Runes – Make your mark

Runes – Make your mark

One aspect of the runes which many seem to forget these days is that they were meant to be used for writing. Today we have other letters for that, and writing in runes is primarily for those who are really into them, or who want to hide what they’re writing from...
Runes – How To Start Reading

Runes – How To Start Reading

Not everyone that’s into runes, wants to do a reading. But let’s say you’re one of those who wants to do that, either for others or just for yourself. There are several ways of reading runes, but you should really start with the Elder Futhark and...
Runes – The simplest form of rune magic

Runes – The simplest form of rune magic

Rune magic has been in my life for over eighteen years now, but I remember where it all started. For me, it was with the bind and cypher runes in the old black books in the library, back when I lived in Sweden. For most, it’s probably easier to start using...
Runes – How to make your own

Runes – How to make your own

Many of the instructions I’ve found for making the runes in a rune set are complicated to the point of being silly. Some say it has to be disks from a fruit tree, some say you have to do a whole ritual around making them, and some say you have to colour them...
Runes – How to make your own

Runes – How to get started

This is the first in what I hope will be a long series on runes. Every week, you’ll get a chance to give feedback on what you want to read about, so use it! Disclaimer I don’t claim to know everything about runes, or how to use them. This is my UPG...
Rök Runes – 16 – R at The End

Rök Runes – 16 – R at The End

This rune symbolized a sound we don’t really use anymore, and it has no representative in the following futharks. It was a voiced R at the end of words, and it had somewhat of a Z quality to it. Not the same as the voiced uvular fricative used in some languages...

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