I chose to focus on the role of Tyr as Warder of the Irminsul.
The bits and pieces I chose for my project are rather random. A blue glass bottle,
an off-cut piece of pine, a couple of feathers, a rock painted by my son, another couple of stones,
a piece of wood, a visitors sticker from a hospital, and a sign of devotion to Tyr. Apart from the
sticker most of the items have no real rhyme or reason to them. They were chosen as one of those little
'coincidences' that occur. I felt a connection to them and knew that they were to be part
of my altar.
The visitors sticker is the one I wore when I rushed to Royal Adelaide Hospital.
The Gothi of my folk [Folkvangr Kindred], came down ill. We later found out that it was
Viral Encaphilitis. It had entered his brain. I did much work that night in getting various
members of the folk to ask our Gods for help and aid our Gothi.
The sign was written by myself to link these items to my experiences with Tyr. Tyr in
his role as guardian of the Irminsul is also the guardian of Yggdrasil and the Nornir. I became
aware of the small connections within wyrd itself. Both good and bad. In order to best protect the
flow of Wyrd in one's life is to be aware of it. Awareness also allows one to 'go with the flow'
and even alter the direction that you travel on the 'flow'.
An analogy that comes to mind is being in a boat travelling down the river. First you need to
be aware that you are in a boat. The awareness of the 'flow of wyrd' is akin to the awareness that the
boat is moving on a river. the altering of direction would be like using the rudder of the boat to
steer along the currents.
The biggest item of my altar was the location itself. I have included a photo of
the tree itself that I placed the altar under. It is a huge old gum tree that is next
to a pool of water in the creek at the base of Mannum Waterfalls. To me the whole area
is sacred. It is the
area I go to in order to reconnect with the holy. It is a remarkable
walk, and a beautiful location.
-Tyrulf Thane
