Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

Have you ever considered the Runes from another perspective? How might the various Gods relate to the Runes? Here is an example for you:
From the perspective of the sea deities Aegir and Ran, the Perdra Rune is the Cauldron, the place of cooking. Just as it is a Rune of pregnancy above [...]

The Chinese character for Crisis is composed of two words. The first is Wei, which means danger, jeopardy and perilous. The other is Ji, which means opportunity, chance, and crucial point. Here we find the paradox of Danger and Opportunity.
This is very much like the Isa Rune, which has both its dangerous [...]

We often speak of a strong desire in terms of hunger. In colloquial jargon, being “hungry” means wanting something badly. The analogy is one many of us know. Physical hunger is one of the driving forces which most people can understand.
It has been my experience that willpower alone is not [...]

Yesterday, I took the trek to the post office. Surprise, surprise! There was a package waiting for me. It was an order of my books that were being returned. This rarely happens. I think the last time was when we were on Staten Island, back around 1995.
The latest return? [...]

Sometimes we are not the best judge of circumstances. An example of this happened to me over 30 years ago, in the mid-1970s. I was in the upper room of an older house. There was a window near where I sat. It was opened a few inches.
I noticed a small but distant [...]

Ac Rune: The Anglo-Saxon additional Runes do not have the same weight as the 24 Elder Runes. The Additional “runes” actually denote a specialized application of a rune or other magickal potency or principle. As my primary instruction was of German origin, the Anglo Saxon additional runes were not used by us. [...]

So many of our younger Heathens get caught up in the dramatic vestiges from the Viking Age. New Heathens get a charge out of making high-sounding oaths. Their idea of oaths are the kind of things that might be better suited to a Conan the Barbarian movie.
Genuine oaths are much simpler. An oath [...]

One of the most important things is upholding a trust. If you are trusted to do a certain thing, then it is a matter of honor to fulfill it. For example, if a friend trusts you to care for his children for a couple of days, then it is up to you to safeguard them, [...]

Science is capable of defining physical forces. It has yet to measure certain forces subtle forces those who understand them. Most important: these forces are natural, though not exactly physical. They work close to Wyrd, although in a different manner.
The Ancients knew that there were underlying elements which affected life. They [...]

The day starts at dawn, when the light of the Sun exposes the world to our eyes. That which was shrouded in darkness is now revealed. The Sun illuminates our world once again. In its course through the sky, the Sun’s light grows brighter until Noon. At the middle of the Day [...]