ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology

by Edred Thorsson

This followup 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, runepoems, 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 . ALU
Practical magic

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Stephen Edred Flowers (born 1953) also known by the pen-name Edred Thorsson, is an American Runologist and proponent of occultism and Germanic mysticism. He has over two dozen published books and hundreds of published papers on a disparate range of subjects. Flowers advocates "Esoteric Runology" or "Odianism", an occultist version of Germanic Neopaganism.

Reviews

[Erin Klay · Rating 4 out of 5]

ᚨᚲᛏᚢᚨᛚᛚᛁ ᛊᛟ ᚠᚨᛊᚲᛁᚾᚨᛏᛁᛜ … ᛖᚢᛖᚾ ᛁᚠ ᛁᛟᚢ ᛞᛟᚾ’ᛏ ᚹᚨᚾᛏ ᛏᛟ ᛚᛖᚱᚾ ᛟᛈᛖᚱᚨᛏᛁᚢᛖ ᚱᚢᚾᛟᛚᛟᚷᛁ ᚦᛖᚱᛖ’ᛊ ᚨ ᛚᛟᛏ ᛟᚠ ᚠᚢᚾ ᛚᛟᚱᛖ ᚨᚾᛞ ᚺᛁᛊᛏᛟᚱᛁ ᚺᛖᚱᛖ! ᚹᛖᛚᛚ ᚹᚱᛁᛏᛏᛖᚾ ᚨᚾᛞ ᛖᛊᛁ ᛏᛟ ᚠᛟᛚᛚᛟᚹ ᚹᚺᛁᚲᚺ ᛁᛊ ᚺᚨᚱᛞ ᛏᛟ ᚨᚲᚲᛟᛗᛈᛚᛁᛊᚺ ᛊᛁᚾᚲᛖ ᚦᛖᚱᛖ’ᛊ ᛊᛟ ᛗᚢᚲᚺ ᛁᚾᚠᛟᚱᛗᚨᛏᛟᚾ ᛈᚨᚲᚲᛖᛞ ᛁᚾᛏᛟ ᛟᚾᛖ ᛒᛟᛟᚲ. ᛏᛟᛟᚲ ᛗᛖ ᚨᚹᚺᛁᛚᛖ ᛏᛟ ᚷᛖᛏ ᚦᚱᛟᚢᚷᚺ ᛊᛁᚾᚲᛖ ᛁ ᛞᛟᚾ’ᛏ ᛞᛟ ᚹᛖᛚᛚ ᚹᛁᚦ ᚾᛟᚾ-ᚠᛁᚲᛏᛟᚾ ᚨᚾᛞ ᛁ ᚷᛖᛏ ᛒᛟᚱᛖᛞ ᛖᛊᛁᛚᛁ, ᛊᛟ ᛁᛏ ᛊᚨᛁᛊ ᚨ ᛚᛟᛏ ᛁ ᚹᚨᛊ ᛖᚢᛖᚾ ᚨᛒᛚᛖ ᛏᛟ ᚠᛁᚾᛁᛊᚺ ᚦᛁᛊ.

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[Tarek von Bergmann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well researched and academic!
Excellent book on Runes.

[Nahia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3'5 en realidad.

[David Rappoport · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edred Thorsson is the most erudite commentator on Nordic cosmology, and essential reading for any serious students of the Runes. However, he's written a lot of books, and a certain amount of redundancy and stretching for new insights is evident here. I didn't think this was one of his better efforts.

[Äsruþr Cyneaþsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thorsson's update of his runic corpus. It refines a few approaches, specifically updating some of the esoteric subjectivisms of Futhark and presents a more balanced approach to the use of runes for magical purposes. The ultimate study book for those seeking to become a runemaster.