runes

*this is the thing i am surrently sending to people. please comment with any suggestions so i can help them better*


runes are an ancient norse (viking) alphabet that can be used for divination, talismans, or just as an alphabet to write in. the three most well known rune sets are the elder, the younger and the anglo-saxon futharks. I'm going to be teaching the traditional way because im a huge traditioinalist and i hope you will respect how they were originally done. making them is rather simple. just carve the symbols into stone, wood, shell, almost anything carveable (although some materials are better than others) and you put blood in it, how much is up to you as long as it covers the bottom of the carving adding blood binds the rune to you and makes it truly yours. then, under your breath chant the name of the symbol, i.e. if its for the fehu rune you would chant "f-f-f-f-fe-fe-fe-fe-fe-feh-feh-feh-feh-fehu-fehu-fehu-fehu" this is called galdr. those three steps are all crucial to the runes because its what odin and his brothers did to give life to the first trees, and you are giving life to the rune. odin give the trees shape (you give the carved shape to the rune) vili gave the tree blood (i dont need to tell you what that is symbolized with) and ve gave the tree breath (you chanting galdr under your breath symbolizes that) and voila, your runes are ready to be used :)
link for symbols: http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/meanings.html

**if you're squamish or for some other reason can't safely get blood for the rune, tears, sweat, and.. erm, other bodily fluids were also used**

hope this was useful
--cvisscher.

I also know another way to use runes. The first thing you should do before using runes is to study runes first. Just google them or go to your local library and see if you can finds books there. What you do is you can either trace it on something such as yourself or your door or something for the rune to give effect to. You can choose to draw them or just trace it with your finger repeatedly, just enough that you can just visualize it perfectly. Then push some of your energy with it's intention imto it while speaking the rune's name and placing it into effect. I usually visualize the rune there as flowing energy or something and when I send my intentions in it, I visualize the rune hardening like metal or something hard. I have used many runes this way and also use runes in many of my spells and rituals. They are really powerful for they have been used and been around for a long time! So this is just another way to use runes though I believe the traditional way makes the rune more powerful. Just my opinion...