Practical Guide to the Runes: Their Uses in Divination and Magick (Llewellyn's New Age)

EIHWAZ the yew, URUZ the wild ox, KENAZ the hearth fire. Created by the Nordic and Germanic tribes of northern Europe, the runes began as a magickal system of pictographs representing the forces and objects in nature.

With over 200,000 sold, 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. Practical and concise, this book includes:

Complete descriptions of the twenty-four runes of the Elder Futhark, plus WYRD, the blank rune
The differences between bindrunes and runescripts
Four rune layouts and detailed rune interpretations, including reversed position meanings
How to carve runes and create talismans
Meanings and uses of the runes in magick