Spine-axis upper gate

Neckward rise

This upper waypoint completes the trunk portion of the reconstructed ascent before attention reaches the hugr locus. Eddic seiðr references establish the ritual vocabulary and visionary register, but neither the poems nor later scholarship gives this neckward coordinate as a fixed Norse body location.

Anatomical-right foot anchorAnatomical-left foot anchorSeiðhjallr baseSpine-axis baseSpine-axis middleSpine-axis upper gateSpine-axis upper gateHugr travel locusCrown opening

Point 6 of 8 in Seiðr Norse Trance — body projection

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Poetic Edda (primary_canonical)

Vǫluspá sts. 22 and 28–29 present the seeress's seiðr identity and her exchange with Óðinn. The upper-gate coordinate is a modern visual waypoint derived from this visionary register, not a fixed Eddic body location.

Dag Strömbäck, Sejd: Textstudier i nordisk religionshistoria (secondary)

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