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Völva Stav Manual
By Kari C. Tauring
Völva Stav Manual
Copyright © 2010 by Kari Tauring
All rights reserved
Second revision, August, 2010.
Kari Tauring
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Cover photo by Signe Harriday, 2009
Rune images by Kari Tauring
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Völva Stav Manual Contents
Key Terms
Preface
Brief Author Auto-biography
Introduction
Völva Stav Manual
Tools and Tasks
Part One - Aligning with the World Tree
Part Two - Voice user
Part Three - Taking up a Stav
Part Four - Adding Tein
Putting it all together
Norse Metaphysics - Body Mind Spirit
The World of Spirit Beings
Journey and Healing
Living as a Völva
Appendices
Exercises
Songs and Chants
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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Key Terms
Völva – (Old
Norse) staff or wand carrier. One proficient in the
skills of Old Norse spiritual traditions of seidr consciousness,
healing, journey and work on the web of wyrd. Ceremonialist and
wise woman/man of Old Norse traditions.
Stav
– (Norwegian, pron. stahv) staff, any vertical line, rods in the
eyes, ski poles.
Staving
– (coined by Kari Tauring, 2003) the act of using the staff
for rhythm in song, ceremony and to attain a seidr state. Stavers are
those who do staving.
Tein
- (Norwegian, pron. taayn) a sucker from a tree, a wand or
switch, a cross stick for use in rhythm.
Seiðr
– (seidr or seith, Old Norse) a state of heightened
consciousness where unity of being is achieved and where the web
of wyrd ( the web of unity of all things) is perceived.
Ørlög
- (oorlog, Old Norse) the accumulation of an individuals
ancestral “karma”, DNA, inherited conditions, actions, beliefs and
traditions which creates potential for the individual. Individuals
create oorlog for themselves and their children through their
actions, beliefs, and even nutrition and health choices.
Web of Wyrd
– the inter-connected energy of life through time
and space. Something like “chi lines” and “ley lines” combined.
Also, individual strands of oorlog in a perceivable pattern of
connectivity. Moving our bodies in unison with the energy of the
web of wyrd generates power and purpose.
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