Tellstones: Runic Divination in the Welsh Tradition

by Adam Byrn Tritt

Tellstones may be one of the least known (and certainly least documented)methods of divination to come down to us through the ages. In Tellstones: Runic Divination in the Welsh Tradition, Tritt has reconstructed-or better, revived-an obscure and ancient tool. There is no complicated, esoteric system for using Tellstones. It will not take you years to learn, and there are no complicated sets of correspondences to memorize. Tellstones are intuitive and symbolic, being derived from nature and everyday life. There are no arcane alphabets or trigrams to puzzle over. Yet this method can lead to insights as deep, profound, and complete as any of the better-known and more respected ancient systems. This revised and expanded third edition discusses the concept of divination in a way that would take them out of the realm of the mystical and place them in the context of everyday life so their value is understood whether one believes in metaphysics or not. Concise, useful, and free of the New Age mumbo-jumbo so often encountered in texts dealing with divination, Tellstones covers virtually every aspect of using this system-from the details of how to construct a basic set of the stones to how to throw a reading-and even a new section on how to use them as a focal point to help manifest desired outcomes.

Genres: Occult, Paganism

82 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2001

About the author

Adam Byrn Tritt is an international bestselling and award winning poet, essayist, screenwriter, teacher, social activist, and humorist. Tritt is the author of The Phoenix and the Dragon: Poems of the Alchemical Trans­form­ation, several works of nonfiction, Tellstones: Runic Divination in the Welsh Tradition; and his newest book, the delightful (and slightly disturbing) Bud the Spud.

Adam won the 2006 EPPIE Award for Poetry in an Anthology, and his first children's book, Bud the Spud, won the P&E Award for best Children's Book of 2012. In 1995 he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his work in religious tolerance and for the creation of TurningPoint, a nonprofit program providing alternative medicine to low-income individuals. He continues that passion today in the healthcare clinic he and his wife, Lee, dreamed of and created together--the Wellness Center.

He is equally at home speaking in lecture halls, giving public readings in bookstores, and visiting elementary school classrooms, where he can be found surrounded by children begging him to read Bud the Spud just one more time (while their parents and teachers beg him to stop).

Adam lives and writes--often simultaneously--in Melbourne, Florida, with a dingo, and a ridiculously large alligator, all under a very big tree. You can find his stimulating blog--mostly essays, creative non-fiction, and poetry -- at adamtritt.com

Reviews

[Jeannette Westlake · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting, practical, and grounded perspective on the practice of divination, which clearly draws on some of Carl Jung's work regarding symbolism and synchronicity. This slim volume details a powerful tool for self-discovery, decision-making, and personal transformation which uses deceptively simple symbols and their arrangements to access subconcious perceptions of patterns and threads of thought, emotion, and circumstance. I was pleasantly surprised.

[Nicoll Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I interest read, the tellstones are intuitive and simple to used. It's a concise little book, that offers you further reading material if you want to delve deeper. But hard part is findings the stones earthen made that fit the build or making them yourself.

[William Hartman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

A very slender read, but more than worth the cost of the book for its utility and practicality regarding the tell stones, their creation, and their use. Definitely worthwhile!