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I have never been across the way
Seen the desert and the birds
You cut your hair short
Like a shush to an insult
The world had been yelling
Since the day you were born
Revolting with anger
While it smiled like it was cute
That everything was shit.
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Originally posted by Rae'ya View PostThis is probably a good place to ask ourselves a question...
Why do you use the Futhark/orc that you use? Is there something deeper than 'that's the one in all the books'? Do you chose based on your cultural framework (Anglo Saxon vs Viking Scandinavia) or language? Or is it something more intuitive?
Honestly, I'm sometimes a little bit disappointed by that, because the extra runes seem as though they have something valuable to add and include some intriguing concepts... they just wont connect with me and I get this feeling of 'you don't need those, you have us'.
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Originally posted by Rae'ya View PostPersonally I use the Elder Futhark because it sings to me on a level that the others don't. The Anglo Saxon Futhorc feels too... Anglo Saxon, and the Younger Futhark feels incomplete. The Younger Futhark was the one that was in use during most of the Viking Age and while Old Norse was spoken (though we know that it doesn't have the phonetic range to cover Old Norse properly), but it just feels... unfinished. Honestly I can't really articulate WHY the AS Futhark doesn't feel appropriate for my own use... I've considered it a lot and consciously tried it out, but it just doesn't click for me. The time period feels uncomfortable, the rune poems feel uncomfortable, the language feels uncomfortable... which is a bit ironic considering that I am certainly NOT a purist or reconstructionist in any sense of the terms. There is just something that herds me away from the Anglo Saxon end of the Heathenry spectrum every time I explore it... I wouldn't call it a geas or taboo exactly, because I've never been explicitly told not to do it... I just have an overwhelming feeling of discomfort and 'this is not right for you' when I delve into those practices (and it's more than just the runes).
Honestly, I'm sometimes a little bit disappointed by that, because the extra runes seem as though they have something valuable to add and include some intriguing concepts... they just wont connect with me and I get this feeling of 'you don't need those, you have us'.
I think what IS important is to go with whatever feels right to us at the time.
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I started out using the Elder Futhark. It seemed to be the standard for runes. It was also hard to find an Anglo Saxon set. I don't use the runes for divination just spell work and I found myself looking at the Anglo set for the extra ump on some of the spells I did. So when I made my first set I made an Anglo Saxon one. It just seemed right. I was first drawn to runes due to my Heathenry but other than that I don't think it has to be present for anyone to use them. I think the symbols are just that but the runes themselves are spirit like plants have spirit. I think they work in different ways with different people. Some can divine with them and I have a really hard time. My cards give off great energy and I have no problem with them.
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Originally posted by Ula View PostI started out using the Elder Futhark. It seemed to be the standard for runes. It was also hard to find an Anglo Saxon set. I don't use the runes for divination just spell work and I found myself looking at the Anglo set for the extra ump on some of the spells I did. So when I made my first set I made an Anglo Saxon one. It just seemed right. I was first drawn to runes due to my Heathenry but other than that I don't think it has to be present for anyone to use them. I think the symbols are just that but the runes themselves are spirit like plants have spirit. I think they work in different ways with different people. Some can divine with them and I have a really hard time. My cards give off great energy and I have no problem with them.
(As an aside, I also experience the runes as spirits... but there are comparatively few of us around.)
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Oops sorry, lol. I went back to where the rune was posted and read the replies. I look at this rune as symbolic of the link between men and gods, and different than the world tree which would be Ash. Personally I see it as the wood used for stangs in traditional craft, when brought into the circle it the center and focus for travel between the worlds. I also think of sacrifices that were hung from trees (usually male people and animals). Hanging seems like a way of sacrificing to Odin or the Asa in my mind since Nerthus requires drowning. Oaks tend to get stuck by lightning a bit more than others again making my think of Thor (connecting with his mother Jord). The ideas mentioned of the acorns feeing the animals and the wood used for boats also says to me the oak reflects the gifts of the gods in the way of husbandry and fishing, again that link between us and them. As far as spell work this would be rune a I would use on a stang or a weapon/ knife used for processing offerings to the Asa. On statues of the gods and spells or rituals where you want the gods to be present. It's the rainbow bridge in rune form via the symbol of the Oak.
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linked................Life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
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I'd be interested to hear if anyone has other interpretations for this rune than "joy". To me it is one of the more straightforward runes, I've only ever thought of it and used it as a positivity/happiness rune. (As opposed to several other runes that I feel have multiple aspects and interpretations.)
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Originally posted by Odahviing View PostI'd be interested to hear if anyone has other interpretations for this rune than "joy". To me it is one of the more straightforward runes, I've only ever thought of it and used it as a positivity/happiness rune. (As opposed to several other runes that I feel have multiple aspects and interpretations.)You remind me of the babe
What babe?
The babe with the power
What power?
The Power of voodoo
Who do?
You do!
Do what?
Remind me of the babe!
Army of Darkness: Guardians of the Chat
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Linguistically, this rune is more closely associated to wish (German wunsch) rather than joy (German freude). Most of us are joyful if our wishes come true... well, there is that old saw about 'be careful what you wish for'... but if we've wished carefully and wisely, we should be happy if our wishes are fulfilled. In that sense, this rune is the antithesis of Nauthiz; if we are in need, our wishes are probably unfulfilled. From its shape, like a pendant or flag, Wunjo has also been associated with representing one's kin/clan/tribe. The shape might also lend itself to represent claiming of something (as in 'planting the flag'). These may be modern kennings, though.I often wish that I had done drugs in the '70s. At least there'd be a reason for the flashbacks. - Rick the Runesinger
Blood and Country
Tribe of my Tribe
Clan of my Clan
Kin of my Kin
Blood of my Blood
For the Yule was upon them, the Yule; and they quaffed from the skulls of the slain,
And shouted loud oaths in hoarse wit, and long quaffing swore laughing again.
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