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Historically<\/h2>\n

<\/a>The \u201cYr\u201d Rune According to Friedrich Fischbach (1900)<\/h3>\n

After the M-Rune, Fischbach says \u201cOut of the younger Runes [j\u00fcngeren Runen <\/em>], the following are probably the most important\u201d and he gives 11 more Runes which he associates with letters (but does not give any additional descriptions). Included among them is \u2018Yr <\/em>\u2019, which he describes with the Tyr-<\/em>Rune as follows:<\/p>\n

The Yr-<\/em>Rune shows the Bow [Bogen <\/em>] made of Yew-Wood [Eibenholz <\/em>]. The Yew-Tree [Eibe <\/em>], which is called \u201cthe greenest and longest-lived of the Trees\u201d, is also called Jv <\/em> and Eon <\/em> (Eo = i).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

-Paraphrase from Origin of Gutenberg\u2019s Letters [Ursprung der Buchstaben Gutenbergs] <\/em> (1900)
\nby Friedrich Fischbach<\/p>\n

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The \u201cYr, Eur, Irr\u201d Rune According to Guido von List (1907)<\/h3>\n

yr, eur <\/strong> = Iris [Iris <\/em>], Bow [Bogen <\/em>], Rainbow [Regenbogen <\/em>], Yew-Wood Bow [Eigenholzbogen <\/em>], Wrong\/Mistaken [Irren <\/em>], Anger\/Wrath [Zorn <\/em>], etc.
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A Sixteenth I speak to a coy Maiden
\nTo gain my Favor and Happiness:
\nThat changes [wandelt <\/em>] *<\/strong> and turns my Wish and Perception [Wunsch und Sinn <\/em>]
\nOf the swan-armed Beauty.<\/dir><\/p>\n

The \u201cYr-<\/em>Rune\u201d is the upside-down \u201cMan-<\/em>Rune\u201d, and since it denotes the Bow\/Arc, it also represents the waxing and waning Moon (in contrast to the Full-Moon of the “Man-<\/em>Rune”). <\/p>\n

Firstly, this refers to the Changeability [Wandelbarkeit <\/em>] of the Moon. Secondly, as the \u201cIrr-<\/em>Rune\u201d or \u201cError-Rune\u201d, it refers to the Moon-Like [mond\u00e4hnliche <\/em>] Changeability of the feminine Nature [weiblichen Wesens <\/em>], which is described in later Verses of the \u201cHavam\u00e4l <\/em>\u201d as follows:<\/p>\n

Do not rely-on the Maiden\u2019s intimate Words,
\nDo not rely-on the Woman\u2019s intimate Words,
\nHer Heart was shaped on an oscillating Wheel [schwingendem Rad <\/em>],
\nInconstancy\u2019s Dwelling is the female Bosom.<\/dir><\/p>\n

The Yr- <\/em> , Irr- <\/em> or Error-Rune causes Confusion [die Verwirrung schafft <\/em>], whether through the Excitement of the Passions [Leidenschaften <\/em>] in Love, in Play, in Drink (Intoxication), or through False-Reasons [Scheingr\u00fcnden <\/em>] in Speech (Sophistry), or through whatever other Cause [Ursache <\/em>]; indeed it defeats the Resistance through Confusion [Verwirrung <\/em>]. <\/p>\n

But the Success of such a Victory is as misleading as the Triumph itself, because it brings Anger\/Wrath, wild Rage, and Lunacy or Madness [Wahns <\/em>] in the end. <\/p>\n

The \u201cYr-<\/em>\u201d or \u201cIrr-<\/em>Rune\u201d is therefore also in Contrast with the \u201cOs-<\/em>Rune\u201d, because it wants to use False-Grounds [Scheingr\u00fcnden <\/em>] to Establish the Defeat of an Adversary, instead of using Solid-Grounds [Gr\u00fcnden <\/em>]. <\/p>\n

Therefore it teaches: \u201cConsider the End\/Outcome [Ende <\/em>]!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

-Paraphrase from The Mystery\/Secret of the Runes
\n[Das Geheimnis der Runen] <\/em> (1907) by Guido Von List<\/p>\n

 
\n* Translation Note:<\/strong> ‘Change’ can be translated a number of ways from German. Wandelt <\/em> or Wandel <\/em> is when something is transformed into something else (the same thing transforms to be different), such as the weather.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cYr, Eur\u201d Rune According to Ernst Tristan Kurtzahn (1924)<\/h3>\n

Exoterically:<\/strong> Woman [Weib <\/em>], Deception [T\u00e4uschung <\/em>], Untruth [Unwahrheit <\/em>]
\nEsoterically:<\/strong> Matter\/Material, Chaos
\nGenerally:<\/strong> Woman and Matter\/Substance, Lie, Falsehood [Falschheit <\/em>], Sensual-Pleasure [Sinnenlust <\/em>], Hatred, Anger\/Wrath [Zorn <\/em>], Wickedness, Error\/Mistake, Inconstancy, Lunacy.<\/p>\n

We now come to the second of three Runes which give symbolic Expression to Humans themselves [Menschen selber <\/em>] and their most intimate Relationship to one another through the Sexes [durch die Geschlechter <\/em>], namely the Runes of    Man,    Woman, and    Marriage [Ehe <\/em>].<\/p>\n

If the three points of the    Man-<\/em>Rune were directed upwards towards the eternal Light, towards the Spirit, then here with the    Yr- <\/em> or Woman-Rune they are directed downwards. <\/p>\n

This is supposed to indicate that the female Gender is rooted in Matter\/Material [weibliche Geschlecht in der Materie wurzelt <\/em>], and that all her Perceptions [Sinnen <\/em>] & Aspirations are mostly directed to what is Concrete. But, of course, not all female Beings are like this. [What is spoken of is the \u2018Yin\u2019 of Eastern Philosophy, which has its various correspondences.] <\/p>\n

Some even go so far as to say that “the Woman [Weib <\/em>] must recognize, in her present Embodiment in the material Being, that her Role is Service”. However, what must be understood is that Matter serves Appearances\/Phenomenon [that is: \u2018Yin\u2019 serves \u2018Yang\u2019]. <\/p>\n

The Woman [Frau <\/em>] has her own natural Rights just as the Man has his, and both of their Spheres-of-Action [Wirkungskreis <\/em>] are conditioned thereby. From Rights arise Duties [Pflichten <\/em>] for her as well as him, and that is unconditional! One can also rule through Serving, and the Rosicrucian heraldic motto of the Princes-of-Wales: \u201cI serve!\u201d should be good enough to explain this.<\/p>\n

In the Edda, a Verse from the H\u00e4vamal <\/em>, reads: <\/p>\n

Do not rely-on the Maiden\u2019s intimate Words,
\nDo not rely-on the Woman\u2019s intimate Words,
\nHer Heart was shaped on an oscillating Wheel [schwingendem Rad <\/em>],
\nInconstancy\u2019s Dwelling is the female Bosom.<\/dir><\/p>\n

[Again, here what should be understood is the danger of relying on the \u2018Yin\u2019 improperly, since] it is very much attached to ‘the great Deception of Matter\/Material’, and can thus easily be taken for the Truth. What this Verse of the Rune-Song aims to explain is: Infatuation [Bet\u00f6rung <\/em>], by means of which one\u2019s Desire & Perception [Wunsch und Sinn <\/em>] are easily transformed and manipulated\u2026 <\/p>\n

Therefore the Yr-<\/em>Rune is also particularly characterized by Infatuation [Bet\u00f6rung <\/em>] and the Lie & Confusion connected with it, which in the End also adheres to everything Material.<\/p>\n

However, always keep in View that the Opposite-Pole of all these bad Qualities are good ones and that the latter alone should come to light. <\/p>\n

To always remain true to oneself, this is the greatest and happiness-bringing Main-Point in Life.<\/p>\n

This Rune Rightly belongs to the mutable Moon ().<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

-Paraphrase from The Runes as Salvation-Signs and for Unbinding-Fate
\n[Die Runen als Heilszeichen und Schicksalslose] <\/em> (1924) by E. Tristan Kurtzahn <\/p>\n

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The \u201cYr, Irr, Eur, Eibe, Eybe\u201d Rune According to R.J. Gorsleben (1930)<\/h3>\n

Letter Y and the number 16. <\/p>\n

The Yr, Yrr, Irr, Eur, Eibe, Eybe, W-ybe <\/em> Rune denotes both Y as well as the final R, and represents the Inversion\/Subversion of the Man-<\/em>Rune. <\/p>\n

It is the Sign of our present Time, of the Turning-Away from Nature and Religion, of Inversion\/Subversion, of Godlessness and of Gold-Rush. When Gold becomes Money [Geld <\/em>], when there is misuse\/abuse and when things become muddied\/clouded.<\/p>\n

Dr. Friedrich Teltscher\u2019s Ur-<\/em>word is Vollendung <\/em> meaning \u201cCompletion\u201d as well as finishing, bringing to an end, perfection, accomplishment, and fulfillment.
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\u201cA Sixteenth I Speak, with the unwieldy Maiden
\nto rouse her Lust and Desire [Lust und Verlangen <\/em>]
\nI banish the Heart of the delightful Woman [wonnigen Weib <\/em>]
\n[so that] her Wishes [W\u00fcnsche <\/em>] turn towards me\u201d<\/dir><\/p>\n

The Rune means Error, Confusion, Reversal, Negation, Annihilation\/Destruction, Overthrow, Fall, and then (as an Opposite, as an Antithesis to Man) it also means Woman, Matter\/Substance, Evil.<\/p>\n

As its shape shows, the Yr-<\/em>Rune    is the inverted Man-<\/em>Rune    , it is the Symbol of the erring Human-Being, and of the World that is Upside-Down or standing on its Head. Just as all Striving in the true Human-Being is upward aiming, so too in the Inferior-Human, the Downward-Aspiring person, is all striving aimed downward. It is the Rune which creates Confusion and Error.<\/p>\n

Just as the Man-<\/em>Rune refers to the Full-Moon, the Yr-<\/em>Rune refers to the Changeability of its Phases, to the waxing and waning, also suggesting the Flexibility and Pliability of the Feminine. Therefore it also refers to the Bow made of flexible Yew-Wood    , also the Rainbow, and the Laughter beneath the Weeping.<\/p>\n

By adding a W to the Rune-Name “Eybe <\/em>” [Yew], we get “W-eybe <\/em>” or Weib <\/em> [German for ‘Woman’]. Thus, the Yr-<\/em>Rune or Eybe-<\/em>Rune is the ‘Rune of the Woman’. The Man-Rune stretches the Arms upward, while the Woman-Rune, in contrast, points them downwards.<\/p>\n

Just as Man is rooted in Spirit, so Woman (as his Complement, as his equal Substance) is rooted in Matter\/Substance, in the \u201cIncreaser\u201d of Nature, in the Mary, in Mater\/Matter, in the Ma-(te)-ria <\/em>.<\/p>\n

The material World, represented by that which is Feminine, Ephemeral, Changeable, Variable, Mortal, is the Mary, Maya <\/em> (the \u201cgreat Illusion\u201d, as the Indians called it) the Seduction, the Temptation, the Infatuation, the Confusion, which is part of everything Earthly-Feminine, Material, in contrast to the Male-Spiritual, Divine, Eternal.<\/p>\n

This Juxtaposition does not mean or intent any \u201cDisparagement\u201d of Woman, but is an Outpouring of the Knowledge of the eternal Balance between two Forces, which can solve their common Task only in Union. Man and Woman are not \u201cequal\u201d and therefore they cannot have \u201cequal Rights\u201d and they do not need any, if each part comes to their Natural-Ur-<\/em>Right. They are different, but co-directed Variables, which are both perfect when United as one.
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\nAnother Name for the Rune is “the Crow\u2019s Foot”, which is not just derived from its Shape…<\/p>\n

The Yr-<\/em> or Eybe-<\/em>Woman-Rune is also the Rune of the Night, because the Woman is subjected to the Rhythm of the Nightly-Luminary (the Moon), with the 28-day Fertility-Cycle. <\/p>\n

Incidentally, the Yr-<\/em>Rune also represents (and without any evil connotation) the quite justifiable Earthly-Human, the active Sensual-Joyfulness and Sensuality of Human-Nature that is inclined towards the Earth.<\/p>\n

But as a warning Symbol of our Times, it shows us, as the Reversed side of the Man-Rune, of the manas <\/em>, of divine Reason, the turning away from God and Spirit, and in this way it becomes the Symbol of Revolution, of Godlessness, of Gold-Rush and of Erring.<\/p>\n

The World consists of Opposites, of eternal Polarities, of Good and Evil, Yes and No! If Man, Manas <\/em>, Reasoning, Mannus <\/em> and his \u201cHorn\u201d of Salvation, his Salvation-Procreation [Heils-Zeugung <\/em>], are turned over, reversed, then Revolution is the necessary Consequence. <\/p>\n

Everything that Happens is based on eternal Change [Wechsel <\/em>], upon the lawful Cooperation of the polar-opposite Forces [gesetzm\u00e4\u00dfigen Zusammenwirken der polaren Kr\u00e4fte <\/em>]<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Thus, the Man- and Woman-Rune creatively complement each other and in their Union they are a Symbol of the Last Judgement, the Horn-of-Change [Wendehorn <\/em>], which is very similar to the    Hagall-<\/em>Rune, but without the common point of Intersection of the Beams [Balken <\/em>], therefore not yet perfect in its Unity, but it promises new Ascension.<\/p>\n

Therefore the Rune teaches: “Consider the End\/Outcome!”<\/p>\n

There is a special meaning to the number 16 which corresponds to the Woman-Rune. The Number 16 contains two Words: Six and Ten, the first of which we have already recognized as an Abbreviation for Sex, Gender, on a personal Level of the Individual, of the King, of the one who is Capable, which was introduced by the sixth Rune, the Kaun-<\/em>Rune or the King\u2019s-Rune. The second Word, Ten, means Completion\/Perfection [Vollendung <\/em>] in the 10 \u2013 01, the Sum of the Ten-Stem [Zehntschaft <\/em>], in other Words the Clan, the Bloodline, from which descends the Individual, the one who Can. Sixteen therefore is Sex, Gender in its Completion, in other words perfected Procreation<\/u> [and, further, that it is the Completion\/Perfection of understanding one\u2019s Sexual Capacity]. <\/p>\n

The Yr-<\/em>Rune shows the driveling\/pissing Man [seichenden Mann <\/em>], therefore the Rune is called the Drivel\/Piss-Rune. But Drivel\/Piss [Seich <\/em>] is not just the Result of physical Metabolism, but on a Higher-Level the Word means Seed [Samen <\/em>], as well as Blessing [Segen <\/em>]. In this Sense, men are Seed-Bearers, Germinators, Sowers (as long as they sow, fertilize and enliven the Earth) and Woman is the Bearer of the Genetic-Material [die Tr\u00e4gerin der Erbmasse <\/em>]. <\/p>\n

The three Beams of the Yr-<\/em>Rune are also the Roots of the Yggdrasil <\/em> World Ash-Tree<\/u>, from which the Seeds get their Nourishment    . Here, likewise, sit the three Norns Urda, Werdandi <\/em> and Skuld <\/em>, the Women-of-Fate\/Destiny, who work the Fate\/Destiny of the Entire-Human-Race according to the Laws of the World-Tree. <\/p>\n

The Religion of our Ancestors was a Hymn to the Necessity, Glory and Merit of a well-attuned Life [eines wohl angebrachten Lebens <\/em>].<\/u> They knew of their Personal-Responsibility (Self-Responsibility or Responsibility-towards-Self) which emerges from a self-generated Fate\/Destiny [selbstgeschaffenen Schicksal <\/em>], and they knew that no sins can simply be forgiven, but that every Action [Tat <\/em>] will somehow find its Compensation [Ausgleich <\/em>]. <\/p>\n

Likewise, they knew that nothing can be given to us simply by divine Grace, because the Divine Law of the Conservation of Energy\/Force [Erhaltung der Kraft <\/em>] inevitably leads all Unevenness to a just Compensation.<\/p>\n

The Human-Being is dominated by the great Instinct of Love and Reproduction [gro\u00dfen Triebe der Liebe und der Fortpflanzung <\/em>], but in the absence of Guidance he does not know how to harness and coordinate these tremendous Forces [ungeheuren Kr\u00e4fte <\/em>], so he squanders them, wastes them, because a horrible devilish Power suggested to him that Procreation was Dirty. <\/p>\n

Thus, all Knowledge of the World and of God must demand of its Devotees that they take the Procreation-of-Human-Beings into their Sacred Care [Heilige Hut <\/em>], into \u201cHoly Attention\u201d, into the \u201cHoly Eight [Heilige Acht <\/em>]\u201d, i.e. into Infinity \u221e<\/strong> <\/span>, because otherwise they will also lack spiritual Procreation. Whosoever puts Dirt onto physical Procreation has long since also put Dirt onto Procreation in Spirit.<\/p>\n

The Yr-<\/em>Rune is also the Symbol of the descending Divinity<\/u>, of the Son-of-God who goes into Lunacy\/Folly [Irre <\/em>], into Aberration [Ir-de <\/em>], into the Earth [Erde <\/em>]. We will only really understand this when we fully grasp the significance of the Connection between the Man-Rune and the Woman-Rune, which finds its most perfect Expression in the    Hag-All <\/em> Rune.<\/p>\n

Then we will fully recognize what the Irr-<\/em> or Error-Rune is all about, the Going-Astray of God [Irre-Gehen des Gottes <\/em>], but also of the Human-Being, who as a Spirit, as a Part of God, as a \u201cSon-of-God\u201d, has to go astray in this Bodily-Life into Lunacy\/Folly [Leibes-Leben in die Irre <\/em>], into Aberration [Ir-de <\/em>], that is: first to the Earth and then back to the Earth again\u2026 until he has found his Aim, once and for all, in God.<\/p>\n

The Birth and Death [Geburt und Tod <\/em>] of an entire World is one Breath for God: one Exhalation and the World becomes, one Inhalation and the World passes-away!<\/p>\n

We have all become short-sighted in this World, because we have all looked at Things from very Close-Up. We have to get our Eyes used to that which is Far-Away, to the Vastness, then they become healthy.<\/p>\n

If we progress gradually, if we always approach what is Nearby (our Neighbor) first, instead of what is Farthest away, then we will recognize the points of Transition. Thus we will not \u201clove\u201d where others want and should love, but if everyone loves their Neighbor, then they fulfill the law, but not by trying to love the one who is farthest away and thereby crush their Neighbor as a result.<\/p>\n

In this Commandment is the whole Natural-Ur-<\/em>Law.
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\nThe Yr-<\/em>Rune rarely appears in the Coat-of-Arms in its pure shape, but often concealed, as such in the Coat-of-Arms of the City of Basel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

-Paraphrase from The Peak-Time of Humanity [Die Hoch-Zeit der Menschheit] <\/em> (1930)
\nby Rudolf John Gorsleben<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The \u201cYr\u201d Rune According to S.A. Kummer (1932-1933)<\/h3>\n

(Y) The Y-Rune, Yr<\/em>, Error [Irr <\/em>], Mistaken [Irrtum <\/em>], Iris, Yew-Tree [Eibe <\/em>]. The Rune of erring Love [irrenden Liebe <\/em>], Ocean Derangement, of Sorrow and of Lust; of Pleasure and of Pain, Laughter and Weeping. \u2013 Numerical value 16.<\/p>\n

This Rune means Irrationality, Disarray, Delusion, Inversion\/Reversal, Denial\/Negation, Destruction, Subversion\/Overthrow. As well as distorted Head [Kopf verdrehen <\/em>], Anger\/Wrath, Hatred, False-Appearance, Seduction in Suffering [Verf\u00fchrung in Leid <\/em>], Temptation, erroneous Sensuality [irrende Liebeslust <\/em>]. <\/p>\n

It is the upside-down erring Human, standing on their Head. The overturned Man-<\/em>Rune, the downward striving in the inferior Human [niederrassigen Menschen <\/em>], which creates Confusion [Verwirrung <\/em>], Intrigue [Innung <\/em>], and Chaos. <\/p>\n

The Yr-<\/em>Rune, in its Demonium, is subject to the bad Influences of the Full-Moon and its Phases. <\/p>\n

It is the Rune of the Night, of the Moon, of the changeable, changing\/exchanging Woman [wechselnden Weibes <\/em>], whose Body is subject to the Ebb and Flow of the tide. <\/p>\n

Yew-Tree [Eibe <\/em>], the Yew-Tree-Wood, Ghost-Tree, which Misleads [in die Irre f\u00fchrt <\/em>] in its Demonium, and tempts towards black Magic [zur schwarzen Magie verleitet <\/em>].<\/p>\n

Yr <\/em> is the Rune of erring Love [irrenden Liebe <\/em>], of unconscious, impure Procreation. Its Motto is: \u201cConsider the End\/Outcome [Ende <\/em>]!\u201d But when the pure Woman    unites with the noble Man    in conscious Procreation [bewussten Zeugung <\/em>] then she gives birth to the    Hag-all <\/em>, the Son-of-God, in the Microcosm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Kummer’s Full Body Rune Exercise(s):<\/h4>\n

Kummer does not give any specific Rune-Posture for this Rune, but does mention “the Head-Stand [dem Kopfe stehenden <\/em>]” in his description of the Rune\u2019s attributes.
\n<\/p>\n

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Kummer’s Hand Rune Exercise (\u2018Mudras\u2019 or \u201cRune-Grips\u201d): <\/h4>\n

Kummer does not give a Rune-Grip for the Yr-<\/em>Rune. However, since it is the opposite of the Man-<\/em>Rune, then it can be assumed that one can do the Man-<\/em>Rune-Grip with the left hand, but aiming it down towards the earth, and with the Palm facing outwards.<\/p>\n

-Paraphrase from Holy Runic-Power [Heilige Runenmacht]<\/em> (1932)
\n& Rune Magic [Runen-Magie] <\/em> (1933) by Siegfried Adolf Kummer.<\/p>\n

 
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Rosicrucian and Gnostic<\/h2>\n

The \u201cYr\u201d Rune and the \u201cMan\u201d Rune According to Huiracocha<\/h3>\n

Huiracocha says that the    Yr<\/em> Rune\u2019s value is: \u201cAccident, catastrophe, ending\u201d and that its astrological correspondence is with Mars. <\/p>\n

In his letter on the    Man<\/em> Rune , he also gives information about the    Yr<\/em> Rune:<\/p>\n

In many Shields, the    MAN Rune represents the Tree of Life and we also observe that in ancient documents, there is the Tree of Paradise with only three branches (similar to the    Man<\/em> Rune) and a serpent coiled around it. That is to say: the Serpent (symbol of Life) coiled around the Tree of the Cross; however, this is not a    Cross as we know it in Christianity (in which the horizontal beam is like an obstacle interrupting the current), but within the    MAN Rune it has raised arms leaving that expedient current so that it can ascend.<\/p>\n

If we start with the    HAGAL Rune (which represents the whole Cosmos), then we can extract two Runes. One with arms raised upwards (being the    MAN Rune) and the other with the arms down (being the    YR or IR Rune). The    Man<\/em> Rune represents the God-Man, the Spiritual-Man who looks up. The    Yr<\/em> Rune is the physical-Man, the human-Man, the terrestrial man who feels the call of the Earth. <\/p>\n

Unite both concepts (that is, God with Man) and we will have the meaning of these Runes.<\/p>\n

They are also a symbol of Man and Woman when they form that All (or Whole) which always forms Nature. That is, the hermaphrodite being, Man-Woman, harmoniously united, which is the supreme key of Sexual Magic, MA, MAN, (\u201cMama\u201d) Mother and MAN, MANO or HAND, Father; two archaic words, original symbols of the birth of all things.<\/p>\n

We must also UNITE, and balance (as indicated by this Rune), the KNOWING of the brain with the FEELING of the heart. These are the two poles that, together, will make the spark of that mysterious Light (that is in us) go out and of which we are truly producers.<\/p>\n

The value of the    Man<\/em> Rune is 15. If we add both numerals together, it gives us 6 (six), that is, Sex. From this word is composed the Six which, kabalistically, is    Kaun (the sixth Rune).    Kaun is the Rune of the Sexual Organs or of Sex (which we already know) and this Rune has a single raised arm representing sex in the material sense.<\/p>\n

In the    Man<\/em> Rune, the two arms rise in order to determine that LOVE, Divine Sex, is our own transmuted substance. The disciple should not expect to be told everything, but one should look for words that begin with \u201cMAN-\u201d, \u201cMANO-\u201d, and see how in the beginning of human language that Rune had its importance.<\/p>\n

For the operations of Runic Magic, of which we shall speak later, all these forces that we have explained must have been felt in oneself. No operation of White Magic can be done without raising the arms (even if it is mentally) to the Great All, thinking that everything has a trunk, a base, and in doing so we indicate that everything is a TREE, the tree of Humanity, the tree of Life.<\/p>\n

R.C.<\/center><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

-Paraphrase from Runic Course [Curso R\u00fanico] <\/em> (1931-1935)
\nby Arnoldo Krumm-Heller (Huiracocha)
\navailable in Gnostic-Rosicrucian Runology<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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The \u201cYr\u201d and \u201cMan\u201d Runes According to the FRA<\/h3>\n

Additional Information: In 1987, a book entitled Las Ense\u00f1anzas de la Antigua Fraternidad Rosacruz [The Teachings of the Ancient Rose-Cross Fraternity]<\/em> was published by the former leader of the FRA in Spain. He gives a practice for the    Yr<\/em> Rune, saying that it is the <\/p>\n

same as the lower half of the    HAGAL Rune. Already in this position, recite:
\n<\/p>\n

“I am health,
\nI am a hand of the Great All
\nthrough which it executes its will
\nand I, as a living antenna,
\nmust gather the divine forces of the Cosmos
\nwithout twisting its course
\nnor adulterating its Law”. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This short recitation is the same as the one given (in the same book) for the Man <\/em> Rune practice, except the arms are up for the    Man<\/em> Rune instead of down for the    Yr<\/em> Rune.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

-Paraphrase from Las Ense\u00f1anzas de la Antigua Fraternidad Rosacruz
\n[The Teachings of the Ancient Rose-Cross Fraternity] <\/em> (1987)
\navailable in the Appendix of Gnostic-Rosicrucian Runology<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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The \u201cYr\u201d Rune According to a Student of Samael Aun Weor<\/h3>\n

Samael Aun Weor does not mention the    Yr<\/em> Rune in any of his books, but one of his students explains it in a lecture on the Runes called “The Runes Laf, Yr and Man<\/a>” on the Glorian (formerly Gnostic Teachings) website:<\/p>\n

As you can see, the    Yr<\/em> Rune is an upside down    Man<\/em> Rune, and as its name indicates: the    Man<\/em> Rune represents man, while the    Yr<\/em> Rune symbolizes the woman (who are opposites). <\/p>\n

Since humanity ignores the mystery of the Grail & the Spear (the mysteries of sexual esotericism), when they perform the sexual act: they fornicate, thus, they become the fool. <\/p>\n

The fool is represented by the upside down man who does not respect the Grail. This is why the    Yr <\/em> Rune is also represented by an upside down man: the man who falls into Fornication. <\/p>\n

Nevertheless, we cannot state that the    Yr<\/em> Rune is 100% negative; better to state that it is dual.<\/strong> Its duality is based on how we utilize sex. <\/p>\n

Remember that it is necessary to descend into the Ninth Sphere in order to enter into Initiation. The    Yr <\/em> Rune indicates the descent into such duality…<\/p>\n

There is a prayer that we have here, in relation with the    Yr<\/em> Rune. Remember that the    Yr<\/em> Rune relates to the descent of Peter, into the Stone, into the woman, into the Earth \u2014the Holy Spirit into Mary\u2014 in order to lift the energy of the waters up and to fortify the brain. <\/p>\n

The graphic of this Rune displays a person with their hands towards the left and right at the level of the sexual organs: this is how you perform the    Yr<\/em> Rune. <\/p>\n

Then you say to the Holy Spirit, which is in the pineal gland (the atom of the Holy Spirit) that controls the waters of sexuality:<\/p>\n

\u201cTerrifying King of the Sea, Thou who hast the keys of the floodgates of heaven and who dost confine the subterranean waters within the caverns of the earth; King of the deluge and the showers of springtime; Thou who dost unseal the sources of rivers and fountains; Thou Who dost ordain moisture\u2014which is like the blood of the earth\u2014to become the sap of plants:<\/p>\n

We adore Thee, We invoke Thee! Come unto us, we are thy miserable and unstable creatures; Speak unto us from Thine inconstant and great commotions of the sea, so that we shall tremble before Thee; speak unto us also from the murmur of limpid waters, so that we shall yearn for Thy love! <\/p>\n

Oh Immensity into which flow all the rivers of life, to be continually reborn within Thee! Oh ocean of infinite perfections! Height which deepness reflects Thine Image, deepness which thou exhale from the height; lead us unto true life through intelligence and love! Lead us to immortality through sacrifice, so that one day we may be found worthy to offer Thee water, blood, and tears, for the remission of our sins! Amen.\u201d<\/dir>“Unto true life through intelligence and love” means, “Unto the Tree of Life through Binah and Gedulah” because Binah [3] and Gedulah (or Chesed) [4] relate to the Holy Spirit (the Lord of the Waters), who can control your waters of sexuality from the pineal gland. <\/p>\n

You can perform the    Yr<\/em> Rune in that position, before the sexual act or, if you can memorize the whole prayer, then you can recite it during the sexual act. The prayer of the    Yr<\/em> Rune relates to the exorcism of the water. Remember that the waters of sexuality are related to your sexual glands. There you find the water with which we need to be baptized. This is the mystery of Baptism.<\/p>\n

Remember that the Savior emerges from the waters, and the \u2018Lord of the Waters\u2019 is the Holy Spirit (the white dove). From above, the pineal gland (that dove) says, “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased,” when he sees his chaste son rising from the waters of the Jordan. Because of his Chastity, he is rising from the living waters (from the    Laf <\/em> Rune), thanks to the    Yr <\/em> Rune. That is the mystery of Binah (the Holy Spirit) and Chesed (the Ruach Elohim), the Spirit of God that was hovering above the face of the waters. <\/p>\n

Do you see the beauty of these Runes? How each one relates to each other? If the woman (    Yr <\/em>) has to work, then the man (    Man <\/em>) has to work too, and    Laf <\/em>  (Life) is between them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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-Paraphrase from Runes: The Runes Laf, Yr and Man<\/a><\/em> on the Glorian (formerly Gnostic Teachings) website<\/p>\n