnectedness very clearly. Until then, I leave it to you to contemplate!