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Wyrd existed before the Gods and will exist after them. Yet wyrd lasts only for an instant, because it is the constant creation of the forces.
The Way of the Wyrd : Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (1983)
Nothing may happen without wyrd, for it is present in everything, but wyrd does not make things happen. Wyrd is created at every instant, and so wyrd is the happening.
The Way of the Wyrd : Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (1983)
Wyrd is the unfolding of our personal destiny. It has sometimes been translated into modern English as "fate." But it is much deeper than that. It does not see our lives as "pre-determined."
Your word-hoard should serve your experience, not the reverse.
The Way of the Wyrd : Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (1983)
All our lives are locked together in the shimmering world of wyrd in which all things are enmeshed and connected to one another by the threads of wyrd.
The Way of the Wyrd : Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (1983)
The pattern of life is not woven ahead of time, like cloth to be worn later as a tunic. Rather, life is woven at the very instant you live it.
The Way of the Wyrd : Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (1983)
The threads of wyrd are a dimension of ourselves that we cannot grasp with words. We spin webs of words, yet wyrd slips through like the wind.
The Way of the Wyrd : Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (1983)
Wyrd is too vast and too complex, for us to comprehend, for we are ourselves, part of wyrd and cannot stand back to observe it as if it were a separate force. Just as fisherman cannot see the full extent of the seas, so even a sorcerer cannot view the totality of wyrd.
The Way of the Wyrd : Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (1983)