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terms of Psychic Readings, Runes are stones that have ancient symbols carved
into them. The Psychic conducting the reading draws the runes out of a
satchel at random and they are arranged in a pre-determined pattern, usually
face down. They are then revealed one at a time, and interpreted, just
as they were in ancient times by the Shaman Priest or Priestess.
Historically, Runes are the ancient alphabetical symbols of the ancient Germanic peoples. Their use spread throughout Northern Europe and scandinavia between the 3rd and 14th Centuries. It is believed the word "Rune" is derived from the Old Norse Rune meaning "Mystery". Runes were carved on personal property and gravestones, not just on stones for the purpose of divination.
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The
Runes described here are healing, merciful Runes, they will do you no harm.
Learn their language and let them speak to you. Play with the possibility
that they can provide "a mirror for the magic of our Knowing Selves", a
means of communication with the knowledge of our subconcious mind. Remember
that you are consulting an oracle rather than having your fortune told.
An Oracle does not give you instruction as to what to do next, nor does
it predict future events. An Oracle points your attention towards those
hidden fears and motivations that will shape your future by their unfelt
presense within each present moment. Once seen and recognized, these elements
become absorbed into the realm of choice. Oracles do not absolve you of
the responsibility for selecting your future, but rather directs your attention
towards those inner choices that may be the most important elements in
determining your future. The Rune Interpretations offered in this work
comes from the Meditations of a gentle, Healing Mind. They will speak to
you of change and growth.
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| W hat is the History of Runes? Older than the New Testatment, the Runes have lain fallow for more than 400 years. The Runes were last in use in Iceland during the late Middle Ages. The Influence of the Runes in their time is incontestable. When the high Chieftains and the wise counsellors of Anglo-Saxon England met in Conclave, they called their secret deliberations "Runes" and that when Bishop Wulfila made his translation of the Bible into fourth century Gothic, he rendered St Mark's "The Mystery of the Kingdom of God" (Mark 4.11) using Runa for mystery. Eight centuries earlier, when the Greek Historian Herodutus travelled around the Black Sea, he encountered descendants of Saythian tribesmen who crawled under blankets, smoked themselves into a stupor (a practice still encountered even today in the Caucasus Mountains) and then cast marked sticks into the air and "read" them when they fell. Before the Germanic peoples possessed any form of script, they used pictorial symbols that they scratched onto rocks. Especially common in Sweden, these prehistoric rock carvings are dated from the second Bronze Age (Circa BC 1300) and were probably linked to Indo-European fetility and sun cults. The carvings include representations of men and animals, parts of the human body, Weapon Motifs, Sun Symbols, and variations on square and circular forms. |
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