From divination to magic―a beginner-friendly guide to runes
Discover a simple way to unlock the ancient power of runes. Digging deep into both history and mythology, The Beginner’s Guide to Runes serves as the perfect starting point for anyone interested in exploring these ancient and magical symbols
Focused around the Elder Futhark (the oldest runic alphabet), this informative book offers a simple and effective path to bringing runes into your day-to-day life. Whether you want to gain insight into the future through divination or creating protective talismans, straightforward and concise instructions make them simple to understand.
The Beginner’s Guide to Runes helps you:
- Explore the Elder Futhark―Get a complete breakdown―including meanings, magical uses, and more―of all 24 runes that make up this archaic alphabet.
- Seek guidance―Learn how to practice the art of runic divination―a fortune-telling technique that calls on runes to provide insight into the future.
- Master magic―From creating runescripts (straight-line arrangements) to bind runes (2 or more combined into a single symbol), find out how this mystical script can be used to bring change to your world.
Read it in the runes―this book is the easiest way to get started with this unique form of magic.
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Kindle Customer –
I like how it goes a little indepth of each runes and they backstory and what they represent individual and as a bindrune.
cat hanvey –
One of the best books about Runes I’ve read, incredibly detailed. It gives the history, the mythology and story behind runes as well as in depth look at each rune, it’s meaning, various interpretations and how to use each one. Plus a story for how each rune appeared in mythology. A really brilliant guide for beginners 👍
Beth B. –
This is a very handy and useful book for learning about runes. As a beginner, all the information here is extremely useful and easy to understand.
Natasha –
He Made understanding the runes incredibly easy and he also put in extra information from how to pronounce them, their meanings, history and stories/legends they have come from. He also includes how to use them in changing or inscribing magic.
Overall I found it very helpful as someone who barely knew anything about the runes besides them being Nordic and a form of divination.
Geri statom –
My friend loves this book. She said it’s very Interesting.
Wren –
I loved this book! It’s packed with content about every single rune and how to use them. I found the bindrune section particularly helpful
Sean perry –
The book is very easy to follow for the different type of rune reading or casting and the background about the runes themselves
GAM (Neurospicy-Rainbow) –
Excellent comprehensive book on runes. Easy to follow and structured for a wide or audience of readers which makes it a great go to reference in your collection specifically as it only focuses runes.
Sierra K. –
This book is full of all the information you could need or want about runes. It gives history, types of divination and more. I’m glad I picked this one as my first book to learn about this topic, but it does have a downside. Although this book offers everything I was looking for it was also preaching about the norse religion. Spoiler: runes came from odin in norse mythology, and because of this the author gets a little preachy about thanking Odin, leaving offerings for him and summoning his presence/blessing by chanting his name. I don’t follow the norse gods, so this was a little off putting, but the rest of the book has great info. I can look past that for the rest of the information, but if you have a hard time ciphering out the information you’re looking for then this may not be the book for you.
Mike Raymond –
If you are looking for a great book to get your feet wet, so to speak, this is a wonderful place to start. I have utilized the Runes since the early 80’s and have collected any and all volumes on the subject. Whilst they all contain mostly the same thing, every once in a while I find a book that throws a little bit of its own spin. This is such a book. I found it an easy read, though I would have liked just a bit more mythology in here. That being said, I am a voracious fan of mythology and too much would be a distraction for the beginning Runester. So to fill the niche that this book is targeting, it has the right amount. I found the prose not dry and academic, but instead a personal dissertation of one’s own experience in working with the Runes. This was refreshing to me as there are too many books on this subject that just seem dead. This author has captured his personal journey and I was quite pleased to see similar experiences akin to my own. Do I recommend this book? I ABSOLUTELY recommend it.
Marcos –
This book accomplishes very well its task. It’s written as an introductory guide for runes and that’s exactly what it does. It gives you the base structure to build upon and continue your journey over the runic universe.
Jhonata Moreira Martins –
O estilo de escrita do autor, os exemplos e a junção dos mitos com as runas são a receita perfeita para um bom aprendizado, mais do que só escrever sobre o significado das runas, o autor te leva para uma viagem profunda pela cultura daqueles povos.
David Jasper –
If you are looking for a great book to get your feet wet, so to speak, this is a wonderful place to start. I have utilized the Runes since the early 80’s and have collected any and all volumes on the subject. Whilst they all contain mostly the same thing, every once in a while I find a book that throws a little bit of its own spin. This is such a book. I found it an easy read, though I would have liked just a bit more mythology in here. That being said, I am a voracious fan of mythology and too much would be a distraction for the beginning Runester. So to fill the niche that this book is targeting, it has the right amount. I found the prose not dry and academic, but instead a personal dissertation of one’s own experience in working with the Runes. This was refreshing to me as there are too many books on this subject that just seem dead. This author has captured his personal journey and I was quite pleased to see similar experiences akin to my own. Do I recommend this book? I ABSOLUTELY recommend it.
Christopher Wisniewski –
Don’t get your skirt ruffled my little snow flakes. You’re not dummies. However, Mr. Simonds lays the very basics out in such a way that those even challenged on reading would be fine to understand. It’s an excellent piece of work and an excellent introduction into a very deep pool
Tammy McAnsh –
Very informative