Nordic Runes: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle

A Solid Runic Foundation
When you find an author that discusses esoteric topics with clarity, simplicity, and above all, experience and knowledge, you know you have found a good author. When that same author offers academic references and clearly stated personal opinions, you know you have found a great author. Mountfort falls under the second category.I really appreciate Mountfort’s efforts to include a variety of different sources when discussing the Runes. I definitely got the feel that he is well researched and practiced and not just regurgitating what others have said.I like his writing style and honesty. Rather than paint some mystic associations he is down to earth and practical. His main intention is to introduce the divinational aspects rather than the magical and developmental ones. Though, he does offer a little bit on these as well.The authors correspondence section of the Runes gives us some traditional names, sounds, imagery, and definitions, as well as, the traditional poems associated with each Rune, their meanings, keywords, and myths/legends related with them. The myths and legends part I really liked. This is by far the best introductory book on the Runes I have come across.This is the fifth book on my suggested Rune Reading List. While not on my suggested read list, I also encouraged you to get Rune Correspondences by Frodi Ingsson so that you can add things that are meaningful to you as you learn more about the Runes.1. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Runes by Nigel Pennick2. Way of the Runes by Bernard King3. Runes: Reading the Past by R.I Page4. Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology by Edred Thorsson5. Nordic Runes by Paul Rhys Mountfort6. Taking up the Runes Diana L Paxson7. Runecaster’s Handbook Edred Thorsson8. Poetic Edda by either Hollander, Crawford, or Larrington9. Prose Edda by Jesse L. Byock10. Hávamál Meditations: Embodying Oðinn’s Teachings by Frodi Ingsson (forthcoming)11. Runes of Transformation by Kaedrich Olsen12. Helrunar by Jan Fries13. Runes and Magic by Stephen E. Flowers14. Rune Yoga: Staða & Galdr15. Rune Workings: Meditations and Rituals by Frodi Ingsson (forthcoming)

This book gave me a
Great understanding of the runes and such great detail . I read this book in maybe 3 days and now I used it as a guide in my practice.

interesting book
I have studyed runes for decades. i liked the reciting of the lore for each rune. It is important to me to know the lore. The author has a fresh point of view, compared to others. Like reading Thorson can be dry…like a collage professor. Dont get me wrong…Love Thorson, just when doing research one needs mutiple points of view and styles of addressing the information. It is easy the read and understand, even for a newbie, but doesnt bore someone who has been on this path for decades. A uuseful reference mateerial

Nordic Runes
Interesting and educational. It taught me much about a basic understanding of Nordic divination and runecraft.

This book arrived before expected, and it fills everything I was looking for, as it’s a great reference book and explains not just the runes but some Norse mythology as well.

Todo está suuuuuper desglosado, de depende vienen las runas, como se usaban, tooooda la historia. Después ya vienen los significados y todo. Este libro siento que es más histórico que mágico, para uno mágico recomendaría el de shop.cocorina.com lo compré después de ver que este no me iba a funcionar para lo que quería.