The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Runes: Your Complete Guide to the Divination Power of Runes

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de Vries, Jan (1962). Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch (1977ed.). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-05436-3. The Witches’ Rune is a traditional chant, used to raise the cone of power. This is a way to raise energy for spells and other ritual workings, whether in a group or as a solitary practitioner.

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Some later runic finds are on monuments ( runestones), which often contain solemn inscriptions about people who died or performed great deeds. For a long time it was presumed that this kind of grand inscription was the primary use of runes, and that their use was associated with a certain societal class of rune carvers. This pagan religion was mostly lost to time, especially when Christianity took hold in the regions of Scandinavia and Northern Europe. It was in the 1970s that Norse Paganism became a recognized legal religion in Iceland. Spurkland, Terje (2005). Norwegian runes and runic inscriptions. Woodbridge: The Boydell press. pp.42–43. ISBN 1-84383-186-4.Odin holds bracelets and leans on his spear while looking towards the völva in Völuspá. Gesturing, the völva holds a spoon and sits beside a steaming kettle. The text “V:14” in the bottom left corner refers to Völuspá stanza 14; Lorenz Frolich (1895) What is Runic Magic The earliest runic inscriptions found on artifacts give the name of either the craftsman or the proprietor, or sometimes, remain a linguistic mystery. Due to this, it is possible that the early runes were not used so much as a simple writing system, but rather as magical signs to be used for charms. Although some say the runes were used for divination, there is no direct evidence to suggest they were ever used in this way. The name rune itself, taken to mean "secret, something hidden", seems to indicate that knowledge of the runes was originally considered esoteric, or restricted to an elite. [ citation needed] The 6th-century Björketorp Runestone warns in Proto-Norse using the word rune in both senses:

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Remain modest - that is the right of the oracle. Be in the world, but not from the world. Stay receptive to impulses, that come out of the divine in the inner and outer sphere. Seek to live the usual life in an unusual manner. This Free Online Course is perfect for Beginner Wiccans or anyone who is curious and wants to learn more about the Wiccan Craft. Not all Witches are Wiccan, but Wicca is the fastest growing Neopagan practice today. The Wiccan God and Goddess are invoked too, along with other realms of duality: Land and Sea, Sun and Moon.Charm words, such as auja, laþu, laukaʀ, and most commonly, alu, [34] appear on a number of Migration period Elder Futhark inscriptions as well as variants and abbreviations of them. Much speculation and study has been produced on the potential meaning of these inscriptions. Rhyming groups appear on some early bracteates that also may be magical in purpose, such as salusalu and luwatuwa. Further, an inscription on the Gummarp Runestone (500–700 AD) gives a cryptic inscription describing the use of three runic letters followed by the Elder Futhark f-rune written three times in succession. [35]

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In this inscription, several runes repeat in a sentence to form an unknown meaning. Various scholars have proposed that these runes represent repeated Begriffsrunen.As depicted in the poem Hávamál in the Poetic Edda, Odin cut out his eye and hung himself from the branches of Yggdrasil until the secret of the runes revealed itself to him. On the ninth day, Odin gained the power of the runes. Modern Norse Magic In the verses from the Völuspá quoted above, we see that the carving of runes is one of the primary means by which the Norns establish the fate of all beings (the other most often-noted method being weaving). Given that the ability to alter the course of fate is one of the central concerns of traditional Germanic magic, it should come as no surprise that the runes, as an extremely potent means of redirecting fate, and as inherently meaningful symbols, were thereby inherently magical by their very nature. This is a controversial statement to make nowadays, since some scholars insist that, while the runes may have sometimes been used for magical purposes, they were not, in and of themselves, magical. For a cogent discussion of the role of the spoken word in the Norse creation narrative itself, see: Wave Runes. These runes protect sailors, provide safe passage, and fend off life-threatening storms. KEYWORDS: Progress, movement, harmony, trust, loyalty, friendship, assistance, duality, animal instincts