Introduction Controversial / Heretical o 1989 o Studied lots of things including the Runes Thorasson Took what I saw at face

ace value w/o questioning it A few years ago I started studying the Runes again And again I took what I read in books w/o question Then something happened Poems Meditating THINKING Research There are multiple ways to look at the Runes o Rune Name and work with that o Rune Poem/s o Mediate and come up w/ your own answers o FORMULA What Im going to do in this class o May not jive with whats in books o Or what youve heard before o Thats OKAY o All Im asking you to do is Listen Think RUNES have been interpreted and reinterpreted and RE-RE interpreted for the last 400 years Johannes Bureus o Late 16th/Early 17th Centuries

I use only the Anglo Saxon RP in my work Oldest Most complete Pick one and stick w/ it o Even when its inconvenient

SUPER Brief History Runes have been around since about the 1st Century BCE Most likely evolved from a Northern Italian / Etruscan Scrpit It is likely that the Runes always had a magical or occult (hidden) aspect to them The word Rune (run in Norse) has roots in words that mean to roar or scream to whisper as well as secret o Havamal (screaming took them up) Each staff represents a thing or an idea, not just a letter o Messages and inscriptions can be shortcut by substituting the letter for a whole world