Art Journal, Week 3

I like this one the best thus far, I had a dream with the runes ingwaz and thurisaz featured in it. Ingwaz, on the first page, it commonly is seen as representing fertility or the god Frey. Thurisaz is either thorn or giant, and is connected with the god Thor, the giant killer.

In my dream I was with a large group of people in a smoky camp with the smell of rot in the air. We were going to steal the king’s runes. We went into a pine and plaster manor house and entered into the sickroom of the king, a stone room filled with a big four poster bed with a tired looking old man in it. The young people milled about and the runes were sucessfully stolen. As we all wandered away, I heard the distinct sound of runes rattling against each other. When I followed the sound I came back into the kings room and saw him with his runes. I was suprised, and he explained that he had let them steal his student runes. The ones with power were still with him and the whole energy of the room had changed. It was no longer a sickroom, but a sacred cave where he sat, heavy with knowlege. In that moment I know that he truly is a great king and I want to study with him. Then I wake up. It’s funny, I haven’t thought about this dream in months, I think I need to read up on Frey and Thor.