Three Crocks…

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But Kvasir was not the only one

to disappear after visiting Fjalar and Galar…

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When the Giant, Billing, and his wife,

failed to return to Jotunheim their son,

Suttung, set out in search of them…

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He watched closely the gloomy features

of the dwarfs as they related another of their

preposterous stories, before seizing

each of them by the throat.

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With a dwarf in each fist,

Suttung waded far out to sea,

and then dropped them both on a small rock

which rose just clear of the water.

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“It’s too far for you to swim,” he said,

“And when the tide rises…”

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Fjalar and Galar exchanged desperate grimaces.

“We have a proposal,” said Fjalar.

“Since we find ourselves here,” said Galar, “We’re

willing to offer you our Greatest Treasure.”

“In return for our lives,” added Fjalar.

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Suttung returned the dwarfs to their cave,

where they handed over the two jars

and the cauldron containing Kvasir’s blood.

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So, the Giant lumbered back to Jotunheim

and then took the precious liquid

straight to Mount Hnitbjorg where he lived.

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Suttung let the Nine Worlds know just what

he had acquired from Fjalar and Galar.

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He cut a new chamber

out of the heart of the mountain

and hid the three crocks of mead in it.

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Then he set his daughter, Gunnlod,

to guard them day and night,

so that no one might steal the mead of poetry.

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NUANCES OF NICOLL

The Keys to Heaven

Stuart France

Available via Amazon

Psychologist, Maurice Nicoll studied under Fourth Way exponents G.I Gurdjieff and  P.D. Ouspensky, and presented his own philosophy in a series of works published during the Mid Twentieth Century.

In his seminal work, Living Time… he makes no bones about insisting that the psychological states and concepts that he is expounding, and their utilisation, are ancient and stretch back through Christianity, Judaism, the Greek Philosophers, and on into the mysterious climes of Pre-Dynastic Egypt…

In re-presenting these ideas as a series of poetic explorations, author and essayist, Stuart France uncovers a series of links with the Mediaeval Traditions of the Northmen, and the Matter of Britain!

What is the original story of our week? How does the moon harrow hell? Prepare to be enthralled, entertained, educated, and enlightened, as new light is shed on the enigmatic figures of Wotan, Merlin, and King Arthur.

They do not write books like this anymore if indeed they ever did!

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