The Way of Wyrd

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Palumbo, Donald E. (2014-11-19). The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films: 28 Visions of the Hero's Journey. McFarland. p.60. ISBN 978-1-4766-1851-7.

This scroll is also in the Wild. Turn right from the teleporter, go past the Red Cap mobs and circle around the Storm Elementals. The Scroll is hiding behind the Tower of the Blue Dalia, which you can find close to the Storm Elementals. Be careful not to get pulled in by them! Bek-Pedersen, Karen (2011). The Norns in old Norse mythology. Internet Archive. Edinburgh: Dunedin. p.80. ISBN 978-1-906716-18-9.urn:lcp:wayofwyrdtalesof00baterich:epub:5fb2cd95-05ef-4655-9c6f-9ec3378a7c6d Foldoutcount 0 Identifier wayofwyrdtalesof00baterich Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t80k2vg45 Isbn 0425110591 We still have the way of wyrd lodged deep in our psychi. For a thousand years the concept and energy of word have lain just beneath the surface of our consciousness in a shadow world, awaiting the time when it may again be needed in the light.

Nothing may happen without wyrd, for it is present in everything, but wyrd does not make things happen. Wyrd is created at every instant, and so wyrd is the happening. ~ Brian Bates As a fashion item, the Web of Wyrd can be used as a reminder that the actions we take now can change our future just as those of the past have affected our present lives. This poem starts with the Norns coming to spin for Helgi Hundingbane who was destined to become a hero in Nordic folklore. During the night, the Norns visit the family after the birth of Helgi and make him the wyrd, which assures a life of greatness for him. Vǫlundarkviða OED; c.f. Barnhart, Robert K. The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology. HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-270084-7 (1995:876). In the so-called “Dark Ages” Western Europe was home to the Anglo-Saxons and Norse. These cultures had great respect for the interconnected web of life that they referred to as “wyrd”. Over the last decades the Western world has imported Eastern concepts such as ch’i which have helped us to rediscover the sacred/hidden dimensions of reality. However, few people know that we had our own native concepts, language and practices for the subtle world. Brian Bates, in his book The Way of Wyrd, brought it to our attention, creating a novel based on an ancient manuscript in the British Library that tells the story of a missionary scribe being sent to discover the ways of the “pagans.”

Today, the term ‘weird’ means something strange, bizarre or supernatural. But in the words of Brian Bates, in its archaic and original sense, it meant that aspect of life which was so deep, so all-pervasive and so central to our understanding of ourselves and our world that it was inexpressible. Wyrd refers to our personal destiny. It connects us to all things, thoughts, emotions, events in the cosmos as if through the threads of an enormous, invisible but dynamic web. Today, through a deep connection with wyrd, we are inspired to see our lives in a new and empowering way. It restores our experience of the healing power of love, nature and creativity. It is about letting into our lives the guidance on an extended universe of spirit.