Sources

[MoonGoddess]

Hi Everyone I just thought this would be helpful for everyone who comes and looks in on the Runes Forum.  This is where I get my source of information from.  I will add some books to start it off and you guys can help me add more as we go along.

Nigel Pennick
Rune Magic
The History and Practice of Ancient Runic Traditions.
(This book I find invaluable and every time I open it I find something new)

Lisa Peschael
A Practical Guide to
The Runes
Their Uses in Divination and Magick
(I have only just really started getting into this one but find that most of the information inside is valid and choose the other stuff)

David V. Barret
The Predictions Library
Runes
(I believe this was a gift from someone but has some very interesting concept not just the meanings and uses for runes but other stuff as well)

Ralph Blum
Rune Play
(A book I cringe at but has it's uses even though it is very commercialised. It is almost like a Dream Diary but for Runes, and as I look through it I realise that is probably where I put my first ever reading for myself in it.  Might post it in the Reading forum for people to laugh at...lol)

I use to have a lot more books but I have moved quite a bit in my life and have lost most of them...very frustrating.

I will next endeavour to compile all my Websited in my favourites for Runes and Ogham and post them in this thread.

MoonGoddess

[suzisco]

Oh can i borrow this link for my books to learn from section please?


I want to compile a list of all peoples fave books that they use to learn their craft and post it for newbies.

Thanks

Suzi xxx

[MoonGoddess]

Will be adding more soon most probably web sites like
sunnyways.com are heck will add them now.
freyarunes.com
mystic-mouse.co.uk/Runes/Runeshome.htm
home.earthlink.net/~9worlds/worldtree.html


Sunnyways has a good selection of books on runes as well as other subjects, the other web sites are either about Runes themselves or on the history of runes.

Ogham.lyberty.com/ogmean.html
uponreflection.co.uk/ogham/alphabet.htm
druidfellowship.org/Ogham.htm

That is all I have so far, I have added Ogham as I feel they belong in this forum just as much as Futhark Runes as they are also known as Tree Runes.  I think once I get a chance I will study up on them and eventually be able to use my own set.  I once had a book on Ogham and I have seen it again on one of those witch supplies websites advertised to buy, but I can't for the life of me remember who the author was.  I know it had red a green on the cover and was a large then normal size book.  It was great had each Ogham character discribed, drawn and it's meaning and some great pictures in it to.

All three of those ogham sites are good especially the last two.

[Wælwulf]

This is by no means a short or novice list, but it certainly helps to have as much grounding in the traditional materials as possible.

Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme
Old Icelandic Rune Poem
Old English Rune Poem

All of the Eddas & Sagas (a solid understanding of the people that utilized the system is helpful)
Hollander has an excellent translation of the Poetic or Elder Edda. A word for word translation is also a good read.

Tacitus' Germania
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The works of Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (especially Jacob Grimm's linguistic works)
The works of HR Ellis Davidson

Having at least a passing knowledge of some different Germanic languages is helpful.
Last, but certainly not least... Any information on different neopagan movements (especially ceremonial magick from whence most things neopagan proceed), mainstream religions, & religious philosophy in general helps.

Having an understanding of everything that could possibly have influenced the system is, in my mind, critical. If you understand all of the others, you'll better be able to weed out the chaff from the grain.

Of course, if you have no problems with eclecticism, then this is completely unnecessary.

There are many in various Germanic languages other than English, but I won't go into any of those as I haven't read many.

I'm sure I've missed some, maybe more will come another time.

[Gem]

I just don't get some of those links lol, have you checked them? is that Japanese?

[MoonGoddess]

I just don't get some of those links lol, have you checked them? is that Japanese?

Sorry my fat fingered typing strikes again they should be alright now.  Must have been thinking of something else when I was typing that one up.

[EarlofLeicester]

Will probably just nod my head a lot here, but here goes with some comments...

This is by no means a short or novice list, but it certainly helps to have as much grounding in the traditional materials as possible.  (Note: Italicization be Earl)

Absolutely! I was looking at some comments in the forum about Runes and Ogham and possible connections (I am generally disinclined to a connection) but in my mind it is not overly relevant?  And why? you may ask. Because the Norse Runes are a devotion and discipline of the Norse people, who were culturally different enough from the Celts (and certainly earlier civilizations like Egypt).  To understand the Runes in the context of those who mastered their use (even if they didn't develop them), you have to get in the heads of the Norse people.  My opinion (and Waelwulf's, too).

Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme
Old Icelandic Rune Poem
Old English Rune Poem

My blog has the Old Icelandic Rune Poem in the sidebar and links to the other poems.  Highly recommended for anyone interested in runelore.

All of the Eddas & Sagas (a solid understanding of the people that utilized the system is helpful)
Hollander has an excellent translation of the Poetic or Elder Edda. A word for word translation is also a good read.

Tacitus' Germania
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The works of Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (especially Jacob Grimm's linguistic works)
The works of HR Ellis Davidson

A good list.  On a personal level, the best book I have ever read period is The Sagas of Icelanders, a collection of some of the best Sagas which let you appreciate the ideals and philosophies of Northern Europeans (well, Norwegian and Icelandic, at any rate). Egil's Saga is the best in my mind and there are passages that reflect Egil's use of the runes (he was clearly a master).  The Poetic Edda is also a must read for anyone looking to appreciate the Norse way.  I read the Larrington translation, not the Hollander, but the key idea is to read it period.  Lastly, although not referenced here, I recommend the Saga of the Volsungs, the epic Norse tale.  

Having at least a passing knowledge of some different Germanic languages is helpful.
Last, but certainly not least... Any information on different neopagan movements (especially ceremonial magick from whence most things neopagan proceed), mainstream religions, & religious philosophy in general helps.

Having an understanding of everything that could possibly have influenced the system is, in my mind, critical. If you understand all of the others, you'll better be able to weed out the chaff from the grain.

I'm not about to argue with Wælwulf other than just to caution some as not to apply the beliefs on Non-Norse neopaganism to Norse neopaganism.  While I have no objection with, let's say Wicca, I have seen instances where the ceremonial usage of the runes does not always comply with some Wiccan or other practices.  I prefer whenevr possible to rely on the ancient sources and not on modern interpretation (or is that misinterpretation)?

Of course, if you have no problems with eclecticism, then this is completely unnecessary.

There are many in various Germanic languages other than English, but I won't go into any of those as I haven't read many.

I'm sure I've missed some, maybe more will come another time.