Last night, Odin's inspiration touched me to the quick - he showed me the three aettr of the Elder Futhark, but with the middle aett reversed, so starting on Sowilo and ending in Hagalaz.
I then reasoned it out thus:
In older inscriptions [of writing generally, it seemed natural to write each line in alternating directions.
First line left to right, second line right to left, next line left to right, and so on. The Greeks called this 'boustrophedon', and seems to be quite common before the fixed convention of writing every line in the same direction became adopted.
We might therefore assume that the Futhark could have been written in alternating lines like this; and if we were to 'translate' that to our present form of writing - every line left to right - then the middle 'aett' of the Futhark should be reversed.
When this is done the flow of the whole Futhark makes more sense, with each aett beginning with a positive or affirming rune. This is what Odin showed me, and it is worth exploring the whole Futhark in this way.
With Sowilo, the Sun replacing Hagalaz as the 9th rune, the most sigificant Solar aspect of heathenry is affirmed.
And with Eihwaz becoming the central rune, betokening Yggdrasil and Odin's finding of the Runes.
Immediately we see that this ordering of the rune staves reveals many hidden mysteries.
We might call this middle aett Sol's aett; the aett now closesin catastrophe and Death.
Entry to Valhalla.
And then Tyr's aett follows!
Called to Ragnarok.
I have showed this never seen before revelation to some who have been severely angered by it. This in itself suggests its power.
Some might say that to line up the ætts in three rows is a 'modern' thing, the inscriptions with the whole Elder Futhark is in one row. This is the most common way how the whole Elder Futhark were carved. One single row, not three. They then show these examples:
But do they not see the dotts in these examples? The division in three groups are old and at least from early viking age used in rune-ciphers. The 3 groups (ättter in swedish) are as ancient as the runes themselves!
Yes, division into family aettir is fundamental to ancient heathenism, and for me, the Futhark is that spirituality in a nutshell.
Whereas the Christian lugs a Bible, we have the 12 staves of the Futhark written on one hand so to speak, which - when worked with - are more expansive than a thousand Bibles.
And let's not forget, tradition was 'modern' when it was present. And our present is tradition.
The Three Weavers are not linear.
We must work creatively with the Futhark to meet the Three Spinners.
The present is merely the points where we touch the wheel which cycles eternally and recurrently.
The Sun Wheel of the Sol Eight.
But there is much more to learn from this. Look here:
My argument, for this Futhark, in a nutshell is this; Sowilo Nine - Eihwaz centre - but look above!
Another important signifier of the spirituality of this order is the central runic axis it provides - Ansuz - Eihwaz - Mannaz: God - World - Man. This is remarkable!
[Copyright Bill Boethius Osborn 2021]
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