Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

Today’s runecast is Bjork – Lagu – Urus Bjork is a Rune of healing. Lagu also has strong healing aspects. It is especially involved in healing potions and balms. Together they send us to Urus, which is strength to stand on one’s own. This spread is one of healing. When reading, a pairing of Bjork [...]

Urus is a Rune of strength, independence and “wildness.” Strength is what allows a person to be independent. Our own language holds the clues. When we speak of someone with “strong opinions” or a “strong will”, there is an implication of an individual who stands apart. He does not follow the herd. There are times [...]

Today’s runecast is Raido – Eh – Ase This is all about motion for a good cause and a good result. The second Rune reinforces the first, for both share a similar nature: movement. We have the cart and the horse. Though it may seem we have put the cart before the horse, the actual [...]

Raw material is Fehu, having value that is the same as having its monetary equivalent. The monetary market is based on it. Ore, raw grain, pertoleum, coal and salt are among the many materials which are Fe in their own right. Just as milk is gathered, moved, processed and refined into finished products, so it [...]

Today’s runecast is Mannar – Isa – Eh Mannar is a curious rune because it deals so much with our individual identity. In its way, it is akin to Dag and Gyfu. Dag is the balance of Day and Night. Gyfu is the Gift and it is also the Crossroads and the Bridge. It is [...]

The Runes are innately simple. They are natural and can be experienced in the everyday world. You just have to know where to look. Unlike those rune books which treat the Runes as something like the forces of Ceremonial magick, the Runes are very accessible and practical. The trick to the Runes is how you [...]

Today’s runecast is Ase – Urus – Fe Ase is the kind of good you can appreciate. When you say “good cake” or “good coffee” or “good sex”, what you are doing is seeing them as having a quality of the Gods. There is no coincidence that the words good and god are alike. Good [...]

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Having had my procedure earlier in the day, I spent Thursday night in the hospital. The other person in my room was an old man. After overhearing some of the conversation he had with his wife, I didn’t make any effort to talk with either of them. The old man was annoying. He repeatedly asked [...]

Today’s runecast is: Lagu – Ase – Bjork Lagu is the depths of oneself. What some mean when they say ” the soul.” (In reality, the soul is just your nonphysical self including your emotions and intellect.) In those depths one can find treasure. Here we find inspiration and good. This is given the opportunity [...]