Re: Polytheist
A lot can happen in four months. I'm back and I'm different than I was. Today's my birthday. The system sent me a birthday message and I found myself wanting to check the place out again.
I changed my avatar to be this facial pic I happen to like. That it has my cat Boots in it is an added bonus. More real, more personal, more intimate - the change in avatar marks the change in my overall attitude toward many things, including this forum.
I'm scheduled to get a tattoo this morning at 11:00. My first. I'm a little nervous but my daughter got a tattoo by the same gentleman and she swears by him. I'm getting the Uruz rune on my left bicep. This won't primarily be, for me, an act of self-expression. It will be an act of magic.
I recently have been doing a magical ritual before I do my morning workouts. I'm a rune magician of one rune. Here's my ritual:
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(When saying "Uruz," make the sign of Uruz in front of your body with the fist of your dominant hand, large.)
Say: Uruz. Health.
Make quarter turn. Say: Uruz. Fitness.
Make quarter turn. Say: Uruz. Energy.
Make quarter turn. Say: Uruz. Action.
Make quarter turn. Say: Uruz. Wild beast.
Lift your eyes and both hands, open, to the apex of the sky, stretching with enough vigor to feel it in your shoulders and lower back. Inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth, three times.
Lower your hands and eyes. The ritual is done.
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My left hand is dominant. You can see how getting the Uruz rune tattooed on my left bicep magically aligns with my morning act of ritual magic. You can also see how doing my ritual before my morning workout is magically and psychically resonant.
I believe in the body and in our animal nature. Spiritually, morally, religiously, transcendently I believe in these things. I believe they're why we're here. We're here to be in the body and to be animals, together, wildly loving, lovingly wild.
I offer you my ritual as a gift. If it speaks to you, I hope you'll use it. It can only do you good. It will help make you strong.
A lot can happen in four months. I'm back and I'm different than I was. Today's my birthday. The system sent me a birthday message and I found myself wanting to check the place out again.
I changed my avatar to be this facial pic I happen to like. That it has my cat Boots in it is an added bonus. More real, more personal, more intimate - the change in avatar marks the change in my overall attitude toward many things, including this forum.
I'm scheduled to get a tattoo this morning at 11:00. My first. I'm a little nervous but my daughter got a tattoo by the same gentleman and she swears by him. I'm getting the Uruz rune on my left bicep. This won't primarily be, for me, an act of self-expression. It will be an act of magic.
I recently have been doing a magical ritual before I do my morning workouts. I'm a rune magician of one rune. Here's my ritual:
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(When saying "Uruz," make the sign of Uruz in front of your body with the fist of your dominant hand, large.)
Say: Uruz. Health.
Make quarter turn. Say: Uruz. Fitness.
Make quarter turn. Say: Uruz. Energy.
Make quarter turn. Say: Uruz. Action.
Make quarter turn. Say: Uruz. Wild beast.
Lift your eyes and both hands, open, to the apex of the sky, stretching with enough vigor to feel it in your shoulders and lower back. Inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth, three times.
Lower your hands and eyes. The ritual is done.
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My left hand is dominant. You can see how getting the Uruz rune tattooed on my left bicep magically aligns with my morning act of ritual magic. You can also see how doing my ritual before my morning workout is magically and psychically resonant.
I believe in the body and in our animal nature. Spiritually, morally, religiously, transcendently I believe in these things. I believe they're why we're here. We're here to be in the body and to be animals, together, wildly loving, lovingly wild.
I offer you my ritual as a gift. If it speaks to you, I hope you'll use it. It can only do you good. It will help make you strong.
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