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The Runic Sub-Committee of the Orgone Committee has been working on
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many facets of the Runic Magical System in the past four years. The
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following ritual is the result of many months of discussion and work.
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May it serve you well.
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The Thorn Ritual
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Set-up:
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One's Runic Wand (or fingers if one is not available)
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A place in which to cast the circle...
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Meditation on the aspects of the Thorn (Thuriaz) Rune
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Sit quietly in the space in which the cirle is to be cast.
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Meditate on the various aspects of the Thorn rune (consult various
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sources such as Thorrson's Futhark, F. Asswyn's Tree Yggdrasil, and N.
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Pennick's Runic Astrology). Concentrate on the passive and active
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protective aspects of the force embodied int the Thorn Rune.
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Stand Facing North.
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Assume the Isa stance, hands at side and feet together.
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Visualize yourself as an antennae for the forces of the Multiverse.
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Feel the forces flowing through you from above and below. Let the energy
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flow through your body from the floor and the sky passing your solar
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plexus and energizing it.
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When you feel that the energy is flowing smoothly through your body
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visualize the space around you as deep blue. The deep blue of the late
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night sky. Shimmering with energy. Scintillating as you look in to it.
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Inhale evenly and deeply from you diaphram (letting your stomach
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expand and contract with your breath. Do not allow your upper body to be
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moved by the intake of breath. Let the sides of your mid section and the
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back of your midsection expand and contract with your breath. Breath
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fully and calmly. Let the breath energize your cells. Feel the energy
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adding to the energy raised with the Isa meditation.
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Trace the Hammer of Thor with your dominant hand using the
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wand or your fingers...
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I
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As you trace the Thorn, say (vibrate) the word Thorn (or Thuriaz if
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you are using the Norse name). Visualize the energy flowing from you
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solar plexus, through your hand/wand, tracing the rune.
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Turn to the East and repeat the invocation. Then to the South then
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to the West. Then Above you, then below you.
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Turn to the North (if not already standing in that direction)
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and say:
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Thorn in the North, Hallow and hold this Holy Stead.
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Do this for the other five Thorns you have invoked.
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Having invoked the six points of the circle, we will be invoking a
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thorny circle of briar in four parts. Each "string" will be invoked as
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long as you can say the word Thorn. When your breath runs out then one
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shoud inhale and begin another string, until you have scribed four
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interlacing, intricate strings of ethric briar. You will be tracing
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these strings so as to create a ball similar to yarn. As you are tracing
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the strings of briar, visualize the briar as being covered with sharp,
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pointy, nasty looking thorns. Invest these thorns with the power to keep
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out unwanted influences.
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Now stand facing North. Inhale and as you exhale vibrate the word
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"Thorn" make the vibration of the name last as long as you have breath.
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As you are saing the word trace briar in a circle around you. Visualize
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the stream of briar comming out of the end of your wand/finger. Trace
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the briar in any way you want. I am fond of dancing in spirals, spinning
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in cirlces, moving my hand in the way an artist would with a pencil if
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they were in a globe of canvas... When your breath runs out from the
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first "Thorn", inhale and invoke that name
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again..."TTTTTTHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNN",
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drawing a string of briar around the inner surface of a globe, forming a
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globe of briar with your actions. Remember to see what is already there
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and fill in the spaces you have yet to get to. When you are out of
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breath again, inhale, and begin the third string of Briar...Don't forget
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to get the space over your head and below your feet. Make wide sweeping
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motions, small scribbly motions. Let your enjoyment of movement arouse
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more energy, feel the energy flowing through you, through your hand, and
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coming out in the stream of briar. When you are out of breath inhale,
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and invoke the Thorn one last time. Make sure to get all of those places
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that have not been covered. Don't worry about small spaces, just make
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sure that there are no large gaps in the ball of briar you have just
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make. Fix the holes with this last invocation.
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As you finish this last invocation of Thorn, stand facing North. It
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is not uncommon to feel both exhiliarated and exhausted by this process.
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Stand, with feet apart and hands spread over your head. Breath deeply.
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Visualize the glowing ball of briar...see it, its green tendrils
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intertwining, feel the vibrance of its life force, a force that you have
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given to it. Breath deeply, calming yourself...
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While standing with your feet apart, arms upraised in a "Y" inhale,
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and as you exhale feel your energy flowing through the orb of briar, and
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see, as you energize the orb, the thorns grow. See the thorns, browinsh
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and reddish, getting larger and closing up the small spaces that existed
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between the strings of briar. Feel the spaces being blocked off. See the
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blue of the space around you, see the orb of thorny briars...Keep the
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thorns growing until you feel that the orb is complete and capable of
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keeping out any unwanted influences. Infuse the orb of briar with the
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ability to repel unwanted energies and permit those energies desired.
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Stand in a comfortable position. We are near the end of the ritual.
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The invocation of the God/desses.
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Stand in the Isa position. Say IIIIIISsssssssss.
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Stand in the As (Anuz) position. Say Odhinn.
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Stand in the Beorch position. Say Urdh.
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Stand in the Ing position. Say Freyr.
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Stand in the Foeh position. Say Freya.
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Stand in the Thorn position. Say Thorr.
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Stand in the Isa position. Breath deeply. Thank the God/desses
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silently. Feel the Orb of Thorns surrounding you. Begin your
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working...secure in your circle.
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Certain parts of the ritual were taken from Thorrson's Hammer Rite.
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But the ritual is mostly original. The God/dess names at the end can be
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altered at your behest but try to keep Odhinn First, Freya in the
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middle, and Thorr last. I will be posting meditations for the Runic
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God/desses to help with the last part of this ritual.
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May your path be filled with Wisdom and Wonder,
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Blessings of the Aesir and Vanir,
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Faunus,
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The Runic Sub-Committee
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of
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The Orgone Committee
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