Runes: Your Plain and Simple Guide to Understanding and Interpreting the Ancient Oracle

Kim Farnell

Red Wheel/Weiser, Mar 4, 2024 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 160 pages

Your Plain & Simple Guide to Understanding and Interpreting the Ancient Oracle



Runes are alphabet letters or characters that have been used for thousands of years as a form of communication and divination. This book, written by an authority on divination systems, shows readers how to make their own set of runes and how to interpret them.



Included in this accessible primer are:

• A brief overview of the runes, from Etruscan times to the present
• The myths and lore that inform runic wisdom
• The basic rune symbols known as Futhark and their definitions
• Instructions on how to read the runes and rune spreads
• An introduction to runic magic

This comprehensive guide presents every letter of the runic alphabet in detail, with its origins and magical uses, and helps seekers tap into their energy. From making your own runes (and a bag to protect them) to reading the ancient alphabet, casting the runes, and interpreting the spread, all the basics are laid out in a clear, easy-to-follow, and superbly illustrated fashion, perfect for beginners.



This book was previously published as Runes Plain & Simple.

Contents

• CHAPTER ONE Making Your Own Runes: 23
• CHAPTER TWO Interpreting the Aettir: 35
• CHAPTER THREE Freyas Aett: 41
• CHAPTER FOUR Hagals Aett: 67
• CHAPTER FIVE Tyrs Aett: 91
• CHAPTER SIX Reading Runes: 119
• CHAPTER SEVEN Rune Spreads: 127
• CHAPTER EIGHT Rune Magic: 145
• Back cover: 157

About the author

Kim Farnell is one of the longest-serving presidents of the Astrological Lodge of London, has an MA in cultural astronomy and astrology, and is the author of several books. Kim's primary interest is the history of astrology and the occult, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She works as a freelance writer and editor and is the author of several books.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Runes: Your Plain and Simple Guide to Understanding and Interpreting the Ancient Oracle; Plain and Simple Series for Mind, Body, and Spirit Series
• Author: Kim Farnell
• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2024
• ISBN: 1642970573, 9781642970579
• Length: 160 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Divination / Fortune Telling; Body, Mind & Spirit / Divination / General; Body, Mind & Spirit / Divination / Runes; Body, Mind & Spirit / Magick Studies; Body, Mind & Spirit / Shamanism