Energy and rune readings

I’ve come to realize that rune readings for people isn’t as simple as simply asking the questions and casting the runes. It’s not like the tarot decks, which has no one ‘creator’ or person who gained knowledge of them through sacrifice.

Odin, duplicitous god or deity as he is, hung upside-down from Yggdrasil for nine days before gaining the knowledge of the runes; he sacrificed one of his eye to Mimir to drink from the well to gain glimpses or sights from the future.

Much as I don’t trust Odin for his dual nature (he’d just as soon help you as stab you, even if he’s your patron deity), for the simple sake that I accept the knowledge and use of the runes for which he’d sacrificed himself for, I respect him for it. And I thank him for it. It is simple and basic courtesy. If I use something of anyone’s, I say thank you.

However, just because I say thank you doesn’t mean that I don’t give something in return. I realize that I lose some of my energy in the process of casting each rune for others, because I give away my energy for questions which aren’t mine. While I help others gain insight, it is not beneficial to me, on a pragmatic level.

What’s so ironic about all this is that I don’t believe there’s a deity. In fact, I don’t believe in god, nor whatever pantheon of gods there are. What I believe in is the multidimensionality of a presence which have intruded into our world, and which we perceive as a deity. That is how I perceive Odin: he’s just part of a multidimensional being, just like I am.

However, if legends say he sacrificed himself for knowledge, and I use that knowledge, then again, it is simply common courtesy to pay respect to him. NOT homage, NOT patronage.

Just respect.

So I think that for any readings now, I’ll ask the querent to offer up his/her own energy or thanks (at the very least) in exchange for insights gained.

My god. I feel so drained now. I better take a day or two off to recharge myself. Maybe those rice cakes left over (in which I gave some to the Infernal) would come in handy.