ANSUZ sterling silver rune pendant

HAND CARVED .925 SILVER (OXIDIZED) ANSUZ RUNE PENDANT

An ancient alphabetic scripts, each of whose letters possessed a meaningful name as well as a signifying sound, Runes were employed for legal documents, for writing poetry, for inscriptions and divination. The art of the Runes dates back to Viking times and is used to form a bridge between our logical mind and our unconscious. The Runes embody the greatest and the smallest secrets of nature and they are the keys to those secrets – for they are indeed the secrets themselves.

- MATERIAL: sterling silver

- FINISH: oxidized

- Hand carved

- Length: ca. 6 cm (2.36 in) or 4 cm (1.57 in)

- AVAILABLE WITH OR WITHOUT SILVER CHAIN!!! A 50 cm (19.7 in) oxidized silver chain is available as option.

The hand formed symbol has been highly textured then darkened and buffed to add to its dark and rustic look.

This rune is historically perhaps the most complex of all from a symbological perspective. A unified ideological complex does rise to the surface once its secrets are penetrated.

Ansuz is the mysterium tremendum of the rune row. The A-rune is instrumental in the creation of mankind. It describes two of the several spiritual gifts given to Askr and Embla (the primal man and woman) by the gods Odhinn, Hrenir, and Lódhurr (a threefold aspect of the god Odhinn). These gifts were ond or anda (breath, spirit, animating life principle) and ódhr (inspired mental activity, inspiration). This is the stave of Odhinn as the numinous god of magic and of ecstasy.

Ansuz is the receiver-containerltransformer-expresser of spiritual power and numinous knowledge.

The A-rune encompasses the medium through which numinous knowledge isreceived, the container of that power, and the force itself, which is manifested as the ecstatic state.

This is the rune of the word, song, poetry, and magical incantation (galdr) as a container and expresser of magical force.

Ansuz is a magical ancestral power, one that has been handed down from generation to generation along genetic lines. The ancient Germanic peoples knew that they were "descended from their Gods,"as the genealogies of their kings, heroes, and clanic chieftains show. The power link between gods and men was, for them, unbroken. It remains so. Through the power of this rune the realization of the link between the ancestral gods and their people may be regained. This is an ecstatic concept that complements the more stable, institutional force of Othala .

Magical workings of Ansuz Rune:
1. Increase of both active and passive magical powers and clairvoyant abilities, etc.
2. Convincing and magnetic speech, and the power of suggestion and hypnosis.
3 . Acquisition of creative wisdom, inspiration, ecstasy, and divine communication.
4. Banishing of death and terror through knowledge of Odhinn.

Darkwood Jewelry is inspired by magic, nature, the mysterious aspects of history, traditional handcrafts and the esoteric.

Every Darkwood item is carefully hand-crafted and therefore unique.

Please note that due to its handmade nature, your personal piece might slightly differ from the one showed on the product page. We hope that you enjoy these individualized differences in your piece, made with passion by human hands.

Please don't forget to remove your jewelries before swimming, chemicals or salty water will damage them. It is also advised to remove them before going to sleep to avoid bendings and breakings.

All the pieces are shipped from Warsaw, Poland. All packages are shipped with registered priority mail (a registered letter or a parcel), which includes tracking (some countries no longer offer tracking for registered mail).