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The purpose of the sorcerer[1]was not only to educate the people, to keep the traditions and to ensure the traditions. The sorcerers were also maintaining the charade that I explained in my video called "The Secret of the Druids Unveiled". They would educate their tribesmen by reciting poetry, by playing music, by singing and in short by entertaining them. The Skalds/Bards/Priests/Sorcerers recited/sung our myths during the High Festivals.
The myths that they recited in form of poetry or in form of songs were riddles and that was their purpose too. After you had learnt them you had to grow and begin to understand them. When you understood them, you would approach the Sorcerer and explain them to him. To proceed to the next level of your spiritual education. This is what Socrates calls Maïeutics: Midwifery (of the mind). The Sorcerer helped you give birth to your mind. Their role was also to preserve the sacred objects that were used in rituals.
And also to keep the passwords a secret, because in order to be reborn a man had to know his name from the previous life. And these names were passed on from sorcerer to sorcerer to sorcerer over the generations until finally someone who knew that name and were able to identify the sacred objects that this person had owned before came along. And then he would be allowed to take possession of the objects that he had owned in his previous life. These sacred objects were often made of gold; to make sure they would stand the test of time, and help you remember what you knew before.
Maybe you recognize the items in this grave? May be this was you. Can you tell us your secret name? Where is your sorcerer today? Don't worry, my friend. Europe will wake up and return to her roots. We will all remember.
The myths that they recited in form of poetry or in form of songs were riddles and that was their purpose too. After you had learnt them you had to grow and begin to understand them. When you understood them, you would approach the Sorcerer and explain them to him. To proceed to the next level of your spiritual education. This is what Socrates calls Maïeutics: Midwifery (of the mind). The Sorcerer helped you give birth to your mind. Their role was also to preserve the sacred objects that were used in rituals.
Midwife ot the Mind with Sacred Objects.
And also to keep the passwords a secret, because in order to be reborn a man had to know his name from the previous life. And these names were passed on from sorcerer to sorcerer to sorcerer over the generations until finally someone who knew that name and were able to identify the sacred objects that this person had owned before came along. And then he would be allowed to take possession of the objects that he had owned in his previous life. These sacred objects were often made of gold; to make sure they would stand the test of time, and help you remember what you knew before.
Finnask æsir á Iðavelli
ok um moldþinur máttkan dæma
ok minnask þar á megindóma
ok á Fimbultýs fornar rúnir.
- Völuspá, stanza 60
The gods on the Plain of Ideas meet together,
talk of the powerful Earth-ring of mould
and remember greatness
and the ancient secrets of the great gods.
- Völuspá, stanza 60
Þar munu eftir undrsamligar
gullnar töflur í grasi finnask,
þærs í árdaga áttar höfðu.
- Völuspá, stanza 61
Wondrous beauty the will find once againBecause he knew the password,[2]he knew what he had been called, he knew his secret nickname that only the sorcerer knew. So there was no way to fake it, there was no way to cheat the sorcerer and gain possession of these items unless it was really you. Óðinn is known to have had hundereds of nicknames because Óðinn is the sum of you - you have lived hundereds of times before. Not only gold items were placed in the grave. All sorts of items that had been precious to you in your previous life were placed in your grave.
The golden tables shall be found in the grass,
those the gods had owned in the days of old.
- Völuspá, stanza 61
Maybe you recognize the items in this grave? May be this was you. Can you tell us your secret name? Where is your sorcerer today? Don't worry, my friend. Europe will wake up and return to her roots. We will all remember.
- Sorcerer = Druid. Same thing, different name.
- The Rune. Rune means "secret".