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There are still doubts about the Norse and Germanic symbols which most people still think of them as hate symbols, which isn't true, but during the WWII the Nazis made a very good propaganda to those symbols and it inserted fear into the hearts of all. But we live in the XXI century and it is time to differentiate ancient history and the meaning of symbols with the use of the same but in modern times and with political purposes.
The swastika in India was the synonymous of life and regeneration. It is the oldest relic of the generative and regenerative powers of nature, such as the Fylfot for the ancient Germanic peoples. The forces of sexuality and nature were personified as being subjected to the gods regency with the purpose of being elevated from their earthly condition to pass into a spiritually transfiguration.
It was the feminine aspect that served as a unifier of the male triad, thus forming the four sacred facets. Freyja, as the supreme theophany female, is always present among the major gods of Asgard, Odin, Thor and Tyr.
The male triad is also represented by Odin and his two brothers, Vili and Vé.
Odin is unity. It is the pure self, the higher consciousness, the purest energy. Odin originally represented the anger, the flame of combat, the deity of Shamanism, trance, the music, the ecstasy and enchantment.
Vili is the pure universal will that becomes the individual expression of the will of transformation, evolution and change. This is the challenge to find and reveal the will of our spiritual existence. The higher self that shows us the power of transformation, the impulse of evolution, authenticity and spiritual attribute. The real spiritual vocation of the individual.
Vé is the sanctuary, the sacred grove, natural temple, he is revealed in the body or created in nature. The primary forest of the Germanic peoples, the Urwald.
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Vé is one of Odin's brothers, just like is other brother, Vili, little is known about him, but we know his name has a direct connection with holy places, sacred grounds to place a temple or a shrine.
So it is clear that this deity is the one to be called upon when people need to search for a place to pray, to be heard by the gods, and also a deity to help cleansing an area from anykind of difficulties and negativity in the place that might hinder prayer.
Most people that work with Vé and i had the chance to talk to, say that when working with Vé, they do it as a part of the Three Deities, so they don't work with just one of these gods, they work with the three, their combined powers are stronger than if you just try to work with them separated. However, as we all know, it is possible to work just with one, for all gods have specific skills and their own field of expertise, and each one as always somethign different to teach and good advice to give.
Vé is the one who gives the sacred power to things and places, the spiritual powers that reside not inside temples, but outsider, in the natural world, where people would place their standing stones, rune stones, dolmens, sacred mounds, etc. etc. Vé is the first step one must take to speak with the gods, he helps giving that spiritual sensibility, to be aware of the spiritual world, to sense it all around us, he helps the doors between this world and the spiritual world to be open before us. He is also a deity that can be called to work with the senses, not speaking just in a spiritual way, but also to learn how to use them in a proper way, especially when it comes to the gift of sight and hearing when these in some maner might be dysfunctional.
If you want to know more about the three brothers and their stories when they worked together, i sugest you check what i have written in the month of May of 2013 about Vili.
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Odin is one of the most famous gods in the Norse pantheon, i dare say he is one of the most famous gods of all the European deities, for even those who do not follow the Norse traditional paganism and faith know him one way or another. However, people seldom talk about his brothers, and today this post will be about one of his brothers called Vili.
Vili is the god of motivation, like his brother, Vé, little is known about them, for among the three brothers, it was Odin that mortals, gods and other beings gave more importance, and his brothers were put aside. The three brothers together slew Ymir the mountain frost giant which many realms were built using his body parts. Before Odin became the king of Asgard, the three brothers were very close, and worked together in many ways. It is said that the brothers of Odin went to Asgard with his wife Frigga, when Odin was wandering for nine years in search for wisdom, but there are other versions of this story, for instance, one says that when Odin finally came back to Asgard, he threw is brothers out, it isn't clear what happened in truth, but in what we can be certain is that the three brothers got separated in some way and never again had the same connection they had before.
One of the most famous tales involving the three brothers, is that of when they created the first humans, when after the great flood resulting from Ymir's murder, and his blood flowed over the nine realms, the three brothers found a pair of logs on the beach and decided to bring them to life. Odin gave them breath and so life flowed in them, Vili gave them the ability to think and gave them senses, and Vé gave them other gifts. The human couple were left alone, they were called Ask and Embla. A passing boat of fleeing Giants led by Bergelmir, found the two humans, and before they drowned because the tides were spreading, they set the pair in a tree so they could survive.
Vili is the god people can cal upon when they have new ideias, inspirations, things they actually want to put in action and perform, but they lack of motivation, and Vili is the god that helps in the first step to realize and put into practice any ideas. He can also be called to help in thinking, free will or feeling, when it comes to physical illness that prevents us from feeling when talking about the sense of touch.
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