The Heathen Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram

 1. Begin with the three ALU signs, as with the A.L.U. Ritual. If you are using the ones Sven and JMG came up with, that's fine, but I am now using runic yoga postures for these. To make The Sign of the Highest One put your feet together and extend your arms downwards so that your body makes an "Ansuz" rune, with your right arm slightly above your left arm. If you're doing the Anglo-Saxon track, bend your elbows up so your body makes the "Os" form. For the next sign, The Sign of the Slain Son, drop your left arm so that your body makes a "Laguz" or "Lagu"  shape. For the third sign, The Sign of the Horns of Might you drop your arms down and almost touch your toes, making an "Uruz" sign. 

2. Now, go to the Eastern corner and draw two large triangles about three feet across (as big as your arm can comfortably make them) pointing up, one on top of the other, the lower one penetrating the upper one making a smaller triangle. The upper one is in bright red light, and the lower in bright blue light. Start at the top angle of each triangle, going counter-clockwise to banish, clockwise to invoke.  Point in the middle of the triangle where the lower penetrats the higher, and vibrate GINNREGIN, or UPGODUO if you're on the Anglo-Saxon track.Tthen trace a line in bright white light to the South.

3. In the South, draw two triangles in a star of David, the one the points up in red, the one that points down in blue, starting from the top for the red triangle, and from the bottom for the blue triangle. Vibrate GINNREGIN, (or UPGODUO) then trace a line in bright white to the West.  

4. In the West, draw two triangles, one pointed up and red, one pointed down in blue, with their bases touching, so it looks sort of like a diamond. For the upper one, start at the top, for the lower one, at the bottom. Point in the middle and vibrate GINNREGIN (or UPGODUO) then trace a line in bright white around to the North.

5. In the North, draw two triangles with their points touching, like a big hourglass. The upper one is pointed down, in blue, the lower one is pointed up, and in red. You start with the upward point of the lower, red, triangle, and then trace the upper triangle starting from the downward tip. Point in the middle and vibrate GINNREGIN (or UPGODUO) and then trace a line of bright white light to the East.

6. Go back to the center, and perform the Contemplation of the Primal Rune, say:

Know that I hung

on crooked tree

Days and nights nine

gorged by a spear

Gave Odin to me

myself unto myself

Given on the tree

of unknowable roots

Break me no bread

and pour me no mead

Bring forth the runes

grasp them and fall

 
(You can also recite this in the original Old Norse:
Veit ek, at ek hekk
vindga meiði á
nætr allar níu,
geiri undaðr
ok gefinn Óðni,
sjalfr sjalfum mér,
á þeim meiði,
er manngi veit
hvers af rótum renn.

Við hleifi mik sældu
né við hornigi;
nýsta ek niðr,
nam ek upp rúnar,
æpandi nam,
fell ek aftr þaðan.)

“Ansuz. (or Os) Wisdom. The Sign of The Highest One.” Make this sign, as explained in the first part of the ritual. 

 

“Luguz. (or Lagu) Beauty. The Sign of The Slain Son.” Make the second sign.

 

“Uruz. (or Ur)  Power. The Sign of The Horns of Might.” Make the third sign. 

 

“Ansuz.” Make the Sign of The Highest One Again. “Luguz.” Make the Sign of The Slain Son again. “Uruz.” Make the Sign of The Horns of Might again. “A.L.U.” (pronounce this in a deep, commanding voice, drawing out the syllables) “Drink deep, and let the nine songs fill the void between worlds.” Visualize a shaft of brilliant light descending from infinite space to fill the space around you. Maintain the image as long and intensely as you can. When you are ready to release the visualization, say: “Wisdom. Beauty. Power. All three are one before the Allfather's eye.” This concludes the ritual.