“Stanzas 138-145” (Part 2 of 5) 139. “None gave me refreshments no food and no beverage, crying aloud I lifted the secrets, then back I fell from thence.” The clothes they hung remain hanging in the tree for 9 days and nights, and so remains the one in the mound, for 9 days and nights is the time it takes to become an initiate and to learn the Secrets. The clothes will remain hanging and not be put back on until the process is finished. Keep in mind the key words here, “Crying” and “I fell”. To ‘Scream’, ‘crow’, or ‘cry’ translates to Galdr, which is essentially the masculine practice for Incantations or Magic Songs. And “I fell”, simply if you refer back to the Halloween posts you’ll see that this means they have “fallen” into death (pretending to be dead), from Jörð’s womb (The Earth). 140. “Nine mighty songs I learned from the great son of Bad-Thorn, Bestla’s father; I drank a measure of the wondrous mead, with the Mindstirrer’s drops I was showered.” With them, they took a mistletoe (The bad-thorn), which is the key they need to present to the actress of Hel, inside the mound. Those who are aware and who do understand our history and the myths will know of the mistletoes importance. In this case, it is the very life essence of this soon-to-be initiate. As it was Baldr’s (Symbolically the body in the mound is Baldr, who the initiate will become [Re-birth of Baldr]. Re-cap, the soon-to-be initiate inside the grave mound is being escorted by Ôðinn [Inspiration/Wisdom/Mind), and is also taking on his role [pretending to be dead]). The Mistletoe that they present to Hel is the key so that she may teach them the sacred songs. They do not actually drink anything, but they learn the secrets, the sacred songs, that stir their mind/thought. They sit in silence and listen to what the actress (Hel) has to say. (Contiued)
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