A
word about myself to the student of the courses
 I
started my studies of Rune magic 1972 while in Berlin, Germany.
I
have written the Rune courses starting in 1982. In their basic structure,
these courses have significant differences to all other approaches to
Runic practice of the past, which are totally obsolete, to say the least. This is so, because these my courses are essentially different from all of the the
many rather nostalgic present day approaches to the Rune lore: This is so, because I am teaching a system, in which the practitioner uses the 18 Sacred Futhork Runes as creative energies of the universe.
It
is obvious that the Blavatskian-Theosophical pseudo-pop-historical approach,
to which most Rune Masters of the 20th century happily subscribed - and still subscribe, is entirely
bankrupt in many respects and, in fact, totally untenable, if not absolutely ridiculous.
This became clearly obvious after the total military defeat of the ideological
offshoots of that approach, and yet there are people out there who are unwilling - or incapable - of learning the lessons of history.
History,
biology, archaeology and other modern sciences tell an entirely different
story than these ludicrous reveries of the first half of the 20th
century about "Atlantis", "root races", "Hyperboreans"
or the Hörbiger theories of a hollow world, many of which actually may have originated
as an esoteric side-effect, perhaps even a "philosophical-esoteric-metaphysical justification"
of European colonialism: Things to which only a few lunatics and, of course, a
couple of "secret lodges" of our era still are subscribing, most of them having obvious theosophical-fascist undercurrents. |
From
the very beginning of my studies on, I have recognized the Runes as being
primary abstractions. In fact, their simplicity, and at the same time
their complex effects, pointed to the fact that these abstractions were
of a pre-linguistic, in some situations even non-linguistic characteristic.
This means that we can trace back this type of creative interaction
with the environment to the earliest origins of humankind, even before
language as we know it in our days evolved. Approaching Runes this way,
I could no longer treat Runes the way that practically all authors
of the past viewed them: namely as an "inherently Germanic" substitute ("Ersatz?!"),
alternative, or replacement, for the magical systems that are based
on the Cabbala. This latter opinion has been the approach that has been reverberating throughout
most of the Runic literature that I have studied, and it is so in practically
most Runic literature and Runic-religionistic offshoots still in our days. In fact, the simplicity of the
Runic approach to magic and the fact that Runes were not as easily to
control by some people as were the cabbalistic energies made me aware
that there was a dimension to this ancient system that traditional magicians
have overlooked - or of which they could not have been aware at all,
even if sometimes and unbeknownst to them one or two of their practices included a few elements of
this dimension, which is a dimension that reaches far beyond and at the same
time deeper than the language-based structures of the Cabbala as it is usually practiced.
Having
had this experience of Runes, I then decided to approach the Runes as
creating and defining energies rather than as created and well-defined
ones. When I established this approach to Runes, which included my
introduction, definition and use of the "Rune Realms" (see the Basic Rune
Course, inner Rune Realm, outer Rune Realm and Rune Realm of creative
energies) they naturally revealed their immense power to me and they
did so instantly! In addition to that, they turned out to be relatively
easy to control, since I approached them according to their nature:
as energies belonging to the realms of creation, as defining energies
rather than the typical cabbalistic ones that are well defined. I did
not tie the Runes onto the "Procrustes bed" of cabbalistic
thinking nor did I force the Runes into the often abused mold of "definitions." Consequently I had easy access to the enormous power of the creative
realms. These realms are way beyond the well-defined planetary energies
(or entities of the spheres in a Bardonian sense) and, in fact, you
can use these creative energies as modifiers of such entities. This
became very clear when I evoked Bardonian spirits and other entities
inside a Runic circle. The Runes allowed the creation of energy fields
(entities) with a power and flexibility that simply cannot appear when
we work with the same energies without the impact of a connection to
the realms of creation. This entirely new, and yet ancient, approach
to Runes is the crux of my courses and the magical practice therein
that you are going to study and apply. Nobody before me did such an approach and nobody before me was even aware of this extremely powerful dimension of the Runes.
Naturally,
I used the 18 Runes that Guido von List introduced. In fact, it did
not take much practice to recognize their superiority over all other
systems, including those of which their authors, marketers and promoters claim
to be "elder" and peddle them as such. It certainly is obvious that List was onto
something when he had his "revelations", without ever fully
realizing just how powerful this system can be.
After
experiencing the creation-dimension of the Runes (above all the 18 Futhork
Runes, i.e., the Armanen System), there is no way that we can speak
ever again of a Rune magic besides the known cabbalistic methods or
as a substitute of these methods based on Germanic religion. Quite to
the contrary, since I introduced this entirely new approach, the Armanen Futhork as I have been teaching for more than 25 years by now, is a system of creative energies that
naturally reaches far beyond the well-defined cabbalistic energies.
We can use these qualitatively superior, defining and creating Runic
energy fields to achieve our ultimate magical flexibility as human beings,
either in conjunction with well-defined energies ("Bardonian entities,
cabbalistic spirits", etc.) or independently from them. consequently, I preferred to call these Runes "The 18 Sacred Futhork Runes" right from the beginning, in order to avoid some religionistic and quite often unsavory nostalgias.
The
far-reaching potential of this new method and new approach became obvious
when, at some point (still while writing the lessons of the Basic Rune
course under the aspect of this new approach) I evoked a Germanic god
with a Rune. Before the god could manifest, the Rune asked me which god
I wanted to create! It is obvious that connecting this approach to the Runes with any type or religion, religious nostalgia and the like is simply ludicrous, to say the least.
With this in mind, I
founded the order of the Knights of Runes in 1984 and I introduced the title "Grand Rune Master," not used before. My wife, she is African American, was instrumental in helping me setting up this organization. Working with advertising in metaphysical magazines, the loosely organized order soon grew to a size of several hundred and many of the students were initiated in to being Rune Masters, including a group in Nigeria and a large group in Japan. The Japanese translation is available at www.akor.cc/japanese/. In all, during the years of its existence, more than 800 persons signed up with the KOR to study the Runes. After my invention of the Chi Generator®, a generator of Od, or life force, and the ensuing technologies, I simply had no longer the time to continue. I stopped advertising for it, and since I never developed hierarchies, the KOR became dormant very soon. However, I put the Rune classes for free on the Internet already in 1993, in connection with other courses that I had written. Right now the KOR is active again, as is obvious - after all, I got this web sites with this name. And you are invited to join!
Personally I was never into any "folkish" approaches to Runes. In fact, the very first person whom I initiated to be a Rune Master in this country was an African American from Los Angeles who came all the way to Atlanta for his initiation, and many more followed suit, including quite a few Rune Masters who are living in several African countries - a very strong group is in Accra, Ghana. Conversely, I am also very proud of having studied African metaphysical and magical systems myself, as I have started with the Yoruba system already at the time when I first started with my Runic studies. I was living in Berlin at that time (1972 - 74) and I happened to have had a Nigerian friend, a Yourba from Lagos, who was well versed in his traditions, and we exchanged our wisdom of traditional magical systems, i.e., we taught each other and we combined the systems. Runes are for every intelligent being in the universe.
And now I am offering the courses together with the Rune Songs to any person who is interested in developing his or her creative energies within and to get in tune with the creative energies of the universe. Rune Magic is a technology, which is open to all human beings and, in fact, to all beings who can gain an advantage of such knowledge. Joining the Knights and studying is entirely free, and you can find all relevant materials on this web site and self-initiate. I am going to give some streaming video online tuition to persons who are advanced in their studies. In these streaming video broadcasts I am going to include very advanced methods, including initiations, which are not described in the free Rune courses. To the streaming video broadcasts only persons are invited to participate, who have an open mind and who have advanced sufficiently in their studies. They may or may not want to become members of the Knights of runes. Again, the approach is universal and beyond any religious or "folkish" dreamscapes. Having done away with religions, ideology-based mythologies and fairy tales at the early age of 13, I simply never wanted to get into any of that shtuff again, no matter what the tradition! On the other hand, I acknowledge that there are more objective realities in the universe than there are living beings, ... quite a few ..., and that's my principle of tolerance, which is based on scientific principles. I prefer the word "acceptance" rather than "tolerance" - the latter implyeing that "I allow you having your opinion even though you are totally wrong ...." I know, many followers of religious creeds cannot reciprocate that courtesy, they seem incapable of doing so as a result of ideological games forced upon them, and that certainly is their decision, which I respect. From those who want to join and study with me, I am expecting tolerance (acceptance) and courtesy. Respecting someone's decision not to be tolerant does not mean that I want to deal with such a person. Therefore, it is better for such persons to stay away, much better, because alredy at the time when I created this new approach to Runes as creative energies and started the order of the Knights, I have set up the courses in a way that such people will not get much benefit at all from the innovations that I originated, such as the Rune Realms, approach to Runes as creative energies, the title of "Grand Rune Master," etc. Quite to the contratry! Staying away from those built-in energies is a much better choice for such "folks" and followers of "the folk," much better, indeed! I have mentioned this approach in my original brochures of courses and books back in 1984, when I started the order of the Knights of Runes, and I am repeating this here!
To join the Knights of Runes and to have help in your progress of studies whenever needed, simply send an e-mail. You do not need to be a member to participate in the life streaming video broadcasts. During these Rune broadcasts, I am setting aside time when I will answer to participants over the phone, by chat, and by live streaming video. Members of the Knights of Runes have additional advantages, plus they can perform with groups, which provids them with more power.
As
a consequence of the life energy technology that I developed (I
have built the first device on this planet that actually generates life
energy, i.e., the Chi Generator®, or generator of Od) and the
scientific explanation of magic, radionics, and the power of abstractions
such as thought forms, gods, sigils, radionic settings, etc. (also a
first on this planet, see
my course "Magick of the Future"), the power of
a Rune magic that is rooted in the realms of creation has increased
significantly! By now a Rune can function as a creative energy, which is
continuously powered by life force (Od) coming from your Chi Generator®.
You can direct the general effect of the action of this Runic energy
and define the outcome of the operation. The Rune (or bind-rune) will
then be the ultimate thought-form that works independently and creatively
towards the result with an efficiency that the traditional "spirits",
"familiars", etc., certainly can never exhibit.
When
studying the courses, especially the Basic Rune Course, you can become
well aware of the tremendous power of the realms of creation that you learn to
access with your first lesson. With this awareness, you can then gain the maximum
benefit from your studies and you certainly can have the practical experience
that helps you to understand and use the tremendous power of this entirely new approach to the Armanen
Runes.
Karl
Hans Welz |
The Knights of Runes
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