Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

The motion of the Isa Rune is no motion at all. Isa stops motion. Everything is brought to a screeching halt. Just as scientists postulate on the concept of anti-matter, so we can think of Isa as anti-motion.
Isa brings a halt, be it a momentary pause to a stopping of much [...]

The motion of Naud is a strong downward push. In effect, it is pure strength that forces down. There is an arcane lesson here. Urus, which is above Naud in the Elder Futhark order, is pure strength. Naud is strength headed down and inward. Bjork is the other Rune in that [...]

The usual motion of the Hagal Rune is downward, cutting in at an angle. In this mode, it is not a single fall, but a staccato peppering. I would liken it to a machine gun, although it is usually over a wider area. The motion is quick and hard. There is nothing [...]

The Wunjo Rune has a motion that may seem like that of Ase,. However, Wunjo’s rising movement is due to its spinning. As it rises, it expands outward. I would liken its shape to a cone of cotton candy. Ase rises straight up and expands. Ase does not spin. Wunjo spins at [...]

The motion of Gyfu is twofold. Just as it is said that Giving and Receiving are a two-way street, so Gyfu’s motion is dual. In fact, there are two dual motions that can be attributed to Gyfu.
The first motion is an expanding outward, and then a retraction inward. It is as if [...]

Motion of the Ken Rune
The Ken Rune seems to be a very stable thing. However, its motion is subtle. Just as Raido spins on its axis, so Ken IS the spinning axis. Ken spins in place. Unlike the speedy Raido, Ken moves slowly and deliberately. I like to think of [...]

This has been a very busy week for me. Today, I participated in a small ceremony at the municipal building in Freehold Township. Several of the local veterans groups sent a color guard, including my Legion post. A National Guard lieutenant colonel who had recently returned from Iraq gave a short speech. [...]

One of the members of the old train club was killed last week. He and another worker were cutting down trees. A tree fell on Deny (pronounced Denny), hitting him on the head. Deny’s sojourn on this world lasted all of 36 years. Deny was a big, good-natured man. He had been [...]

The Motion of the Raido Rune
Raido has a dual motion. There is the spinning motion of a disk on its axis. There is also the spinning motion translated to a linear motion, as a cart moving across the ground. Raido is a Rune of speed. Within it is the matter of translating [...]

The motion of the Ase rune is upward. It is like an updraft or the rising column of water in a decorative fountain. At its apex, the energy begins to flow outward. Unlike a fountain, it does not drip downward. The Ase motion expands in a semicircle to both sides and up. [...]