The subject of Yggdrassil is endless in nature. A tremendous amount of information can be found in open sources. If you have access to any large forums where Scandinavian magic is practiced - you will realize that it is a very multi-layered energy that covers all areas of human life and its applications are limitless. I will not describe all nine worlds of Yggdrassil - I will leave this topic for those really interested in Scandinavian traditions.
In addition to Scandinavian mythology the image of the World tree or tree of life is found among the Slavs (almost a complete copy of Yggdrasil, but the tree itself is an oak). A similar image is found in Iranian legends, in Islam, the Kabbalah and Buddhism. In most of these cultures the Tree is represented as the world axis - the connection of different levels and dimensions, symbolizing the universe and its structure, all levels of a person, including consciousness and subconsciousness.
Yes! The World tree is a very important image in various world religions and among different peoples. Yggdrasil is the symbol of harmony - intertwining the worlds into one important system, the Tree acts as the pivot, axis and pillar, the spine for the universe. Probably in the soul of each of us, too, should be a Yggdrasil, a Lotus or an oak tree. A powerful pivot, giving support to our inner world and our soul. To live in harmony with ourselves, to live in harmony with our Tree - this is what the Slavs, the Scandinavians, the Kazakhs, the Malaysians (in general all the peoples of the world) aspired to. All of them, speaking in different words about the same thing, understood that without balance there is nothing in the world (even chaos and emptiness are meant to equalize, not to destroy). Balance of all parts of the universe, equilibrium, interconnection of all worlds and human systems, smooth movement of energy through them - isn’t that what one should strive for, strengthening and carefully keeping the Tree of Life inside one’s soul? Yggdrasil has a complicated multi-level structure, which, perhaps, goes beyond the three-dimensional world we are accustomed to.
Do you need additional energy resources? for health? Deep nourishment and rejuvenation of the body from the earth and space? manifestation, wish fulfillment? grounding? higher, universal knowledge? exploration of inner and outer worlds? Communication with the earth and the cosmos? Optimization of the energy system? To develop worthy and strong qualities of character, to develop as a strong person? Do you need access to any of the worlds of Yggdrassil? This list is truly endless…
Beneath the roots of Yggdrasil live three Norns called Urd (which means “fate” or “past”), Verdandi (which means “becoming” or “present” in Old Norse) and Skuld (which means “duty” or “future”). [If you study Greek mythology you can find a relative analogy - the three sisters of Moira]. The Norns spin the threads of human destiny, they determine who is destined to be a great hero and who will perish in obscurity… The Norns supported the Yggdrasil tree, did not allow it to grow old and die. In modern Northern Paganism, the Norns are probably the most underestimated characters. And yet they are perhaps the most powerful of all the deities, for in their hands is the power over destiny and the Vird. As hypostases of Time, they themselves, however, stand outside of time.
By the way, before submitting this project to the Captain, I came across a comment on another resource that interested us a lot:
"Many texts claim that the Norns are ‘past, present and future,’ but this is not quite true: the ancient peoples had a dual rather than a triple concept of time. For the Norse ancestors there was, on the one hand, a comprehensive ‘what is,’ of which both the oldest and the youngest layers belonged to the same time and were equally close and real, and, on the other hand, ‘what is becoming,’ i.e. the present moment.
A sense of the future did not exist: prophecies that spoke of what ‘might happen’ were understood literally as utterances of the Vird - as ‘what is’ perceived in terms of wisdom knowing what is to arise next as a consequence of a cause that already exists.
From a magical point of view, if one perceives the past as part of the present, one can, through ‘retrospective’ magical action, subjectively alter the past and thereby influence one’s future. The Norns modify a certain emotional resonance coming from the past and give rise to a new stream of events, which subsequently forms our beautiful future life".
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the wisest being in the cosmos of Norse mythology.