Runic mysticism
May 28, 2024 18:34:45 GMT
Post by Stella on May 28, 2024 18:34:45 GMT
Late last year a couple of people asked me to share some wisdom about the runes. I've kind of held off because while I've done a couple of rune casings here and there it's only in the last few days that I've managed to recall what I first learned about the runes and casting runes some 40 years ago.
You see as I've maybe mentioned before, whenever you're using a method of divination to help someone, known commonly as a Querent, you're only really required to share some mystical insight which is somehow relevant to their question or enquiry. All too often I've come across people who get into the unsolicited therapist mode, or claim to have special powers (yeah right) when what the Querent is really looking for is some insight into the reality they're experiencing.
So in trying to remind myself of the runic alphabet I've come across people who've claimed that you can just make up what the various runes mean and symbolize. Obviously this person was probably a Tarot card reader. Sure you can get away with some creative interpretation, because you're dealing with an image on a card but you can't get away with that when you have just one letter as a symbol.....read more
You see as I've maybe mentioned before, whenever you're using a method of divination to help someone, known commonly as a Querent, you're only really required to share some mystical insight which is somehow relevant to their question or enquiry. All too often I've come across people who get into the unsolicited therapist mode, or claim to have special powers (yeah right) when what the Querent is really looking for is some insight into the reality they're experiencing.
So in trying to remind myself of the runic alphabet I've come across people who've claimed that you can just make up what the various runes mean and symbolize. Obviously this person was probably a Tarot card reader. Sure you can get away with some creative interpretation, because you're dealing with an image on a card but you can't get away with that when you have just one letter as a symbol.....read more