The Book of Runes

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Likewise, the 17th rune, Tiwaz, shares its significance with the North Star as an aid to navigation and charting life's path. Independent scholar Stephen Pollington’s Rudiments of Runelore is a highly accessible, engaging, and accurate introduction to the study of the runes. I found his general commentary on divination, and his history/pronunciation/list of traditional meanings for the runes helpful and enjoyable. Books on the runes, especially those of the “how-to” guidebook variety, vary greatly in quality and in the approach they take to studying and working with the runes.

It’s probably the most widely-read single-volume introduction to the subject in print, and deservedly so. Lovely, in-depth explanations of each Runic symbol, explanations of the many readings you can use them with too and some of the history of the symbols and how they were used. The blank rune is not necessary for most rune work, but makes a handy replacement for lost or broken runes. If you’re looking for a single, comprehensive book that gives you descriptions of the meanings of each rune, its role in Norse mythology, the cosmology that provided the context for ancient runic magic, advice to guide the reader through the contemporary practice of runic magic, and much more, Mountfort’s Nordic Runes delivers all of these things outstandingly well.Those who want to begin to study the runes are immediately confronted with the deluge of books that have been written on these fascinating and mysterious symbols from the ancient Norse/Germanic world. Blum also includes some great layouts to get you started in interpreting the Runes, although it would also be very easy to create your own personal uses with this set.

The Relationship Runes: A Compass for the Heart with co-author Bronwyn Jones (2003) shows how to use runic divination in matters of love and friendship. If you can put your biases aside and see this book along with the clay rune tiles it comes with, as a divination oracle then you may have a better time. This book has good merits, and huge gaping flaws, it was written in a time before the ease of even knowing what material was available on the internet. in mythology a strange and androgynous figure who possesses the keys to knowledge and who carries messages to and fro between the gods and between gods and men. It has been said that only at the point of greatest darkness do we become aware of the Light within us by which we come to recognize the true creative power of the Self ( Blum, p.

The contents of this section are all firmly rooted in traditional Germanic lore, but go well beyond it. He gives a balanced overview of the runes history, including their dark uses in the second world war and the far right, as well as where runes fit in magical systems and whether runes are right for you. On one hand, The book is very clear that the meaning of the runes are just Blum's invention and that they are meant to understood through subconscious reflection when using them.

Recently, Blum won the Nautilus Book Award Medal for Investigative Reporting for his latest book, written in collaboration with oncologist Mark Scholz, MD, Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers. Without fail, the runes provide you with insight into your actions and thoughts, piece of mind before falling asleep, and perspective regarding the immense space filled by the little things in your life. For dessert, Blum delivers a few pages of reference material he's cited and learned from over years of work.

The curious, the open-minded, the non-literal and the intuitive will enjoy unlocking the mysteries of the ancients, the hidden life lessons inherent in the Runes, though from so long ago. Published by Published by Eddison | Sadd Editions Limited, 2 Kendall Place, London Third Impression . I also believe that the rune poems are my preferred way of discovering the secrets of the runes as opposed to the I-Ching. It went beyond my expectations and gave a balanced insight into not only the meanings of the runes but their history, connections to the gods, and their uses.