The Hammer Rite
For Centering and Banishing
With the rune wand in the right hand, face towards the North.
Beginning with Fehu in the north, trace and send the runes of the futhark in a circle around you at the level of the solar plexus as far out as the circle on the ground or floor, always with the sun in a clockwise direction.
The ring of runes should form a complete band ending with Othala next to Fehu in the north after the circle has been gone completely around.
The rune should be visualized as glowing, red characters floating about four feet in the air.
Stand in the cross "Stadha" and visualize an equilateral cross lying horizontically in the plane of the rune ring and your solar plexus, with that point as the center of the cross.
The arms of this cross should end at the points where they intersect the rune band at each of the cardinal points.
Visualize a surrounding sphere of shimmering blue light with the red rune band as its equator.
Then visualize a vertical axis coming down through your head into your body from the infinite space above and up from the infinte space below, through your feet.
Feel and see the force flowing into your center from all six directions (north, east, south, west, up and down), as it builds a sphere of glowing red might.
When this is complete, say:
" The worrisome wights
now wend their way
eastward toward etin-home,
hallowed be the hall of Hroptatyr, " The God of Hidden Things"
with the help of Hrungnir's slayer! "Thorr"
Facing north, the vitki should touch the lower part of the wand tothe breast at the solar plexus, the center of power, and thrust it forward, projecting the force from that center to a point on the inside face of the outer sphere.
Trace the Hammer of Thor with your dominant hand using the wand and draw from the might that has been accumulated in the sphere around you as follows ( starting with the W and following the letters in normal order:
W
I
I
I
I
Y __________ I __________ Z
X
During this process, intone:
" Hammer in the north hallow and hold this holy-stead "
Then turn to the east, send and sign another hammer sign in the same manner, vibrating:
" Hammer in the East, hallow and hold this holy-stead! "
Turn to the south, repeat and vibrate:
"Hammer in the South, hallow and hold this holy-stead! "
Repeat in the West and vibrate:
" Hammer in the West, hallow and hold this holy-stead! "
Returning to the North, direct your attention overhead, there send and sign the hammer on the ceiling of the sphere directly above you and vibrate:
" Hammer over me, hallow and hold this holy-stead! "
And then project the hammer sign directly below you and vibrate:
" Hammer blow me, hallow and hold this holy-stead! "
Now strike the cross "Stadha" again and vibrate"
" Hammer hallow and hold this holy-stead! "
Turning in the center of the VE, repeat this once for each of the other four directions and once for the vertical axis. The visual effect should be one of axes connecting all six shinning red hammers to your personal center, all engulfed by a field of sparkling deep blue light and surrounded by a band of bright red runes.
Lastly, center all the forces of the Ve by folding your arms from the cross "Stadha" in toward your center, with your fingertips touching at the solar plexus, and saying:
" Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midhgardhr! "
While in the "Stadha", inhale deeply and draw your arms in so that your fingertips touch your solar plexus. Turn in all four directions and repeat this movement while visualizing the sphere being drawn into your center.
