A Mountain Vision Quest Alone
SUMMER SOLSTICE TEENAGE ODIN VISION QUEST
Here is a Rites of Passage for any teenage Viking who wants to make contact with Odin and the gods/goddesses of the North.
I was given this ritual 15 years ago and I, not being a teenager, performed it partially with great results.
Always keep in mind that I, Ragnar Storyteller, having been outlawed by the Asatru Alliance and the self imposed godis and leaders, have been given permission by Odin to place some very powerful rituals on my website.
He and I are in accord,
if not in actual physical contact, then in mental atunement.
I need to update Odin and the runes and the gods/goddesses of our ancestors into the 21st century. To free Odin from the limitations of the Viking Age.
I was given this ritual while I was writing my first book with and for Odin.
Have you ever woke in the middle of the night with the urge to write something? Took pen and paper in hand and wrote as fast as you could. Then, when you were finished, read it to see what you had written?
That book being Odin's Return.
So, the easiest way for me to present this ritual to you is to copy it, abridged from the book.
Here goes from Odin's Return:
"The summer solstice was fast approaching and Thorolfr had reached his thirteenth year. His year of manhood. The blood of his ancestors pumped furiously through his veins. His size though not yet full in stature, was bigger than any of the other boys in the village. He almost stood as tall as a full grown man. His muscles bulged pridefully through his thin clothes.
"... Thorolfr started towards the mountains the next morning to start his Odin ritual
"He must remember all the steps that the hooded-one had told him upon their last meeting.
"As he walked through the forest towards the mountains, his eyes scoured the area for a tree. It had to be a special tree. A tree that had been struck by lightening. He needed to gather wood from it for his Odin ritual.
"... there it was, a giant ash stripped of all branches and split in the middle.
"It had been hit by Thor's lightening. It was just what he needed for Odins ritual.
"He pulled some ropes from his backpack and tied the wood into a neat bundle.
"He could still feel the heat in the wood. But how could that be? There hadn't been a storm in a week.
"He smiled and recalled the stories told by his father around the campfire about how Odin and the other gods/goddesses could intervene and perform miraculous and magical things to prepare for certain rituals.
"... he started again towards the mountain and the words that Odin had spoke to him ringed through his head. '...like a god you must live and like a god you must die ...'"
"He climbed the mountain slowly and steadily. The weight of the bundle of wood on his back chafed him and he had to shift the load from time to time.
"It was getting towards late afternoon and he finally spotted what looked like an opening between a bunch of bushes.
"... he pushed the bushes aside and saw a small cave. It would be perfect for his three night Odin's vigil .
"That night he made a fire of the sacred wood and all alone with his thoughts he kept a vigil in the cave. He had nothing to eat nor drink except bread and water.
"The hooded-one had told him that he must purge himself by fasting with bread and water.
"That night as he sat by his fire he felt a strangeness that he never felt before. He felt the presence of beings, of higher ones, of gods.
"He could not see them but he felt them. He shuddered in fear as he thought of their closeness.
"... for three days and three nights Thorolfr remained in the cave sustaining himself on nothing but the bread and water.
"Then on midnight of the third day, Thorolfr rebuilt the fire with the last of the sacred wood.
"He sat in front of the fire in a trance-like state. The three days of silence and fasting had raised his level of consciousness and his mind was sharp and eager to learn.
"The fire in front of him danced back and forth and swayed to a hidden rhythm. He watched it in quiet fascination.
"Little faces appeared in the flames and Thorolfr instinctively knew that the fire was alive.
"... he stood up and looked deeply into the flames. The flames parted and he could see a god-like man standing at the entrance to a bridge. The bridge glowed with all the radiant colors of the rainbow.
"... the god-like man, in full battle dress and winged helm stared sternly at Thorolfr.
I did not perform the following part of the ritual farther than pricking my thumb with my dagger to draw a little blood. Any teenager performing this ritual can do the same. I only present it to you as it was given to me.)
Ragnar Storyteller
"... he remembered what the hooded-one told him he must do. He took his dagger from his waist band.
"... he then said 'may this sacrifice of my blood help bring forth the gods of my Fathers back into my world. May my blood help rejuvenate the ancestral soul of the kindred.
"... then using the dagger he made three incisions of his chest and let the blood flow freely.
"He held the tip of the dagger so that the blood flowed onto it.
"He said, 'with this blood, I devote myself to Odin and the gods/goddesses of my ancestors.
"... He let the blood drop into the flames.
"When he had finished he raised his hand into the air and said, 'in the name of Oidn, Thor and Tyr, I dedicate my life to the protection of our ancestral soul.
"... he waited till the last vestige of life went out of the fire. Then he gathered his things and started back down the mountain to the village."
This is indeed a very powerful teenage rites of passage.
One of the reasons we as a Northern European Peoples are losing our country and are being forced out of the cities is because the other cultures all have maintained rites of passages for their children.
The Native Americans have theirs; the Asians have theirs, the Jews have theirs, even the black gangs in the inner cities have theirs
Time for us to build independent one-on-one relationships with Odin and the gods/goddesses of our ancestors.
But most of all we must free them from the confining limits of the viking age, and bring them into the 21st century where we can empower them.
Ragnar Sroryteller
Ellis Peterson AKA Ragnar Storyteller (earned Viking name) is 72 and a skald and runemaster. He is a retired math professor and electrical engineer. He brings his scientific knowledge of Quantum Physics into his Runic Information Website. He offers a unique approach to Runes and Quantum Physcis. He offers free Runic and Quantum Physics essays and articles plus a free newsletter. To take advantage of his uniquely interesting stuff check out his website at http://www.runes-for-health-wealth-love-now.com
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