<li>seek independence from the order of the universe</li>
<li>a mystic or magician</li>
</ul>
<p>Meanings when inverted:</p>
<ul>
<li>stagnation / burnout</li>
</ul>
<p>Eihwaz can be useful for:</p>
<ul>
<li>act with self-knowledge</li>
<li>self-care</li>
<li>protection and banishing</li>
<li>overcoming the fear of death</li>
<li>communicating between levels of reality</li>
<li>recovering past-life memories</li>
</ul>
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<p>Anglo-Saxon rune poem:</p>
<blockquote>Eoh byþ utan unsmeþe treow,<br>heard hrusan fæst, hyrde fyres,<br>wyrtrumun underwreþyd, wyn on eþle.</blockquote>
<blockquote>The yew is a tree with rough bark,<br>hard and fast in the earth, supported by its roots,<br>a guardian of flame and a joy upon an estate.</blockquote>
<p>There is not a Norwegian rune poem for Eihwaz.</p>
<p>A modern poem:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Lethe, my love, is this the ending you sought?<br/>
Hooked up to machines until your final thought,<br/>
dependent on them for all else.<br/>
Is it quiet?<br/>
Is it peaceful at last?<br/>
Or medical cacophony until rings death knell?</p>
<p>How many dreams I've acted in<br/>
where you've cast yourself as the savior<br/>
that provides means to escape<br/>
while from death or mortal wound you do not waver</p>
<p>but <strong>I'd rather you chose to survive</strong>,<br/>
