Runes
About the Norse Runes
There is an ancient Norse legend that
says the god Odin was the giver of the RUNES. Odin gained his immense
wisdom and knowledge of the RUNES by a grisly act of self-sacrifice: He
hung for nine days and nights impaled on the Tree of the World by his own
spear. At the end of the nine days, he achieved the vision of the magical
runic alphabet. This alphabet consists of 24 symbols or glyphs.
These symbols the eternal representations of the fundamental forces
of the universe. As such, they may be inscribed ephemerally on materials
such as stone and wood in order to use them.
RUNES are associated with wisdom and self knowledge. They can be used to
put you in touch with your inner self as well as solving practical, everyday
problems.
Elder Futhark [Norse] Runes Known as
the Elder Futhark (The name "Futhark" is derived from the first six letters
of the runic alphabet), the runes are devided into three sets of eight letters,
each named after a particular Norse god. Besides divination uses, they can
also be carved/written in sets, called rune scripts, and charged, worn on
a piece of jewelry, or used in a spell for a particular outcome. To help
with creating spells to use in conjunction with the runes, a list of runic
correspondences has also been inlcuded on this page.
The Elder Futhark is an ancient set
of Norse runes, and for the use of divination, can be painted or carved onto
small stones or pieces of wood, or anything close to nature. You can do this
yourself, making them more personal, or you can buy from an occult supplier,
and choose from a wide variety of ready-made styles.
Casting the Runes
When casting the runes, draw the number
of runes necessary out of your runebag and arrange them in the order the
reading describes, not looking at the runes until they are arranged. Also,
besides the readings listed below, you can also do a celtic cross reading,
as detailed in the tarot section of the WNBS.
The Three Rune Reading
[placeing three Runes in a row
vertically]
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Here/now |
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Path |
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There/future |
The Six Rune Reading
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Here/now (both 1 & 2) |
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4 |
Path (both 3 & 4 |
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6 |
There/future (both 5 & 6) |
The Seven Rune Reading
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7 |
Outcome |
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6 |
Best course of action (both
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4 |
Outside influences (both 3 &
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Problem (both 1 & 2) |
The Cross Reading
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3-Past |
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The Sigel Reading
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The Peorth Reading
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Spiritual aspects of the querent |
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Rune Scripts
Rune scripts are sets of runes inscribed
or painted on various objects such as paper, leaves, stones, wood, or whatever
suits you. A script of protection can be carved over a doorway, tossed into
a fire to banish a negative force, or you can use rune scripts in conjunction
with a spell that calls for you to write something somewhere; I've found
that something uncommon and archaic (such as symbols and runes) always seem
to work better for magickal purposes than the mundane form of writing which
we use on a daily basis. Charge the runes as you carve them, projecting your
energy into them for the specific purpose written, or do whatever called
for in the spell you're casting.
Writing rune scripts are something that
you pretty much have to do yourself, since they are tailor-made for a very
specific purpose which you create (otherwise you'd probably just be using
one rune). Thus, when creating your own, it should be noted that several
runes have special purposes in making runescripts that may or may not be
obvious while you're trying to make them. After getting to know the Elder
Futhark, many of these connections should be obvious, but until then, here
are a few to get you started. The rune Is means preservation (among other
definitions), and thus is a useful tool for preserving the effect of a runescript
when placed at its end. To strenghten and increase the power of a script,
try adding the rune Feoh at its end, since Feoh means wealth and plenty.
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