What Are Runes?

Well, runes are many things. For example, they are an ancient Norse alphabet. And they're also a magical symbols. They're not widely known among modern people, yet they're still in used - not as alphabet any more, but as signs used for divination and magical purposes. Continue reading and you will learn everything you should know about runes as beginner.

Runes are also known as the Elder Futhark - this is the Norse runic alphabet, made of 24 runes. Runes themselves are symbols, written down or carve on stone or wood, or even paper. They are believed to be gift of Odin, Norse god, and have magical power to attract love, money, friendship and success. The word "rune" itself means "secret" or "whisper" and that makes runes very mysterious magical symbols for this very day.

From scientific point of view, it's difficult to learn how old runes really are. Some research tend to believe they have been around for over 3 thousand years. Most scientists agree that they're no longer than 2 thousand years old. From mythological point of view, runes are the gift of Odin, who was hanging on the Three of Life (the Yggdrassil) for nine days and nights, and was blessed with wisdom of the runes. Later, he passed his knowledge to humans.

Runes were in used mainly as magical alphabet. They were used for divination and foretelling the future. They were also used to carve whole sentences called runic formulas, or runic scripts. Such formulas were meant to attract wealth and success via magical means. Runes were also used for making talismans and amulets called bindrunes - a bindrune is a symbol made of two or three different runes connected together and it's very powerful magical talisman.

In the old days, runes were used by Norse people, Vikings, and people of the British Isles. Norther Europe wasn't free of runes, either. They were used by Druids for magical rituals, achieving victory in battle, attracting good harvest etc. Even today runes are in use - although no one really writes in Elder Futhark any more, the symbols are still used for divination and making talismans. You can find many books about the subject, and even guild of modern druids that still use the runes. You can even learn runic magic for your own purposes if you want, there's plenty of resources out there.

With runes, you can attract good job, love and friendship, business success, material and spiritual wealth, health and many other things. If you're looking for peaceful yet mysterious system of magic, runes will be the best to start with.

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