"The chains that hold the Fenris Wolf are rent asunder, and the Wolf courses about. Brothers shall fight and slay one another; sisters' sons shall break the bonds of kinship. It shall fare hard with the world: great whoredom, an axe-age, a sword-age, shields shall be cloven, a wind-age, a wolf-age, ere the world sinks in ruin. No man shall spare the other." -Voluspa

The Fenris Lodge came into being in the year XXX of the Aeon of Set. The proposed path of Fenris is that of Self-transformation through the archetype of the Beast.

Our Work within the Fenris Lodge is multi-faceted and based on the Nine Angles. Our interests do include the psychology of crime prevention, training of the mind/body/psyche designed to hone Black Magical prowess and to sharpen our instincts. This includes exploration of the Man/Beast/God formula through the ancient art of Lycanthropy.

The Fenris Wolf can be traced back to the mythology of Northern Europe. The unholy offspring of Loki and the giantess Angurboda, Fenris grew so large and unruly that the Aesir had to bind him with a magical cord forged by the dwarves. To talk the beast into submitting to what he was told was a test of strength, the Aesir had to swear an oath to turn him loose should he fail to break free of his own accord. Fenris agreed, on the condition that one of the Aesir place their right hand in his mouth as a pledge of good faith. The only one brave enough to agree to this stipulation was Tyr, who lost his right hand in the Wolf's jaws after the oath had been broken.

Fenris eventually breaking free of his bonds signifies the advent of Ragnarok, the battle between the Aesir and the Jotuns at the end of each cycle of fire and ice. During Ragnarok Fenris swallows Odhinn, who is in turn brought forth from the belly of the beast by his son Vidar, who creates a new heaven and a new earth by dividing Fenris in twain.

Fenris grows restless; the time draws near for his chains to be rent asunder. Ragnarok is not yet here but it draws nigh. Traits of self-transformation, through the archetype of the wolf and leadership by example, demonstrated by Tyr’s sacrifice have always been the guiding ethos of the Fenris Lodge. At the dawning of this new age all is not as it appears. Tyr is the Rune of the Knights of the Trapezoid whose honor is known by their faithfulness. Thus as Tyr sacrificed his right hand so must the Knights of the Fenris Lodge use their left and through this path combine these philosophies to pierce the veil of shadow and to unravel the mysteries that lie beneath.

The central rite of the Fenris Lodge is the Sumbel, which is performed at least annually.

Walhalla!
Lodge Master, Fenris
06/21 AES XXXVII