ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology

"Moving beyond the all-too-common modern practice of divination, Thorsson reclaims the power of the runes to transform your life." —Kaedrich Olsen, author of Runes for Transformation Edred Thorsson, one of the most respected runic scholars living today, synthesizes the old and the new, the scholarly and the practical, and brings the science of runes in magical work to a new level in ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology. This follow-up to the classic Futhark breaks new ground by taking current scientific theories of how magic works in traditional societies and applying them to the world of practical working magic today. From divination to new techniques including the use of modern English to understand the runic alphabet, this book contains fresh descriptions of all the individual runes based on traditional sources, rune-poems, Old Norse literature, and more.