Lessons of a Young Heathen

73 Pages·2017·3.902 MB·English

by  Asbjorn Torvol

Lessons of a Young Heathen
LESSONS
of a
young

HEATHEN

•

ASBJÖRN TORVOL
BECOME A LIVING GOD
Lessons of a Young Heathen
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Author: Asbjörn Torvol
Editor: Timothy Donaghue
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Tablet of Lessons
Introduction & History __________________________ 5
The Truth About Magick ________________________ 8
The Law of Mentalism _________________________ 11
The Path of Útiseta ____________________________ 14
The Eye of Odin ______________________________ 19
Silence & the Word ____________________________ 25
The Web of Wyrd _____________________________ 27
Sigdrifa’s Prayer ______________________________ 30
Personal Power: Hámingjá & Mægan ______________ 33
Rite of the Hammer ___________________________ 36
Blóts _______________________________________ 39
The Three Cloaks _____________________________ 42
Grounding With Jörð __________________________ 45
Self-Dedication & Self-Sacrifice __________________ 47
Önd: The Odic Force __________________________ 51
Increasing Personal Önd ________________________ 54
The Nine Noble Virtues ________________________ 56
Freyja & the Unsure Vitki ______________________ 60
A Walk With Thor ____________________________ 62
The Yule Log & the Mistletoe ____________________ 64
The Importance of Mead _______________________ 67
Myrkirstafir, Flaerstafir & Bölstafir ________________ 71
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Introduction
& History
H ELLO and thank you for opening these pages into some
the early material I have written on my spiritual jour-
ney as a Vitki. I am Asbjörn Torvǫl and this book is somewhat
of a compilation of some of the earliest pieces I have written
in spirituality. Many of these concepts I have written about
concern the practice of Magick and the rest are more relative
to my work in Asatru/Heathenry and Norse Magick. As a
small introduction, I would like to give you a glimpse into my
history so you can better understand my work as a Norse
Vitki—Norse Sorcerer.
My history goes back quite a long way. I was born in Ab-
erdeen, Scotland into a Christian family. My mother and her
side of the family went to church often and so as a child I was
pulled along with them, my father however wasn’t religious at
all and due to that I was never baptized. I had a pretty average
childhood although I was subject to bullying being different
than most kids my age. At the age of around seven I began to
question religion. It wasn’t so much that I didn’t believe in
Christianity, but more due to the fact my curiosity for other
religions and paths lead me onto other things. As a result of
that curiosity I stopped going to church and started my jour-
ney into discovery.
From that point on I spent a lot of my spare time reading
books and learning about other religions. It started with
mainstream religions such as Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism
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but once I hit secondary school (high school) that took an
even deeper aspect of my life. I knew that I wanted to find the
path that was right for me and so I searched far and wide for
it. At school I took religion, philosophy, and spirituality as a
subject, and it was there my love for eastern traditions such as
Shinto and Taoism came to be a big part in my life. With hav-
ing access to the internet still very young I found my very first
spiritual mentor.
The man who helped guide me from that young age con-
sidered himself a Norseman and this is the point in my life
that Norse symbolism and influence began to be present alt-
hough I had not yet fully embraced it. I started to learn about
universal energies, and basic spiritual and magickal principles
such as Hermeticism and Thelema. This man opened many
doors for me into discovering the pagan world.
From then until my late teens I had delved into study and
practice with a quenchless thirst for truth and purpose. Her-
meticism, Thelema, Talismanic magick, Demonology, West-
ern ceremonial magick and Solomonic magick. Not to
mention my work with different pagan communities and pan-
theons. Once I reached my late teens around 17-18 I began to
grow a fascination for Necromancy. A good friend of mine
was a necromantic practitioner and one day he let me have a
read of one of the books he had. That book opened up my fas-
cination for the study of life and death. From that point on I
began to read and develop my studies in a more specialized
area. It was during this time that I met my wife and moved
over to America where my true calling began.
Like most of my paths I was somewhat of a puzzle piece
that could never fit in to any tradition or path. I would get so
far in and realize that it just didn’t fit and this was true of my
necromancy too. I had been searching for so long and I just
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couldn’t find that right place. Then it happened. I started hav-
ing dreams about Thor. Every night for two weeks these
dreams were waking me up several times a night, causing me
sleep deprivation. I followed my gut, and purchased a Thor’s
hammer and a small statue of Thor. With a small altar and an
offering my life changed.
I had reached out to Thor with all that I had and from there
he guided me to begin learning the Norse Tradition of magick
and led me to the Asatru path. From that point I have contin-
ued to study and work with the Gods having great results. This
is no doubt the path I am meant to walk on. With my close
work with Odin I had found my teacher who is still teaching
me to this day. A great man called Dean Kirkland who is
teaching me the path of the Vitki. Through him and many
other sources I continue to progress on my path and help
share what I have learned and what I will continue to learn
with other around me. My goal is to teach and to continue
learning. To lead by example in our community and offer my
services to those who need them.
I hope this small introduction and my history gives you
some insight into the work you will find in these next pages.
My work is far from perfect and I will say that bear in mind,
the work written from here on in, is my own personal take on
Magick and Norse Sorcery.

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The Truth
About Magick
The Science and Art of causing Change to occur in con-
formity with Will.
—ALEISTER CROWLEY
O NE of the most common and the most accurate descrip-
tion of magick was written by Aleister Crowley in con-
text of Thelema (a religion based on a philosophical law by the
name of Thelema). In this short description, we can dismiss
many of the misconceptions around what magick is. Magick
isn’t mystical, or exclusive. It is not a skill you can achieve or
an ability you can acquire. Magick is built into your very es-
sence. Simply put, magick is the mind. It is one of the under-
lying mechanics of life itself and even the most mundane of
things are indeed “magickal” by this definition. In Crowley’s
description, he suggests that magick is “action”, and while this
is true it is not the whole truth. Magick is in thought, emotion
and action, bleeding into everything that we do. Everyone is
performing magick and on a continuous basis. You do not
have to be aware of it, nor does it need to be purely inten-
tional. The difference between the magician and everyone
else, is that the magician is aware of, involved with, and in
control of his or her own magick. All magick is psychological
in nature. Extensive rituals, magical tools and exaggerated
drama does have its place however it is not essential. A great
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magician can use magick anytime and anywhere within his
own mind. Every magician no matter how advanced is using
their own mind, psychologically to manifest results and
change. The deeper you look into your own mind, its respon-
sibility, its impact on your life and how it affects your living
conditions, the more this becomes apparent.
I hold the belief that Magic is not ‘Magical’, that it does
not ‘just happen’, nor is it ‘miraculous’, I see it as a sci-
entific system based on a process that we have yet to fully
understand scientifically.
—S. BEN QAYIN
With the misconceptions cleared up and magick defined
we can then draw out another important point on magick. As
S. Ben Qayin has said “magic is not magical” and this is the
most important principle. However, “science” is the next most
important point to magick. It is not uncommon to find sci-
ence and spirituality at war with each other and this is because
popular traditions and fields of study tell us that it must be
one or the other. We are told it must be either science or spir-
ituality. The reality is much different as science and spiritual-
ity, as it concerns real magick goes hand in hand. When you
combine science and spirituality and have them complement
each other, you not only get to debunk false information and
fraudulent scams but also create a potential to elevate yourself
and better your own experience of life. In this sense the study
and practice of magick, is the study and practice of scientific
spirituality. To put this principle simply, Magick is science
through the eyes of spiritualism.
Every thought is a prayer and every word is a spell.
This is another commonly used quote to define magick
and it is a great starting point in understanding not just what
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