The Book of Runes

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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. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. If you are looking for a beginner's introduction to rune casting, this book and rune stone set will suffice. Runelore is divided into two parts, both of which occupy roughly half of the book: “Historical Lore” and “Hidden Lore.

It’s probably the most widely-read single-volume introduction to the subject in print, and deservedly so. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. 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.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. Author of A Blend of Magic, tea addict and book hoarder who reviews books to share my love of books.

That’s one reason why I was never tempted to teach: tutors aren’t allowed to fail students who pay fat fees and turn up at a class occasionally. legatura editoriale telata blu con titoli e fregi in oro sul piatto e al dorso, testo in inglese, pp.

Mr Blum has written an impeccable, user friendly and easy to understand the how to begin using the runes, what I love about this book is not only does he take you into the spiritual realm of the runes, but the mundane realm as well and upright and reversed readings as well, he also included a chapter on making your own runes and the history of the runes. Then, to add insult to injury, Blum knocked off whole chunks from a well-known text, published four years earlier, that deals with a different subject – as if he’d made the assumption that his readers would never suspect, whether due to not reading deeply or widely or simply not remembering.