{"id":4808,"date":"2019-09-02T14:08:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T21:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/?page_id=4808"},"modified":"2025-08-14T07:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:08:03","slug":"the-jer-ger-or-jera-rune","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/alchemy\/runology\/the-jer-ger-or-jera-rune\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jer\/Ger or Jera Rune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/RuneCard19a2_sm.jpg\" width=\"370\" border=\"0\" \/> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/RuneCard19b3_sm.jpg\" width=\"370\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Historically<\/h2>\n<h3>The \u201cJer, Jar, Jahr\u201d or J-Rune According to Friedrich Fischbach (1900)<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/ArJer2a from Ursprung der Buchstaben Gutenbergs - Beitrag zur Runenkunde (1900) by Friedrich Fischbach(fixed).jpg\" width=\"117\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>After the <em>Is-<\/em>Rune, and in place of the 10th or <em>Ar-<\/em>Rune, Fischbach gives the \u2018J-Rune = <em>J\u00ear <\/em> = Year [<em>Jahr <\/em>]\u2019 along with this description: symbol in the <em>J\u00ear-<\/em>Rune, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/ArJer1c from Ursprung der Buchstaben Gutenbergs - Beitrag zur Runenkunde (1900) by Friedrich Fischbach(fixed).jpg\" width=\"175\" align=\"left\">We find the greatest Diversity in the <em>J\u00ear <\/em> or <em>J\u00e2r <\/em> Rune.  The anglo-saxon Character <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/FischbachJerJar2 from GnosticRunes-Notes_JerJera_Historically1d.jpg\" width=\"15\"> probably indicates the elapsed Solar-Year [<em>Sonnenjahr <\/em>], namely the crossed-out Sun.  Whereas the <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/FischbachJerJar3 from GnosticRunes-Notes_JerJera_Historically1d.jpg\" width=\"12\"> can likewise signify the four Seasons, but Usually it is the three Main-Seasons which are crossed out or united.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"right\">-Paraphrase from <em>Origin of Gutenberg\u2019s Letters [Ursprung der Buchstaben Gutenbergs] <\/em> (1900)<br \/>\nby Friedrich Fischbach<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The \u201cIng\u201d and \u201cThorn\u201d Runes According to Guido von List (1910 &#038; 1907)<\/h3>\n<p>In Lists\u2019 book <em>The Pictographic-Script of the Aryo-Germans: Aryo-Germanic Hieroglyphics <\/em>, first published in 1910, he says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Ing-Rune1b from ListGuidoVon-DieBilderschriftDerArio-germanen.jpg\" width=\"320\" align=\"right\">&#8230;the following Rune, Fig. 72 &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/GuidoVonListFigure72a from GnosticRunes-Notes_JerJera_Historically1d_sm.jpg\" width=\"20\">&nbsp;, applies to the Syllable \u201c<em>ing <\/em>\u201d \u2026 because it is condensed [<em>zusammengesackt<\/em>] <u>from the Horn and from the Crescent\/Sickle [<em>dem Horn und der Sichel <\/em>]<\/u><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In order to understand what the \u2018Horn\u2019 and \u2018Crescent\/Sickle\u2019 are, we need to look at some Glyphs he defines in the following order:<br \/>\n<!--\nGlyph\tGlyph Name\tName Meaning\tGlyph Meaning\tCorresponding Moon Phase\n \t\u201cHoren\u201d or \n\u2018left Peak\u2019\tHorn\tEmergence\/Genesis [Entstehung]\t[Waxing Moon]\n   \t\u201cFem\u201d or \n\u2018overturned Peak\u2019\tFive\tRemind\/Encourage [mahnen]\tFull-Moon\n \t\u201csihhela\u201d or \n\u2018right Peak\u2019\tCrescent\/Sickle [Sichel]\tHealing [Helende], Hiding, Dying [Sterbende]\tWaning Moon\n \t\u201cWbe\u201d, \u201cYbe\u201d or \n\u2018ascending Peak\u2019\tSpirit\tthe Yew-Bow [Eibenbogen]; the spiritual Bow\/Arc: Return to Rebirth\tNew-Moon--><br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/GuidoVonListMoonGlyphs1a from GnosticRunes-Notes_JerJera_Historically1f_sm.jpg\" width=\"730\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So when List says that the <em>Ing-<\/em>Rune is \u201ccondensed from the Horn and from the Crescent\/Sickle\u201d, this refers to the duality of the Waxing and Waning Moon Phases, as well as to opposites of Beginning (Emergence\/Genesis) and Conclusion\/Ending (Healing, Hiding, Dying) in a Cycle.<\/p>\n<p>List goes on to differentiate the variants of this Rune:<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/GuidoVonListIngVariants1 from GnosticRunes-Notes_JerJera_Historically1f_sm.jpg\" width=\"560\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If we add the <em>Is-<\/em>Rune to the above <em>Ing-<\/em>Rune, then we get the other shape for this Rune <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jer1b from ListGuidoVon-DieBilderschriftDerArio-germanen.jpg\" width=\"35\"> , which would symbolically mean: the Beginning and Conclusion\/Ending (<em>Ing-<\/em>Rune) of the \u201cvigorously-willed Spirit\u201d (<em>Is-<\/em>Rune), and of the Willpower necessary to overcome the \u201cSurge of the Waves\u201d in the Spiritual- and Physical-Worlds.  (See List\u2019s explanation of <a href=\"\/index.php\/alchemy\/runology\/the-is-rune\/\">the <em>Is-<\/em>Rune<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">-Paraphrase from <em>The Pictographic-Script of the Aryo-Germans: Aryo-Germanic Hieroglyphics<br \/>\n[Die Bilderschrift der Ario-Germanen : Ario-Germanische Hieroglyphik] <\/em> (1910) by Guido Von List<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While discussing the <em>Dorn-<\/em> or Thorn-Rune, in his <em>Mystery\/Secret of the Runes <\/em> (1907), List mentions that this Rune has a dual aspect based on how its point or \u2018thorn\u2019 is directed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Todesdorn1b from ListGuidoVon-DieBilderschriftDerArio-germanen.jpg\" width=\"165\" align=\"right\">This Rune is the \u201cThorn-of-Death\u201d [<em>Todesdorn <\/em>] which is what <em>Wuotan<\/em> used to put the disobedient <em>Valkyrie<\/em>, <em>Brunhilda<\/em> (a female warrior), into a Death-Sleep (compare Sleeping Beauty).  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Lebensdorn1b from ListGuidoVon-DieBilderschriftDerArio-germanen.jpg\" width=\"170\" align=\"right\">But in contrast to this, it is also the \u201cThorn-of-Life\u201d [<em>Lebensdorn <\/em>] (the Phallus), with which Death is conquered through \u201cRebirth [<em>Wiedergeburt <\/em>]\u201d.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jer1b from ListGuidoVon-DieBilderschriftDerArio-germanen.jpg\" width=\"77\" align=\"right\">One aspect is related to Life, and the other to Death\u2026  If we overlap these runes on top of each other, then we have one of the shapes of the <em>Jer\/Ger <\/em>Rune, which we can say becomes the \u2018Thorns-of-Death-and-Life\u2019.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">-Paraphrase from <em>The Mystery\/Secret of the Runes<br \/>\n[Das Geheimnis der Runen] <\/em> (1907) by Guido Von List<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nGnostically, this reminds us of the dual aspect of our Interior Work: to Die in ourselves and to be Born again.  In this sense, it reminds us of the danger of becoming a <em>Hanasmuss <\/em> (a being who has the Solar Bodies, but has not eliminated the Ego), a \u2018Cosmic Failure\u2019, an abortion of the Divine Mother.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Dorn1b from Kurtzahn - Die Runen Als Heilzeichen Und Schicksalslose_BW.jpg\" width=\"155\" align=\"right\">The \u201cThorn-of-Life\u201d Rune According to E.T. Kurtzahn (1924)<\/h3>\n<p>In his explanation of the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/DORN1b from CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"10\">&nbsp; Thorn-Rune, Kurtzahn mentions Death and Life as Opposite-Poles.  <\/p>\n<p>The Thorn-of-Life [<em>Lebensdorn <\/em>], he says, \u201cresembles an <em>Ithyphallus <\/em> (a depiction of an erect phallus) &#8230; which expresses the Expression of the &#8216;Will to Life [<em>Willens zum Leben <\/em>]&#8217; through Procreation-Readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he goes on to say that \u201cthe implied condition of Death (necessary to define Life) together with Rebirth in almost infinite Change or Exchange [<em>Wechsel <\/em>]\u201d is something that \u201cnothing and no one is able to resist&#8230;\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The \u201cJer, Jera or Belgthor\u201d Rune According to R.J. Gorsleben<\/h3>\n<p>In discussing the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/DORN1b from CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"10\">&nbsp; <em>Thorn\/Dorn <\/em> Rune, he says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The male magical thorn, the thorn of awakening, overcomes the thorn-hedge of the Wahl-castle (Selection-Castle), the rampart-castle, the place of selecting the bride, the hedge of thunder, the <em>Thun-Ar <\/em>-hedge: <em>Tun <\/em>= fence, <em>Ar <\/em>= Sun, therefore the fence of the Sun or of the fire. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The double Rune <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\\images\\DoubleDorn1b from gorslebenrudolf-hoch-zeitdermenschheit(1930).jpg\" width=\"22\"> (Thorn from both sides) approaches the shape of the Rune of Marriage [ &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/EHE2a from CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"14\">&nbsp; <em>Ehe <\/em>-Rune ].<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marriage only creates the human being in its entirety in man and woman, who create the third one, which is more than both&#8230; This is the meaning of Sleeping Beauty, who sleeps the hibernation of infertility, until the prince, the knight, the fearless one, arrives, penetrates the hedge of thorny roses and awakens the virgin with a kiss.  She is sleeping the sleep between death and reincarnation and her destiny is to give birth to the son of the hero&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the Gnostic, the &#8220;Sleep&#8221; of Sleeping Beauty is the sleeping Consciousness, which must be awakened through the Work on ourselves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In discussing the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/KA1b from CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"10\">&nbsp; <font size=\"4\" color=\"black\"><strong> &lt; <\/strong><\/font> <em>Kaun\/Kon\/Kun <\/em> Rune, he says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Subsidiary of the <em>Kun <\/em>Rune [<font size=\"4\" color=\"black\"><strong> &lt; <\/strong><\/font>] is the \u201c<em>Kind <\/em> [or Child]\u201d Rune.  <\/p>\n<p>When doubled, it is the Syllable &#8216;ing&#8217;, &#8216;ling&#8217;, &#8216;ung&#8217;, meaning <strong>Orphan, the Descendant<\/strong>: &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jera or Ing Rune1b from Runes3 from gorslebenrudolf-hoch-zeitdermenschheit(1930).jpg\" width=\"14\">&nbsp;  [the <em>Ing <\/em> or <em>Jera <\/em> Rune]&#8230;  It is between two Things, two Bodies, two Values and Numbers, it is the Sign for \u201cLess-Than\u201d <font size=\"4\" color=\"black\"><strong> &lt; <\/strong><\/font> , or \u201cGreater-Than\u201d <font size=\"4\" color=\"black\"><strong> &gt; <\/strong><\/font> .  <\/p>\n<p>Since the Rune always appears in the position for \u201cLess-Than\u201d, it presumably means <font size=\"4\" color=\"black\"><strong> &lt; <\/strong><\/font> the Child [<em>das Kind <\/em>], and can also be read everywhere as a Child- or Ancestry\/Lineage-Rune.<\/p>\n<p>This Character could also be seen as Part of the Inner-Angle of the Womb of the Bar-Rune, &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/BAR1b from CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"8\">&nbsp; <font size=\"4\" color=\"black\"><strong> &lt; <\/strong><\/font> , from which <strong>it emerges as the \u201cChild\u201d after Birth&#8230; The \u201cIng\u201d-Ancestry\/Lineage-Character&#8230;<\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"right\">-Paraphrase from <em>The Peak-Time of Humanity [Die Hoch-Zeit der Menschheit] <\/em> (1930)<br \/>\nby Rudolf John Gorsleben<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The \u201cJer\/Gera\u201d or &#8220;Belgthor&#8221; Rune According to S.A. Kummer (1932-33)<\/h3>\n<p>Not mentioned.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><H3>The Jer\/Gera or Belgthor Rune According to Scholars<\/h3>\n<p>The <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jer1b from ListGuidoVon-DieBilderschriftDerArio-germanen.jpg\" width=\"35\"> <em>Jer\/Gera <\/em>or <em>Belgthor <\/em>Rune is often used in Runic Calendars to refer to the number 19 (or the 19th year).  Runic Calendars were perpetual calendars based on a 19 year-long period correlating the Sun and the Moon, which is called a Metonic cycle (a period after which the lunar phases recur at the same time of the year).  Rune Calendars were etched on pieces of wood and often referred to as Rune Staffs.<\/p>\n<p>The word <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Belgae#English\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Belg&#8221;, in Prot-Indo-European<\/a>, means &#8220;to bulge, to swell&#8221;.  So it makes sense that the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Belgthor1b%20from%20CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"12\">&nbsp; <em>Jer\/Gera <\/em> or <em>Belgthor <\/em> Rune can be seen as 2 <a href=\"\/index.php\/alchemy\/runology\/the-thorn-torn-or-dorn-rune\/\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/DORN1b from CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"10\">&nbsp; <em>Thoros, Thorn <\/em> or <em>Dorn <\/em><\/a> Runes &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\\images\\DoubleDorn1b from gorslebenrudolf-hoch-zeitdermenschheit(1930).jpg\" width=\"22\">&nbsp; put together (sometimes two or more overlapping runes is called a &#8216;bind rune&#8217;).  <\/p>\n<p><!--At the same time, the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Belgthor1b%20from%20CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"12\">&nbsp; <em>Jer\/Gera <\/em> shape seems somehow similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/glorian.org\/learn\/courses-and-lectures\/runes\/rune-dagaz\"> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\\images\\Dagaz2 in Anglo-SaxonRunes1 from Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume 8 (1872)_bw.jpg\" width=\"17\">&nbsp; <em>Dagaz <\/em> Rune<\/a>.  It may also be seen as a version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/glorian.org\/learn\/courses-and-lectures\/runes\/rune-ingwaz\"> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\\images\\Ingwaz1 in Anglo-SaxonRunes1 from Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume 8 (1872)_bw.jpg\" width=\"17\">&nbsp; <em>Ingwaz <\/em> rune<\/a> called the \"lantern rune\". -->  <\/p>\n<p>Other variations of this rune (such as &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\\images\\Elder-Jera1.jpg\" width=\"17\">&nbsp; <em>Jera <\/em> or <em>Jeran <\/em>) are said to have the meaning of &#8220;year&#8221; or &#8220;harvest&#8221;, as well as &#8220;season&#8221;, &#8220;plenty&#8221;, and &#8220;prosperity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!--\n&nbsp;\n\n<H3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/20resurrection2%20from%20clefabsoluedelas00papuuoft-17b.jpg\" width=\"130\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">The Numeric Perspective for both Runes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Since Huiracocha gives the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Belgthor1b%20from%20CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"12\">&nbsp; <em>Jer\/Gera <\/em> or <em>Belgthor <\/em> Rune the value of 19 and the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Cross1b%20from%20CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"14\">&nbsp; Cross Rune with the value of 20, let's look at what this implies for their symbolic values.\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/arcanum19 from le livre de la chance - sm.jpg\" width=\"125\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\">In Gnostic Kabbalah, <a href=\"\/index.php\/gnostic-kabalah\/gnostic-tarot-and-kabalah\/arcanum-19\/\">Arcanum 19<\/a> is the Sun, Inspiration, <strong>Alliance<\/strong> (a man and a woman holding hands beneath the Sun).  Arcanum 19 speaks to us of Cooperation, <strong>the Alliance between Man & Woman<\/strong>, between Husband & Wife, in order to be able to perform Sexual Alchemy and, therefore, achieve the Second Birth.   \n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Cross1b in RuneTable1 from Hoch-Zeit of Humanity(fixed).jpg\" width=\"88\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"\/index.php\/gnostic-kabalah\/gnostic-tarot-and-kabalah\/arcanum-20\/\">Arcanum 20<\/a> is Judgment, <strong>Resurrection<\/strong> (the Dead come back to Life), which is said to only be possible through <strong>Initiation<\/strong>.  This Initiation is our process of connecting with our Inner Divinity and implies the Death of the Ego, as well as Sexual Alchemy and Sacrifice for Humanity (the 3 Factors: Death, Birth, Sacrifice).  \n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/TreeOfLife2f_Master-sm.jpg\" width=\"160\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Once we have passed through the first 3 Degrees of Gnostic or Hermetic Masonry (Apprentice, Companion\/Fellow, & Master \u2013 acquiring the Solar Astral, Mental & Causal Vehicles) and eliminated the 3 Traitors (our Lunar Astral, Mental & Causal Vehicles), then it is possible to achieve Resurrection (Arcanum 20), by passing on to the higher levels of Initiation (the Venustic Initiation, etc).  However, all of this is only possible through Transmutation and the work upon ourselves.\n\nLet us, then, consider Arcanum 19 and the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Belgthor1b%20from%20CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"12\">&nbsp; <em>Jer\/Gera <\/em> or <em>Belgthor <\/em> Rune as similarly indicating a need to <u>work together<\/u> with our Initiatic Brother or Sister.  Working together in the 9th Sphere, is how we can <u>progress Initiatically<\/u>.  \n\nAnd how do we work?  Using Conscious Willpower, the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/DORN1b from CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"10\">&nbsp; <em>Thorn <\/em> or <em>Dorn <\/em> Rune, which we can see doubled here, overlapping each other, as the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Belgthor1b%20from%20CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"12\">&nbsp; <em>Jer\/Gera <\/em> or <em>Belgthor <\/em> Rune.  The Cross is what that allows us to work together: the union of the opposing polarities.  So we can see the connection between these two Runes by considering them from the numeric perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><H3>The Symbolic Perspective for the Jer\/Gera or Belgthor Rune<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Superman_TV-series.jpg\" width=\"170\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">If we convert the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Belgthor1b%20from%20CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"12\">&nbsp; <em>Jer\/Gera <\/em> or <em>Belgthor <\/em> Rune into a posture, then we see a person with both hands on the hips.  Again, something like a double <a href=\"\/index.php\/alchemy\/runology\/the-thorn-torn-or-dorn-rune\/\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/DORN1b from CourseOfRunes-Bilingual2d.jpg\" width=\"10\">&nbsp; <em>Thoros, Thorn <\/em> or <em>Dorn <\/em> Rune &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\\images\\DoubleDorn1b from gorslebenrudolf-hoch-zeitdermenschheit(1930).jpg\" width=\"22\">&nbsp;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.center-for-nonverbal-studies.org\/htdocs\/handhips.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Non-Verbal Studies<\/a>, this posture is called &#8220;akimbo&#8221; or hands-on-hips:<\/p>\n<p><dir>Hands-on-hips shows that the body is prepared to &#8220;take steps&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a. to perform,<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; b. to take part in, or<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; c. to take charge of<br \/>\nan event, activity, or work assignment. <\/p>\n<p>As a nonverbal cue, the posture shows that the body is poised to &#8220;step forward&#8221; (either to carry out a superior&#8217;s order, or to discipline or threaten a subordinate, or to defend against those who &#8220;overstep their bounds&#8221;).<\/dir> <\/p>\n<p>And in US Politics, it says:<\/p>\n<p><dir>Hands-on-hips has been analyzed as a &#8220;classic sign of confidence&#8221; &#8230; [such as] in the painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River&#8230;<\/dir><\/p>\n<p>However, there is another side to this posture.  According to Law Enforcement sources (in this case, an FBI Special Agent):<\/p>\n<p><dir>&#8230;it is a territorial-claiming gesture usually present when something is wrong. Many a child has come home to a mother waiting at the door with her arms akimbo. Nothing further need be said: the kid is in trouble. <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t recommend that officers (responding to domestic situations) stand in doorways with arms akimbo. They are blocking the king&#8217;s castle, they are being territorial, and it is a hostile statement when defusion is needed instead. <\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, I encourage female officers to use arms akimbo more often to establish greater territory, and thus greater authority.<\/dir><\/p>\n<p>A general summary of this posture, then, would be that it indicates confidence and is related to the &#8220;action of controlling&#8221; a situation.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jera-wonderwoman2b.jpg\" width=\"220\" align=\"right\"><strong>Prior to Action:<\/strong> If the action is to follow, then this can be accomplished by taking the control (or authority) away from someone else or by asserting one&#8217;s own authority (if there does not seem to be one already established). <\/p>\n<p><strong>After Action:<\/strong>If the action has just occurred, then it may indicate a perceived triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it often seems to be the posture indicating some kind controlling or dominating action (either that will follow or has been accomplished).  Which is maybe why we see modern fictional &#8220;Superheros&#8221; take this posture before or after they have acted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jera1 from Armanen Runes - Larry Camp.jpg\" width=\"87\" align=\"left\">Additionally, this posture seems to indicate: <u>Overseeing, Overlooking or Reflecting<\/u> on an action, situation, job or phase of a project (which can also be seen as a series of tasks and, therefore, as a cycle or part of a cycle).<\/p>\n<p>For the ancients, who were in touch with Nature, life generally revolved around the appropriate seasonal activities such that they were prepared for the next phase or season.  Thus, if this Rune is related to the Year, then we can see its association with Reflecting on the current seasonal activities or even the whole year\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a name=\"GnosticRoseCross\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Rosicrucian and Gnostic<\/h2>\n<h3>The \u201cAr\u201d Rune and the \u201cJar-Man\u201d According to Huiracocha <\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jer1b from ListGuidoVon-DieBilderschriftDerArio-germanen.jpg\" width=\"77\" align=\"right\">In his Runic-Course, Huiracocha does not give this 19th Rune a name, but does give it the values of \u201cFortune, friendships\u201d and associates it with the constellation of Leo.  He also says it is \u201clike 1 [<em>como 1 <\/em>]\u201d, which appears to refer to the 1st Rune, <em>Fa <\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In discussing the <em>Ar <\/em>Rune, Huiracocha says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026The son of the SUN was called ARMANO. <\/p>\n<p>AAR is the original word for the FIRE or, more specifically, the CENTRAL FIRE. <\/p>\n<p>ARAHARI of the Hindus is the name of the Spiritual Sun.<\/p>\n<p>ARIMAN was the Lucifer or &#8216;maker of the Light&#8217; among the Persians.<\/p>\n<p>The numeric value of AR is 10 or the &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Symbol of the Man-God1 from GnosticRunes-Notes_AR1g.jpg\" width=\"19\" border=\"0\">&nbsp; symbol of the Man-God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is also curious that the year in German is called JAHR, JARR or JAR.  J is the Being and AR is the Sun.  Thus, the SOLAR BEING is represented by the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The universal Man, in the primitive Language, was <u>the JAR-MAN or Man of the Universal Sun<\/u>, ADAM-KADMON, the HIRAM of the Masons, the Builder of the Temple of Solomon, who was also called HARAM in the Ancient Texts\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jera Rune1b - From Glorian3.png\" width=\"99\" align=\"right\">The \u201cJera\u201d Rune According to a Student of Samael Aun Weor<\/h3>\n<p>Samael Aun Weor does not give any information about this Rune.  However, one of Samael\u2019s students (from Glorian Publishing) gave a lecture on the <em>Jera <\/em> Rune, which we have attempted to summarize below:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The <em>Jera <\/em> Rune is related with the Solar Harvest.  What is the Solar Harvest?  It is related to the Cosmic Day.  The Cosmic Day (the Mahavantara) is opposed to the Cosmic Night (the Mahapralaya).  During the Cosmic Day, there is Being or Existence\u2026  This is the time when one can \u2018grow\u2019 or develop and, at the end of the growing season, there can be a Harvest.<\/p>\n<p>So the <em>Jera <\/em> Rune speaks to us of the Harvest of the Cosmic Day, that is: the useful outcome of existence.  In Gnosis, the Solar Harvest means the work with the Solar Logos and, therefore, the work with the Light.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\\images\\Absolute-KetherChockmahBinah_GnosticChemistryCosmology-Notes01b.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\nIn Gnostic Kabbalah, when the Cosmic Day comes into activity, it emanates from the Absolute, which has 3 aspects: <em>Ain <\/em>, <em>Ain Soph <\/em> and <em>Ain Soph Aur <\/em>.  The word <em>Aur <\/em> (in the third aspect) means \u2018Light\u2019 in Hebrew.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAnd God said \u2018Let there be Light\u2019 and there was Light\u2026\u201d &nbsp; &#8211; Genesis 1:3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The first manifestation of existence are the Sephiroth called Kether, followed by Chokmah and then Binah.  After these three (which are also called the Three Primary Forces), we have the secret Sephira Daath.<\/p>\n<p>Daath is related with Knowledge or Wisdom, and specifically with the knowledge of how to Self-Realize ourselves.  It is Tantric Knowledge.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Jera Rune1b - From Glorian3.png\" width=\"72\" align=\"left\"><em>Jera <\/em> is the symbol of the Duality within the Trinity.  If we carefully observe the sign of the <em>Jera <\/em> Rune, we see that in the middle of its two sickles, symbol of the duality, <u>we find the <em>Sig <\/em> Rune, which is formed by three lines<\/u>.  <em>Sig <\/em> is the Rune of Fire.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Sig <\/em> in the <em>Jera <\/em >Rune is an invisible fire.  Therefore, when we study the <em>Jera <\/em> Rune, related with harvesting, we have to understand that <em>Sig <\/em> (the Solar Fire) is hidden in it. <\/p>\n<p>Thus, the <em>Jera <\/em> Rune very clearly shows three fiery forces; one is hidden, and two are shown.  <strong>We always have to use our intuition, in order to see these things.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This hidden or invisible fire is that Christic Fire, the INRI of the Cosmic Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the Absolute (in the aspect which is Existence or Being), we can only see the fire that is active, that is burning in matter&#8230;  But, at the very depth of our consciousness, we can find that invisible fire, that \u2018black light\u2019.  We have it, and if we close our eyes, in meditation, and we go within, then we find that black light\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>We want to awaken that light, that <em>Sig <\/em> Rune, which is precisely the work that we do in Alchemy.  When that light appears, it comes from the darkness.  This is why it is stated that when we practice White Tantra, we have to do it in darkness, because light emerges from that invisible or black fire. <\/p>\n<p><strong>So the <em>Jera <\/em>Rune, is really a Rune of Alchemy.  It is very profound.  <u>It implies the movement, the forces, within all of the Runes together.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Jera <\/em>Rune itself is explained alchemically.  It is a seal in which we apply <u>when we are sealing ourselves with the sign of the cross and by the Tetragrammaton<\/u>.  This is a practice of the <em>Jera <\/em>Rune \u2014 seals.  Any type of seal is related with <em>Jera <\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"right\">-Paraphrase from <em>Runes: <a HREF=\"https:\/\/glorian.org\/learn\/courses-and-lectures\/runes\/rune-jera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rune Jera<\/a><\/em> on the Glorian (formerly Gnostic Teachings) website<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<p>More information about this Rune from the Gnostic perspective is also given <a href=\"https:\/\/glorian.org\/learn\/courses-and-lectures\/runes\/rune-jera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the Glorian website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Solar Harvest of the Cosmic Day means working with the 3 Factors of the Revolution of the Consciousness: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1.\tBirth (Creation of the Solar Bodies)<br \/>\n2.\tDeath (Elimination of the &#8220;I\u2019s&#8221; or Egos)<br \/>\n3.\tSacrifice (Selflessly helping Humanity)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If we are Born without Dying, then we create for ourselves a very difficult situation, which is referred to as \u2018an abortion of the Divine Mother\u2019.  We convert ourselves into a Hanasmuss\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nRegarding the subject of the Hanasmuss or Hanasmussen, Samael Aun Weor mentions the following in <a href=\"https:\/\/glorian.org\/books\/the-elimination-of-satans-tail\/the-dissolution-of-the-i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ch. 6 of his book <em>Dissolution of the &#8220;I&#8221; <\/em> (also called <em>The Elimination of Satan\u2019s Tail <\/em> in English)<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u2026it is necessary for you to deeply comprehend the necessity of dissolving the &#8216;I&#8217;.  The greatest danger that exists in life is the danger of converting ourselves into HANASMUSSEN.<\/p>\n<p>Whosoever does not work in the dissolution of the &#8216;I&#8217; gradually degenerates themselves more and more in each existence, until finally, they do not receive any more physical bodies because they have converted themselves into a dangerous Hanasmuss.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Many Initiates achieve the creation of their Superior Existential Bodies of the Being, yet they fail because they do not dissolve the psychological &#8216;I&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>These Initiates cannot celebrate the Nativity in their hearts; they cannot achieve the incarnation of their Being in spite of possessing the superior existential bodies.  Thus, they convert themselves into Hanasmussen with a double center of gravity.<\/p>\n<p>If deep Self-realization is what we truly want, then it is necessary to comprehend the necessity of working with the three factors of the Revolution of the Consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>If any of the three factors of the revolution of the Consciousness are excluded, then the outcome of this procedure is failure.<\/p>\n<p>Behold the three factors of the revolution of the Consciousness: To be born, to die, and to sacrifice ourselves for humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Sexual Magic, dissolution of the &#8216;I&#8217;, and charity: This is the triple path of the upright life [<em>la vida recta <\/em>].<\/p>\n<p>Some Gnostic students have written to us, asking for a didactic in order to dissolve the &#8216;I&#8217;.  <strong>The best didactic for the dissolution of the &#8216;I&#8217; is found in practical life that is intensely lived.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Download the Handouts for this class:<br \/>\n<div class='w3eden'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Default Template -->\n\n<div class=\"link-template-default card mb-2\">\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        <div class=\"media\">\n            <div class=\"mr-3 img-48\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpdm_icon\" alt=\"Icon\"   src=\"http:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/download-manager\/assets\/file-type-icons\/pdf.svg\" \/><\/div>\n            <div class=\"media-body\">\n                <h3 class=\"package-title\"><a href='https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/download\/gnostic-runology-historical-study-of-the-jer-ger-or-jera-rune\/'>Gnostic Runology \u2013 Historical Study of the JER, GER or JERA Rune<\/a><\/h3>\n                <div class=\"text-muted text-small\"><i class=\"fas fa-copy\"><\/i> 1 file(s) <i class=\"fas fa-hdd ml-3\"><\/i> 383 KB<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ml-3\">\n                <a class='wpdm-download-link download-on-click btn btn-primary ' rel='nofollow' href='#' data-downloadurl=\"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/download\/gnostic-runology-historical-study-of-the-jer-ger-or-jera-rune\/?wpdmdl=14635&refresh=69d65e304fd901775656496\">Download<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/p>\n<div class='w3eden'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Default Template -->\n\n<div class=\"link-template-default card mb-2\">\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        <div class=\"media\">\n            <div class=\"mr-3 img-48\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpdm_icon\" alt=\"Icon\"   src=\"http:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/download-manager\/assets\/file-type-icons\/pdf.svg\" \/><\/div>\n            <div class=\"media-body\">\n                <h3 class=\"package-title\"><a href='https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/download\/gnostic-runology-the-jer-ger-or-jera-rune-and-its-practice\/'>Gnostic Runology \u2013 The JER, GER or JERA Rune and its Practice<\/a><\/h3>\n                <div class=\"text-muted text-small\"><i class=\"fas fa-copy\"><\/i> 1 file(s) <i class=\"fas fa-hdd ml-3\"><\/i> 233 KB<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ml-3\">\n                <a class='wpdm-download-link download-on-click btn btn-primary ' rel='nofollow' href='#' data-downloadurl=\"https:\/\/gnosticstudies.org\/index.php\/download\/gnostic-runology-the-jer-ger-or-jera-rune-and-its-practice\/?wpdmdl=14638&refresh=69d65e305ddfd1775656496\">Download<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013 = <a href=\"\/index.php\/alchemy\/runology\/the-jer-ger-or-jera-rune\/jera-rune-supplemental-information\/\"><strong>Read the NEXT PART<\/strong><\/a> = \u2013<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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