Writing Runes
If you don't already have a personal mark, choose a couple of
favortie runes, and draw them together. Then add a couple of other
symbols and one of your initials. Using this mark on your personal
property to designate ownership will also empower the object. You
can use the runes that spell out your name as personal power symbols.
They are your birthright. Check the meanings of the runes in your name
to get in touch with runic energies present in it. You can write your
name in runes on personal property, scratch the symbols on the underside
of your automobile, use them as house marks, embroider them into a sampler
or quilt, trace them on a fogged window, and even write them on the beach
in the sand. Use your inagination, for their uses are limitless.
One way to improve your knowledge of the runes and the words that stem from
them is to choose a word in English that derives from the runes, for example,
"gift" from Gebo, "lake" from Laguz, "ride" from Raidho, or "day" from Dagaz.
Take a few minutes to think about how the word relates to your own life. For
instance, if you examine "day" from Dagaz, ask yourself if you are a day or
night person. What do you do with your days? What do dawn (daybreak), day time,
and dusk (day's end) hold for you? Are some days of the week better than others?
This practice connects you even more with the energies of the runes.
The following list of alphabetical correspondences can be used as a handy
reference guide when writing with runes. Keep in mind that it is sometimes
best to go with the sound rather than the literal correspondence. Let your
intuition guide you.
Alphabetical Correspondences to the Elder Futhark
A-Ansuz B-Berkana C-Kenaz
D-Dagaz E-Ehwaz F-Fehu
G-Gebo H-Hagalaz I-Isa or Eihwaz
J-Jera or Isa K-Kenaz L-Laguz
M-Mannaz N-Naudhiz NG-Ingwaz
O-Othala P-Perdhro Q-Kenaz
R-Raidho S-Sowilo T-Tiwaz
U-Uruz V-Wunjo or Uruz W-Wunjo
X-Kenaz plus Sowilo Y-Jera Z-Algiz or Sowilo
Final E, Z, or R-Algiz TH-Thurisaz and Dagaz
Runes are never written using lowercase letters-only uppercase, and no
curves, only straight lines. This makes them very easy to learn and write.
The runes are often written as a continuous link of text, without spaces
between the words or sentences. To separate words or sentences from each
other, use notations such as one, two, or three dots or a small Gebo "X."
Runes can also be written in every direction-right to left or left to right.
For example, "you" could be written as you or uoy.
They can be written with the first sentence proceeding right to left, and
the second sentence proceeding left to right. Sometimes runes are written
as a mirror image, upside down, in vertical rows, or bound together.
Runes can also be cut or written on just about anything. For example, you
can carve runes into stone by cutting many points close together, until you
have a complete line. A chisel and hammer, preferably consecrated, work well
for this purpose.
Traditional Runic Practices
Buildings With Runes
Runes As Alphabets
Secret Runes
Bindrunes
Rune Categories
The Runes
Elder Futhark's Three Aettir
Rune Interpretations
Divination With Runes
Rune Meditation Techniques
Rune Dreaming Techniques
The Magical Uses of Runes
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