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Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as runes)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,098 ratings — published 1983
Runelore: The Magic, History, and Hidden Codes of the Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as runes)
avg rating 4.11 — 387 ratings — published 1987
Taking Up the Runes: A Complete Guide to Using Runes in Spells, Rituals, Divination, and Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as runes)
avg rating 4.28 — 662 ratings — published
A Practical Guide to the Runes: Their Uses in Divination and Magick (Llewellyn's New Age)
by (shelved 24 times as runes)
avg rating 3.83 — 630 ratings — published 1989
The Book of Runes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as runes)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,247 ratings — published 1982
Nordic Runes: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Viking Oracle (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as runes)
avg rating 4.23 — 418 ratings — published 2001
Runes for Beginners: A Guide to Reading Runes in Divination, Rune Magic, and the Meaning of the Elder Futhark Runes (The Divination Series: Tarot, Runes and More)
by (shelved 17 times as runes)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,079 ratings — published
Runecaster's Handbook: The Well of Wyrd (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as runes)
avg rating 3.91 — 265 ratings — published 1988
Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes & Feminine Powers (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as runes)
avg rating 4.02 — 399 ratings — published 1998
Helrunar: A Manual of Rune Magick (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as runes)
avg rating 4.17 — 115 ratings — published 1997
Immortals (Runes, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as runes)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,028 ratings — published 2013
The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as runes)
avg rating 4.00 — 89 ratings — published 2006
Runes (Reading the Past, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as runes)
avg rating 3.85 — 115 ratings — published 1987
The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Complete Curriculum of Rune Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as runes)
avg rating 4.11 — 180 ratings — published 1991
Rudiments of Runelore (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as runes)
avg rating 4.26 — 132 ratings — published 1995
The Runes Workbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Learning the Wisdom of the Staves (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as runes)
avg rating 3.91 — 84 ratings — published 2004
A Little Bit of Runes: An Introduction to Norse Divination (Little Bit Series)
by (shelved 8 times as runes)
avg rating 3.94 — 254 ratings — published 2018
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as runes)
avg rating 3.85 — 96 ratings — published 1999
Northern Magic: Rune Mysteries and Shamanism (Llewellyn's World Magic Series)
by (shelved 7 times as runes)
avg rating 3.77 — 291 ratings — published 1992
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as runes)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,031,476 ratings — published 2009
Rune Might: Secret Pratices of the German Rune Magicians (Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series)
by (shelved 6 times as runes)
avg rating 3.83 — 90 ratings — published 1989
The Beginner's Guide to Runes: Divination and Magic with the Elder Futhark Runes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 4.20 — 212 ratings — published
Nightside of the Runes: Uthark, Adulruna, and the Gothic Cabbala (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 3.98 — 63 ratings — published 2002
Aegishjalmur: The Book of Dragon Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 4.18 — 49 ratings — published 2011
Rune Magic: The History and Practice of Ancient Runic Traditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 3.96 — 49 ratings — published 1992
The Secret of the Runes (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 3.62 — 154 ratings — published 1908
The Warded Man (Demon Cycle #1)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 4.24 — 134,515 ratings — published 2008
Runes and Magic: Magical Formulaic Elements in the Older Runic Tradition (American United Studies, Series I : Germanic Languages and Literature, Vol. 53)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 4.45 — 22 ratings — published 1987
The Healing Runes - Loose Book: Tools For The Recovery Of Body, Mind, Heart, & Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 3.75 — 92 ratings — published 1995
Runes for Transformation: Using Ancient Symbols to Change Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 4.17 — 59 ratings — published 2008
The Runes of Elfland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,063 ratings — published 2003
At the Well of Wyrd: A Handbook of Runic Divination (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 3.94 — 77 ratings — published 1988
Runemarks (Runemarks, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as runes)
avg rating 3.74 — 9,069 ratings — published 2007
Odin: Ecstasy, Runes, & Norse Magic (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as runes)
avg rating 3.96 — 284 ratings — published
The Big Book of Runes and Rune Magic: How to Interpret Runes, Rune Lore, and the Art of Runecasting (Weiser Big Book Series)
by (shelved 4 times as runes)
avg rating 4.13 — 93 ratings — published
Rune Power: The Secret Knowledge of the Wise Ones (Earth Quest)
by (shelved 4 times as runes)
avg rating 3.91 — 66 ratings — published 1995
Runic Astrology: Starcraft and Timekeeping in the Northern Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as runes)
avg rating 3.45 — 20 ratings — published 1990
Uthark: Nightside of the Runes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as runes)
avg rating 4.15 — 98 ratings — published 2002
Odin's Gateways: A Practical Guide To The Wisdom Of The Runes Through Galdr, Sigils And Casting (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as runes)
avg rating 3.97 — 154 ratings — published 2009
Leaves of Yggdrasil: Runes, Gods, Magic, Feminine Mysteries, and Folklore (Llewellyn's Teutonic Magick Series)
by (shelved 4 times as runes)
avg rating 4.18 — 116 ratings — published 1988
Runebreaker (The Dragon Heirs #1)
by (shelved 3 times as runes)
avg rating 4.21 — 17,607 ratings — published 2026
The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Runes: Your Complete Guide to the Divination Power of Runes (Modern Witchcraft Magic, Spells, Rituals)
by (shelved 3 times as runes)
avg rating 4.03 — 79 ratings — published
Lost Teachings of the Runes: Northern Mysteries and the Wheel of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as runes)
avg rating 4.17 — 41 ratings — published
Rune Reading Your Life: A Toolkit for Insight, Intuition, and Clarity (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as runes)
avg rating 4.02 — 42 ratings — published
Wild Soul Runes: Reawakening the Ancestral Feminine (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as runes)
avg rating 3.84 — 56 ratings — published 2021
“James eyed Matthew. “Thomas,” he said, in a low voice. “Maybe a healing rune?”
Thomas nodded and approached Matthew cautiously, as one might approach a stray cat on the street. Some time ago James had discovered that healing runes sobered Matthew up: not entirely, but enough.
“Push up your sleeve, then, there’s a good fellow,” Thomas said, seating himself on the arm of Matthew’s chair. “Let’s wake you up and James can tell us whatever mad thing he has planned.”
“It seems somehow blasphemous to use Marks to rid oneself of the effects of alcohol,” Matthew added, as Thomas put his stele away. The Mark in question gleamed, new-made, on Matthew’s wrist. He looked already more clear-eyed, and less as if he were about to fall asleep or be sick.
“I’ve seen you use your stele to part your hair,” said James dryly, as he began to examine the window locks.
“The Angel gave me this hair,” replied Matthew. “It’s one of the Shadowhunters’ gifts. Like the Mortal Sword.”
“Now that is blasphemy,” said Thomas.”
― Chain of Gold
Thomas nodded and approached Matthew cautiously, as one might approach a stray cat on the street. Some time ago James had discovered that healing runes sobered Matthew up: not entirely, but enough.
“Push up your sleeve, then, there’s a good fellow,” Thomas said, seating himself on the arm of Matthew’s chair. “Let’s wake you up and James can tell us whatever mad thing he has planned.”
“It seems somehow blasphemous to use Marks to rid oneself of the effects of alcohol,” Matthew added, as Thomas put his stele away. The Mark in question gleamed, new-made, on Matthew’s wrist. He looked already more clear-eyed, and less as if he were about to fall asleep or be sick.
“I’ve seen you use your stele to part your hair,” said James dryly, as he began to examine the window locks.
“The Angel gave me this hair,” replied Matthew. “It’s one of the Shadowhunters’ gifts. Like the Mortal Sword.”
“Now that is blasphemy,” said Thomas.”
― Chain of Gold
“Look through the heavy pine forest and see a fire glowing. Beside it sits a bear of a man, knife in one hand, a clay bowl on the ground in front of him.
It has been a long time since he last shed blood for his Gods. Tonight would satisfy them a little while longer. The screech of a doomed animal is cut short and the bowl fills with its steaming blood. He puts it on a flat stone by the fire. He cuts his scarred wrist to let his own blood drip into the warming mixture.
For many days he has thrown his runes and has had no clear sight. He has marked each one with his blood and still they reveal nothing.
A tune starts deep in his gut. It stretches and twists like an unborn child, travelling up like a snake through his chest, setting his bones to shake. He grinds his jaw shut to keep it from escaping as it creeps up his throat.
His lips start to vibrate with the tune as it tries to push its way out. The man is well learned in the ways of the song and knows how to control it. The bowl is steaming heavily and he leans over it to breathe in the blood fumes that will give his visions. This man’s name is Vasilli and he is trying to find his brother.”
―
It has been a long time since he last shed blood for his Gods. Tonight would satisfy them a little while longer. The screech of a doomed animal is cut short and the bowl fills with its steaming blood. He puts it on a flat stone by the fire. He cuts his scarred wrist to let his own blood drip into the warming mixture.
For many days he has thrown his runes and has had no clear sight. He has marked each one with his blood and still they reveal nothing.
A tune starts deep in his gut. It stretches and twists like an unborn child, travelling up like a snake through his chest, setting his bones to shake. He grinds his jaw shut to keep it from escaping as it creeps up his throat.
His lips start to vibrate with the tune as it tries to push its way out. The man is well learned in the ways of the song and knows how to control it. The bowl is steaming heavily and he leans over it to breathe in the blood fumes that will give his visions. This man’s name is Vasilli and he is trying to find his brother.”
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