The Way Of Wyrd Quotes

“Thoughts are like raindrops,’ he persisted, introducing yet another of his interminable images. ‘They fall, make a splash and then dry up. But the world of wyrd is like the mighty oceans from which raindrops arise and to which they return in rivers and streams.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“You are labelling pieces of the world with words, then confusing your word-hoard for the totality of life.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“us to comprehend, for we are ourselves part of wyrd and cannot stand back to observe it as if it were a separate force.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“Nothing may happen without wyrd, for it is present in everything, but wyrd does not make things happen. Wyrd is created at every instant and so wyrd is the happening.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“Everything that has happened took place because you arrived. If you had not come here, the warrior might still be alive and the horse might not have been sick. A man has been killed, and a horse healed, for your benefit.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“Each sorcerer has his own connections with the forces of wyrd. In the execution of the shapes subtleties, allusions and personal secrets are revealed. Once you have mastered the copying skill, you will develop your own style and in time your knife will”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“know the flow of the grain. The pattern of wyrd represented by this tree is visible in the grain and you must work within it.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“But the threads of wyrd are a dimension of ourselves that we cannot grasp with words. We spin webs of words, yet wyrd slips through like the wind. The secrets of wyrd do not lie in our word-hoards, but are locked in the soul. We can only discern the shadows”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“You are strangling your life-force with words. Do not live your life searching around for answers in your word-hoard. You will find only words to rationalize your experience. Allow yourself to open up to wyrd and it will cleanse, renew, change and develop your”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“Words can be potent magic indeed, but they can also enslave us. We grasp from wyrd tiny puffs of wind and store them in our lungs as words. But we have not thereby captured a piece of reality, to be pored over and examined as if it were a glimpse of”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“Each rune is a complete representation of wyrd. Just as one drop of water reflects a perfect image of all that is around it, so each rune reflects the totality of wyrd. The rhythm of wyrd may be observed at all levels, whether it be the movement of the stars across the sky or the cutting of shapes into a patch of earth.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“Plants carry life-force as potent as any person. To take the life of a plant, whether for food or sorcery, is to act with the gods.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer

“The One who ruled from the Beginning had twelve names: first Allfather, second Lord of Hosts, third Lord of the Spear, fourth Smiter, then All-Knowing, Fulfiller of Wishes, Farspoken, Shaker, Burner, Destroyer, Protector and Gelding. I know the significance of each of those names and each one takes a lifetime to tell. You shall learn them all.”
― Brian Bates, The Way Of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer