Runes

Yes, this was helpful, and an enjoyable read.

I never thought, about creating my own runes. I'll just have to give it a go ...

Are the rune books, featured in the online store, any good?

It's a great article, by the way, and has left me much to thinking about. :D

Im not sure about all the books in the shop since i havent read them all. But futhark by thorsson is extremely good, and paxson is a pretty reliable author. But you can also get pdfs of both online if your short on money and cant buy them

Ruf der Runen, by Igor Warneck is a good one as well. You just have to find an English copy.

Does the type of wood matter? I bought wooden discs from the craft store and made my set. I painted the Letters on after a blood smear infusion. I lacquered them but the next set I make will not have lacquer as they stick together and can no longer be used.

A good read, and starting point, for beginners on this subject.

Well done.

This article is very helpful. Thank you. :)

I have used all kinds of runes and i would say that if they are made from your own hand there is a stronger connection with them and you im not saying that a strong connection can not be made with runes that you buy from a store just my experience... i use witches runes a set of eight that are made from a willow branch and they are the most accurate that i have used! hope this was helpful blessed be.

i have a set or rune stones but dont know how to use them... how do you consecrate them and use them?

Typically, to "consecrate" a set of either Elder Furthark, Younger Futhark, Anglo-Saxon Futhorc or lesser known Nordic rune sets, you are to give them life through various concepts that in a sense are quite parallel to consecration.

Many runeworkers and Norse Reconstructionists use sort of this 3step-by-step ritual or procedure(s) in order to " give life "to a set of runes. Step one ; is to give the runes form (typically by carving them yourself or have someone carve them/make them for you if you are unable to yourself.) Step two ; reddening them, this by adding blood to them or high iron-oxide red paints as contemporary alternatives and additionally: Step three ; to give the runes breath. Traditionally, this is done through singing in the form of galdr- or just to sing or pronounce them melodically in falsetto to life.

This thread my also give you additional perspectives:

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