Wow! I CAN relate. We moved a year ago from Asheville, NC, where things are relatively cool to a tiny town where I was stared at simply because I wore long...
We went downtown last night to the drumming at Pritchard Park. There were about 10 drums instead of the usual amount of about 30 or more. Dancers ranged from...
But at the park, at the drumming, there was an old man dressed in blue. He was way drunk. But he kept yelling wooooeeee -- Halloweeeeeen! And he'd wink at...
Hazel, Wow, sounds like you had a wonderful Samhain! I didn't do much last night because our circle's ritual and Dumb Supper are tonight. We took the kids...
It was great, but once again, I saw the need for a place where ALL earth-based religions are welcome. Cause the police had to close the park at 10 oclock....
Not much talk of runes in this group is there? We have a guy called Rig who thinks he knows everything, we have a fruitloop who thinks he has invented Irish...
Our group was having similar problems. Several members are Unitarian Universalist as well pagans, and there is something called CUUPS, Covenant of Unitarian...
I think that the people on this board are merely showing a healthy interest in a wide variety of topics that are loosely associated with runes and those who...
Hello "Runester" Len, Are you casting too many Haglaz and not enough Ingwaz? I enjoy your baleful laments from time to time, but wish you might consider a...
heh, that was the best comeback i read all weekend. thanks for the chuckle, peter. and don't forget the most important variation of shakespeare of all: the ...
But to talk about it on topic, I am currently studying runes in between studying for my masters degree exam. I made my own runes from ocean=washed stones i...
Heilsa Raven, Check this link out: http://www.ub.rug.nl/eldoc/dis/arts/j.h.looijenga/c5.pdf After you have absorbed that....all of it without getting bored,...
Megs, I did something similar. I use river-washed stones. I like to think the river helped me make the runes. ... between ... ocean=washed ... unfortunately i ...
Hello Rig, I tried the link and got a page with the little square box in the corner. I hate that little box as much as I hate the number 404!! I am somewhat...
Heilsa again Raven, The file is an Adobe Acrobat file (pdf). Go to google search engine and get a free download to enable you to open the file. I am proud to...
I really dig this strange group -- it helped to know diversity is found and peacefully so amoung the rune-seekers. I have been wondering, lately if it were so....
Yes, on this list we just agree to disagree on touchy subjects. We can discuss our perspectives, no matter how different, without anyone blowing a gasket. We...
Dear Rig- After a quick glance, all I can say is… Gee- don’t be afraid to send me anything hard. LOL! This will keep me busy for a while. And was the...
Heilsa Raven, More to follow when you have digested that. Rune knowledge is vast and never ending. I meet so many people today who did some 2 year ASATRU style...
Thanks for the headsup and material for thought concerning Rune books. I will look for the Elliot book, always glad for a point in the right direction. I've...
Heilsa Hazel, I knew Liz (Freya Aswynn) personally many years ago. For a review on her last runic book by Alfta Svanni Lothursdottir check this link out: ...
When i get the inverted laguz in a reading for myself, it usually means a dream with a meaning that is under the surface and not to be taken at face value. As...
You might be right about someone sending it unintentionally. I know someone who is pretty mentally unstable, who tried the whole shaman experience, and that...
... ceremonial magic and the Armenian magicians to be of much use to anyone trying to reconstruct the ancient Norse Pagan traditions.<< I've had time to think...
Mixing symbols. I found that I had to put away the pentacle I've worn for years-- that it distracted me when I began rune meditations. I don't know if this is...
sorry about the post to the moderator, I was obviously not all here....I was saying that I use a Weirden set etched on glass (thick safety glass obviously) and...