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AGF 105 – Thinky Thoughts
Wisdom
Patreon Poem/Prayer/Song 41: For Djehuti
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This was requested by Emily for Djehuti.
O Djehuty, Ever-Learning
May I never stop learning
O Djehuty, Bargainer
May I bargain well
O Djehuty, First Among the Ogdoad
May I know and respect my place
O Djehuty, Ever-Curious
May I always be curious
O Djehuty, Lord of Time
May I be judicious with my time
O Djehuty, Author of Authors
May works be well-received
O Djehuty, Lord of Writing
May my writing excel
O Djehuty, Strong of Appearances
May my presence be powerful
O Djehuty, The One Who Has Seized Through Victories
May I be victorious
O Djehuty, Lord of Wisdom
May I be wise
Blessed, blessed, blessed
Your Name, Your Countenance, Your Presence
O Lord Djehuty!
To My Ancestors
I can hear your songs in my bones
Shaking through the centuries
You rattle around my neck
The ox-bone bouncing on my breast
You slide through my fingers
I softly whisper words
You answer my prayers
I live, love, and learn
You shape me each day
Your sure hands, stern hands, skilled hands
Ancestors who shape the Ancestors to come
With wit and will, wisdom and worth
Praise to You Who dwell deep
In blood and bone, spirit, song, and soul
A Prayer to Odin: On Sacrifice
Let me remember nothing is without sacrifice
For Wisdom, an Eye
For Runes, a Life
Let me be mindful that Wyrd guides me
For action, a consequence
For work, a result
Let me remember that Gebo exists between all things
For gift, a gift
For sacrifice, a change
Odin Project: Day 30
This is the final day of the Odin Project for this 2012 year. Thank you to Galina, who inspired me to be part of it, and everyone who has participated in it. Thank you to everyone who has followed my blog through this month; I hope that the Odin Project has somehow touched you, or brought you closer to Him.
Long suffered He | who traded Eye and Life
for giving wisdom to the Worlds;
Praise to the Allfather | given in gratitude
for gifts heaped upon gifts
Hail to Odin | in times of peace
for its blessings are hard-won;
Hail to Odin | in times of strife
for oft does it visit
Ever-mindful is Odin | of His children
who wanders the whole of Midgard
Hugin and Munin | ever-watch and wheel
and speak news to His waiting Ear
Odin Project: Day 21
Ask Rúnatýr’s aid | if Runes are sought,
giving gift in turn for gift;
For great was the price | Yggr had paid
in winning the Runes from the Gap
Ask Rúnatýr’s aid | if Runes are sought,
keeping keen in mind and Work,
For great is the price | the Runes will demand
From fools who know Them not
Ask Rúnatýr’s aid | if Runes are sought,
knowing each in Their own turn,
Wisdom and power | and rede one can find
If well one knows Their kin
Odin Project: Day 20
Gangleri sought Völvas’ ways | and to Folkvangr came,
seeking the wisdom of Gefn;
She pierced Him through | and taught Him well,
In woman’s dress He learned
Well-wrought the lessons | at Skjálf’s feet
By fire and distaff spun,
Prophecy and power | came to Grimnir’s call
Who learned Hörn’s ways
Sviðurr He left | Freya’s golden hall,
ranging wide in Ve and stride;
Doors closed were open | ways unseen shown bright,
No thing held from Odin’s path
Odin Project: Day 16
The fool ignores | the lessons of Urð,
spiting wisdom for pride;
No words can reach | whose ears are shut,
nor whose eyes refuse to see
The fool ignores | the lessons of Verðandi,
spiting action for complacence;
No way can be made | by those who stall,
nor whose hands refuse to work
The fool ignores | the lessons of Skuld,
spiting planning for folly;
No path can be lain | by those who are vacant,
nor whose minds refuse to inquire
Odin Project: Day 12
Better to share | in journey and Work
than to hoard knowledge and wisdom;
Seldom a miser | is found well,
Loved and in frith with his people
Odin Project: Day 11
Wherever you seek | let it consume you
Like the ocean and a doomed ship;
A better burden | no one can bear
Than the need to know and be wise
Sarenth Odinsson 