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I found tidbits and clues, other opinions, and such, but the striking thing about the Runes is how ancient they really are, and that they were one of the first alphabets to exist, written boustrephedron - as one would plow a field, and from as old as 250 B. This 100-page essay on Viking Age magic by Professor Catharina Raudvere, one of three essays in Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume III: The Middle Ages, edited by Bengt Ankarloo and Stuart Clark, is the best single introduction to pre-Christian Norse/Germanic magic (“trolldómr”) out there. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. A guide to the secrets of rune-reading, an ancient predictive art, that teaches you how to lay out runes and interpret them instantly. The Serenity Runes: Five Keys to the Serenity Prayer with co-author Susan Loughan (1998); reissued as The Serenity Runes: Five Keys to Spiritual Recovery (2005) utilizes runic divination as a method for assisting self-help and recovery from addictions; the title is a reference to the well-known serenity prayer widely used in the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous.Illustrated with a range of beautiful objects that show the runic inscriptions in context, Runes provides a glimpse into the languages and cultures of Europeans over a thousand years ago. this is an excellent learning tool on using this system of divination, in fact I just bought another copy as my old copy was so tattered and I'm once again picking up the runes.

But if you are looking for a very easy to digest way to explore spirituality, I found this a breath of fresh air. A new age classic and bestseller for more than thirty-five years, The Book of Runes by cultural anthropologist Ralph H.He is a practising neo-pagan with an emphasis on the Northern Tradition, but likes to see that as part of a larger global discourse that spans back to Neolithic times and hopefully distantly into the future. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This is a location to post discussions on rune interpretations, rune history, creating a personal set of runes, or explore rune use and techniques.