Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Berserkrgang


Here i was thinking that this website was not a good idea, i simply couldn't write enough!
Wrong.

Anyways,
What if the act of berserking can be a ritual in a way. Not so much a ritual to work up to it, but make the act itself a ritual.

I was thinking, berserking could be with purpose, aside from surviving life threatening situations.
Here is my idea.
Pick a quality of oneself that you do not wish to have any longer. When berserking you can burn this quality with your rage. Or, if fighting someone you could personify that aspect of yourself onto them and then beat the hell out of it.
What would berserking and faring forth simultaneously be like? Well, it's a unitary state, so you probably wouldn't think much of it until afterwards.


And another thing i wanted to mention. I'm thinking "esoteric poesis" rather, occult inspired poetry.
In my dealings with the witty bard i was subject to the strike of awen, the poets inspiration. It was like lightning, highly inspired, electric. My ramblings made sense, but were littered with deep, multilayered metaphors. These serve as good focus for meditation.

It was Taliesin who drank cerridwens brew, and Odin from mimir's well. Both obtained otherworldy wisdom. And let us not forget Sigurd, who drank of Fafnir's blood.
This poetic inspiration has some connection with berserking i feel. Just unsure how.