Inguz
Oracular Interpretation Key Words Mantra Stöödhur(Positions) Magickal Uses
Algiz- Ansuz- Berkana- Dagaz- Ehwaz- Eihwaz- Fehu- Gebo- Hagalaz- Isa- Jera- Kano- Laguz- Mannaz- Nauthiz- Othila- Odin's Rune (blank)- Perth- Raido- Sowelu- Teiwaz- Thurisaz- Uruz- Wunjo-
Inguz or Ingwaz (Proto-Germanic): the god Ing; Enguz or Iggws (Gothic): the god ing, a man; Ing (Old English): the god or hero Ing; Ing or Yngvi (Old Norse): the god Ing (later a name of Freyr)
Phonetic value: ng as in "song."
Esoteric interpretation of name: the earth god.
Ideographic interpretation: the castrated male (the male genitalia when a line is drawn down the middle of the stave).
Inguz is considered to be the name of an old Germanic earth god, who works hand-in-hand with the earth mother, Nerthus. Their cult was most developed in the North Sea regions of ancient times. The Old English Rune Poem says
Ing was at first
among the East-Danes
seen by men,
until he went eastward
over the wave,
his wain rolled after him:
thus the Heardings
named the hero.
The wagon or chariot mentioned is the same that is used in the Nerthus cult. Ingwaz represents the earth mother's male consort, and her attending priest. This cult was so large and important that the people of the North Sea were often called Ingvaeones (those of Ing).
The Vanic god Freyr was also known as Yngvi, and he also took part in fertility rites in which he rode a chariot in ritual processions. Freyr has basically taken over the role and name of Ing in the North.
In the Ing-Nerthus cult the female element consumes the male to replenish her powers after using up her own to fertilize the earth and people. Here there are strong similarities to the Cybele-Attis cult. The myth of Freyr giving up his sword to gain Gerdhr or the Ódinnic name Gelding (castrated horse), may be depicted here. The male element symbolizes the self-replenishing
Inguz is a store of energy that needs to undergo a period of gestation in order to grow to its full strength. This is a principle that applies to all levels of the multiverse, and it's a very strong Rune of magick, for all power must undergo a protected gestation period before it can manifest in its most powerful and potent form.
This Rune also contains on of the great secrets of Nordic sex magic,.
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Key Words:
Potential energy
Gestation
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Galdr (Mantra):
inguz inguz inguz
iiiiinnnnnggggg
ung ang ing eng ong
ong eng ing ang ung
iiiiinnnnnggggg
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Stödhur (Positions):
I. Stand straight with your fingertips touching well overhead and your elbows angled in the form of the stave.
II. Stand erect with you finger tips touching just above your genitals with your elbows angled in the form of the Inguz Rune.
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Magickal Uses:
Storage and transformation of power for ritual use.
Fertility rites.
Passive meditation and centering of energy and thought.
Sudden release of energy.
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Oracular Interpretation:
This Rune is akin to the moon, the intuitive part of our nature, with its urge toward harmonizing and adjusting in the sphere of personal relationships. Inguz embodies the need to share, the yearning to be desired, a search after similarities.
The completion of beginnings is what Inguz requires. Drawing this Rune may mark a time of joyful deliverance, of new life, a new path. A Rune of great power, receiving it means that you now have the strength to achieve completion, resolution, from which comes a new beginning. Above all, completion is crucial here. It may be timely that you complete some project now; if so, make that your first priority. Perhaps a difficult state of mind can be clarified or resolved. The appearance of this Rune indicates that you must fertilize the ground for your own deliverance.
You may be required to free yourself from a rut, habit or relationship; from some deep cultural or behavioral pattern, some activity that was quite proper to the self you are leaving behind. The time of birth is always a critical one. Movement can involve danger, and yet movement that is timely leads out of danger. The time has come to enter the delivery room.
Another of the Cycle Runes, Inguz counsels preparation. Being centered and grounded, freeing yourself from all unwanted influences and seeing the humor, you are indeed prepared to open to the Will of Heaven and await your deliverance with calm certainty.
--Copied word for word from The Book of Runes by Ralph H. Blum
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