ANSUZ
Ancestral God
A secret carved into a tree. The purest of love.
Truth earned.
A wizard appearing in the woods.
A sacred breath in a cave
that sets the walls aglow
Markings appear. A path turns out to have been walked in the dark on uncanny instinct.
Reward for an effort subconsciously made.
Nobility of the will. Death of fear. Ancient innocence.
The first secrets a child learns and keeps in his breast, that will eventually destroy or ennoble him.
dark fears turned to forbidden hopes.
Danger to the soul experienced as the sap pushed upward in a tree.
The knowledge that life, and all being, is change; and the realization following inevitably from that about ones own power.
Respect for speech.
Telling silence(s).
A point of no return. A decison. Madness or certainty beyond good and evil.
Drawing blood to sacntify life. Writing with blood.
The deep silences between the beats of the heart as one knocks on the doors of initiation.
Crossing the threshold of death by the power of friendship. The promise made by the acts of the hero.
Odin, and all noble gods. Love of the Earth. Loyalty. Truth. Undying joy of being.
Brotherhoods in which each is proud to be able to regard the others as superior. Ascension.
Rise of the sun behind a sharp rocky edge. Morning promises to the mountaineer. Bonds made in the wild. Culture before it collapses into civilization. Pinnacle of spirit.