The big book of runes and rune magic : a complete guide to interpreting runes, rune lore, and the art of runecasting

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Title Page Copyright CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION Part One: HISTORICAL LORE Chapter 1: ELDER RUNES The Word Rune Early Runic History Runic Origins Age of the Elder Futhark Futhark Inscriptions Survey of the Elder Continental and Scandinavian Inscriptions Anglo-Frisian Runes The English Futhorc Frisian Runestaves Chapter 2: VIKING AGE RUNES Viking Age Inscriptions Talismanic Objects Runic Technology Chapter 3: MEDIEVAL RUNES Medieval Inscriptions Chapter 4: MODERN RUNIC HISTORY The Magical Revival Chapter 5: CONTEMPORARY RUNIC REVIVAL Chapter 6: HISTORICAL RUNE MAGIC AND DIVINATION Inscriptions Literature Runecasting in History and Literature Seidhr Chapter 7: RUNIC CODES Chapter 8: RUNE POEMS The Old English Rune Poem The Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme The Old Icelandic Rune Poem The Abecedarium Nordmanicum Comments on Runic Stanzas from the Poetic Edda Part Two: HIDDEN LORE Chapter 9: INNER RUNELORE Runelore Tables of the Elder Futhark The Runic System Runic Arrangements Chapter 10: ESOTERIC COSMOLOGY Runes Runic Elements Yggdrasill Chapter 11: RUNIC NUMEROLOGY Tally Lore Nordic Number Lore Chapter 12: RUNIC PSYCHOLOGY Forms of the Soul Runic and Jungian Psychology Chapter 13: RUNELORE OF THE GODS The Great Gods of Aesir Wights Odin: The Hidden God of the Runes Part Three: READING THE RUNES Chapter 14: SITTING AT THE WELL OF WYRD Runic Divination and the Magical Revival Chapter 15: RUNIC DIVINATORY THEORY The Runes and Fate Chapter 16: RUNIC SYMBOLISM AND DIVINATORY TABLES Chapter 17: THE TOOLS OF RUNECASTING Chapter 18: RITES OF RUNECASTING Time Stead Talismanic Creation of Lots Runecasting Taking of Omens Chapter 19: THE WAYS OF RUNECASTING Reading Exercise I Reading Exercise II On Aspects The Methods Alternate Ways of Drawing Lots Yes/No Answers Part Four: RUNE MAGIC Chapter 20: THE RUNE WORLD Manifestation of the Rune Row Streams The Soul and Personal Power Concepts Basic Theories of Rune Magic Chapter 21: FOUNDATIONS OF RUNE MAGIC Preliminary Exercises Magical Tools Magical Space Magical Time Rituals of Protection Runic Meditation Talismanic Magic Talismanic Construction Talismanic Formulas Word and Bind Rune Magic Stadhagaldr Sign Magic CONCLUSION APPENDIX I: RUNIC TABLES APPENDIX II: PRONUNCIATION OF OLD NORSE APPENDIX III: RUNIC CORRESPONDENCES APPENDIX IV: ON THE TRANSLITERATION OF MODERN ENGLISH INTO RUNES GLOSSARY ENDNOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY TO OUR READERS