"The burning one is Eros in his form as a flame. It shines and it devours. The
growing one is the Tree of Life; it grows, and it accumulates living matter while
it grows. Eros flames up and then dies away; the Tree of Life, however, grows
slowly and reaches stately stature throughout countless ages."
.....................from The Gnostic Jung, (The Fourth Sermon)
The eponymic hero, to whom the Saxons sacrificed after their
victory over the Thuringians was the ancient patriarchal god known as
Hirmin, Irmin or Irminus. The Teutonic Irmin god held the chief seat of
worship among the Saxon tribes. Giant wooden pillars carved in beautiful
design were raised in his honor. These pillars over time became further
stylized into symbolic form that our ancient ancestors dubbed as the
holy Irminsul pillar. Irminsul is the name given to the column of the
universe, upholding all things (cosmic axis); it is highly likely that
Irmin was another name for the sky god Tyr among the Saxons. The rune
associated with Tyr, the "Tiwaz" (^) which is an upward pointing arrow
signifying the North Star or the Guiding Star, the top of the World
Axis, Irminsul, the straight line that keeps the cosmic forces in
polarized order.
The Roman historian Tacitus states that
the name of Mars was Hermin. Further, he writes, "In some parts of
Germany Wotan was considered to be identical with the Saxon god Irmin.
Irmin was said to possess a ponderous brazen chariot in which he rode
across the sky along the path which we know as the Milky Way, but which
the Germans of olden days designated as "Irmins Way". This chariot whose
rumbling sound occasionally became perceptible to mortal ears as
thunder, never left the sky, where it can still be seen in the
constellation of the Great Bear which is, also known in the North as
(Wotan's Wain)". Wotan is also known as a God of Thunder. With his eight
legged mare, 'Sleipnir', each year, he would ride across the sky
throughout the night in what was known as "The Wild Hunt". With wolves
howling and Sleipnir's hooves thundering and flashing in a roaring din,
the townsfolk would gather up their children and bolt the doors and
windows as Wotan rode his night mare. It was from this wild hunt ride of
Wotan where the name Nightmare was derived.
Tacitus,
Pliny and Pytheas all made mention of a tripartition of Germanic
society, which according to their documents consisted of the three
tribes; the Ingaevons, the Irminions, and the Istaevons. According to
Tacitus, the Earth-born god "Tuisco" (Tyr, Zio, the generator) had a son
"Mannus" who generated three sons, namely "Ingvo", "Irmin", and
"Istvo". The name Irmin is an Old High German form related to or drawn
from an older Gothic airmana, which itself derives from the
proto-Germanic ermuna or ermana, and is related to Latvian (e) rms:
marvelous apparition, The Greek opuevos, rushing furiously....
interestingly, these terms are quite reminiscent of traits or
characteristics typically attributed or known as Wotan: opuevos brings
our attention to Wotan as Daupis Drauhtis=The Lord of the Dead, and
leader of the Wild or furious host that rushes forth on the winter
winds, the "Wild Hunt". The Latvian (e)rms calls to mind the shining
Armangot, the true manifestation of Artor (Ar-tor) himself. From the
same proto Germanic root (Ermanna) is drawn the Germanic stem word ermen
(found in both Middle and Low German (Ermenrik) and Middle High German
(Ermenrich) Old English, Eormen (a name of Wotan) and Old Icelantic
Jormunr, (another name of Wotan).
The tribal name
"Irminons", means: (1) the ones who came forth out of the ancestral
origins of the solar man. (2) the wandering governors, solar judges,
semanes, and (3) conclusion of opinion by turn of fate "Irmionen" means
children of the sun. Much of this may in all likelyhood have origins
with our long distant Hyperborean ancsetors.
Northern
Aryan pagans erected huge Irminsul pillars which served as highly
symbolic and spiritual shrines. The greatest of the Irminsul pillars in
Obermarsberg had a temple built around it and was considered the holiest
of shrines for the widely scattered and nomadic Saxon tribes. It was
heavily laden with rich sacrificial offerings of wealth.
Symbolic as the great column that supported the universe, the Irminsul
pillar also represented the pivot around which the Earth itself turned
and likewise accounted for the changes in the position of the stars at
different times of the day and night. There were mythical stories to
explain the origin of this---it had been built by a prodigiously clever
smith and had to be kept in a good state of repair otherwise the
universe might collapse and the firmament fall and crush the surface of
the Earth. The pole-star was presumed to be the top of the sacred
column; the sky revolved around this star. It is generally assumed that
the grand holy Irminsul was constructed out of ash wood. The Irminsul in
Northern Europe was often reffered to as the "Pillar of Heaven".
Irminsul in
Latin means, "The Universal Column".
Around 12,500 B.C.E. the Irminist religion of Krist was proclaimed to be
emerging as the universal faith of the Teutons. A climax occured in the
continuous wars between the Irminists around 9,600 B.C.E. The World
Tree was a very common symbol spiritually invoked by volkish Germans as a
reference to Wotan and his sacred groves. Likewise, it was a
contrasting alternative to the Semetic Christian "symbolic tree"
(crucifix) of Jesus. The Christian intruder to Northern Europe,
Charlemagne, had the Irminsul destroyed during the war against the
Saxons at Eresburg in 772 C.E., when he earned the deepest and unfailing
hatred and opposition from all Aryan pagan tribes.
The
Arab merchant Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, who traded among the Vikings in the
Northland provides an early account in which a Varangian (Russ) merchant
offers sacrifice to a god for successful trading. The image of the god
is carved or placed upon a beam, which is then set firm in the ground
like a pillar or column. While Fadlan does not specifically state to
which god the Norse merchant is sacrificing/praying, we do know that
Wotan was given reverence among our pagan ancestors as "Cargo-Tyr", i.e.
God of Trade and (merchant) exchange. A similar scenario is given in
the 12th century, Kaiserchronik, which names the beam as "yrmensul" and
the image of the merchant-god as Mercury the Roman equivalent of Wotan.
"They worship as their divinity, Mercury in particular, and have many images
of him and regard him as the inventor of all arts, they consider him the guide
of their journeys and marches, and believe him to have great influence over
the acquisition of gain and mercantile transactions."
.......................Julius Caesar (The Gallic War)
Wotan and Frigga named one of their sons Hermod (Irmin).
Hermod welcomed the heroes to Valhalla and otherwise acted as the
equivalent of the Greek god version of Hermes. Hermod's most spectacular
errand was to descend to Hel in an effort to recover Hermod's brother,
the god of light, Baldur who was beloved by all. The Teutonic lore of
Wotanism is mainly "father-kin" in character, while the Celtic is mainly
"mother-kin". The deities of the Teutons are controlled by a Great
Father, and their elves by a king. The deities of the Celts are children
of a Great Mother, and their fairies are ruled over by a queen.
One will notice strong similarities between the Irminsul and the
Yggdrasill (World Tree), both of which are deeply rooted in antiquity.
It must be reminded that the Tree of Life and the World Tree are not one
and the same. In the old folk tale of Cinderella, the name "Cinderella"
translates to (Child of the Ash) in relation to the (ash) World Tree.
Jack in the Beanstalk also ties in with the World Tree (Yggdrasill)
which the beanstalk represented. Jack had to climb the stalk that led
him into the realm of the upper and outerworld of the giants. The giants
being of divine blood are in that realm between man and the gods. Just
as man, whose existence bridges the upper and lower realms as displayed
on the Yggdrasill tree. Yggdrasill's roots and its branches extend in
three directions, likewise three great paths diverge from the Irminsul
pillar. The three divisions of the World Tree are its roots in the
underworld, its trunk in Midgard (Earth) and its branches extending into
the outerworlds.
The three in one paths of the Irminsul
can be described in this order: (1) The First Tree stands at the
Boundary of the Human and Natural Worlds. (2) The Second Tree stands at
the Boundary of the Natural World and the Underworld. (3) The Third is
Universal, and links the Underworld and the Overworld/Universe.
The Earth plain of man is the low conscious level of matter.
Likewise, evil has always ruled upon the Earth. It is that way because
it must be that way. Since the very beginning the earthly world where we
now find ourselves has experienced continual pain, suffering and
torture. No savior will change this 'Earth state' and none can never nor
will ever do so. Everyone since the beginning times has wished for
better days
on Earth. It is difficult for man to accept his earthly
state reality and for many at least, religion and various forms of
spiritual awareness help man to cope with this ongoing tragic living
life experience, however fleeting it may be. For mankind on Earth, it is
not always a quick jump to the higher levels of being. Some human souls
it has been said in the ancient mysteries, incarnate as much as 800
times on this planet alone! Edgar Cayce was of the belief that most of
the people now living in this cycle of history particularly in North
America, had once lived previous lives in Atlantis and are about to
experience the great destruction once again. In ancient Teutonic
folkelore the "other-world" was called, Odainsaker, "the acre of the
not-dead", and Jord lifanda manna, "the earth of living men".
In spiritual ritual the acting priest or gothi at times raise their
arms in a vee formation; they are in fact symbolizing the World Tree and
the raising of the Axis Mundi. This also represents the incarnating
Cosmic Axis fixed in the navel of the Earth or center of the world, and
touching the heavens. The Elhaz life rune is a representation of the
World Tree as well. The Irminsul is clearly the Pillar of Wotan, the
World Tree that stands at the Center of the All, that point from which
all roads both originate and hence return! It is the conduit of Runic
form and force, the embodiment of the ordering of the multiverse (the
working of Wotan, Willo, and Wih), the beam upon which Wotan hung in
sacrifice to himself....It is the mighty column by which our gods and
ancestors past and present hold Thing- that very stead (Sleipnir) at
which their dooms are set and judgments made..... The Irminsul is the
symbol of the enduring All, the enduring Spirit and Power of our noble
folk, our blood, and of the ultimate source of that blood and progenitor
of our race: Irmin---Wotan!
"O great and holy Irminsul!----thou art the basis of life, and as such, even with thy
asperities, even with thy awesome symbolic grandness, thou attractest from the
most humble to the most inspired heroic minds and through them is cast your
ancient mystic force and powers. It is already sufficient to meet thee at every
step in this our present life, and we feel the surge of your strength within the
blood and spirit of our folk. May we continue to unfold the deepest mysteries of
your eternal knowledge moving and growing within us. Yes! thou too hast need
at all times of being ever observed, renewed and respected... to be refreshed in
some way through that vital spark and unbroken Golden Chain of your people.
Eternal thou art...symbolic, profound in essence, so perfect, so animated, yet
artfully delicate, that thine image becomes like a creation and magic of its own
----a marvelous spiritual profoundness that penetrates and enlightens from your
awesome might and granduer which breathes and shines in stunning detail,
angelic and devine! In three simple words "Thou Art Holy!". Human as we are,
we carry your image within our hearts and spirit in an ever undying remembrance
of our gods, our ancestors and heroes of legend yet to be! Within your image we
behold our highest potential, our vision unity and purpose.... and therein lies the
great triumph as thou equally hast vital need of us as well. We honor thee, and
will ever rectify thee, devoid of any shade of falseness or dishonor. By our holy
Troth, your powers will never wane upon this earth! To thee we give as
much soul as thou canst possess without ceasing to be natural. More
luminous to ordinary life thou art and remain a defining immortal symbol
of our highest ideal!"
"THE TREE OF LIFE"
"O King of the Tree of Life, The blossoms of the branches are your people, The
singing birds are your angels, The whispering breeze is your spirit. O King of the
Tree of Life, May the blossoms bring forth its sweetest fruit, May the birds sing
out the highest praise, May your spirit cover all with his gentle breath."
................from Celtic Fire
Ron McVan
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