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the thurs Djazi rs ca_lr
; rer-erred to by its know denve from the Latin word gnosco, "to know",
:: -lr rrgl as in kun- rvhich in its turn derives from the Greek wotd gnosis,
understand; something you have to inure through disci_ the world(s) conti
pline. It's a phenomenon of virtues that you need to be_ the gods and men-
come accustomed to. Without this process of accustom_ axis mundi.
ing onesel{, you will most likely become blinded by the
will of instantaneous self-satisfaction, which will lead you Sorcery is built r4
away from the foundation of the tradition instead of understanding and
towards it. The more we act by tradition, the more we very much enlinke
become" integrated with it, and that is what makes us the Thursian Por
stronger in our Faith and Will - Honor and Allegiance. there is no real me*
,z
rJ above all in *
:::sed Will and
-ru l rU: aS ln To understand the essence of pre-Christian Norse sor-
);,-,; r,i/irr, "the cery and what corresponds to its elements you need an
:<str,ty also of Ln-depth understanding of the Old Norse mlthology and
:nen. l/l/i and religion. Now, both have very limited references and
c.: rr-ander on thereby they are very hard to decipher correctly, the
,':er-ond, they my,thology has been misinterpreted for centuries and the
:-:e abyss, and Old Norse gigantology has been ignored, defamed and
ire ticing the mocked equally long; from being a crucial part of the
Old Norse religion the mlthology became a collection of
cheerful anecdotes by the arrogant and secularized mod-
:r-und to our ern people. This has resulted in the gigantology becom-
s: adopt over ing looked upon as dumb, slow, and funny; but what has
:o something been totally forgotten is that the giants once represented
::::ellectually the extramundane and primordial power that threatened
::cugh disci the world(s) continuously, and subsequently would kill
; :eed to be- the gods and men, and burn down the universe and its
r-: ;CCUStOm- axis mundi.
L::Jed by the
:,,i1 lead you Sorcery is built upon the foundation of a sympathetic
l understanding and faith; pre-Christian Norse magic is
rnstead of
ita more we very much enlinked with its religion and without faith in
:.: makes us
the Thursian Powers of the underworld and beyond
t-eqiance. there is no real magic.
t,
The foundation of worship of
the Thurses within the
Thursatru Tradition is divided
The spring and sun::
into two annual ritual the Destructir-e Ir:^::
customs:
of the flaming acos:r:
1 Heat and Brightness Destructive Impu-se
2 Coldand Darkness the Norse Traditrr:,
M f spell s me gir. P :r:-- :-
This is a derivation from the
OId Norse beliefin the two sefi- (Vijluspd +-
).
Thursian homes in Chaos which
transcend the cosmos Destructive Impurse ;
with its powerful and Wrathful Anti_Cosmic
Current. very blazing and r"ia
The followers of the Thursatru Tradition
intend to ogy as the l{uspeLss,,
evoke this current and conduct
it in manifold ways. The megir, powers of \1:.
power from Mrispellsheimr manifests
itself as flaming tum of devouring ,..-:
jaws of Chaos, allegorized
as blazing thurses who are if with the immer:.:= .
riding upon worves of Mrisper;
Thursian worves with le-
flaming jaws and ember_claws,
(VAluspri 5l -*-.=
tt
The autumn and winter are dedicated to the worship of of great grandmothers
the fume-Thursian Impulse of Niflheimr: Chief-ruler of Aurgelmir (Vmt), the -L:
the acosmic world of ice, mists, and darkness is Hel. The the proto-hrimPurs,I: s :
Rime-Thursian Impulse of Niflheimr is called within the the Current of Ice an; I
Old Norse Tradition; NiJ7, Hrim, in cer-
and Hrimpurs, the Thursatru Trair:.--:
tain aspects even Eitr as a result of the Rime_Well workings upon. The :--
Hvergelmir. Primaryrunes are f,l, and N. llhe chief-ruler Influence of the Nitl -=:
of this world, its semi-rulers and powers, is as black in the Dynamic Force i: ---
essence as the actual anti-cosmic impulse of this world _ resents, as above, the -
Niflheimr - whlch strikes the creation with its iron-jaws Impulse, which ir :ti=:
of rime; relentlessly and unstoppably. The chief-ruler is Chaos.
the darkest and most evil deity of Niflheimr; She is
named after this hidden world of ice and darkness Her ikraftiPetrr'i r::
-
name is Hel. She is also called the Black One, in Old
Always remember t|-= ""
Norse .<ln Svarta>r; the ancient feminine principle of the
sorcerer walks perlt:-'
Rime-Essence and the Or-Darkness. She is the chief- and alteration: it i: :l -=
ruler of the underworldly realm called Nifl - the old ones
rejects stagnation cj-.i 1:
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led to the worship of of great grandmothers, they are the very children of
[eimr: Chief-ruler of Aurgelmir (Ymir), the Atrocious One; the first thurs and
darkness is Hel. The
the proto-hrimpurs.It is this Impulse of Hrim and Nifl -
r is called within the
the Current of Ice and Darkness - that the follower of
nd Hrimpurs. in cer-
the Thursatru Tradition evokes and bases his Nifl-
r o[ the Rime-Well workings upon. The I rune represents the Crystallizing
rd \. The chief-ruler Influence of the Nifl-Impulse, and the N rune represents
rn-ers, is as black in the Dynamic Force of the Nifl-Impulse. The | rune rep-
ruise of this world
- resents, as above, thetlltimate Thursian Power of the
ln rrith its iron-jaws Impulse, which in itself holds the Acosmic Essence of
t. The chief-ruler is Chaos.
i \itlheimr; She is
end darkness i kraJti peirra er stallr reistr ok seidr sunginn.
- Her
Black One, in Old
Always remember the wise words of the tradition; a true
une principle of the
sorcerer walks perpetually on the path of development
" She is the chief-
and alteration: it is the path of strength. This wisdom
Nrrl - the old ones
rejects stagnation and tells us that the future will bring
chret-ruler of Nifl.,,
deeper enlightenment and constant improvements to
, Hnlmpursar, are
our workings.
rorld, and they are
uprehension. They
rch an old concep-
nodem English, ilr
I uncontaminated
hev are: primordi-
ttrers and mothers
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The gnostic perspective comprehends the cosmos as ness and ego. This is er
being evil, and its demiurge or creator being a tyrant. It is tive to wake up your slun
determined that the anti-cosmic powers will end the so- state distinguish your a
called cosmic eternal recurrence, and thereby re_invoke self. Thus it is very imPo:
1 Gyfagtnning 34: ,'When they all into an immaterialized eclectic studies and L,a;
(Fenrir, Jormungandr, and Hel) Chaos. The Norse symbol anti-cosmic Powers to re
came to him (Allfather-Odinn),
straightway he cast the serpent
of the serpent Jrtr- fected by the cosmic reFl
into the deep sea, where he lies mungandr biting its own
about all the land; and this serpent tail is a synnbol for the Thursian invocation ar:r
grew so gigantic that he lies in the
eternal recurrence par and the primordial a:::
midst of the ocean surrounding all
need to be as one r*riir :
the land, and bites his own tail.,, excellence,l that is -hy
This is the only place in all surriv- calling from an Unknou
Jcirmungandr according to
ing Old Norse literature where it spond to your \A'iil a-r;
says that Jcirmungandr encom-
the Thursatru Tradition
feeling and power. As a
passes all land and bites his own has let go of its2 tail; sym-
tail, and as Snorri repeatedly calls tion you have understl
bolizing the breaking of
Odinn "A11 father" this myth is human shell and the >e
the cosmic eternal recur-
most likely borrowed from the and within the cosmi; r"
Hebrew Bible, lob 41, where the rence.
by the demiurgrc Polr-el
sea-monster Leviathan is thor_
oughly explained. The gnostic perception is able way wrong, anJ rr :
2
We refer to Jcirmungandr as "it,, rooted in knowledge, as in spirit from this and u-r:t
as we believe it is of a hermaphro- the Greek word gnosis, a nity: Chaos. To do Cus
ditic nature. powers, the Thurses" tc
divine knowledge which
brings understanding. This gnosis is seen to be the pure black light in form r:
light emanating from the acosmic divine; knowledge standing - enlightenmt
which is only accessible to someone who is in touch with mic gnosis. By means
his/her spirit, and has reached out of his/her conscious_ receive this - if y'our \fi
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nls the cosmos as ness and ego. This is explained from a gnostic persPec-
r retnq a tyrant. It is tive to wake up your slumbering spirit and in a conscious
;ers rrill end the so- state distinguish your psychic apparatus you call your
: t:ereby re-invoke self. Thus it is very important to gain knowledge through
a:i rmmaterialized eclectic studies and become enlightened by the divine
Ihe Norse symbol anti-cosmic powers to receive true understanding - unaf-
e serpent J,ir_ fected by the cosmic repression.
ir biting its own
a s,,mbol for the Thursian invocation aims for a connection between you
recurTence par and the primordial anti-cosmic powers. You feel the
. that is -hy need to be as one with the Acosmic Chaos; you feel the
calling from an Unknown Origin and Power, and to re-
:l:ir according to
'*:-.1:ru Tradition spond to your Will and Calling you evoke that strong
feeling and power. As a follower of the Thursatru Tradi-
tc oi itsr tail; syrn-
'ie breaking of tion you have understood your spirit's situation in a
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The entirety of what is said above is an extremely com_ world where no outstder
plex task and it takes an awful amount of Will and effort, well called sympatheu; L
as you are fighting powers which created the universe; up from the Demiurie s
but you do not fight offwater in an ocean to get across, the worlds) they rri11 be I
you use a vessel to ride through it, hence the workings emanations of Acosmr: '
with Thursian sorcery and evoking of Thursian powers. its turn will give them **
slumbering omnipotenct
Within the Thursatru Tradition, fire represents active
sory has an important ru'i
knowledge; gnosis set in motion and sent to the recep_
sorcerous workings arJ
tive followers as Black Light: Chaos Gnosis. The
guide your drunken s:r-
knowledge comes as flaming emanations from the world
of a werewolf. Fenn: s -,
:=: rr a part of itself \VilI, become one of Fenrir's kin and tear off the human
. -,r-f condition and slay your own ego. This is the only way to
s a part of Surtr
'. l-.rursian giant was be free from the demiurgic prison. This is a complex
6t
TF
(
}} @sabot, f
bloodline or Eecue
other thing that n;
sagas call all races :
Lrr -i-+
\n*"tf A{wn
ren-frcations of the Out of the tranquility of the great grandfather Abyss a
t gants in the Old dragon was, limitless in power and lawless in wisdom.
rptiispurs.l Cleasby Originating from out of the Yawning Void as a colossal
in -\n lcelandic- antecedent shadow of ice, he first met the blinding rays
der the definition of the Black One's world; a light so violently piercing it
rnf-tr'the Titans of il
stimulated his adverse spirit to transform into an alien
i
5:.rrrfs)." The dis- molphosis within the nothingness of the yawning Void,
nd problematic in becatxe the foreseeing ones in his essence had made him
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what to become within the infinite abyss had turned him
which by the course of a
into an adversary, from being all. This antagonistic evo_
even younger race called
lution had forced him to take form, but as his omnipo-
tent spirit ascends from formlessness, his giant form was Just like people in all b.
naturally deformed. He now was the stx-headed purs, powers we worship rr-ld
Frudgelmil dragon-born and all-wise. other people can un,iers
why so many divine a-spe
To manifest the essence of the creation in short, the way
gion to another. \\'e h,a
Thursatru sees the mythological origin of the powers
extramundane porr-ers in
after having been studying the Old Norse mythology and
comprehend the sublime
gigantology over a decade, is that before the riss-race and
would be pointless rr-ith n
the cosmic worlds were created, Ginnungagap-Chaos
was and held the acosmic Durs-power. Mrispellsheimr, So, for the purs-poruer. ti
the Flaming World, was on one side of the gaping void e4plain it in the rvar the
and on the other the World of Ice and Darkness known symbolism and quahues
asNiflheimr. Within the Flaming World a power ema- as well as how far our l"a
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!'rss had turned him which by the course of a turbulent evolution formed an
-ri intagonistic evo- even younger race called riss.
bur as his omnipo-
, rrs giant form was Just like people in all times, we have to embellish the
:e sir-headed purs, powers we worship with syrnbolism and qualities that
other people can understand; universal qualities, that is
why so many divine aspects are analogous from one reli-
:: :n short, the way gion to another. We have to put human qualities on
r;: oi the powers extramundane powers in mythology for us to be able to
:rse mlthology and comprehend the sublimeness of the divine. Otherwise, it
rre rhe riss-race and would be pointless with mlthology and the alike.
:il:ungagap-Chaos
:: \luspellsheimr, So, for the purs-power, the Cult of the Thurses needs to
t f the gaping void explain it in the way the powers come to us, using the
: !arkless known symbolism and qualities as we receive and define them,
c:ld a power ema- as well as how far our language can take us. With that
: to be known as said, it does not mean that we are inventing a new my-
:t and Darkness a thology, but rather continue to bring the Thursian gigan-
tology into the light; continue what our forefathers once
\:i These powers
started. Who knows in what direction they were aiming
,e=-ranic people as
at and how exactly they picture d the purs-power? In fact,
.:: \illheimr, and
it does not matter to us, because we stand by the motto:
Ls:ermr. From out
form is not as important as the essence. And we believe
:iless powers with-
in the same essence from which the purs-power origi-
, .i much younger
,"t"rl -e believe in the same Thursian Power, and that
e k:rorrn as j6tunn,
should rather be emphatic.
People tend to impulsively react with annoyance on the transformed from an a
fact that you actually believe in things which are not lit- all-wise, and antagoni:
erally stated in the Norse sagas, as if the remnants of the riss-power had created
old poesy were the ultimate reality of what the northern against Ginnungagap
Germanic people lived by. This perspective is madness; Thursatru's world per
it suggests that we should live by a book rather than re- found in the chaptei r;a
the Norse mythology and literature, because we do, ex- oldest giants deforme<
ceedingly. The point is to not stagnate in the past and in alien to form and lar
the fragments that are left of the Norse mythology. We the transformation
are an evolving power that keeps the Thursian gigantol- extracosmic boundler
ogy alive, instead of treating it as if dead. Our devotion, into cosmic form rr-as
belief and cult are founded in the burs-power our ances- lenging.l Another ke
tors once sang of. intelpretation of the r
o the actual existing qualities to try to explain the acosmic and transmun-
dane, we call the burs-power a primordial race of giants
antedating the cosmos - giants because their power and
: u'e do not respect wisdom are infinitely large. It is also common to give the
because we do, ex- oldest giants deformed forms, as their infinite spirit was
te rn the past and in alien to form and law and
rrse rnlthology. We the transformation from
t Thursian gigantol- "X[;:-.:t,'{:i":H.:ffi:(,":3;
extracosmic boundlessness likely a descendant of Niflheimr as
lead. Our devotion, into cosmic form was chal- lrgJ;lil^;r:;:tr:,';;}j;il:
r.s-Po1fer our ances- lenging.l Another frequent hundred heads (hafda hundrud niu),
rer iridrvelt in it and tence, might, strength, etc.; a shape and trait understood
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and given to mighty Thurses by the northern Germanic literature to be r:si,ni
people of Old Scandinavia.l
31 and Gylfaginr:,:;
,<Nidhiiggr, inn i'.,.'.,
$rt 'Svqrfqri The ruler of trIusre.
Old Norse mythology associated thurses with the color Black One" and i;
black - Black as the Absence of False Light - as they "the Black Heaciec {
were often enlinked with the darkness of Niflheimr, the spondingly, Alsr-ai:
r ilril iurns biack. in aclclitio* to tiie al-,urve, Snorrl ;::il:j, ':,; ,,.,1;
..rr- wcrlds c;r1ls I giatltess <<iri stittt; Sttit'br>r, .,tn,,r".,--, SrittLtir'{r' inil;
'Svi,,,nr the black ,,iie,', :.c
. .irrsoiving. in ,skcildsi;a- i;i;},..,, 't"'.t'
-,,::, to the pu.rnr.i! L]-. {,-ridL;r sjfj is a:-r epit}ret for
::r lt-iir<ii of a steeci of'tlre gi;ultess, the woif; ,sJrl rneans ,,a sorjt_
r otlL eti, cr:iil,,:ed horse" (f,lleasby-Visfussol I E 24; l,gilssr:n
. , ,u
i93l ;
etry (ibid.) and links this word with the giants and the N6tt was black (syt
underworld. Analogous to the color black are the Old her kin, which rnust
Icelandic words hrim and hrimugr, meaning soot and first husband n'as c
sooty black (iUia.). This could literally suggest an Old with the dead. N6u
Norse conception that hrimpursar were perceived as Audr, a name lt'hich
black or of darkness. Another example is when the rbsir word audr, meaninl
bound and imprisoned Fenrir on an island called Lyrgui sons to death and t
far out in an ocean called Amsvartnir, dmr meaning dark Loki's sons, Nari an
and suartr black (ibid.). A lesser substantial instance, but a thurs it makes )ir
where D6rr visits the very wise (hunduiss) giant Hymir, husband, father to I
underworldly apoc:
whose halls lay east of Eliv6gar in the underworld' This
together with that stanza 10 where Hymir has icicles in
Loki and the hordr
Ragna Rok Naglf
his beard suggests a Nifl-descent. Hymir lets F6rr take
one of his black oxen (alsuartr uxi), and a story similar to s1).
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rolves in Norse po- in Gylfaginning lO explains their giant descent and that
r the grants and the N6tt was black (svartr) and dark (dokkr), so was all of
: black are the Old her kin, which must have included her father Norr' Her
meaning soot and first husband was called Naglfari, which connects him
rl\- suggest an Old with the dead. N6tt and Naglfari's sons were all named
$'ere perceived as Audr, which could derive from the Old Icelandic
a name
ile is rvhen the risir word audr, meaning fate or destiny, and would link the
island called Lyrgui sons to death and the dead. Norr-Norfi-Narfi is one of
', ;inrr meaning dark Loki's sons, Nari and Narfi, in Gyfaginning33'As Loki is
ta-ntial instance, but a thurs it makes Norr, his daughter N6tt and her sons
he saga Hymiskuida Audr of thurs-descent. Correspondingly, N6tt's first
uCur.-s) giant Hymir, husband, father to her sons, shares the same name as the
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black, the underworld, the world of the dead and Hel in lands of the thurse
one sentence. name of the rush:
Bl6inn from Vdluspd 9, "the black one", connects black- 28 and Gyl.f,ig:,:,:,'
ness with the Thursian race. offering to get :.
knowledge (\fun::
The Old Icelandic ,rmyrkrrr, "darkness", is, not so sur-
even takes couis"-
prisingly, bound to the giants and the underworld as
self and his hos: :.:
well. E.g. <<myrkrida>>, "troll women who ride in the air at
from the u,ori,l "'i
night" in Hdrbardslj6d Z0 (Egilsson 1931) and "witches
present and the :;:
were supposed to ride on wolves by night" (Cleasby-
Vigfusson B7a); <<myrkuidr>r, "forest of darkness", in lnVaJpridnisn;. -
the forest as if they lived there. The darkness over the dmdttki jdttutt', -- ''
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:, ar:d Fdel in irnds of the thurses rn Skirnismdl 10 and $trkfara rs lhe
i,.i - 15 e{-.}i.}.-
I --i i!-*]aedia
_ , ,_ reaS5y- ri r
if vou are familiar with the Norse Xiterature you knon,
, r:,1.J; t].losL ihat the resir arc nct born with the knowiedge,:f every-
- ,--.lr'i ldorse thing or the mantic ability to foresee the future; but their
,..:1,i;irred tc fhursian antecedents are. For exafilpleJ it is told in
l13 is.naii Iftit,r.trniil, Odinn iras to sacrifice himsetrf severeiy 16r gain
. i .-iSt tl\reE mikla kved ek rnir a _{ornu"'*t st6{utn vid fuann inn alsuinna
: ,:q b,acir to jbtun>> trn Skirnisvndl l0 the thurs G,vmir is called ..lr:r
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maids come, very mighty, from out ofJcitunheim r',, ,runs Garn"r::-
prjdr kvdmu pursa meyjar dmdttkar mj6k 6r lllC =--:
littunhei_ \l ---
ir :-,
mum.>> In Grimnismdl ll bjazi is called very mighty:
3,:
"Dryrmheimr is it called, where Djazi the very mighty giant
dwells", <<brymheimr heitir inn s6tti, er bjazi bj6, sd inn
dmdttki jdtunn>> and in Helgakuida Hj\rvardssonar (med
Within the Thu;s.
z6
Garmr barks greatly in front of Gnipahellir
The fetters will burst, Fenrir will be free
Wisdom I know, further afar I see
Over the mightY Ragna Rok'
(Vdluspd a4)
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But we see it within the Thursatru Tradition, this poi-
as
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