Magic And Divination Using Elder Futhark Runes: A Beginner’s Guide

By D. Brewer

The Elder Futhark has become increasingly popular with rune casting, possibly because it is the oldest of the runic alphabets and therefore holds more integrity having been the least altered. It remains the original runes.
This book provides a beginner's guide to understanding the meaning of the runes and how to perform rune casting.
Use your runes wisely and they will assist you with your decisions and give you insight into your potential outcomes. With clarity of mind and steadfast self-belief, you will be able to achieve all that you are hoping for.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781471078019

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Magic And Divination Using Elder Futhark Runes: A Beginner’s Guide

D. Brewer

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‘Magic And Divination Using Elder Futhark Runes: A Beginner’s Guide’

First published in August 2022 by D. Brewer

Printed by Lulu Press

Copyright © 2022 D. Brewer, Hampshire, UK

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ISBN-13: 9781471078019

First Edition

Within This Book

What Are Runes?

Elder Futhark

Special Runes of Magical Significance

Ancient Examples of Elder Futhark

Modern Day Rune Casting

Note

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional or medical problems. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your search for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author assumes no responsibility for your actions.

What Are Runes?

It is thought the word ‘rune’ is derived from the Proto-Germanic word ‘rūnō’, which means ‘letter’, ‘literature’ and ‘secret’ and also from the Germanic word ‘run’ and the Gothic ‘runa’, meaning ‘secret’ and ‘whisper’. (Koch 2020).

Runes are defined as sets of symbols that make up alphabets, used initially by Germanic people of the Viking Age of central and northern Europe, probably inspired by the Latin alphabet of the Romans, to communicate in a written form. Runology is the study of runes and their history.

As well as a form of communication, each individual runic symbol is said to hold an inherent powerful magical nature and hence they have also been used for magic and divination, and examples are found over 2000 years of history regarding this type of use.

The earliest references to runic inscriptions appear from the end of the 1st century AD, and their use continued until Latin began to take over from the 11th century AD onwards due to Christianisation.

In 98 AD, the Roman historian and politician, Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56 – 120 AD) gave an account