Logos was the peer-reviewed essay, the analysis, the laboratory, the bookkeeping. Since that time, and as a heritage from ancient Greece and the influence of the enlightenment period, our Western society presents logos as the main, and only, viable description of reality and truth; a reality and truth that can be calculated and quantified.

We have Ur-logs in our own lives - the big ripples, such as love won and lost, illness, relations, betrayal and all the tangles of our human existence. In the ceremony we are invited to add new Ur-logs (laws) through a pledge or to change our ways or to do things differently.

The three sisters of time are called Urd, Verdandi and Skuld. Past, present and future. The word Skuld, depicting the future, means "hidden" - also this is the same root word as "debt" in many Scandinavian languages.

Fundamentalism arises when mythos tries to infiltrate into the world of logos; suddenly the poetic and mythological language is taken as literal truth and people demand evidence for the eagle that carries the golden key; does it fly through Manchester or Philadelphia?

The primal laws are called Ur-Log in Old Norse texts (Ur = origin, log = law). These laws relate to the constant unfolding of the cosmos. The consequences of these ancient laws are called the Wyrd.

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The word rune also means: "mystery, secret or whisper."

The etymology of the word "rune" means: "to carve" or "to cut". In Low German, the word is "raunen". As the runes were cut and carved into wood, metal or stone, the word "rune" was analogous to the rune letters themselves. In Old English, "writing" comes from "wrītan"; which orig

The heart of ceremony is transformation and when done correctly it can offer us a set of new eyes with which to view our relationships, obstacles or community.