MEANDERING TOWARD FUTURE BOOKS

CHANGE IN TWITTER HANDLE INDICATES ANOTHER DIRECTION 

 

The 'Jarl and Konungr' handle was an experiment in acting 'as if.'  If I declared myself Jarl I would embody those historical aspects of might and main. It worked ( to a degree) and I accomplished much.  I could continue with this experiment or I could adopt a moniker that is more in keeping with my real abilities.  I have a gift for seeing people of intelligence and courage, who make efforts toward their nobility.

There is a character and function found in the Old English Beowulf that tells of an observant man on those Danish shores of Hrothgar's great hall Heorot. To put it in the Anglo-Seax language he was called, "wealle geseah."  He challenges Beowulf with a sense of formality that continues into the narrative with the affirmation of what combat and victories are to come.  Yet the 'watcher on the wall' already 'sees' Beowulf's great nobility and the competence of his retinue.   


The Jarl and progression to Konungr is a title of merit through triumph in a dangerous world of opportunity.  It is an earned title of merit.  My use of that handle was an affirmation of intention.  At some point, the Jarl must have shown noble achievement.  I do know those who have done so and I will be featuring them in my timeline.  It was fun calling myself Jarl but I must be authentic.  My place in the ancient strata of the Mead Hall is that of the Dugud - - the embattled and scarred older warriors with a respected place and more staid purposes and retrospection.  

Beowulf and his retinue depart from their ship on the Danish shores.  They are met by a vigilant coastal guard who challenges them but soon 'sees' the nobility and accomplished character of the Geat.  Beowulf is granted passage and direction to meet with Cyning Hrothgar.  In each step to preparing for victorious conflict there are formalities and respect for Nobility based upon character.  Thus "waru" my position as a watchman of the coastal arrival of those who are worthy and vigilance against those who are oppositional.  The words 'dugud' and 'waru' are not found in the Anglo Saxon section that describes meeting Beowulf at his ship, but the work is an Anglo Saxon poem so some art in translation and writing is allowed. It is a writing of an oral tradition after all.  How Jarl Konungr Hammondson became dugud waru

Jarl Konungr is a bit presumptive as a user name handle.  Nay the less (to quote Pogo) when I think about coming to my senses, I see signs of being Jarl.  Successful garden created on a clay hill.  Future scaping a stead. Composting expertise.  Violent goofballs of trendy anti-facites would not even think of approaching my neighborhood.  Parrlell society.  Ways of wisdom are in abundance.  Nature and literature.  The Goddard was secured.

Consciousness is formed by the unique and the shared.  Resonance with a Superconsciousness is a path of intention toward resolving unrecognized drives in the subconsciousness, ego identity, and something more.  Consiousness is also alingned with forces of a collective egregore that are relevant to Higher Consciousness.  This involves choosing to enact and actual Truth rather than a corporate/government media transmission.   

                                              

 The Mead-Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England Paperback – Illustrated, December 3, 2010 by Stephen Pollington

Here, I learned about the Duguð and their place of honor in the hall.  The  Duguð were the older warriors, experienced, battle-tested with a respected place for counseling purposes and retrospection. They were seated separately from the young warriors.  Pollington has an illustration of seating formality on page 67.    

The body of experienced retainers were seated separately from the younger warriors.   

 MORE MEANDERING TOWARD BOOK THEMES

My Gumroad books must be improved and I need to add another title. 

The following are notes I've made toward understanding an ancient homeland on my father's side of the family.  That area is Latvia but a richer understanding of the vast region of a Hyperborean culture means looking at the history of Russia.  The meta-political aspects of that world today also requires more understanding.  

The view that Russia is ancient and worthy of respect other than the Soviet era leads to some interesting possibilities.  Time and place should be taken into account here because the agenda of the leaders and leading thinkers will vary.  My timeline is ancestral in terms of the tribes and cultures that were in the region including Latvia.  Most recent on the Russian agenda is the recent Eruasian project of Alexander Dugin.  The man is brilliant and I respect his work on Martin Heidegger and his disident stance on presenting a Fourth Political Theory.  It takes guts to say something completely new can be tried.  

Michael Millerman is the man to study for qualified lessons about Dugin.  Such a resource is truly a gift.

It's okay for me to say I disagree with the fundamental ontology and purpose presented by Dugin.  I don't agree that the future is Eurasian.  There are Europid people living in America who are capable of overcoming liberalism.  The power structure of government, education, media and the military will not be converted soon so it is in the living hearts that an alternative culture will be formed.  

The power vacuum created by the disassociation of people's hearts from the established order will eventually cause the decay of the established order's infrastructure and assets.  A creative structure based on individual and cooperative re-imagining of economics (as including culture) will rise in it's place.  

 

ESOTERIC FICTION 

 Esoteric Fiction.
My Cosmic interests have intersected with psychic investigator noir and hard-bitten bitten detective at times.  Also, shifts in timelines and alternate narratives in the 'what if' category. Those fiction manuscripts are lost now to the ravages of time through computer crashes and hasty home clean ups.  The shaping reality behind those stories still exist as a reachable narrative converted to imaginative text.  None of our stories - at least most of our stories - are not trying to tell us something that is real.  It's a matter of choice about what you really want and what you enjoy.  

I like mystic stuff of an inspiring and insightful nature and I like spooky stuff.  Kind of a Napoleon Hill meets Dark Shadows.  Why not?  The brooding lord of the manor holds court over ghosts and legends of the night.  How the brooding dark figure came to his fortune for this real estate and how he maintains order with the spirits is a success story.  

I like tales of wise mentors meeting with men of potential to discuss realms of magic.  While writing kind of a Napoleon Hill meets Carlos Castaneda in the ancient city story, this art popped up on my screen from a previous download.  Out of some hidden and hopeful realm.  I didn't record the artists name with the painting but I might have used it on a Facebook post.   No matter.  I'm not a painter.  Sometimes illustrations for tales of wonder find me in their own time.  

Let's say the men in the ancient magic city have found the way to live with awareness of a Cosmic spirit.  Let's say all the bizarre twists and foibles of the last two years have been solved so that we are back to building a magic culture.  The narrative is a choice.  
 

I looked up Transylvania online and got this from some site.  It is for my information only.  
"Transylvania is a region in central Romania, in the shadow of the majestic Carpathian Mountains."

COSMIC SPIRIT TECH

Cosmic Spirit Tech
See if this seems familiar to you. Interaction on chats or groups leads to frens who you form more familiar relationships with.  You have harmonious goals.  There is strong sense of resonance and mutual purpose.  You anticipate the direction and mutual content of posts and chats.  There is mutual support that is even financial in support of each other's business and creative projects - - because you are building a parallel society together.  

Call me a crackpot, but I think there is and esp connection of some energetic or conscioussness form that exists.  This often shows up when we meet a fren like that in person.  The bonds of real life deepen.  In these current times, an internet association can make up for the lack of IRL connections where personal signals of body language, expression and even an auric vibe was more familiar before.   

Call me a crackpot again, but I think I can sense, even when not online, how well things are going or not going in a group of familiar internet voices.  This seems to be magnified if my association has had a previous connection with Zoom.  For example, I can feel thoughts like, "This guy thinks he knows it all so what does he need our service for?"  The content of thought is so rich on Twitter etc. that if I'm showing off instead of growing, somebody knows.  

If I have shown growth and created value, somebody knows.  Even working alone is not lonely anymore.  

For related efforts and interpretations see https://alankw.gumroad.com/l/QBAyF

AFTERLIFE STUDIES RESEARCH BOOK
I'm an Elder in terms of years if not in terms of wisdom.  Yet questioning my own grasp of wisdom is something that an Elder does to keep on track.  So I'm older than most of my people which has the reality that I know more people on the Other Side than here walking in the physical world of Midgard.  Thus, there is an emotional and, I maintain, a consciousness connection with many people who have gone before.

Sometimes those people contact and guide me.  I think that's true for everyone and especially those of us who work in practice with making those contacts.  This is of interest to me.  There is a theoretical basis for my interest and an emotional support basis for why I continue my contact with those who have gone before.   

For related efforts and interpretations

What I enjoy is Cosmic theory and practice with real life proof of results.  By 'Cosmic' I mean mystic connection to the meaning of life as the energy and consciousness of the Multiverse.  There are many worlds so it is the world where you belong and thrive as a unique being that is your Universe.  Many paths to God is one way of putting this.  It has never proven worthwhile to say, "The one true way for all mankind," because even those practicing the same one true way will have varying approaches, interpretations, and contributions.  So what I'm good at is study and giving inspiration on ways to practice and manifest a higher purpose.  

There are others who do this and I will recommend them highly.  Communicating valuable resources is one thing that I do.  

Cosmic Resources Consultant. Just an idea.

METAPOLITICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY RELATED TO THE ABOVE. 

In the Cosmic repertoire there is a rightful place for Meta-Politics.  The challenge against the atheist and secular regime of liberalism is a celebrated victory by forces of the Right and True.  A thought that there could be an equivalent to Dugin as the founder of Eurasianism in an American trajectory of a new Americanism.  This would not necssarily be a comparison to Dugin because there would have been such a curiculum of great thinking by the very nature of the Founders in history.  Today some such power of thought should come forward and be known.

"Ideological Entrepreneurship" in article about Dugin.  Also in article about Dugin "The prototypical founding father of völkisch
 
occultism, the Austrian author Guido von List"

Herman Wirth "Nordic-Arctic” or “Nordic-Atlantic” race, the “cultural circle of Thule."

Quote from article by Michael Millerman about Dugin and Heidegger.  

(from a personal DM to Michael Millerman.  Pertinent information)
You are favorably mentioned in a paper "Mysteries of Eurasia: The Esoteric Sources of Alexander Dugin and the Yuzhinsky Circle" by Jafe Arnold.  In fact I was familiar with  Guenon, Sedgwick, Evola,  Etc. but this paper only worked for me when Jafe quotes you on your Hedieggerian perspective.  My introduction to Heidegger occured in the 1990s at the very Volkisch movement mentioned in this paper.  Dugin too.  There is a great article PT4 by early Dugin on the runes although there is a typo that uses thurisaz for wunjo.   Anyway, I want to thank you for enriching my experience with Dugin and Heidegger.   

FOR GERMANIC CRAFT AND KRISLER BOOK TWO

The seasonal rite of Winter Nights, or Hallows went well this afternoon.  Solitary times means the usual fellowship of people were elsewhere in the land of Midgard. Lockdown mentality does not effect me because I'm kind of a loner anyway.  So this seasonal Rite honor our Gods, ancestors, and holy wights in a creative and perceptive way is something I'm familiar with.  Nature responded with a flurry of willow leaves that had been clinging to the trees until it was time.  The Rite felt full and good.  

Remembrance is strong during Hallows because we all know and love people who are on the other side of the veil.  There is a recognition of communication between the worlds that increases now until the 12 night of Yuletide.  We make a place in our homes and in our hearts for the continued presence of all we know and love.

My people crossed continent from south to north. Steam railroad and conastoga wagon.  Homesteaded in a valley cradled by high mountains.  Some crossed the Atlantic as their Norse forebears did to find fortune in an untamed land.  Some also crossed the Atlantic having survived the politcal ravages of Europe.  All were industrious and brave.  Valor in fighting and building.

When the time comes to fight and build again I will be ready.  They did it through some unseen and holy providence without the advantages of an Awakenting that we have today. The Spirit moved them in a subconscious way, yet very real and honorable.  Today we have the advantage of a tremendous gain in Superconscious alignment.  We will po       


Latvia fell to horrific beuracratic murder on June 17, 1940 and it lasted 50 years. My uncle's village said the young would need to turn themselves in to the occupying Germans on one side or the Russian invaders on the other side.  Those who surrendered to the Soviets were promptly shot.  Those, like my uncle who had surrendered to the Germans were conscripted as soldiers.  My uncle was to young to carry a rifle so he was put to labor digging graves.  

That is my uncle Kris whose story I tell here because it is timely. For many reasons.  The story is a warning.  The enivitability of another confiscation, empoverishment, and Gulag fast approches our society.  In many ways it is already here.  The time of beuacratic atrocity is here again at various levels.  Yet this season of war, if won properly, could also give way to the time of prosperity and gain that my uncle eventually knew and shared his kindred in the American mountains.

In writing this, the times demanded a shift from emphasizing the Krisler approach to positive principles in securing the peace toward the equally positive principles of winning the war.  My membership in a Spiritual Mannerbund has my focus on enevitable conflict with awareness of winning principles.  Prior to joining the excellent Mannerbund I listed some insights pondered in my rough draft of Krisler Book Two :

My own contributions begin with my mention of two guiding principles for these times.    
1.  The Spiritual must come first with a renewed commitment to improve that aspect of my life.
2.  A more close sharing with those who have proven their ability and importance.

Work with enthusiasm, share appreciation for great minds, and keep a place in the heart for good souls.  All are the best in their own ways.

Has there been or will there be a great American mind who challenges the trajectory presented by Alexander Dugin?  This is about finding an equal to not refuting him.   Dugin as a political philosopher is absolutely right about going beyond Liberalism.  Rather, I seek one or more who write and teach with the same power of the Founders with a current mastery of where we should go with North American location and our legacy of culture.

This request for ideas is coming from my increased understanding of my original homelands of Latvia, Denmark, Germany, and Scots-Irish family history.  Understanding of the complex dynamics of those cultures of faith and power increased my ability to appreciate the loyalty of heritage indicated by Dugin.  His grasp of the great minds and spirits which preceded him, like Heidegger, and a primordial quest for origins as a future trajectory is phenomenal.  I had few ancestors who lived in America during the Declaration and Constitutional convention, but there were some here by the time of the Second War of Independence.  Yet my heart is strongly with the Founders.  

By 'Founders' I especially mean James Madison who was the architect of the Constitution. erudite scholar, and an astute observer of human nature. We in the Americas could use that kind of awareness and energy today.  I think we have known it in the past but I'm enquiring about today.  Some candidates for the recnt past are Richard M. Weaver and Russell Kirk.  For today I would say Patrick J. Buchanan and Michael Millerman.  While Buchanan is a scholarly political pundit, Millerman is a genius political philosophy expert who has formed his own school to remain successful in these crazy woke times.  Are there others?  Just asking because I maintain my loyalty to my continent while exploring the cultural content of my Europe.  Curtis Yarvin comes to mind a but I'm always happily surprised when my query leads to others.  

Dugin is dedicated to the Eurosiberian prospect.  As he should be.  Loyalty to a homeland and people is admirable.  Besides, to overcome the ravages of modern Liberalism a culture in a country independent of Clown World mandates is a good start.  Another Eurosiberian advocate was the brilliant Guillaume Faye.  His Archeofuturism was more amenable to granting some consideration to Americans.  A return to the Archaic has advocates like Edred Thorsson, Jack Donovan, and Jeff Putnam. Each of these knows how to use technology to advance in the future.  Archaic + Future.  This is Archeofuturism.  My project of taking this respect for the metaphysics of the ancestors to an American prospect is found in Retrofuturist America.  This is not a theory.  It is something I've experienced and worked toward before ever reading Dugin or Faye.  There is a forging fire in what ancient and recent ancestors have given us and I'm not about to lose it.    

To increase my legacy I must work with what I've done and am continuiing.  A look at what I could have done better is relevant.  Alternative timeline : To appreicaite my fathers work ethic, artistry, and business sense in building a masonry business and trucking business.   It may be here that I can return to prosperity.  Krisler Book Two for blog

Getting back on track with Krisler as a message of Divine connection in the field of human accomplishment.  I have seen that world and experienced that reality.  That is the sort of 'self-help' book that Krisler was meant to be.  More of a living legend of achievement by a loving and capable people.  

Yet the reality of the dominant 'civilization' around our times demands cautions and calculations that are more about the Bolshevik/Cheka era in Latvial.  The great horror of a destructive revenge against the living swept into Latvia in 1940,  It had been there before and vanished while the horror magnified and calcified in other regions.  Then World War Two brought the murder and gulag scenario back to a vibrant and ancient land.  Controls and demands by social bureaucrats swept the people away and enslaved those remaing for the next 50 years.

That is what is happening in America, Canada, Australia, and other nations.  Some are rising up against the atrocity but the atrocity is clever and finds new ways of control while convincing the controlled that they are virtuous.  

So we now have a war to win again.  I never intended that Krisler Book Two would be written in a negative situation.  In fact, I still maintain that the Divine connection is the strongest point and success principles are important.  To be the victors we must live well with resources and power like we have built before.  Krisler Book Two is about winning with another chance to defeat the onslaught before it takes hold.  

We use our ancient Divine connection as we take ownership of our mission.    

KRISLER BOOK 2
A work in progress that was intended to celebrate successful craftsmanship and family business.  Modified for a time of war.  Hot war or brutal cultural war remains to be seen.  Work for the best.    

The intended vibe of Krisler Book Two.  We shall see.          
https://retrofuturistamerica.blogspot.com/p/krisler-book-two-first-chapter-draft.html

I sold my first edition of Think and Grow Rich for $2000 today.  Glad to be in the business but I'm sorry to see it go.  It was quite a journey yet it seems that I had to see the money to verify my direction. 

Meditation before sleeping often puts me in the presence of recent ancestors.  My uncle from Latvia was strong last night.  Dreamed of a voice that said, "Protect Dievturība."  Link is a good article about a native way of honoring life. 

So few purchase my books that I feel a connection to each generous reader.  The nature of my content concerns subjects that would imply a connection to a responsive and omnicient source.  It is my hope and affirmation that each reader who shares my interest lives a life of gain and prosperity in all respects.  This is not because I live "nobly for the sake of others."  That is too often only a show, although there are some exceptions.  In my case, there is too much fiesty Randian independence in me to 'sacrifice' by not doing what I love.  Rather, we are kindred spirits and when one thrives we all thrive. When we thrive as a tribe so does each independent person.  

I had something to say and I said it.  Thanks to blogging and Gumroad.  What I had to say was forbidden by the dictates of nihilism and the dictates of political correctness.  There is something inside and around each and every one of us that is a spark of fundamental Pure Consciousness.  A Zoroastrian would say Ahura Mazda.  An Odian would say The Mystery.  A New Thought practiotioner would say Divine Mind.  

Divine Mind will find expression and must not be censored by mere dogma.  I had something to say and I said it. We have something to live and we will live it thankfully.


MYSTIC WEALTH AND KRISLER BOOK TWO
I had planned to update here and bemoan that my goals of obtaining a Hammond Xk-1c  and cheap amp is beyond my reach at $2,100.  Seemed setbacks in finances kept stopping my goal.  Then I purchased a $1 book at a yard sale.  My eye caught that it was by the first publisher and the original 1937 publishing date.  It was the book that was in my daily focus at age 18 and led me to own a Hammond B-3 and two Leslies.  Familiarity with this book meant that I also knew the history of the first 1937 edition and the publisher.  The name "Ralston Society" caught my eye at the yard sale.  It was hard to part with this first edition so I listed it at the top of the appraised value.  Then it sold.  Mixed feelings but I'm a little closer to my Hammond goal.

It seems hip these days to bash Napoleon Hill.  'Scandalous' biographical details are trotted out as evidence that his work has no value.  He had his foibles.  So do his readers. So do his critics.  That's the point of working with principles for overcoming that which holds us back and ensconces us in slavery.  

I will grant that in the years since the 1937 first edition the metaphysics have been expanded and presented in more recent terms.  Yet there is always something in the basics that remain true for all time.  With my anecdotal tales of how "Think and Grow Rich" benefitted me, I'm in good company.  The influence on Bruce Lee is well documented as his determing guide for his success.  Testimonials are too many to mention.     

Krisler : Explanation of the name
My uncle Kris and his father who lived in Montana for two years before returning to Latvia are among aspects of the name.  Kris's father was named Kristap which was Americanized to Christopher in the brief time he was here before returning to his home farm to raise a family until the Bolshevik/Cheka tragedy of 1940.  My grandfather who I never met was named Krish in Latvian.  My middle name is Kris.  

The influence and legacy of these men endures.    

The Mystic Wealth trajectory as a state of mind in harmony with Divine Mind is now something I can pursue with full confidence.  I will borrow heavily from principles learned in a few good books with my own elucidation and expansion from real life.  

This is me.  Phone number is from olden times in the 1950s and not connected.    Could not resist linking this for a peek at a story.  https://cornermarketrf.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-rock-gym.html  

Find your tribe on Twitter.  Stick with those guys.  Work and have fun.

 Krisler as the work with the influence of Asgard requires me to express truth in regards to what man can do when his situation is not near as difficult as the young Kris if he puts his mind and effort toward what he is building and enjoying.  

Notes in July have considerable about the significance of communications with the Afterlife.   

Consider what Kris and Dad and the brothers would do now to build a prosperous business.  Building homes is not what leads the way now in terms of my options.  Building a selling source of income is my option.  It should serve those who have prosperity.  It should serve a need for the times.   

Dream last night of an area of dramtic court scene for which I have no technical knowldeedge.  Color of car by 4 meeting places.  Year of color.  Murdered person is still alive revealed in dramatic court scene.  Audible words of explantion that the woman he loved was met through a Tarot reading.  A fighter loses another fight by being injred by a sparring partner.  Enough of dream detaial.  

The truth is that I have been lazy even when pursuing goals with my own efforts.  Did not work hard enough or envision greater achievement when I had met recognition of my work by others that was enough rather than actual success. That is a failing.  Okay so I cared for my parents full time when they were ill and dying.  I use that for an excuse for not having succeeded financially.  I should have been rich enough to care for them.  It hurts that there is some motivation that says I have done enough when I have not.  

It hurts that I am not with the woman I love the most.  It hurts that I allowed her to make this situation and I can do nothing to correct it.  It is more comfortable for me to live this way rather than face making changes.    

Overcoming Bolshevism and Gulag tragedy.  Building a life in freedom with living principles and a united family.  My blog about this man and Montana freedom has better quality than  my ebook.  And the blog is free.  https://retrofuturistamerica.blogspot.com/.../krisler...
Here is the ebook because I said I would.    https://gumroad.com/products/XZLdB  

The best guide for my correction of character is told by my family and written for posterity in my own hand.  For me, there are no acceptable  'reasons' for my failure when they overcame the Great Depression, World War II, and Soviet invasion with Gulags.  They lived a dynamic process of recovery and thriving that I have put into words here.

Sacred Purpose as informed by the White Light visit to region of Light that formed a Jarldom Great Hall.  Word for Lodge would be appropriate here.  Technique of writing that uses impact of website attraction to wisdom teaching.  Consider that Cosmic Spirit Tech has connected the Mystic Wealth teachings of others in a coincidental way.  It seems that 'code' is a skill that connects with what has gone before in a way that creates the output available while introducing one's own design.  



Consider that Ivan Throne teaches the tradition of Ninpo combined with 500 years of family history in England.  The heritage passed through generations will thus be enriched by his contribution.  I could do the same with my family line and I have already had an impact with the Latvian part of the story.  The history of the region and the qualities necessary to win when moving to another area are my similarity.  Now it is time to present also the area of Denmark and the winning principles inherited through that branch of the family tree.  A return to the runic re-establishment in relation to actual conditions within the Montana U.S.A. will require me to concentrate upon that aspect and what I can contribute to the family presence in the New World.  This will also involve a separation from discordant agendas of a culture not in alinement with the winning principles.  Strident feminism, wicca, and demands for Leftist worldviews will be a thing of the past.  

Thus, a program installed by myself as a teaching will be given a format and method for stating the True Way.  I could call this The Will of Asgard and proceed from there.  This will be a message to those who are at the perimeter of my lineage and may be interested in the future.  With that intention I could create an educational program for my own profit through the ebook style of classes and courses.  Connection with the Rune-Gild will occur with my work well established.      

An actual website may be necessary for my Guidebook to Runestaves and the lessons that I will impart.  

It might seem strange for a non-astrologer to begin a message with an observation from his astrological chart.  What is true should be looked at no matter the source.  My chart has a section about how quickly I learn and how I have intellectual gifts.  It also says that I tend to learn the surface elements quickly and do not follow through with enough depth.  I can think of many instances where I have a talent for initial skill and then reach an impasse.  My character defect is that I begin to present myself as skilled and learned to teach others before fully being on the long quest of learning more myself.  Once I understand this I can use my skills to always learn more and challeng myself.  Some of my presenting myself as an expert comes from a genuine enthusiasm for particular fields.  Must also be cautious not to let high praise go to my head.  Keep learning and keep growing.  

On October 26, 2019 I began to explain why I called a blog "Corner Market With Rich Field"  It was for posts I thought might coincide with 'this corner of twitter."  Based upon my parent's (and mine) brick and mortar corner market and the historical energy that the rich farmlands and prosperous culture contributed as a 'rich field.'  An attemp to recapture the optimism and energy that built our community business.  
https://cornermarketrf.blogspot.com/2019/04/this-corner.html

Cosmic Corner or Cosmic Mercantile could be the title of my Telegram page.  I will research some more.      

Lodge
There are sovereign rights to assemble and live according to our own perspective on how we will conquer the inevitable health and risk challenges of any age.  Strength of mind and body according to our heritage of work, play, and purpose is our indivdual and rightful power.  How we gather with kindred spirits is our own business that does not belong to any agency of corporate government.   
https://alankw.gumroad.com/l/CYQlM

That is how I began my introduction to a learning lodge instructional series.  I should not say 'instructional' in the sense of reaching neophytes.  Rather, I will say 'compatriot sharing' in the sense of those who already know rising up through the enthusiasm and initiated wisdom of our Ways.  When meeting a challenge that serves our sacred purpost it s good idea to have role models who are the very best in our field.  Of course, these role models would want us to launch with our own independent teaching based upon the Divine heritage that was also passed to them.  

The best role model in the Germanic Studies department is Stephen Edred Flowers who some may know as Edred Thorsson.  Loyalty and deep appreciation goes to the man who saw something that should be known in our heritage.  When this was forbidden to him, he went against the odds and continued anyway.  There were tests of the inevitable losses in life and catastrophic natural disasters and betrayal by a business partner.  We wondered how he was surviving or IF he was surviving for some time.  Then he returned stronger than ever with advances in knowledge and spirit that were beyond what we expected.  We were ready for more of the same but were given extreme advances toward recovering the ancient and moving forward.  

The study, Initiation, and promotion of Edred's work would constitute a lifetime work.  Yet the dynamic process of Odin't eternal quest toward impactful knowledge will inevitably lead to new fields of combat and advanced settlements of prosperous order.  Readers here will know of others who followed in Edred's footsteps while being true to the ancient Gild tradition.  I'm not among those who advanced within the Gild yet I could become one.  

"Word leads onward to word.  Deed leads onward to deed."  You have probably found, or will find, complementary paradigms that are informed by the same quest for living purpose that is found in regions throughout the world.  Indeed, my own Latvian branch of the family tree is recently known to have been in regions of ship building warriors and some advanced work is coming out of the regions settled by Scandinavian Rus and empowered by something of their own magic.   

 Course in teaching runes
Runes for the war band
War Lodge Runes   
Right Ways is Rit Wayr


My original course to runes and about runes was distracted by a journey into a different approach.  No need to argue or fuss or split our resources about what is the right way.  I just need to recapture my orignial direction toward lore, magic, and culture.  

A course in runes is something I began before being distracted by a direction from another culture.  I am taking back my own culture and teaching the right ways to the runes of our ancestors.  Runes from four futharks for today. Runes from the warrior lodge.

Kourser inn runes er eittsvat ek began before munu distracteð með directionr fran annarr kulture.  Ek em taking aptr minn own kulture ok teaching ritinn ways til runeanórr okkarr ancestors.  Runes fran fjórir futharks fyrir í dag.  Runes fran warriorinn lodge.


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The 'Jarl and Konungr' handle was an experiment in acting 'as if.'  If I declared myself Jarl I would embody those historical aspects of might and main. It worked ( to a degree) and I accomplished much.  I could cotinue with this experiment or I could adopt a moniker that is more in keeping with my real abilities.  I have a gift for seeing people of intelligence and courage, who make efforts toward their nobility.

There is a character and function found in the Old English Beowulf that tells of an observant man on those Danish shores of Hrothgar's great hall Heorot. To put it in the Anglo-Seax language he was called, "wealle geseah."  He challenges Beowulf with a sense of formality that continues into the narrative with the affirmation of what combat and victory is to come.  Yet the 'watcher on the wall' already 'sees' Beowulf's great nobility and the competence of his retinue.   



The Jarl and progression to Konungr is a title of merit through triumph in a dangerous world of opportunity.  It is an earned title of merit.  My use of that handle was an affirmation of intention.  At some point, the Jarl must have shown noble achievement.  I do know those who have done so and I will be featuring them in my timeline.  It was fun calling myself Jarl but I must be authentic.  My place in the ancient strata of the Mead Hall is that of the Dugud - - the embattled and scarred older warriors with a respected place and more staid purposes and retrospection.  

Beowulf and his retinue depart from their ship on the Danish shores.  They are met by a vigilant coastal guard who challenges them but soon 'sees' the nobility and accomplished character of the Geat.  Beowulf is granted passage and direction to meet with Cyning Hrothgar.  In each step to preparing for victorious conflict there are formalities and respect for Nobility based upon character.  Thus "waru" my position as a watchman of the coastal arrival of those who are worthy and vigelance against those who are oppositional.  The words dugud and waru are not found in the Anglo Saxon section that describes meeting Beowulf at his ship but the work is an Anglo Saxon poem but some art in translation and writing is allowed. It is a writing of an oral tradition after all.     

waru ofðe  

Dugud waru is a combination of the retinue of battle-tested older men and the watchman or guard who 'sees' the nobility of one warrior and grants passage to meet another and the king.  

I had a question about "That is the capacity of Man, the coherence of the Divine, and the competence of Purpose" but a closer look at the graphics of the 10 Principles of Mastery graphics answered it for me. 

(a narrative on Beowulf is at the end of notes beginning in October)

(I'm publishing these notes as I gather them so if you check back later there will be more)