The Book of Runes; A Handbook for the Use of an Ancient Oracle, the Viking Runes

Blum, Ralph

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993

About this Item

Grey large duodecimo or small octavo, gilt to front board and spine, 149 pages, b&w illustrations, 19 cm. A handbook to learning the viking runes and their meanings. Includes layouts for reading runes, a history of the ruens, a picture guide, a pronunciation guide, and list of variations fro Old English, Modern English, Germanic, Etruscan, and pre-runic symbols. Harvard graduate, cultural anthropologist, writer, and publisher Ralph H. Blum has been working with and teaching the Viking Runes as a tool for self-counseling since 1977. Series: Oracle books. Contents: The oracle of the self -- Emergence of the runes -- Consulting the oracle -- Runemal: the art fo rune casting -- Runecraft: three new spreads -- A destiny profile -- Theater of the self -- Afterword: magic in the present tense. Runes, Oracles.// Divination. Fine with extremely minor extermal wear. Bindery flaw: rear board slightly narrower that front board. No jacket, as issued. Stated first editions; first printing (full number line); through probably a later edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Runes; A Handbook for the Use of an Ancient Oracle, the Viking Runes
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Occult