#### [[Ansuz]] --- # ᚨ - Ansuz [[Ansuz|ᚨ]] - Consciousness - Representing [[Odin]], Knowledge, Wisdom, Thought, & Consciousness. - Sacrificing Yourself to Yourself - Ecstasy - As with [[Odin]], Frenzy, ecstasy, growth and improvement bear fruit of exquisite taste - Elation Mindset - Always striving for more. Improvement. Endless pursuit of higher levels of any desire such as knowledge. - "Trading an eye for knowledge" - Our Reason To Live - Our reason to live or that we live at all is our hunger for more. - To toil & gain & fight to acquire and keep it. - Rune work / [[Seidr]] / [[Galdr]] / magical force - Artistic inspiration in the moment - "a 3am call to DO SOMETHING NOW" - a muse like the [[Mead of Poetry]] - like action potential in the muscular system waiting to trigger a spasm - Action of turning the water wheel - each of us has a different application of this power - 1 water wheel powers a flour mill - 1 water wheel powers a saw mill - The seeking of creative skill [[tacit knowledge]] is intentionally pursued. The inspiration to creation is [[Ansuz|ᚨ]], and the 3am unavoidable NEED to create would be like [[Odin|Óðinn]] pushing you out of the comfortable path and into a route of sacrifice, self discovery, and growth. - Breath. The raw material is the inhalation but the exhalation is the blank canvas we all choose to form into something with its expenditure - Poetry - Kind words - Words of War and hate - The spoken power of words ^[[[In the era of digital noise word of mouth is the most trusted form of advertising]]] --- - Tags: - [[Norse]] - [[Nordic]] - [[Galdr]] - [[Magic]] - [[Viking Age]] - Reference: - <https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ansuz_(rune)> - Related: