Nordic Runes: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle

Description: Nordic Runes by Paul Rhys Mountfort Addresses three major areas: Runelore, the history of this 2000-year-old Norse oracle; Runestaves, the meaning of the individual runes of the Elder Futhark alphabet and their powerful mythological, magical, and practical lessons for daily life; and "Runecasting", a comprehensive guide to the oracular application of the ancient runes. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A comprehensive and practical guide to the ancient oracle based on the runic alphabet of the Norse• Reveals the symbolism and divinatory significance of the 24 rune "staves"• Provides clear instructions on how to craft your own rune stones• Explains the role of runes in the Norse wisdom tradition and its influence on such works as Tolkiens Lord of the RingsNordic runes are a potent and profoundly transformative magic system that gives contemporary readers access to the ancient wisdom tradition of Northern European cultures. The runes have deep resonances within the pagan Norse world of gods and goddesses, giants, dwarves, warriors, and wizards, which have greatly influenced the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, among others. Norse tradition attributes the discovery of the runes to the "All-Father" Odin--a god of inspiration and secret wisdom and the mythical prototype for runecasters, who established the pattern for gaining his knowledge.Nordic Runes addresses three major areas: Runelore, the history of this 2000-year-old Norse oracle; Runestaves, the meaning of the individual runes of the Elder Futhark alphabet and their powerful mythological, magical, and practical lessons for daily life; and Runecasting, a comprehensive guide to the oracular application of the ancient runes, including their crafting, divination, and self-development. As Nordic Runes shows, the runes do more than simply reflect the path of fate; they help develop and enhance intuition. By learning to cast and interpret the runes, the user becomes receptive to the energy currents in material reality and empowered in the arts of its transformation. Author Biography Paul Rhys Mountfort is a writer, researcher, and workshop leader specializing in the Celtic and Norse traditions. He is the author of Ogam: The Celtic Oracle of the Trees. Active in the contemporary pagan community, he lives with his partner and son on Waiheke Island, in the Hauraki Gulf of Auckland, New Zealand. Table of Contents PrefaceThe Origin of Runes and How to Use This BookPart 1: RuneloreOdins GiftDivine MysteriesRunes and Rune GuildsThe Rune PoemsRunes and SagasThe Northern TraditionPart 2: RunestavesGuide to the StavesFreys AettHagals AettTÝrs AettPart 3: RunecastingRe-membering the TraditionThe Theory of Runic DivinationThe Art of RunecastingSpreads and CastingsA Final Word: The Rune RevivalNotesBibliographyIndex to the Runes Review "The runes have an entire mythology and history, all of which is meticulously explained in Paul Mountforts Nordic Runes." * Dell Magazines, October 2003 *"Nordic Runes by Paul Rhys Mountfort serves as an excellent guide for those wishing to understand and utilize the runes. . . . His tome is comprehensive and rests firmly on a solid foundation of scholarship. It is also user friendly and fun to read." * Thor the Barbarian, Nemeton, Jan 2006 *"More than just a clinical textbook on rune work, this book was a pleasure to read. . ." * Roxanne, The Beltane Papers, April 2004 * Review Quote "The runes have an entire mythology and history, all of which is meticulously explained in Paul Mountforts Nordic Runes ." Excerpt from Book fom the Introduction: The Origin of Runes and How to Use this Book This book is a complete guide for those who wish to draw on the well of practical and esoteric wisdom embodied in the ancient Runes. It provides the necessary tools for interpreting the runes of good help and the teachings from the Norse wisdom tradition on which they are founded. Having come into prominence some two-thousand years ago, the twenty-four runestaves of the ancient Elder Futhark alphabet are more relevant to us today, at the dawn of a new millennium, than ever before. Like the images of the Tarot deck and hexagrams of the I Ching, Runes are profound keys to personal empowerment, self-development and spiritual awareness. The Runes are native to traditional Northern European cultures. They have deep resonances within the pagan Norse world of high gods and goddesses, elemental forces, giants, dwarves, warriors and wizards that inspired, among others, J. R. R Tolkien in the writing of his fantasy fictions. Ancient tales tell of their discovery by the magician-god Odin, their use in magic, and divination. This last, predictive use of Runes continues with us today. However, the twenty-four runes of the Elder Futhark are more than mere fortune-telling tokens: they are a potent key to the rich mythological heritage of the Norse world. Each stave (individual rune) evokes a set of tales and correspondences in ancient Norse myth; they encode a set of profound teachings, an entire wisdom tradition. These teachings, moreover, have a universality and a timelessness to their insights, messages to impart that transcends their Northern European origins. Divination systems like the Runes are based on sets of meaningful signs, omens which we randomly choose and interpret for their personal message to us. But how could such a procedure possibly work? The traditional Norse answer would be that, in the Web of Wyrd (Destiny), all things and events resonate in a profound and luminous way and that Runes faithfully record the signature of the energy movements underlying our own unique fate-path at the moment of consultation. The scientific rationalism of the West generally does not admit that events which are not causally related can have an underlying connection, but the idea is no longer disreputable even in scientific terms, for the notion of randomness itself has increasingly been subject to scrutiny in modern times. . . . For all its chaos, we are now entering an exciting time, when modern science and ancient magic can at last meet and come into dialogue. In the ancient world divination was, of course, put down to the activity of gods and spirits. . . .In Northern Europe, the highest of all the gods, Odin was himself the discoverer and lord of the Runes. Odin in fact provides the model for mastery of the runic system. In Norse myth, he descends the World Tree and undergoes a sacrifice to haul up the Runes from M Details ISBN0892810939 Author Paul Rhys Mountfort Pages 288 Language English ISBN-10 0892810939 ISBN-13 9780892810932 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 133.33 Year 2003 Place of Publication Rochester, VT Country of Publication United States Imprint Destiny Books,U.S. Residence NZ Short Title NORDIC RUNES ORIGINAL/E Edition Description Original DOI 10.1604/9780892810932 UK Release Date 2003-05-05 NZ Release Date 2003-05-05 US Release Date 2003-05-05 Subtitle Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle Publisher Inner Traditions Bear and Company Publication Date 2003-05-05 Illustrations 29 b&w illustrations Audience General AU Release Date 2003-05-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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