101. In your home be joyous and generous to guests and you should be
discreet your bearing, mindful and talkative if you would gain wisdom, often making mention of good. He is called “Simpleton” who has naught to say, for such is the fashion of fools.
Be friendly and generous to guests in your home. Be discreet, mindful and
active in conversations if you would learn anything from your guests.
102. I sought that old Jötun, now safe am I back, little served my
silence there; but by whispering many soft speeches I won my desire
in Suttung's halls.
When seeking inspiration, it is necessary to make conscious effort but not
brag about your practices. By performing the exercises many times you
will gradually become more intuitive and open to inspiration.
103. I bored me a road there with Rati's tusk and made room to pass
through the rock; while the ways of the Jötuns stretched over and
under, I dared my life for a draught.
You must perform spiritual exercises that can be called rituals to reverse
the process of concealment that the birth of your Ego caused your Soul to
go through.
104. It was Gunnlod who gave me on a golden throne a draught of the
glorious mead, but with poor reward did I pay her back for her true
and troubled heart.
When the Ego is purified and enlightened through the Soul, the yearning
for spiritual knowledge lessens.
105. In a clever disguise I worked my will; little is lacking to the wise,
for the Soul-stirrer now, sweet Mead of Song, is brought to men's
earthly abode.
The practice itself is to purify your own soul, thus you are still using the
idea of individuality, but now the focus is on your individual Soul and not
the Ego.
106. I misdoubt me if ever again I had come from the realms of the
Jötun race, had I not served myself of Gunnlod, sweet woman, her
whom I held in mine arms.
In order to escape the chaotic forces that are the result of a corrupt Ego, it
is necessary to actively seek enlightenment through spiritual practices.
107. Came forth, next day, the dread Frost Giants, and entered the
High One's Hall: they asked -- was the Bale-worker back mid the
Powers, or had Suttung slain him below?
The forces of the Ego attempt to return to your consciousness. Continue
performing the rituals given elsewhere on this site as instructed to keep your
mind clear and your spirit cleansed.
108. A ring-oath Odin I thought had taken -- how shall one trust his
troth? It was he who stole the mead from Suttung, and Gunnlod
caused to weep.
You cannot destroy your Ego entirely without destroying your current
incarnation. However, the rituals given in this book, instead, purify it of
negative forces. Negative forces are things like Anger, Hatred, Greed, Etc.