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October 5th, 2011

Galdor is an Old English word meaning to ‘enchant with voice / song’ (Galdorcræft Is the art of doing so)

Galdor can also be used in a variety of other ways, in meditation, pathworking, the naming of objects etc, and in stance work. Most pagan paths use sound in rituals and workings, in the Enochian tradition they use a system called Vowel song a system found across the world from the Middle East to Scandinavia – albeit under different names. Here is a basic form:

I : the head SPIRIT. High pitch sound, which varies based on the indervidual.

E ; Neck and throat. AIR phonetically sounds like the e in very or head

A ; Solar Plexus, the bodies central warming, heart, liver and spleen. FIRE phonetically sounds like the a in half or far.

O ; Lower abdomen, intestines, kidneys, bladder. WATER phonetically sounds like the o in not.

U ; base of the spine, genitals, perineum, anus ,legs EARTH sounds like hoow or do

Each vowel is sung or chanted in order although they can be sung as one single linked vowel “iiieeeaaaooouuu” to draw energy down from the sky or as “uuuoooaaaeeeiii” to draw energy from the earth.

Galdor Stancing incorporates vibration / sound with physical stances. A beginner will start with the following system.

Stand quietly facing north, breath deeply and focus.

An invocation is then made to Wodin or the Norns.

Runes used are Is, Ur, Eohl, Tiw,, Lagu, and Ger

Is –

Feet together, centered in yourself and to the ground, Extend arms straight up with palms facing take a full deep breath and sign out the name of the rune Is the ‘I’ is high pitched and the ‘s’ is a hiss fading to silence. Relax don’t force it repeat 3 times.

Ur –

Lower arms and bend at waist don’t stretch just relax visualize reaching gently down in to the depths. The U is deep and sonorous while the R is rolled or guttural repeat 3 times.

Eohl –

Stand up lifting arms up and out palms up the ‘e’ and ‘o’ are a described earlier the ‘l’ is rolled and the ‘h’ becomes a breathy exhalation repeat 3 times (this stance connects with Sky / Air energies)

Tiw –

Let the arms fall down, palms down. The ‘t’ is hard and the ‘i’ and ‘w’ are pronounced as ‘ooo’ (Tee-ooo). The sound descends tonally repeat 3 times ( this stance connect with earth energies)

Lagu –

Turn east raise both hands in front of you palms down. The ‘l’ is rolled, the ‘g’ is hard and ‘a’ and ‘e’ as previously described. Repeat 3 times this stance connects with ocean tides, rivers lakes and springs etc)

Ger –

Place hands on hips, elbows out to sides, the g is soft ‘e’ as described earlier and the r is rolled. Repeat 3 times.

If unsure of your positioning look at the shape of the rune you should look like a human rune symbol.

Once completed stand relax breath slowly and deeply and ground yourself.

It will normally take around 6 month practice with the basic system before going on to try other runes. In that period you should increase you repartitions from 3 to 9 slowly. You should also experiment indoors and out, sing loudly and signing softly or even internalizing the sound creating them in you head.

It will take many years of Galdor work before you can sing all 33 runes. And their are a number of runes that require more than one person to stance.

With runes that require more than one person to complete you will need to do this with another person who knows Galdor Stancing you cant get some just to stand in the position there are no short cuts

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Write it secrete

August 12th, 2011

{ W722B946DRV4 }Since keeping a book of shadows has change from being a book of recipes created by families, which contained fokelaw and superstition to at it most extreme version , a digital diary containing spells and rituals.

During the Burning Times these books would be used as evidence of witchcraft so other forms of passing information on where developed. Information was passed on via oral stories and rhythms and pictures.

Codes where created to unlock these secrete and sadly many have been lost but that being said it as allowed neo pagan to find and develop new skills and rituals.

As part of the reclaiming of the old tradition some Neo Pagan paths will use a “Magickal Alphabet” these are ancient or made up alphabets which are used to hide information contained with in.

The Most common being Theban or “the Witches alphabet” was created by Honorius in the 12th century as a way to encode other writing (likely Latin at the time).

The other alphabet that are common are Enochian is also referred to as Angelic Script and is used in ceremonial magick Legend has it that the magicians Edward Kelly and Dr. John Dee were given this language by an angel and Ogham which is an alphabet used by the Druids, and each letter corresponds to a sacred tree. And finally the best known of all ancient alphabets, runes which are also associated with divination. The alphabet is called the Futhark, Runic writings have been found throughout northern Europe and date mostly around the 11th century AD.

If your going to use a magickal alphabet then you need to be able to read and write in that alphabet it will take much practice to be able to form the letters accurately and does take a long time to master for that reason I have provided some free pagan fonts. What I personally do these days is type up my rituals on PC and once it has been spell checked Change the font to lets say Theban print and add to my book of shadows. Since these alphabets are available now at the click of mouse books of shadows can be translated with ease so there is no real good reason to use any alphabet other than the alphabet you us. The only reason to use magickal alphabets is to make your Book of shadows look more magickal, which in it own way is the best reason to use such alphabets if you feel that your book of shadow has magicks then it will have.

There is no reason why you can not create your own magickal alphabet I personally have one that me and my partner share which we use to send personal message to each other when we are apart, these alphabets can be used on the back of post cards so your message is only understood by sender and the intended recipient but also can be used to hide spells for magickal purposed such as talismans and amulets.

Whether you use a magickal alphabet or not it is always a good idea to be familiar with them knowing what they look like is a good idea.

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