Hello,

One book that a friend of mine who is a rune scholar recommends is 'Runes.
Reading the Past" by R.I.Page. Published by The University of California
Press. ISBN 0-520-06072-5. It is not a new-age/metaphysical publication.
Strictly scholarly work and in english. I picked up my copy a couple of
years back from Barnes and Noble, so it should still be in print.

Kevin

At 12:20 AM 10/19/2001 +0000, you wrote:

>Now then.
>
>I see people have started suggesting
>to each other _which_ Edred Thorsson
>books they should be reading ;)
>
>I don't know what good books in English
>(most major works are in the Scandinavian
>languages, and some in German) about runes
>are available but it seems quite impossible
>to me that they were written by Edred Thorsson.
>
>I've just found my copy of "FUTHARK - A Handbook
>of Rune Magic" and read a few pages. Let me quote:
>
>"The I-rune ... does not represent matter, but rather
>a concept of antimatter, which, when combined with the
>energy flowing from Muspellsheimr, [sic] leads to the
>formation of what we call "matter" (Midhgardhr).
>... In many ways this mystery is the force of attraction,
>gravity, inertia, entropy in the multiverse."
>
>If you are reading texts like this you are certainly
>not learning much about Old Norse or Germanic use of
>runes. What the author seems to be doing is ransacking
>physics and runic lore for words he can stuff into his
>metaphysical system. What, pray tell, does gravity have
>to do with entropy? What, pray tell, does either one
>have to do with the I-rune?
>
>Regards,
>Haukur
>
>P.S. 'Ransack' is an English borrowing from Old Norse.
>In ON the verb is "rann-soekja"; literally "house-seek".
>
>
>
>
>Sumir hafa kvæði...
>...aðrir spakmæli.
>
>- Keth
>
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