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Trying to further my learning about runes. What do you know about them?

I read runic cards on a regular basis, and am most of the way throug sorting out a set of Runes out of oak I picked up from Tewkesbury last year.

I find them very effective, but like anything else it is each to there own.

I am familiar with the concept of using them for magical casting, but have never experimented with it!

it depends on the ones you intend to studdy contact me mabey i can help

There are so many facets to learning them -- you would be cross-referencing quite a bit before making headway. Plan an approach (do you just want to be able to translate or use them?) to which civilizations/eras you want to start with.

Odin learned the power of the runes through visions whilst hanging upside down from the world tree Yggdrasil. the commonly used Futhark runes made popular by those fun lovin vikings evolved from the earlier Etruscan alphabet. they are partly heiroglyphic and each rune can mean a letter or an entire word. the ability to leave a message carved onto a tree or rock for someone else to find and understand at another time was a powerful thing in those days, which would shape man's destiny, so it is no wonder that they would be regarded as magic. small wonder that eventually they would be used for divination or even for cursing ones enemies.

I'm going to try the wiki search I want to learn how to use

You are amazing, karnstein! Your the only Talamascan I know! lol

You should try checking out this site, gives in detail the history, types and how to use runes.

http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/

You guys are awesome! Thanks!!

http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/

Sorry, wow thats an awesome site, Would have come in handy years ago....gotta love technopagans.

Here is a JPEG of some Nordic Runes, Witches Runes (Theban alphabet) and the Irish Ogham (Druid's alphabet). The other ons portrayed were often used by magicians - I think. There is a good description of these alphabets in Raymond Buckland's Handbook of Witchcraft - often referred to as the blue book.

I personally do not like to use runes, but they are a good tool for some, if you want to know more about them i would recomend you go to a lot of different websites about them and start out with them...

I currently use the ogham but have used the germanic runes before personally I prefer the ogham they give me a more clear reading.

I use the witches runes, but I am much happier reading the tarot for some reason.

Which runes are you planning on using?

here are some runes I like.

heres an interesting site .. explans what each rune represents

opps forgot link sorry

http://www.multiart.nu/grimner/english/texts/readingrunes.html

thanks guys everything has been really helpful!!!

There is some great information in this thread. Thank you all for the pics and links.

diablo 2 runer?

Without knowing much about the history of runes at the time, I was surprised to find that I was very comfortable in using a set a friend had made.

That was a long time ago, but think I may take them up again....I was born and bred in a place called the Isle Of Man which has a long history associated with vikings etc.