Runes (was:B owler/Classes/Ford Anglia

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 8183

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:

> I thought Runes were stones marked with glyphs, that were used for
> divining, rather like Tarot Cards?  

Runestones (runeSTONEs) are stones (antler, bone, and wood -- 
formerly living materials -- are supposed to be more authentic) 
marked with glyphs taht are used for divining.

RUNEs are the glyphs on the stones, but they were an alphabet used 
for writing Norse languages before they were written on stones. 
Archaeologists find not-particularly-magical inscriptions written in 
runes, such as the name on a grave marker. Authentic magical use of 
runes was much more casting spells by carving runes onto rune wands 
and then reddening them with blood, rather than divination. IIRC, 
scrying in bowls of blood was a form of divination belonging to 
Odin, while dressing in cat-fur garments and going into shamanic 
trance (called seidhr or 'platform magic') was a form of divination 
belonging to Freya.i