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Hammer Rite Ceremony Instructions

The document provides instructions for performing a Hammer Rite ceremony. It directs the performer to face the four cardinal directions while holding a ceremonial hammer horizontally. For each direction, the performer is to turn the hammer vertically, state an invocation to the spirits of that direction, and return the hammer to the horizontal position. It then has the performer face above and below while tracing spirals and making additional invocations. Finally, the performer waves the hammer over their head while concluding the rite, before placing the hammer on the altar to begin the ceremony.

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Hammer Rite Ceremony Instructions

The document provides instructions for performing a Hammer Rite ceremony. It directs the performer to face the four cardinal directions while holding a ceremonial hammer horizontally. For each direction, the performer is to turn the hammer vertically, state an invocation to the spirits of that direction, and return the hammer to the horizontal position. It then has the performer face above and below while tracing spirals and making additional invocations. Finally, the performer waves the hammer over their head while concluding the rite, before placing the hammer on the altar to begin the ceremony.

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Hammer Rite

Facing North, extend the right arm out in front of you, with ceremonial Hammer in hand. The Hammer "head" should be "flat" in that the hammer is horizontal (side to side, east and west on hammer blunts) as opposed to vertical (above and below on blunt sides). Recite: Hammer of the North, Hallow and Hold this Holy Stead. Turn the Hammer head "vertical", turn to the right, facing East, return Hammer to the "horizontal" position. Recite: Hammer of the East, Hallow and Hold this Holy Stead. Turn the Hammer head "vertical", turn to the right, facing South, return Hammer to the "horizontal" position. Recite: Hammer of the South, Hallow and Hold this Holy Stead. Turn the Hammer head "vertical", turn to the right, facing West, return Hammer to the "horizontal" position. Recite: Hammer of the West, Hallow and Hold this Holy Stead. Turn the Hammer head "vertical", turn to the right, facing North and Above, return Hammer to the "horizontal" position. While trace a spiral Clockwise Recite: Odin above, Hallow and Hold this Holy Stead. Turn the Hammer head "vertical", turn around, facing South and Below, return Hammer to the "horizontal" position. While tracing a spiral Clockwise Recite: Holde below, Hallow and Hold this Holy Stead. Turn the Hammer head "vertical", turn back around, facing North, return Hammer to the "horizontal" position. Hold hammer over head and wave 3 times on a Clockwise circle while reciting: This Stead is Hallowed in the Name of the Aesir and Vanir. place hammer on the Altar and begin ceremony.

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