Rune Games [Mass Market Paperback]

Marijane Osborn (Author), Stella Longland (Author)

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (October 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140191267
• ISBN-13: 978-0140191264
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,839,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rare Treasure, June 23, 2007

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S. Plowright (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rune Games (Mass Market Paperback)

I bought my copy in the '80s, and only after collecting several shelves of rune books do I now appreciate what a treasure this one is.

This is one of the few esoteric rune manuals to focus on the historical rune poems, and other literature of the period, for the esoteric interpretations. It is well researched, and honest about the parts that are speculative.

This book sticks to the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, rather than trying to theorise about the Elder Futhark as most other popular books do. This puts it on much firmer historical ground.

Given the multitude of far inferior rune manuals that have been churned out since this one was written in 1982, this deserves to be in the book hoard of anyone interested in esoteric runology.

Sweyn
The Rune Primer: A Down to Earth Guide to the Runes

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Description from back cover of paperback edition, August 27, 2007

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Fenris Lorsrai (Bethel, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rune Games (Mass Market Paperback)

Runes were used in ancient times by the Germanic and Norse-speaking peoples of northern Europe for inscriptions, magic, and fortune-telling. Now Rune Games introduces the Angle-Saxon 'Rune Poem', and uses the runic letters as oracles, showing how the runes may be used like the Chinese I Ching for meditation and self-development as well as prophetic divination.

There are eight games, arranged in order of increasing complexity, designed to stimulate the intellect and the imagination, releasing potentials which are hidden from the everyday, non-magical mind. Players can project the possible outcome of particular aspects of their lives, and perceiving the degree to which they create their own fortune, they can take firmer control of their future.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a shame it is out of print!, August 6, 2004

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Ellen Ward - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rune Games (Paperback)

I managed to get a copy of this book from a thrift-store.

I can't believe how lucky I was!

For anyone who wants to know how to use runes, and how to use them well, this is the book to buy!

I really can't stress it enough!