
Revival of the Runes
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• Examines the use of runes by the foremost magicians and scholars of each era, including mystic and scholar Johannes Bureus, who developed his own integrated system of runology known as Adalruna
• Reveals how the Nazi misguided use of the runes showed a lack of comprehension of what was being discovered by scientific rune scholars of the day
In this exploration of the history of the runes from 1500 CE to the present day, Stephen Edred Flowers examines the five periods of runic revival: the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Romantic period, the early 20th century, and the late 20th century. For each period, he discusses both the scholarly studies and those focused on the esoteric mysteries of the runes--and how these two branches of study were at first intertwined yet diverged in later revivals. Focusing in particular on the first runic revival, Flowers examines the use of runes during the Renaissance by the foremost magicians and scholars of the era, including mystic and scholar Johannes Bureus, the ?grandfather of integral runology,? who developed his own system known as Adalruna.
In his examination of the runic reawakenings of the early and late 20th century, Flowers looks at how the runes were employed as part of a reassessment of Germanic identity, one school of which led to Nazi Germany. He explains how the Nazi use and abuse of the runes was misguided and revealed a lack of comprehension of what earlier rune scholars had discovered through their extensive studies of the past. He also offers a fresh look at the work of Guido von List and clears him of his guilt by association with the Nazis.
Detailing the multilayered history of the runes, the author reveals the integrated way the predecessors of today's rune workers thought and conceived of the runes, highlighting how their discoveries helped shape modern magical practices and scholarly studies. He calls for a return of integral runology as was practiced during the Renaissance and before. By reuniting the two branches of runic study, blending the scientific with the magical, we make way for new discoveries in runology and a chance for a full-scale reawakening of integrated runic knowledge.
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- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Preface. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
- Introduction. Binding Together the Ideas of Science and Magic
- OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENT BOOK
- Chapter One. The Runic Tradition-An Overview
- THE OLDER FUTHARK
- THE ANGLO-FRISIAN FUTHORC
- THE YOUNGER FUTHARK
- ESOTERIC DIMENSIONS OF THE RUNIC TRADITION
- Chapter Two. The Decline of the Tradition
- Chapter Three. From the Renaissance to the Baroque
- THE BROTHERS MAGNUS
- THE BROTHERS PETRI
- THE BIRTH OF MODERN RUNOLOGY
- JOHANNES BUREUS AND THE ADULRUNA
- THE LIFE OF JOHAN BURE
- BURE'S CONCEPT OF ADULRUNA
- BURE'S RUNOLOGY
- BURE'S INTERPRETATION OF THE RUNESTAVES
- THE ESOTERIC RUNOLOGY OF BUREUS'S ADULRUNOR
- ADULRUNA: THE PRIESTLY OFFICE
- ADULRUNOR AND THE SECRET CALCULATION OF TIME
- THE THREE CROWNS
- THE SCIENCE OF ADULRUNA
- OLAUS WORMIUS
- RUNIC ANTIQUITIES IN SWEDEN AFTER BUREUS
- OLOF RUDBECK
- Chapter Four. The Enlightenment
- JOHAN GÖRANSSON
- Chapter Five. Romanticism
- Chapter Six. The Beginnings of Scientific Runology and Neo-Romanticism
- Chapter Seven. The Turbulent Dawn of a New Germanic Rebirth
- THE ARMANEN MOVEMENT
- THE ESOTERIC REVIVAL AFTER LIST
- Chapter Eight. Runology in the Age of the Third Reich
- RUNOLOGY IN GERMANY
- PARTISAN RUNOLOGY WITHIN THE NSDAP
- THE AHNENERBE
- RUNOLOGY OUTSIDE NAZI GERMANY
- Chapter Nine. The Runic Renewal
- POSTWAR SCIENTIFIC RUNOLOGY
- Chapter Ten. The Rise of Contemporary Scientific Runology and the Re-Emergence of the Rune-Gild
- EDRED THORSSON AND THE ROOTS OF THE RUNE-GILD
- THE RUNES IN GERMANY TODAY
- KARL HANS WELZ AND THE KNIGHTS OF RUNES
- MIGUEL SERRANO
- THE FIRST RUNIC WAVE
- ANOTHER REVIVAL OF THE RUNES IN SWEDEN
- THE SECOND RUNIC WAVE
- THE AGE OF THE INTERNET AND THE REVIVAL OF THE ARMANEN RUNES
- THE REAWAKENING OF THE RUNE-GILD
- Chapter Eleven. An Integral Runology for the Future
- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INTEGRAL RUNOLOGY
- Appendix I. Chronology of the Runic Revival
- Appendix II. Runic Origins of the "Peace Sign"
- Footnotes
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- About the Author
- About Inner Traditions Bear & Company
- Books of Related Interest
- Copyright & Permissions
- Index
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