How to Conduct an Odinist Ritual
Purify yourself by washing your body and dressing in a shroud that is pure and white, red or black., After the descent of the sun, position yourself before a luminous object., Stand erect with your eyes and arms raised and declare these words: "A...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Purify yourself by washing your body and dressing in a shroud that is pure and white
Then wait for the darkness of night. -
Step 2: red or black.
This may be any source of light, from a candle to the starfire in the sky. , , When a person is still, the poets say he is moving through time without moving through space. , According to the ancients, naming is a kind of touching, for the name is a part of the thing.
Remember all the gods/goddesses of the Aesir and Vanir. , Then—in the cauldron of thought— in the crucible called imagination—visualize yourself as the deity you have selected. , -
Step 3: After the descent of the sun
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Step 4: position yourself before a luminous object.
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Step 5: Stand erect with your eyes and arms raised and declare these words: "A man without gods has a desert in his heart."
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Step 6: For many heartbeats
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Step 7: stand motionless.
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Step 8: touch all the gods and goddesses of Asgard by naming them one by one.
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Step 9: After touching all the gods and goddesses
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Step 10: you must advance to the final and most mystical part of “The-Rite-of-Bragi.” Still standing before a luminous object
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Step 11: select one god or one goddess from the sacred pantheon.
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Step 12: If the visualization is successful--if you literally see yourself as one of the gods or goddesses--you will experience “The-Glimpse-of-Extraordinary-Beauty
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Step 13: ” and you will be enveloped and penetrated by the thoughts of a god or a goddess.
Detailed Guide
Then wait for the darkness of night.
This may be any source of light, from a candle to the starfire in the sky. , , When a person is still, the poets say he is moving through time without moving through space. , According to the ancients, naming is a kind of touching, for the name is a part of the thing.
Remember all the gods/goddesses of the Aesir and Vanir. , Then—in the cauldron of thought— in the crucible called imagination—visualize yourself as the deity you have selected. ,
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