Author's IntroductionRune-magic is the great knowledge of cosmic energies, the recognition of hidden energies of nature, of the subtle heavenly, as well as earthly streams, waves, entities, and powers. All forms of higher wisdom, all secret knowledge of the world, are but fragments, and through the course of time have been for the most part distorted and corrupted; but at one time it had its origin in the divine, Aryan magic of the Runes. All languages of the world are derived from the Aryo-Germanic mother-tongue, which is both magical and alive. The Germanic Runic script is the script of all scripts. Runes are not just letters or verbal symbols, but primal symbols of a living magical nature which whisper to us. These may be experienced physically through Runic postures and dances and are useful for your own well-being and even for the blessing of all mankind. Whoever physically forms and experiences the Runes in a pure and conscious manner, will have great secrets opened to him, if he practices, vibrates, and dances in the radio waves, subtle currents and flowing energies of the All. Accompanying ideal higher development, clairvoyance, astral perceptions, heightened psychic ability and prophetic vision will arise in the Runer, in the practitioner.
In the small manuscript before you I can give only a few gems from the great treasure trove of Aryan wisdom and Rune-magic, but these will be of great use to the reader and will lead him into the Way of the Grail. To anyone who has greater interest in Runic history, magic and mysteries I recommend my work, Heilige Runenmacht. [1]
The following exercises and instructions may be undertaken only with noble and pure thoughts -- the blessings of the Runes will not fail.
Hail him who learns it!
Hail him who teaches it!
Therefore take advantage of
The blessing, ye who hear it! [2]
Alaf sig runa! [3]
The Author
The 18 -- Rune RowOther than the oldest Runic Futhork (alphabet), which has 18 runes and corresponds to the "Rune Poem" of the "Havamal," [4] there are various other Rune-rows.
Primarily the oldest, the 18-Rune, Futhork comes into consideration, for penetrating into higher Rune-wisdom, into the Runic mysteries, with the initiations they provide. The cosmic and magical legitimacy of this Futhork cannot be supplanted by any other Rune-row.
The 18-Rune Futhork-AlphabetThe f-Rune, Fa, Fa-tor = Father; generation in Spirit and in Matter, kindling a fire, fire-engendered magical force which shapes everything; the eternal return [5] of the Fa-tor-pure Love which constantly works in a creative manner. Numerical value 1.
The u-Rune, the Ur [primal, original], Rune of primal fire, original creation, primal birth, primal Spirit, original knowledge, primal light, original position, primal cause, original eternity, primal time, origin, original writing, judgment [or-deal], primal basis, original mother, the Norn Urda, Uranus, primal arising, primal being, primal passing-away. [6] The origin of all manifestations is the Ur -- the Ur of the All, the Ur of the Earth. Urn. Numerical value 2.
The th-Rune, Thor; thurs, thorn. Thorn is Will and Deed. Donar = Don-Aar, the singing sun, the thunder, Thor's hammer. The Thorn of Fate, the Thorn of Life, but also the Thorn of Death which leads to rebirth; no Life without Death, no Death without Life. Sleeping Beauty, who is awakened by the Thorn of Life. The Gate (The Golden Gate and the Gate of Misfortune in folk tales.) [7] Numerical value 3.
The o-Rune, Os; East, Easter, Ostara, the goddess of Spring. Os is the rune of spiritual speech, of power, of language; through spiritual regeneration, every negative force can be overcome. Os = womb, Osrun which conceives -- that which is conceived by Spirit and Love becomes a reality. Numerical value 4.
The r-Rune, Rit; counsel [rede], wheel [Rad], red, rita, rota -- holy, invulnerable, innate Righteousness. Cosmic rhythm, whispering, raging, rolling, rubbing, rustling, etc. The Savior [Retter], the Righteous, the Rider [Knight], the Hero [Recke], Ararita, the Law, the symbol of the All-Rite. The Rune of Righteousness and Integrity. Numerical value 5.
The k-Rune, Ka, is the Rune of Cause and Effect, of poetic justice. Its sound, k, indicates to spiritual and physical ability, to cures, art [Kunst], those who can, king, queen, Kun, Kano, the canoe as a feminine symbol; Arkona, the Knowing One, the Nom. Kala, [8] the secret of traditional Knowledge. Ka, the Rune of pure, conscious, racial generation and multiplication. Numerical value 6.
The h-Rune, Hagal, Hag-All. All-Hag, God-All, Walhalla, World-All, Man-All; hedge, enclose, hem in, to hide within one's self, to include everything, the key to all rowning-Runes, to the great and holy All. The Hagal-Rune is the World Rune, the World-Tree, around the midpoint of which the whole spiritual and physical world revolves. The Rune of the holy seven, of sense, of sounds, of colors, of harmony, of the eternal wisdom in the divine, all-encompassing Self. Numerical value 7.
The n-Rune, Not [Need], naut, nit, is the Rune of Need and Death, necessity, the necessity of Fate; the Rune of the Norns who spin the threads of Fate. The compulsion of Fate, a necessity which a self-imposed trial by Need helps to unburden. Necessity guides the transformation to higher spiritual and astral levels, as well as to rebirth. Become a true helper and healer and thou wilt outgrow Need and Death. Numerical value 8.
The i-Rune, Is, I [Self], [9] is the Rune of the conscious Self, of self-mastery, of wise magic. It corresponds to the One, to Unity, to the great Union. The One is the most complete of all numbers; it also represents the divine, conscious human being. [10]
The Is-Rune is the ninth Rune in the Runic alphabet, and indicates the magical Nine of completion. It is the Rune of the upright, enterprising, conscious leader and magician. Its symbol is the World Axis, the Irmin-column = Irminsul. Numerical value 9.
The a-Rune, Ar, Aar [eagle], the Eagle of the Sun, nobleman, Aryan, Arman, the Son of the Sun. Aar-fire = primal fire, the Son of God. Harmony = Ar-mony. Ar = acre [field]. Ar-Arahari, the spiritual Sun; Arimann, the Sun-Man, the Aryan. The Ar-Rune is also the rune of the healer, the physician [Arzt]. Numerical value 10.
The s-Rune, Sig, Sal, Sol, the Rune of the Sun's power, of victory [Sieg]; Sal and Sig = Well-being and victory; of the Light, of the Hale, of the soul, of the kindling, lightning; Sig = the sunlight; the Sieve, the Seventh (head of the ruling council), the clan of blood-kin. The Sig-Rune is the rune of the fighter and the victor; it provides victory and makes the enemy cowardly, weak and powerless. Numerical value is 11.
The t-Rune, Tyr, is the Rune of good fortune, of spiritual victory, of rebirth, of creation, but also of destruction and eternal change; Thor, Tyr, Tiu, Zir, Teut. It is the Rune of the Teut = Teut-ons = Deut-sch [Germans]. It indicates a concealment, disguise; also within it operate the Three: Arising-being-Passing away to new Arising -- therefore turning, twisting, striving ever upward. Tyr, the Third, the threefold power. The spiral current, the cosmic rhythm; the arrow-and lance-head in the shape of the Tyr-Rune. Numerical value 12.
The b-Rune, Bar, bier, birth, bearing Life. Bar = song, Bard = singer; revelation = birth of the Spirit. Bourn = spring, spring of health; but also stretcher, bier, being imprisoned, leaking away. Bas, the breast, the womb of the Mothers. The Rune of birth and procreation, concealment, being hidden, burrowing. Bar-bar-baren, that is, the thrice reborn. The Bar-Rune lays bare to us the idea of Birth originating in primal Birth. Numerical value 13.
The l-Rune, Laf, lagu, laug, means Life, law of Life, liver, restoration, lye, leaves, Lagu = sea, laughter, lake. Also, love, loftiness, light, ardor [Lohe], light of Life, insight into Life, the lantern, enlightenment, refreshment, loudness, spring-time [Lenz], linden-tree, sorrow [Leid], lore; lead = learning. Laf, the Rune of initiation, but also the Rune of experiences and examinations.
The Luev, Leb, Lew, lion. The heraldic beast of all Life is the kalafied [ i] Laf-Rune. Numerical value 14.
The m-Rune, Man, exhorts us and whispers to us that we should become conscious of our inner God-spark, our higher Selves. Man, the German leader who stems from Manus, from the Spirit of God Himself (Dio = Teut = Deutsch = German), Son of God. Man, the Rune of the breath, of truth, of power and the positive force of mankind. The Rune of the Spirit and the Soul, of the Body -- of awakening, working, governing, passing away, of arising anew spiritually -- which the three limbs striving upward also indicate. Manus is the mystical tribal father of the Germanen [the Germanic folk]. The mysterious Amen, Omen, am are derived from the old Nordic, Germanic root Man, which means the Godman, the Spirit-Man. Numerical value 15.
The y-Rune, Yr, wrong, error, iris, yew tree. This Rune means misunderstanding, confusion, insanity, reversal, denial, destruction, overthrow, temptation, erroneous lust in love. The erring human, standing on his head. The Rune of erring love, of sorrow and of lust; joy and pain, laughing and weeping. Numerical value 16.
The e-Rune, Eh, Ehe [marriage] = eternal, the true, procreation, the Law of Nature, which is fulfilled between man and wife. The two Selves, two lives which by pure Love bind together themselves in marriage, merge, and through mutual spiritual and physical re-polarization attain a higher life. The Ehe-Rune is the great Rune of Love, which will in future times bring us to the zenith of our Germanic race. [12] Numerical value 17.
The g-Rune, Gibor, Ge, Gea, Geo = Earth, God, gift, giver, Gibor -- the Rune representing the Fyrfos, the swastika, the fire of Love, constant re-creation and eternal rebirth. Giboraltar, [13] the altar of the All-Father, the Giver; the Giver-Rune, in which is contained the Mal-cross [the "times-sign"], the crossing, the marriage of two Selves, of two powers. Gibor is the Eternal in human hearts. Gibur Arahari! = Man, be one with God! -- or -- Give us primal power, Soul of the Sun, Arahari! Numerical value 18.
The Magical Rune-Circle Magic circles should be drawn on the ground with green chalk, names and Runes with red chalk. The Runer should always begin in the North (Fa-Rune). The candlestick, holy water and censer are to be used only at night for magical consecrations. While drawing the magical Rune-circle, the Runer should meditate spiritually, recite a prayer or the Rune banishing. [14] When the drawing is completed the Runer should stand in the center of the circle, in which he can now move freely to devote himself to the Rune-postures, meditations, or Rune-signs, protected against bad influences, thoughts and currents. The Rune-circle is one of the most effective means of protection and defence for magical operations, as well as for Rune-postures and sensing the Runes. Upon completion of the exercise or magical operation, the Runer should thoroughly wipe away the circle from the inside outward, during which time he should again recite a prayer or the Rune banishing.