The Book of Runes

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But it seems wrong to take historic/culturally charged runes and not try and find the historical ties and meanings they belong to. 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. I found his general commentary on divination, and his history/pronunciation/list of traditional meanings for the runes helpful and enjoyable. It is the harmonious integration of these two symbols which the alchemists described in their coniunctio or sacred marriage, and which in fairy tales is the end of the story, the hero and his beloved living happily ever after ( Greene, p. In this insightful book, each of the runes is fully described, together with the symbolic images and celestial phenomena associated with them.

In consequence, he finds himself powerless at a certain point to do anything except sacrifice some long-cherished desire ( Greene, p. Fries’s book is a thoughtful, perhaps even “existential” guide to the runes in the context of, in the book’s words, “pagan nature religion.Another difference is that Pollington’s book is clearly written for an audience interested in the runes for spiritual/magical reasons, whereas Page’s book is clearly written for a general academic audience that probably has no “esoteric” ambitions in mind. Actual practical success and failure is also shared candidly in the hope that the reader can learn in a safe and steady manner. Blum seems to be a well-intentioned, spiritually-minded monotheist with a propensity for adopting other cultures' divinatory systems. And the form in which he presents the runes functions for many who do not resonate with Germanic mythology. Any items going overseas are sent via 'International Tracked', or you can upgrade to 'Express Courier'.

Norwegian territory until AD 1468, to the Norse people of Orkney runes were the natural medium of expressing in writing anything from pious prayers and memorials to beloved family members, to magic amulets and humorous graffiti. The sources for Blum's divinatory interpretations, as he explained in The Book of Runes itself, drew heavily on then-current books describing the ancient I Ching divination system of China.The 1st rune, Fehu, is connected with cattle, and since wealth was measured in the number of cows a person owned, it has an underlying meaning of material wealth. If it wasn’t glaringly obvious that Greene’s knowledge of her subject, astrology, is far more advanced than Blum’s rudimentary grasp of rune lore, one could always compare the respective dates of publication. While the sun strives for differentiation, the moon strives for relationship and merging of identity ( Greene, pp. I would like to briefly quote the work, because the quote echoes me and adds quite a bit of quality to my sentiments about the Runes, also, as an academics tutor, from age 15, now nearly a senior citizen, I have realized that knowing something has many rich dimensions: "We are all teachers, and what we teach is what we need to learn, and so we teach it, over and over again. Find out about the history of runes, which are more than 2,000 years old and formed the sacred alphabet of the Germanic people of Northern Europe.