Gods of the Runes: The Divine Shapers of Fate
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591431166 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ian Daniels has been a professional fantasy painter and illustrator since 1995 and lives in Kent, England. . Frank Joseph was the editor in chief of Ancient American magazine from 1993 until 2009 and is the author of many books, including Atlantis and 2012, Advanced Civilizations of
In this case a double pleasure Mr. Each rune’s God or Goddess is introduced with an engaging story displaying their personalities and key attributes. Joseph's work enables access to a personal connection with the 24 Norse deities, the Gods of the Runes. If your interests lie in this direction, I would highly recommend this book.” (Inner Light Magazine, UK, January 2011)“Joseph has found something quite unique about the runes and their use in the modern world.” (Living Traditions Magazine, January 2011)“Gods of the Runes gifts us, with a bold new understanding of the runes that resonates deeply with the primal spirituality from which they emerged. Ian Daniels provides stunning illustrations of each God or Goddess, including eight full color illustrations, deepen your understanding of this ancient art.” (Witches’ Almanac, December 2013) . Joseph brings a welcome ne
Judge on its own merits! teddy1950 Sadly, amazon reviews bring out the worst in some people, as made all too clear by the only comments this beautiful book has so far received since its release in late 2010. Deliberate distortions and outright falsehoods are aimed --- for whatever twisted agendas --- at over-turning the hard work of years and prevent us from learning about it. In this world, merely to be accused is to be found guilty, leaving the victim without any means to respond. In any case, whatever he might say is dismissed a priori as a lame excuse.What a shame, then --- a. HBPattskyn said An awful re-writing of history. It is exactly this kind of fanciful "history" (one that flies in the face of all scholarly and archaeological evidence) and shoe-horning of multiple systems (i.e. comparing the Yggdrasil and Nine Worlds to the Kundalini and Chakras) that makes real study of the Runes (or any system for that matter) so challenging to the new student.There is nothing wrong with UPG (unsubstantiated personal gnosis)--except when it is passed off as hard fact or flies so in the face of accepted history as to be impossible to swallow. The runes simply are not sevente. Eddie said Unique. I like the layout of the book where the Runes each represent a God / Goddess The Rune names are discarded in favor of the God names and Rune meanings reflect the Gods.As far as the racist slant and Mr Joseph's past and his critics, hey it still is a GREAT book !!
It also illustrates and explains five ancient rune-casting spreads used by Norse adepts for divination as well as character analysis. Based on the work of Austrian mystic and runologist Guido von List and anthropologist Marija Gimbutas as well as the oldest rune artifacts to survive from pre-Christian Europe, this book reveals the long history of runes from their appearances in Paleolithic cave paintings through their rechristening in Medieval times to their modern resurgence as a popular tool of divination. The ancient origins and divinatory power of the runes • Uncovers the original divinatory meaning of each rune th