So your swinging by the ankles from that which has been your tree of life thus far. Watching your spirit grow and bloom and now your ready to look down and discover the Runes.

You'd probably love to hear, "This it it, you've found the answers." Fortunately it's not that easy, it is simply time for another
'Road Trip'!

Here in lies some suggestions I hope will aid you on the road.


First, forget everything you think you know about the runes. None of it matters.

Make A Set Of Runes. If you take the time to make a set of runes it will give you the chance not only to visualize the ideas behind each rune, it will also give you a hands on experience that goes with owning a set.

Look at a basic rune set, just look at them. Don't try to figure out all the ancient secrets they hold or decipher their meanings.Just look. Hold them, feel them.

Read the meaning word, not the letter or the name, just what the rune is. Example cattle, thorn. Pick a few that you can relate to or that stand out in your mind and explore them on their own. Then try to apply them to your day to day life.

With all the meanings and sets and cultures it is very difficult to know what to keep and what to discard. There's no point in trying to pronounce their names it's not an oral language so what's the point. Spelling them out and interpreting the meanings are not going to help you. It's like trying to translate another language word for word, it doesn't work. Pretend for a moment that your a child picking up a bright blue plastic block with a big 'A' on it. Now as that child the entire revelation of how the block was made and all the knowledge and power of that process right down to the meaning of the 'A' itself come to you in one sweep. That is the power of the runes. Not only the power you give it as in most magic but the accumulated powers of every person who has ever etched the symbols. The raw power of our ancestors, the power of the ages. They belong to you, use them, love them, respect them.

The bottom line is, what do the runes mean to you, both collectively and individually. That's the bottom line. Relate. They will work for you no matter what anyone says, give them the power, let them work for you. I believe!