Taking Up The Runes: A Complete Guide To Using Runes In Spells, Rituals, Divination, And Magic

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Weiser Books, 2005 M05 1 - 432 páginas

Although many of us first encountered runes in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, this sacred alphabet is by no means a fabrication for books or movies. Similar to Hebrew letters in the sense that each symbol contains a meaning that transcends its original function as a letter, the runes are practical, flexible, and effective symbols with a variety of uses.

From the introduction: Effective use of the runes requires both the old wisdom and the new. The student must not only consciously study the meanings ascribed to the runes by earlier scholars, but must internalize them.

Today, the best-known application of rune lore is divination: chips or stones marked with the runes are drawn, cast, or laid out in patterns like tarot cards. In Taking Up the Runes, Paxson delves into the ancient historical meaning of each rune and explains their contemporary uses and meanings. We discover that the real power of runes comes from inside ourselves when we find the wisdom and power within each symbol and internalize them.

Taking Up the Runes is the ultimate workbook for using the runes on a psychic, spiritual, and magical level. Learn how to make your own rune set and how to use the runes in guided meditations and song.

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1
17
2
29
3
47
4
67
5
81
PART TWO The Rituals
91
6
99
7
117
A Ritual Journey
263
A Ritual for Abundance
273
Thurs Spells
283
The Fire Faring
295
The Gift of Joy
303
Needfire
311
Melting the Ice
323
The Tree and the Well
331

8
133
9
142
Elhaz and Sowilo
155
10
163
Tiwaz and Berkano
173
11
195
Laguz and Ingwaz
215
Dagaz and Othala
231
Bringing Back the Runes
247
Introduction
261
Safe on the Sun Road
341
The Tree of Tyr
353
A Ritual of Union
361
The Mysteries of Yngvi and Erde
371
Kinship and Awakening
383
Descending the Tree
393
A Runic Initiation
403
Pronunciation Guide
410
Bibliography
412
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Diana L. Paxson has been teaching classes and leading rituals on trance work for more than twenty years. She is the co-author, along with Marion Zimmer Bradley, of Priestess of Avalon and has continued the immensely popular Mists of Avalon series on her own.

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