This book is about the historical and magical aspects of the Germanic and Nordic runes. It is a compendium that goes out of the ordinary as far as rune books are concerned, as it includes the history of the Germanic and Scandinavian peoples and their relations with the runes from a historical, heroic and legendary past, full of kings and gods, warriors, and maidens, dwarves and elves, snakes and wolves. In addition, countless historical records of the first traces of the...
More DescriptionThis book is about the historical and magical aspects of the Germanic and Nordic runes. It is a compendium that goes out of the ordinary as far as rune books are concerned, as it includes the history of the Germanic and Scandinavian peoples and their relations with the runes from a historical, heroic and legendary past, full of kings and gods, warriors, and maidens, dwarves and elves, snakes and wolves.
In addition, countless historical records of the first traces of the runes are exhibited, such as the Origin and Customs of the Peoples of Germania by the Roman writer Cornelius Tacitus, the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, Grimoires such as the Gáldrabók, Galdrakver and the Huld Manuscript, among others.
Also, various historical and archaeological sources such as runestones, swords, shields, fibulae, combs, etc. with the first runes engraved on them are exhibited. Along with this, contents of Germanic mythology, the Aesir and Vanir Gods, with Odin, Thor, Tyr, Frigg, Freyr, Freyja, Loki, the wolf Fernir, the Yggdrasil tree, the Ash of the Universe, Asgard, Midgard, Ragnarök and many other topics are presented, along with their relationship with the runes and their divine powers bequeathed by Odin.
Finally, it gives a great theoretical and practical thematic of runes meanings from the Elder Futhark, their interpretations, their systems of unilateral and bilateral readings with the modes of origin and action, their configurations in space and their empowerment and protection through their magical powers.
In summary, this work contains the following topics:
-History of the Germans, Germania and Scandinavia.
-The Germanic languages.
The Eldert, Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Futharks.
-Runestones and objects found in Europe.
-Origin and Customs of the Germanic Peoples and their historical and mythological aspects.
-The Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda and all the legendary tradition.
-The grimoires Gáldrabók, Galdrakver and the Huld Manuscript together with the Galdrastafir of power.
-The Aesir Gods and the Vanir Gods.
-The Germanic magic of the Fjölkynngi, the Seidr and the Galdrar.
-Each and every one of the runes of the Elder Futhark as elements of divination.
-Preparation of the runes, bags, boxes and reading cloths.
-Main runes readings: Odin's, Tyr's, Thor's, Völvas', and Yggdrasil's runes readings.
-Runic talismans and amulets. Bind runes, Candles, Galdrastafir, earrings, pendants and various objects.
-New trends. Armanen Runes, Germanic neopaganism, Stadhagaldr and Runengriff.
-More than 10 practical exercises.
In short, this book is unique in nature. If you want to learn the history, origin and power of the runes in a real, true and reliable way and get the wisdom that Odin, the All-Father, left us as a legacy, you must have this book: ODIN'S MAGIC RUNES.