Discuss three key magical techniques or symbols from one Indo-European culture. (minimum 100 words each) Three magical techniques or symbols that I’ve discovered from the Northern Lore are galdur, seidh(r), and of course to reiterate the runic alphabet and its magical connotations. With the rune lore, you have 24 set symbols that each have a […]
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Various articles and thoughts throughout the Clergy Program
Magic 1 For Priests, Citations
Mallory, J. P. In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth. London: Thames and Hudson, 1989. Print. Winn, Shan M. M. Heaven, Heroes, and Happiness: The Indo-European Roots of Western Ideology. Lanham: University of America, 1995. Print. Graf, Fritz. Magic in the Ancient World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1997. Print. Thorsson, Edred. Futhark, a […]
Magic 1 for Priests, #4
Discuss the place of alphabetic symbolism as part of the symbolism of magical practice within one Indo-European culture. (minimum 150 words) One of the most well known forms of magical alphabetic symbolism is the runic alphabet of Northern Lore. This was an alphabetic that started out as magical in origin, but was developed into a […]
Magic 1 for Priests, #3
Discuss the existence and relative function of trance-journey magic within at least one Indo-European culture. (minimum 100 words) In the Celtic culture, Ellis mentions a bull feast used to elect a High King. A person of the Druid caste would eat the flesh of a slain bull and drink its blood. Afterwards he is put […]
Magic 1 for Priests, #2
Identify the terms used within one Indo-European language to identify ‘magic’ and ‘magician’ examining what these terms indicate about the position of the magician in that society and the practice of his or her art. (minimum 100 words) Magic is the art of the “Magus”, which is a Persian term that means a specialist in […]
Magic 1 for Priests, #1
Discuss the importance and actions of the magico-religious function as it is seen within the context of general Indo-European culture. (minimum 100 words) Sacrifice has been a long standing aspect of magico-religious function across various Indo-European cultures. It was thought to be a representation of the creation of the world. Odin slew Ymir to create […]
Divination 1, #2
Within the context of a single paleo-pagan Indo-European culture, discuss three different forms of divination or seership, and give an example of each. (minimum 100 words each) Since I have limited material available, I’m changing up my culture a bit for these essays and working with one of the books I used in my DP, […]
Divination 1, Citations
Thorsson, Edred. Futhark, a Handbook of Rune Magic. York Beach, Me.: S. Weiser, 1984. Print. MacLeod, Sharon Paice. Celtic Myth and Religion: A Study of Traditional Belief, with Newly Translated Prayers, Poems and Songs. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2012. Print. “Oracle.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Sept. 2013. Web. 01 Oct. 2013. Paxson, Diana L. Taking up […]
Divination 1, #3
Discuss both the role of seers within at least one Indo-European culture and the relationship of seers to other members of the society, including in that discussion how seers or visionaries would have supported themselves or how they would have been supported by their people. (minimum two paragraphs) Back around 2010/2009, we had the fortunate […]
Divination 1, #5
Briefly describe the symbology of your chosen method of divination, and include a method of application for that system. (minimum 100 words overall description plus at least one sentence or line per symbol) The runic alphabet is just that, an alphabet that was used for both language and magic. It consisted of straight lines in […]
