The runes are many things-symbols, letters, sounds, instruments of magic and divination-but they are also vital beings with whom we can forge a relationship. Author Lara Veleda Vesta shares an interactive practice that enables readers to discover the unique ways that the runes speak to them. Featuring a detailed thirty-three-week practice designed to help you develop a deep personal relationship with each rune, Wild Soul Runes invites you to establish your own wisdom connection with the runes. It introduces you to the history of the runes, both in myth and through their connection with Old European archaeological findings. This history offers evidence for the idea that the runes have a feminine origin, deriving from the well of the Norns, the triple goddesses who represent the Fates in Norse myth. You will learn how to do the following: Make a rune altar, Develop a daily ritual practice with the runes, Craft a rune set and develop rune ceremonies for divination Book jacket.

This guidebook will help you discover the oracular nature of the runes and how to use them as a magickal tool for insight, protection, and luck.

An essential toolkit for women in all stages of life transitions, the Moon Divas Guidebook offers accessible, fun and interactive support. Whether you are changing careers, beginning or ending a relationship, parenting, healing, grieving, birthing, graduating or longing to create your best, most possible life, Lara and Deva have developed self-care and sustenance practices to nurture positive, proactive transformation. PLUS: Art and writing prompts, delicious seasonal recipes, garden remedies, cyclic celebrations, community creation tips and MORE! Lara Vesta, MFA and Deva Munay, CMT are teachers of writing, self-care, ceremony and spiritual practice. This book is born from the Moon Divas workshop series they co-facilitate.

"The thirty-three rune poems were previously published in 2016 in Runes revealed by Inkwater Press"--Title page verso.

The Book of Runes is something very special: a part of the ancient past and, perhaps, a part of your future... Based on a tradition over one thousand years old, the Runes are seen by many as a contemporary Oracle and collectively, have established themselves as a remarkable aid in practical decision making. A huge success with over 900,000 copies sold, since its original publication in 1983, The Book of Runes has proved to be a modern classic. For this, the 25th anniversary of the work, Ralph H. Blum has expanded and refined the runic system, making the Runes one of the most profoundly useful self-help tools of the new century.

A contemporary, inclusive, nonbinary, and forward-thinking approach to the runes. Queering the Runes is a love letter to the runes, the gods, and the people who follow the Nordic path. The author presents an alternative approach to the runes, one that creates a gentle container for those who want to follow this heathen path. Based on the author's personal gnosis, as well as deep academic research on runes and Nordic culture, this book is an invitation into the root culture of the runes, both in terms of myth and in terms of lived, real folkloric experience. Siri Vincent Plouff presents the traditional meanings of the runes, then helps the reader to queer the runes in their own way. Included is the lore associated with each rune, exercises to apply them to modern life, activities to engage with the rune (layouts, castings, and galdr), and how to use the runes for divination. Throughout, the author provides journal prompts meant to help the reader channel the energy of specific runes, to get to know their energy, as well as to use the runes to help them move forward in a journey of self-discovery. Queering the Runes seeks to blow open perceptions of the runes. Exploring them as active, living symbols available to all, as well as the inherent connection with ancestral magic that comes with rune work.

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A step-by-step guide to working with the runes throughout the year • 2019 Nautilus Silver Award • Explains how the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark each rule the calendar for a half-month • Details the runes most powerful during each runic half-month, what they portend for personal and spiritual wellbeing, and techniques for creating relationships with them • Includes structured devotionals for each half-month and runic initiation rituals for the 8 pagan Sabbats, or holy days, such as the Summer Solstice (Litha) and Lughnssadh (the first harvest holy day) The Old Norse runes, known as the Elder Futhark, have long joined forces with the cycles of the seasons to offer powerful initiations, guidance, and wisdom. Aligning the sacred festivals, plantings, and harvests of ancient runic calendars with our modern 12-month calendar, Kelley Harrell reveals how the runes can once again offer initiations as well as instruct us on the holy days and creative rhythms of today. Drawing on her more than 25 years of shamanic practice and runic study, Harrell offers a step-by-step primer to work with the runes throughout the year. She explains how the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark follow a seasonal progression in which each stave rules the calendar for a half-month. She explores the meaning of each rune in detail and presents structured runic devotionals for each half-month, interwoven with guidance on how to make the best use of the life force available during each season, as well as runic initiation rituals for the 8 pagan Sabbats, or holy days, such as the Summer Solstice (Litha) and Beltane (May Day). She details the runes most powerful during each half-month, what they portend for personal and spiritual wellbeing, techniques for creating relationships with them, and how to work with them as an oracle. The author also explains how the runes leading up to each Sabbat help create the space for properly greeting each calendrical transition and completing its initiation. By moving through Nature’s cycle with the runes, each year becomes a reliable and trackable process of personalized growth and spiritual connection. Progressing through the teachings of each stave while honoring the seasons, Harrell’s year with the runes becomes an initiation into a direct relationship with powers of Nature.