Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

While researching something on the Internet, I came across an article written by an old acquaintance. We had been friends about thirty years ago, but parted company on bad terms. We were opposites in many ways. Jimmy was the student who put education first. His favorite subject was military history, especially the British [...]

I knew a woman who wanted everything to be her way. She acted as if she thought she always knew better than everyone else. People knew otherwise. The woman had her idea of how things should be, and tried to make them fit that mold. Were anyone to disagree with her, she took [...]

This happened about 30 years ago.
It was a grey, chilly Friday. I was dropped off out by Belleville where I had one customer to visit. My employer gave me my pay for the week and told me that as soon as that call was done, I was off for the weekend. The customer [...]

We went to the hockey game Saturday night. The New Jersey Devils played the Washington Capitols. The game was fast, exciting and high-scoring. It went into overtime and ended with a shoot-out. Final score was 6 to 5. The Devils won.
The score had see-sawed all evening. At no point did [...]

Yesterday’s subject was the Gyfu Rune. One of the aspects of Gyfu involves bridges. Just as a gift connects giver and receiver, so a bridge connect one place with another. Crossing a bridge is like being the gift that goes from one to the other.
In ancient times when travel was hard, bridges [...]

The Gyfu Rune is one of giving. It is also an exchange. These exercises will help you appreciate some of the subtleties of Gyfu. The thing here is that you act in the place of the Rune. Do not let their simplicity fool you. These can have profound results if you [...]

Many people who study the esoteric arts claim to have “secrets.” There are “secrets” of the Runes., “secrets “ of high magick and “secret wisdom” that supposedly gives an individual supernatural power. There are so-called teachers who use the promise of “secrets” to keep their followers in line. Many a book claims [...]

The secret to magickal expertise is this: study, meditate and get intimate with the power sources of your particular tradition. Be they the Runes, the Elements, Planets, Tarot symbols or whatever else, spend at least five minutes morning and evening to meditate on them. Do one at a time.
Come to appreciate your power [...]

This all came about by accident. I was posting on a forum and had a typo: Tunes instead of Runes. Someone with a good sense of humor made light of it. Yes, it is funny. It also got me to sharing a few exercises I had cooked up for using music [...]

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