- this is interesting. I may have to use integrity (although that can sound like a business w***) or ethics (which can sound like an academic w***), or some other word … in fact, having looked into this, I will use the word mӕgan, pronounced MY-an, from Alaric Albertsson’s 2nd book, “Wyrdworking: the Path of a Saxon Sorcerer” (pp. 13 – 14) rather than honour (mӕgan is a quality that is diminished by acts that are, in the modern sense, dishonourable – and by breaking one’s word, which doesn’t seem to be considered dishonourable these days, and replenished by acts which are, in the modern sense, honourable – and by keeping one’s word. It is also apparently, more essential – according to Mr Albertsson - for magick than willpower [willa] or knowledge [hyge - conscious thought, pronounced HU-yeh] or wód [inspiration]): http://godsandradicals.org/2015/04/20/honor-i-dont-think-that-word-means-what-you-think-it-means/;
- Önd or Öd - according to Wikipedia [2] (and, to some extent, Wiktionary), a type of universal force, also termed "Odic force", possibly akin to what was intended by the Star Wars fictive mythology of "the Force". My friend Tony, RMFTB *, describes it as meaning literally "vital, or divine, breath";
- Orlay, from Orlӕg, or Ørlög - often described as "fate", or wyrd, but described by Mr Albertsson (there is a very good chapter, "Honour and Wyrd", on this in Mr Albertsson's first book, "Travels through Middle Earth: the path of a Saxon Pagan" - including a brilliant illustration of the difference between honour and morality using an Aunt Maggie's dress) as the summation of all the actions and words that have shaped a person, including things like adoption. Tony sums this up as "individual fate or wyrd", and this page describes it as the "path of choice", as opposed to wyrd being the "path of fate" (and something termed "hamingja", being the path of luck; see also here);
- Wyrd - according to MF Tony, "Fate of the individual. The action and reaction of events". See also Wikipedia's definition here, and also Urðr.
Against that backdrop, as stated above, "mӕgan is a quality that is diminished by acts that are, in the modern
sense, dishonourable – and by breaking one’s word, which doesn’t seem to be
considered dishonourable these days, and replenished by acts which are, in the modern
sense, honourable – and by keeping one’s word. It is also apparently, more
essential – according to Mr Albertsson - for magick than willpower [willa] or
knowledge [hyge - conscious thought, pronounced HU-yeh] or wód [inspiration])".
So, from now, rather than talking about honour (except where circumstances make that a much simpler way to have a conversation), I will try to refer to "mind your mӕgan".
* Rune Master From The Bush
[2] Please
see here, here and my post "The
Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons
I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia. I'm also exploring use of h2g2,
although that doesn't appear to be as extensive (h2g2 is intended - rather
engagingly - to be the Earth edition of
"The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy").
[3] I apologise for the formatting: it seems Blogger is
no longer as WYSIWYG as it used to be, and there are a lot of unwanted
changes to layout made upon publishing, so I often have to edit it immediately
after publishing to get the format as close to what I want as possible.
Love, light, hugs and blessings
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix
Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga
... )
My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this
site) is here, and my glossary/index is here.
I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue
(see here and here), and it grew ... See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "Pagans for Peace" project (and join me
for a few minutes at some time between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are,
to meditate-clear for peace), and here
for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend
learning how to flame, ground
and shield, do alternate
nostril breathing, work
with colour, and see also here and be flexible.
- Neither eloquence nor inarticulateness inherently indicates correctness, but, as words can kill, the right to freedom of speech comes with a DUTY to be as well-informed, objective and balanced as you can be.
- Gnwmythr's Stropping Strap: Occam's Razor only works if the simplest solution is actually recognised as being the simplest, rather than the one that best fits one's bigotries being labelled 'simplest'.
- I mourn the desecration of the term 'Light Worker' by commercial interests, and the warping of the word 'Light' away from 'Clear Light' by the "(Fluffy) White Lighters".
- Presuming that everyone has, or wants, a smartphone is discriminatory, unspiritual, and downright stupid.
- Obsessive love may be a cover up of guilt.
- Proxy embarrassment is both a form of control, and an internal barrier to truth, honesty and perspicacity.
- Our entire life experience, with all the many wondrous and varied people, places and events in it, is too small a sample for statistical reliability about Life.
- Notwithstanding the greatness of exploring the world and humanity, the greatest exploration is of mind, spirit and Soul.
- May the world of commerce and business be recognised to be a servant, not a master, of the lives of people.
- Life is not a struggle for status.
- Being accustomed to interacting via certain rules makes those rules neither right nor universal.
- Like fire to the physical, emotions to the soul make a good servant, and a bad master.
- The means shape the end.
- My favourite action movie of all time is "Gandhi", although I've recently come across "Invictus" and might put that one in to that category. However, I loathe the stereotypical action movie - and, for similar reasons, I loathe many dramas, which are often emotionally violent, more so in some cases than many war films.
- All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ... and blogging has been described as graffiti with punctuation :)
Human dignity is
the inherently cumulative holistic
combination of human rights, wellbeing and potential, and all actions or
interaction which promote, realise or facilitate same. The converse also
applies: whatever degrades, diminishes or robs humans of dignity, is inherently
undignified.
Gnwmythr
The “purpose” of spiritual evolution is not
the attainment of “spiritual perfection” - not in the sense of not having to
evolve further, at any rate, since there is no such thing. We need to evolve in
order to grow - but we can take rest breaks (hopefully well earned :) ) along the way. No, the “purpose” of evolution is,
rather, to perfect our ability to learn, and thus grow.
Gnwmythr
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Females, get over 'cute'. Get competent.
Get trained. Get capable. Get over 'cute'. And those of you who are called
Patty and Debby and Suzy, get over that. Because we use those names to infantalise
females – we keep females in their 'little girl' state by the names we use for
them. Get over it. If you want to be taken seriously, get serious.
Jane Elliott
The only thing necessary for the triumph of
evil is for good [people] to do nothing.
(based on
writing by) Edmund Burke
We didn't inherit the Earth from our
ancestors, we only borrowed it from our children
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
There are risks and costs to a program of
action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of
comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy
Tags: ethics, honour, integrity, magick, Mӕgan, personal characteristics, personal responsibility,
First published: Manadagr, 27th April, 2015
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's
and other minor matters): Monday, 27th April, 2015
