
Alu, an Advanced Guide to Operative Runology
Edred Thorsson(Author)
Red Wheel/Weiser (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-57863-526-9 (ISBN)
Description
A follow-up to the classic Futhark, breaks new ground by applying current scientific theories on how magic works in traditional societies to the world of practical magic. ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology, contains completely new and fresh descriptions of all the individual runes based on traditional sources, rune-poems, Old Norse literature, and more. Thorsson one of the most respected runic scholars living today, synthesizes the old and the new, the scholarly and the practical, and brings the use of runes in magical work to a new level in ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology. Features: Practical magic. Divination practices. Reveals new techniques and methods. How modern English can be used in the creation of runic writings.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Maine
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
365 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57863-526-9 (9781578635269)
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Edred Thorsson is an American Runologist and proponent of occultism and Germanic mysticism. He received his doctorate in Germanic languages and Medieval Studies from the University of Texas and has published over two dozen on Esoteric Runology. He lives in Texas.