• Comprehensively explores the meanings of the 24 Elder Futhark runes and how each serves as a distinct interface to the greater Mystery
• Draws upon source texts such as the Prose and Poetic Eddas as well as the Anglo Saxon, Norwegian, and Icelandic Rune Poems
• Offers methods to incorporate the runes into your daily life as powerful tools for contemplation and magical self-transformation
The runes are a system of magical symbols that can be used for divination and casting spells, both to harm and protect. While these uses of the runes are powerful, David Linder focuses on a deeper and arguably more significant level of the runic mysteries—the magic of self-transformation.
The runes of the Elder Futhark are 24 facets of the great Mystery, which is translated as Runa. Each rune serves as a distinct interface that allows access to certain aspects of the great Mystery in order to heal, to reconnect, and to transform oneself. To grasp a rune is not just a matter of intellectual understanding, but a task of experiencing it physically and spiritually. Linder reveals how the lived experience of grasping a rune’s meaning is an initiatory step toward realizing one’s higher self and coming closer to the great Mystery.
The author draws upon the Prose and Poetic Eddas as well as the Anglo-Saxon, Norwegian, and Icelandic Rune Poems to explain each rune. These source texts show how Nordic spirituality is more concerned with the practicalities of mundane life than dogmatic codes. Linder contextualizes the meaning of each rune for our time and reveals the concrete opportunities for growth that each rune offers when the spiritual insight is lived and embodied in the modern world.
Advanced Rune Magic teaches methods to incorporate the runes into your daily life as tools for both contemplation and self-transformation, showing how simple applications can produce tangible results. While these methods can enrich one’s magical and spiritual practices, they will also lead to improved daily functioning, a stronger sense of purpose, and overall well-being.
Table of Contents:
FOREWORD
TALES FROM TRUE SEEKER
DAVE LEE
NOTE TO THE READER
ON THE TRANSLATIONS USED IN THIS BOOK
INTRODUCTION
TWILIGHT AND DAWN
HOW IT ALL BEGAN . . .
THE FIRST FAMILY
FEHU—CATTLE
URUZ—AUROCHS
THURISAZ—THORN
ANSUZ—GOD
RAIDO—RIDING
KENAZ—TORCH
GEBO—GIFT
WUNJO—JOY
THE SECOND FAMILY
HAGALAZ—HAIL
NAUDIZ—NEED
ISA—ICE
JERA—YEAR
EIHWAZ—YEW
PERTHRO—LOT BOX
ELHAZ—ELK
SOWILO—SUN
THE THIRD FAMILY
TIWAZ—TYR
BERKANO—BIRCH
EHWAZ—HORSE
MANNAZ—MAN
LAGUZ—WATER
INGWAZ—ING
DAGAZ—DAY
OTHALA—HOMELAND
EPILOGUE
THEN I BEGAN TO GROW . . .
APPENDIX
THE RUNE POEMS
THE ANGO-SAXON RUNE POEM
THE NORWEGIAN RUNE POEM
THE ICELANDIC RUNE POEM
LEXICON OF NORSE NAMES, PLACES, AND TERMS
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
INDEX
