The Alfaeren, Farers of the Deep

The origin of the word 'elf' is unknown.  It might be related to Latin 'albus'(white) or 'alp'(high mountain) which might itself be derived from 'albus' or a Celtic equivalent, referring then to the white peaks of high mountains.  Mythos etymology is loosey-goosey, and so 'elf' might be related to Sanscrit 'alvar'(a South Indian Hindu sect), meaning 'one who dives deep'.  Perhaps, then, 'alp' and 'alvar' both refer to great vertical length-- high/deep.  Anyway, I prefer Old Norse 'alfar'(elves) to 'elves'(cutesy connotation and used-up by now) or 'alf''.  'Alfar', besides just being a plural form, could be read as 'Alfaer'(alf + faery, or 'all-farer' suggesting shamanism(far-traveler)).  And I see the Alfaeren as some kind of shaman-- one who dives deep into the sacred mythopoetic realm of the Wolken, the Mind of the Biosphere.  Maybe a warrior-shaman, maybe a woo-woo shaman.

I like the word 'deep', as in 'deep mind', 'deep thinker', 'Deep Ecology', and 'deep elves'(Tolkien-- in The Hobbit?).  As opposed to 'shallow', as in 'the shallows that are present-day planetary culture, in which one may easily drown'.  I see the Alfaeren as ambiguous beings-- are they(we) human, or are they spirit-emanations of the Wolken?  Well, either or both, but Deep.  Perhaps 'deep' is related to Sanscrit 'deva'(god), ultimately.

The Werden: the Next MAN

The Werden are evolving in the midst of presently-existing humankind.  They will make the Menning as the Ecocatastrophe brings down the Old World.

 Ger Werden= evolution. fr *werdhanan= to become= OEng weordhan, OSax/OHGer werdan, ONor verdha. also OEng/OSax/OHGer wer= man.

What You Must Do

Feorgen is the Whole, of Edhli and Wolken melded in Twyrymet-- the two worlds become One, begaldren.  For this to come, the Urquell, the Well Between the Worlds, must open, so the Samen can flow free, throughout, and then you have the Meld.  And the Old Holydom of Feorgen edchers to dwell within-without, and the sway of the Ever-way of Feorgen brings Edhlifrith on Earth.

Find the Urquell in the midmost, free the Samen-flow, and ernern the eormen Oz-god so that He may ragnen all, once more.

Feorgen= the Life-god, Father  Earth.
Edhli(ON)= the Biosphere.
Wolken= the Edhli-mind.
Twyrymet= 'dual space'; the melding of Edhli and Wolken (=Feorgen the Meld).
begaldren= enchanted.
Urquell(Ger)= fountainhead, original source.
Samen= the magic fluid of Life.
Holydom= religion.
edcher(OE)= return.
Edhlifrith= a state of Nature-protection.
ernern(MHGer)= rescue, save.
eormen Oz-god= the great-holy God. Oz from OE os= god; ON ass= god (pl. Aesir). Skt asura= chthonic god.
ragnen= reign, govern. from Goth raginon= govern, counsel; OE regnian= set in order, arrange; ON regin= the Gods.

Feorgen, the God That Evolved

Feorgen is evolved life on Earth.  He lives in time, so he changes.  He develops, but he can be amputated or even annihilated.  He is all the life existing at each particular time but also the life-zone it inhabits-- the Biosphere.  He is mental as well as biological, but in many ways he is inchoate, being too vast and various an organism to be a single mind-- his manifestations, biological and mental, are more coherent and comprehensible.  And Man is the most able of the biologicals to comprehend and make coherent this complexity of the organism, Feorgen, and to act in his interest.  But Man is a species limited, imperfect, and problematic.  Therefore he needs the help of the mental aspect of Feorgen, particularly of those entities who are specifically manifestations resultant from Man's injury to the Organism.  And the Mythos tells of these beings and of their interaction with Man.

Feorgen Troth!

Whatever Nietzsche meant when he wrote,"Remain true to the Earth", transformed into Mythos terms it becomes "Keep troth with Feorgen".  And that means: "Uphold your bond with Feorgen in your mind and heart.  Don't let yourself be drawn-in and then trapped by the blandishments of an evil global culture to the point of accepting it as normal.  Find a way to stand apart from the wrong-headed human herd-- find your heroic myth and try to be it and live it.  Seek the support of the Powers of the Menning-within, the Otherworldly beings of the Mythos, who come from Feorgen and not the Searuvel.  Strive always to see the corrupted civilization around you with the grounded clearsighted realism that comes from the bond with Feorgen, who is biological Life itself.  And act, wherever and however possible, to advance the onset of his Menning".  Feorgen troth!

Feorgen= Biosphere God.
Menning(ON)= the ecological culture-civilization.
Searuvel= the Evil Machine.

The Indryg

In the inmost of each mensch lies his warding Indryg-- his Good Guyst-- wound into a whorl from which in his dreaming he shtrals his sidden throughout the body and mind.

But at need he wakes and unwinds to arise as a Hove-orm, ready to help his bearer as he may.

Indryg= one's inner guardian spirit (guyst).
Mensch(Ger)= person.
shtral(Ger)= to radiate.
Sidden= magical influence. OE siden.
Hove-orm= hovering wyrm, a winged serpent, much like the Greek Agathos Daimon ('good demon').

Feorgen, the Ealdor

Feorgen is the Old One, the biospheric God of Feorgen-berg-- "Life-mountain": planet Earth.  He is Elder God-- God of Life on Earth.  He is Edhli, He is Wolken, in One.  And He is suffering a human onslaught.  For that reason, the Mythos word for Ecology is Feorgeneru-- preservation of Life-- and those who work to save Feorgen are his Feorgenergends, saviors.

Feorgen= Father Earth. from ON Fjoergyn(oe~ o-umlaut)= Mother Earth (Fjoerginn is the male form). Fjoer= life (~OE Feorh). OE Firgen-= wooded) mountain. possible connection with Baltic thunder-god Perkunas('thunder'), Skt Parjanya(raincloud, god of rain), Slav Pergyni(mountain, wooded hill).
Ealdor(OE)= an elder, authority, ancient source; life, vital part.
Edhli(ON)= the Biosphere.
Wolken(Ger 'cloud'))= the biospheric mind.
Feorgener(OE)= preservation of life, Ecology. nerian= to save. Neriand/Nergend= savior.