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Power of the Runes Deck

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The artwork seems very true to the traditional meaning of the runes very much! With scenes that do a great job of showing the runes within there cultural system properly in most cases. Certainly the best set of runecards i have seem. The only card that really misses i think is Mannaz (it just looks very vague). All the rest hit exactly on! The only other complaints i have are things that are not true to the Old Norse culture; such as in Jera the clothes the people are wearing looks more like what farmers in the 19th century or later would be wearing (seperate tops and long skirts for the women). Also on Ingwaz the god Inge-Frey has small horns (as in the wiccan horned-god idea) which is incorrect for Frey to have. He is not the same as the Wiccan idea of the horned god. Another thing i don't like; in Ehwaz the rider of the horse has cheesy horns on his helmet. No vikings EVER had horns on there helmets! But i must say, all the cards are stunning and VERY intense and powerfull! They really reflect the meanings of the runes in a amazing way! I wholely recommend these cards to anyone! They have a VERY Old Norse feel and vib to them (except those things i noted)! :)

This deck is among the most stirring rune decks that I have in my collection.
The images are nothing short of breath taking, and excellently inspired.
If they had full sized movie posters of these cards for sale, I would buy each and every one of them.

The price is wonderful.

The information booklet leaves a wee bit to be desired, but with many other fine volumes available, this point is negligible.

in closing I would highly recommend this deck for anyone with an eye for
artwork as well as an interest in divination.

I usually prefer to read the runes as stones, wood carvings, and other methods but if you're looking for a deck of cards with the runes this is a good deck. The accompanying book is very basic, and they include an extra card with Yr which is not part of the Elder Futhark. The card artwork is very good and the names of the runes are spelled out in runes at the top of the card, which is a great touch leading towards deeper understanding of the rune. Overall, very good.

I purchased these Cards to give to my friend as a present. I have not used the oracle, but was able to see the pictures. It seems a very powerful cards, with strong and nice pictures. I had no problem ordering it. However it took some time to arrive.

This is a great deck, drawn largely from the works of Thorsson and other contemporary but serious writers on the subject. The imagery is beautiful, stirring, and inspiring. The artist has clearly internalized the tradition and added a great deal of integration to the imagery that occurs in much of the contemporary literature. Yet the artist's voice is not lost either, and despite the fact that my own understanding often diverges from the artists, I have chosen to replace this deck.

This is a worthy deck.

These cards are great. The artistic impressions are wonderful. I highly recommend these cards to both the novice and adept as a tool for the art of Divination.

Here is a complete descrition of all the cards in this excellant deck! :)

In Fehu there are cattle runing towards you with flames all in the background. In Uruz there is a Auroh (very powerfull looking!) with green energys radiating from him. Thor's about to bash a Thursor (can see the Thursor's shadow) with his hammer in Thurisaz. Ansuz has Odin playing a harp outdoors with his Ravens around (one on his shoulder; the other flying) and a drinking horn nearby (maybe he's sipping on Otherier between playing?) and on the ground a Fly-Algeric mushroom grows in one spot. In Raidho Thor is flying across the sky on his cart drawn by his two goats. In Kenaz Wyland (or a smith anyways) is working on making something from a long round peice of metal. In Gebo a couple is naked sitting on a rock intertwined together so as to form the rune Gebo with there bodys intensely having sex (you even see there sweat). There is a energy connection between there heads too. In Wunjo this is inside a Old Norse house. A Old Norse family is hanging out and drinking and making merry together. Hagalaz has a misterious hooded figure (maybe Hulda?) standing before a tree(Yggdrasil) with a fire cauldron before her (can't see her face or anything but get the impression it's a ancient female figure under the dark hooded robes). There is snow at the base of the tree around the area where the fire is. Above is outerspace. She (the figure in the card) is working with some sort of energys of formation which acually is rediating energys that form the younger form of the Hagalaz rune. One part of the rediated energys goes to the fire pool. The opposite part goes to this valknot in the air before the tree. There is a worm (snake) coiled around the tree biting it's own tail. In Nauthiz there are three people on a raft out at sea in a storm. They are ragged with there clothes shreaded. This raft has a really tattered sail which forms the runes shape. Up ahead in a clearing of the storm is some land. In Isa there is a frozen human frozen in ice with a Frost-Giant holding onto the block of ice the human is in and exaiming it. A beam of energy is coming from above to the frozen person's ice (maybe either forming the ice or melting it?). In Jera there are farmers bringing in the harvest of grain. Some are in the process of cutting the grain. Others are on break and enjoying some of the food that is aviable right now. In Eihwaz there is Ullr with his bow and his skies are up against a Yew tree which he has his back to. His shield also lays against the tree. He has caught and killed a boar which he has one foot upon. There is snow all about the scene and it is clearly winter. In Perthro there are the three Norns with spinning wheel and one has some runic staves which she has cast with a drinking horn which she is reading. The other two are working at weaving the thread from the wheel. They are at the very base of a tremendious tree (can only see just the root base of one small part of it as it's so big). There are tree moons in the sky. One waning, one full, one waxing. There is a well in back of them. It looks like the source of the material they are using to weave the thread comes from somewhere above on the tree maybe. In Elhaz there is the Valkerie naked riding a huge Elk. She has a spear and a small shield. She has on a winged helmet and those kind of sandles that tie all up the lower leg with strap. That's all she wears. In the background is the Rainbow Bridge arching down to the ground from the unknown. There are three swans flying around. In Sowilo there is Sigurd the hero with sword upraised and he has shield. he stands upon the top of some moutain and there are all these moutains below in the horizen. Above Sunna shines brightly in the sky. You can see her face on the sun and it's for sure a her! In Tiwaz there is a feirce battle going on in the background. In the foreground there is the Irimisal column with someone (maybe Tyr with both hands?) tied to it. in front of him is a warrior killing another warrior. the warrior being killed has a broken sword. Above all this is one bright star in the night stary sky. In Berkano we are in a forest scene with Birch trees. There are ferns and soft green-ness to the floor of the forest. Some mushrooms grow about. There is a naked green lady (everything about her is green) feeding a normal human colored baby from one of her breasts. She is knealed down on the soft forest vegatation. In the background is an old crone lady with hooded robes (but we can see her face) watching them. The crone seems like she is protective of them. She has a short walking stick which she leans on as she watches from back in the forest. In Ehwaz there is a horse with rider (with horns on his helmet *boo*). The rider has a shield with the rune carved into the boss of it. In the energy aura of the horse (which has 4 physical legs) we see that is may have 8 legs in it's aura form. The Mannaz card does not seem to say much of anything of all the cards. There is a person (not sure if they are male or female) standing on some hill area. It's a dark gloomy sky with red patterns in the sky (maybe it's when the sun is setting?) There is a sun going down at level with this persons head. This person has there arms up and back so that there forearms disapear in back of there head (why?). Way in the background are two rows of mountains that vanish at there base into some clouds. This card is the only one that does not speak. It's so vargue. In Laguz there is a baby in the position of one still in the mother (with cord still) but it floats in the cosmic waters. There is thunder feeding the baby energywise. The deeper section of this cosmic sea is outerspace with Earth in the distance. In Ingwaz it shows Inge-frey first buried deep in the earth (can see a cut-away of below the survice of the land)...........