Hi everyone,

I’m writing this inspired by my conversation with Judith in the comments section of my previous post. I noticed that there are some people interested in learning Runes and Northern mythology, who are reaching out to me, and perhaps it is a sign that the time has come to do something I’ve planned for so long already.

I’m going to compose some posts about the Elder Futhark, and possibly with time also about Younger Futhark and Anglo-Saxon Futhorc Runes. The latter ones are especially intriguing and tempting to me.

What I’m planning to do is to write separate posts dedicated to each Rune where I’ll share runic poems, classical modern interpretations, and results of my own meditations + my own experience of living through the Runes (by carrying them with me) and working with them. I’ll also probably include the practice of dreaming with the runes. I was subconsciously unwilling to try it out, but probably the time is right now. I’ll describe the results of this practice, provided I succeed. Anyway, now I have motivation for trying.

If you want to meditate or live through runes on your own, I advise performing this practice for 9 days for each Rune, similar to Odin’s sacrifice, or you may simply listen to your intuition; you’ll know when it’s enough for sure, especially if you work with other aspects of magic or divination. You’ll feel this inner ‘stop! enough.’ You may also live through the daily reading practice rune, pull a daily rune in the morning, and carry it with you all day. Notice the events that happen to you, people you meet, music that pops up on repeat, and other messages and how they correspond with the meaning of this rune, and note them down. It helps both in magical and divination practices.

I advise you to write the rune you will carry on paper or a piece of wood, but you may draw the rune on your skin as well. I wrote more about it here. I’d add that Wardruna’s music may help during meditations. Not only do they sing about runes, but their music is energetically charged, almost electrified. Sensitive people grasp it in an instant. I guess they do actually perform some kind of galdr (Norse song spells/magic).

I’d like to add that despite the fact that the Elder Futhark Runes are widely used for magic and readings today, it is worth remembering that the alphabet that was popular in the Viking Epoch is called Younger Futhark, and each of these alphabets was also used in day-to-day writing. By which I mean letters, notes, and messages on stones.

Moreover, I’m planning on writing about my own practice with Norse gods and archetypes, how I do it, and how I understand it, and write a poem to each of the most prominent gods and/or ones I work with, including their area of power, most-known myths, attributes, halls, and titles. I promised them this way of honoring them for a long time already, and I think that our conversation with Judith and the one I had with Laura (and her poem dedicated to Odin) are clear signs that I should finally do it.

And, of course, I’ll continue sharing with you my Runic Scripts and Bindrunes 🙂 I can’t imagine all this work without them 🙂

I’ll definitely write reviews for books about Norse mythology/traditions. I’ve already written about The Witegungseld Spá and Oracular Seiðr Manual by Swain Wodenung, and I believe I’ll eventually share my impressions from reading both Eddas, and more 🙂

I just want to remind you that despite having so many plans, ideas, and interests, I’m a bit slow with their realization. English is not my native language, so I put a lot of effort and time into proofreading and editing as quality is really important to me. Additionally, I’ve observed that I need to have some rest and inspiration for writing; otherwise, my posts start to sound robotic and morbid, and I begin to hate my writing, whereas it should actually bring me joy, not distress. I guess I’m not as prolific after all 😀

That said, please be patient with my posts, and I’ll make them informative and engaging.

Thank you very much for reading and take care 🙂

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