Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

In the USA Weekend Magazine that comes with the Sunday newspaper, there was an opportunity top take a history test. Audrey and I followed the link to the test. The quiz had 60 questions on American History. Keep in mind that Audrey has not had a history class since 1969, and I believe my last [...]

Here is the other horse story that illustrates training the mind. I learned this one many years ago. It shows how one may replace old habits with newer, better ones. A farmer had a house at the beginning of the lane. He rode home every day, and his horse knew the route. The farmer did [...]

I wrote this story many years ago, and have taught it ever since. It tells about conditioning your inner mind. Imagine if someone gave a man great thoroughbred horse. The man was expected to train that horse to race. The problem was that the man had never trained a horse in his life. It took [...]

Here is another of the lessons I used to teach. Suppose I wanted to play a prank. I took gold and molded it to look like an iron bar. I painted it and stressed it to make it look like iron. Then I left it where you could find it. Suppose you needed a piece [...]

Another of the classes I wrote and taught was called “Polar Bears.” I would draw a cartoon of an igloo, a polar bear, seal and penguin a’ la “Chilly Willy” on the blackboard. The class was usually given to people learning to live without alcohol and drugs. They were shaky, so I kept it simple. [...]

I used to teach a class called the Power of One Idea. The usual audience consisted of alcoholics and addicts just learning to live without chemicals. Most were still shaky and confused. As a result, I wrote my lesson to be short and simple. What is the power of one idea? Very simply, it is [...]

On this day in1865, Robert E Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. Grant gave Lee generous terms for surrender. He did this magnanimously, and so the seditious Southerners could go back to their homes without being tried for treason. Thanks be to General Grant. While we are at it, we can [...]

A few months ago, on one of my forums, a member asked about magick to remove “negativity.” That was the word he used. I am sure many of you understand the concept. One of the other forumites complained that there was no such thing as “negativity” in Heathen magick. She was young and inexperienced, burdened [...]

I have been involved in various forms of magick for many years. These include Runes and Norse and German magick, as well as Celtic and Wiccan systems, metaphysics, ceremonial magick and other things. Over the years I have made many observations. For one thing, most of the people studying magick today would never have been [...]

Yesterday we talked of the Dragon Paradox. Today, let us use it to explain something of the Runes and human nature. The dragon’s hoard is treasure, and would equate with the Fe Rune. The dragon himself is a wild creature, hence he is Urus. The paradox is one of a wild independent creature being kept [...]