Is anybody here familiar with reading of the runes?


http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/

Me sword is protekted by Magic Runes!

Let's see, I think it says "Stay the Shuck back or I'll cut your head off!" lol

I thought it said "Give me beer or give me death."

ahh, either or. . take my beer, i'll cut your head off.

I work with runes most closely. I've been trying to get the hang of the ogham, but it's not as clear to me.

I have never even tried, but a friend of mine has been, and i didnt know if anyone had experience in this or advice. . like for instance it says if you pick one up and place it down even if it is upside down to not mess with it to disturb the reading, even if it is backwards? doesnt seem like you could get an accurate reading that way.

but isn't it safe to say that the position of the rune as it is read be it face down or upside down in relation to others could have an inflection or meaning different from if it was in line with the others???

Some formats say to read it like it falls. It's not so much a true negativity, but something to notice and be aware of.

Other formats don't get in to the differences, but just give a straight meaning to the rune.

I've found it to be an as needed thing. Sometimes I'll just go with what the rune is, rather then how it lays out. If I go with how its laying, I may draw another rune to hopefully clarify why it might be backwards or upsidedown.

what does an upside down rune mean? I'm confused because it is still a choice and does that mean something is going to happen in reverse??

NOT necessarily. its orientation could mean a direction instead. It also could hide an alternative meaning to the rune. Much like a word carries an inflection so can the position of a rune. It could also indicate what is influencing the reading too like it "points" to an object in the room or a geological feature near by. Even pointing to a person among the group at a reading can carry a meaning in that the person it is pointing to is influencing the reading or will have an influence in the future or past. Face up and face down also could carry a temporal meaning as in Day or Night.

I think part of it is what system are you following. I am no expert but I do discuss alternative religions and beliefs with others and among the several communities, druid, wiccan, shaman, and some animistic beliefs they all have variations of how they use runes and "bones and stones" to perform their readings. Some do read runes on face value alone, others also read their positions in relation to one another. I knew one white witch that not only used runes but also natal charts as well in combination to give a reading.

Chances are the runes you have are the kind where position might affect a reading. Are they Celtic or Norse? If I remember Celtic DEFINITELY are position sensitive. Norse are not!

i would love to learn more about the druids, please share with me....

I am not exactly as versed in Druidism as others are. Druids were into "natural order" and "life magic." I am not sure how to start about them or what to even say since I am far less than a novice. I know a little bit about them. Celtic magic is not necessarily Druid since a lot of Celts actually feared and respected druids at the same time. Druid magic is in no way the same as Wiccan although many say they are the same there is one huge difference, druids are all men! Also druids usually carry a hand held hook shaped blade or scythe. This is to gather herbs and plant life used in medicine and ritual. Now it is possible they did practice human sacrifice but sources that I knew said otherwise and that human sacrifice was made up by the Romans to weaken their influence among the Celts in an effort to weaken the English Isle for conquest. Divide and Conquer. It was the Catholic Church that tried to put an end to them once and for all. IN their blood lust they took on both the Viking and Druids and the Druids lost but the Vikings kicked some Catholic azz!

Druidism is also a life style and many self professed druids are latter day practitioners. Not the real deal. They did follow astrological portends but did not use numerology. They based a lot of what they were predicting on stellar events, the position of stars, and likewise animal sacrifice. Druid ceremonies are also nothing like Wiccan ceremonies. The roots of both practices have different origins.

Vikings always kick asz. woohoo. That's interesting especially about them being all male(druids) i did not know that.

For a long time I was not sure until I looked into it a little deeper with the help of a friend who was an occultist. In the Celtic Mythos women were either witches to be feared or (shamans) midwives. I think Celts feared women with magical powers more than men and I think that contributed to the legend of King Aurthur where the villain is a woman and son. likewise Merlin is a Wizard or Sorcerer and although a feared character in the classic story he was a respectable character while Morgana was a witch and just feared for being evil.

Now the Celts did have one thing a lot of European cultures did not have and that was warrior women. besides coming at the Romans nude and painted blue the Roman found it scary to have to fight crazy women as well as the men.Most other cultures including Vikings the women were not expected to go to war like the Celts. BUT The Viking culture the women were expected to defend themselves while the men were gone. They knew how to fight and did train to some extent. Oddly the Norse were not really like that BEFORE the Catholic Church. When a Norse village was sacked by Christians the Norse did not take that well at all and began the raids on England and France and no monastery was spared. Even Italy was struck several times. The Vikings were no joke at all!

Interesting, so Norwegians are very resistant to Christianity??

The Vikings weren't impressed with Christian Europe. I think they raided the Celts in Ireland simply because they wanted to destroy the religion.

The catholics or the christians??

They were Catholic for the most part. St Palladius was sent by the Pope and is believed to be the first Christian to land in Ireland.. It was like 430 ad or something.

I am not that familiar with Irish history, but I think all the Celts weren't necessarily Catholic. You are talking about 300 years between the first emissary of Rome and the Viking Invasion of 795.

i thought irish were predominantly catholic. Im confused though why a POPE would send a Christian. I mean i know they are very similar but wouldn't that take away from his own religion.