SEIDR 5:8 - The Flow of Power and Questions of Gender in Seiðr

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NOTES for this video 5:8:
About Megin, Oðr and Ergi, the terms for power and the flow of power.

Megin – "The immanent power that gives every being – (from the greatest cosmic forces to you and me) - their specific potency and enables them to realize their purpose." In Folke Ström – Nordisk hedendom: tro och sed I förkristen tid.

Óðr – about the streaming of energy, and the ecstatic flow of power. Henning Kure calls it “følelsernes og bevidsthedens sus” - the rushing, stirring of emotions and consciousness. Like ecstasy connected with consciousness. While Ström calls it “extatisk raseri” – ecstatic rage .

Ergi – my understanding: Ergi means the ecstatic flow and skilful shamanic use/ magic manifestation of life power. It is rather different from most other views that judge it as unmanliness, meanness, perversion.

My article "Exploring seiðr – a practical study of the seiðr ritual" [ Ссылка ] may answer some of your questions about ergi in seiðr. It also has a pretty good literature list for your further study.

And if you read Scandinavian, see also the article [ Ссылка ]

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