Runic Yoga

[GreenHeart]

''If you are SEEKING ENLIGHTENMENT, Runes are one of the fastest and safest ways to deep mystical experiences, to insights in the workings of the universe and to experience on Oneness. If you want to achieve your FULLEST POTENTIAL AS A HUMAN BEING, Runic practice gives you access to the realms of creation. Runic practice is your gateway to your chakras and to your inherent psychic powers. Chances are, you may find a few more reasons why." - Karl Hans Welz, Grand Rune Master

This is based on the Armanen Runes. Another type of rune yoga which is based on the original 24 runes was mentioned in the book ''Futhark A Handbook of Rune Magic'' by Edred Thorsson. I recommend this book.


''As you know by now, Runes can be viewed as shape-vibrations. In other words, specific shapes can trigger their energies. Shapes, in this respect, are to be understood in a very general way. The first thing which comes into the mind when we talk about shapes, is no doubt the graphic outline of a Rune. Another shape is the mantra, which is a shape of sound. As you will learn soon, Mantras can be sung in many variations, which helps you experience the various shades of Runic energies. Similarly, you can add the shapes of "color" to the Runic symbol, or environments.

In the above, we showed you two extremes of shapes: first the graphic outline, then the sound. Those shapes may be combined, of course, which adds to the potentials of your Runic practice.

One realm of shapes, which is closely connected with, often derived from, the graphic outline of Runes, are hand-and body positions of Runes. When posing those, something from the purely graphic outline is lost, no doubt. However, if you consider the conductivity of energy of the human body, then much is gained. Hand and body positions add extremely valuable dimensions to your Runic practice. Especially when those positions are practiced in a ceremonial set-up, by several persons, each person perhaps representing one specific Rune, or several persons forming one single Rune.''

[Dr. Solar Wolff]

Isn't Master Welz in the USA? I emailed him a few times with questions and he took the time to respond. He has a whole course of study. This guy is a heavy duty Arman.

Another guy with whom I was in written contact was a guy named Spieth who runs the Friedrich Bernhard Marby school of Runengymnastik. I have a book by Marby, Runenschrift Runenwort Runengymnastik which was prined by Spieth-Verlag, Stuttgart. Marby's system is sometimes called Runic Yoga. Herr Spieth answered my inquiry and went on to tell me the problems he was having with an American outfit who was supposed to be translating and publishing his book for the English speaking world. Well, I already knew how this was going to turn out. Spieth was in the process of getting riped off and there was little I could do to help him. I told him what had happened in history to Schauberger and what had happened to those who made the film: UFOs Geheimnis des Dritten Reiches which went to Cannes and was an excellent film. Sure enough, he was completely ripped off and just could not understand how this could happen to him. I tried to ease the pain and he sent me his books.

Marby's system came to him in a flash of intuition. (so did List's) Spieth warned me against practice of Marby's runic system in combination with anyone else's which he said would be harmful. This fact stopped me cold and I never went on with his system.

[ArmanenPriest]

Dr Solar Wolff,

Which system then have you actually used?
Have you purchased any of the products from the American site? I have looked at it quite a few times but it seems overl commercial to me. Before I consider using it I would prefer a recommendation by someone such as yourself.
I have Thorsson`s book which has now become a classic but I would much prefer to obtain more original source material. I have hos translation of Kummer`s work as well.

[Dr. Solar Wolff]

Dr Solar Wolff,

Which system then have you actually used?
Have you purchased any of the products from the American site? I have looked at it quite a few times but it seems overl commercial to me. Before I consider using it I would prefer a recommendation by someone such as yourself.
I have Thorsson`s book which has now become a classic but I would much prefer to obtain more original source material. I have hos translation of Kummer`s work as well.

I have only practiced the methods taught to me by Greg Rowe. He is a guy way into this stuff who actually had an SS teacher. This teacher was a Balt in the Baltic division of the SS. While in Allied concentration camps, these guys exchanged information and taught each other. So, I learned the Sidr from letters he sent me. I leaned to breath the runes from him. He came out to my home for four or five days and taught me the Danubians, a system of runic excerises. Greg is also a teacher of Klima a self defense system (not the German word for Climate). He learned this via the SS man. Greg has written a book on the Danubians. I keep pushing him to get this published but we all have our own priorities.

I also was in correspondence for a brief time with Edred Thorsson, which has been mentioned and who wrote Rune Might Secret Practices of the German Rune Magicians. I thought it was a valuable book and I got quite a bit of information from it. "Thorsson" is a guy living in Atlanta, Georgia. He has a Ph.D. in German Language. Greg Rowe reports to me, however, that "Thorsson's real name is Stephen Flowers and he belongs to a prominent Jewish family in Atlanta. That took my breath away.

[GreenHeart]

So the question then is, where do we find a decent system of rune yoga?
For now I am practicing an eastern type of yoga, I can only say that it's quite effective. I am still waiting on a decent system that works with the runes though...

I had heard that Flowers was a homosexual, (I also have this book) but I didn't know he was jewish. Typical... I had practiced his system a few times but didn't have good feelings about it.

[Dr. Solar Wolff]

So the question then is, where do we find a decent system of rune yoga?
For now I am practicing an eastern type of yoga, I can only say that it's quite effective. I am still waiting on a decent system that works with the runes though...

I had heard that Flowers was a homosexual, (I also have this book) but I didn't know he was jewish. Typical... I had practiced his system a few times but didn't have good feelings about it.

Before I knew he was Jewish, I corresponded with him also, but just briefly. His book was beneficial to me.

There was a thread on Wyda which is Keltic Yoga. I found two books on Wyda in a catalogue in German. They were both written by a woman with a Jewish last name (forget what it was). Recently, another book on Wyda has come out and not written by a Jew. Germanics absorbed quite a bit of Celtic culture as they went south and so this may have cultural significance for Germanics also.

[Fortis_in_Arduis]

For now I am practicing an eastern type of yoga, I can only say that it's quite effective.

What is your current practise?

[Utgard-Loki]

From what i have heard the system of Rune Yoga/ gymnastics was invented from Friedrich B. Marby and called "Stödhur" he used the Armanen-Futhark from G. v. List. Thorson has also written a Book called "nine Gates of Midgard" which is quite popular amoung left hand magical workers. I heard the rumor of him being Jewish years ago at a TOS Forum it seems to be Truth. Despite of that some of his works are quite respected amoungh Scientists, while his books about magical teachings are regarded fictional.

kind regards

Utgard-Loki

[Psychonaut]

Greg Rowe reports to me, however, that "Thorsson's real name is Stephen Flowers and he belongs to a prominent Jewish family in Atlanta. That took my breath away.

Not to impinge upon the reputation of your friend, but both the Wikipedia article on him, and the biographical sketch from his own web page list his birthplace as Bonham, Texas. Here is a picture:

I'm not too good at anthropological taxonomy, but he doesn't look jewish to me either (I'm going to post his mug up in that forum directly after this). The only reason I bring this up is that I feel Dr. Flowers' books are among the best available on the runes, and would hate to see Skadi readers turned away from looking into his work.

[Dr. Solar Wolff]

Not to impinge upon the reputation of your friend, but both the Wikipedia article on him, and the biographical sketch from his own web page list his birthplace as Bonham, Texas. Here is a picture:

I'm not too good at anthropological taxonomy, but he doesn't look jewish to me either (I'm going to post his mug up in that forum directly after this). The only reason I bring this up is that I feel Dr. Flowers' books are among the best available on the runes, and would hate to see Skadi readers turned away from looking into his work.

I think I said in my posts that I benefited from the work of Dr. Flowers. I have one or two of his books and don't intend to throw them away. His discussion of places of power was especially good, I thought. My friend Greg is deep into this world and I am not so deep. He has given me good information on this and other matters but you certainly have the right of rebuttal. Please, tell us what you know.