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Summary: llewellyn books: dig deeper
Review: famous for bastardizing pagan religions into an indistinguishable polyglot, this publisher is by far the worst of the neo-pagan lot...
cultural religions were NOT meant to be mixed and pureed together
please dig deeper, for your own good
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Summary: WHAT THE FUTHARK???
Review: This book was bizarre. I have read most of Thorsson's works, and they vary in quality greatly. "Futhark" and "Runelore" were both quite good, however a few seemed to have been slapped together in a few days just to make a quick buck. Thorsson has quite the devoted following, and he knows that anything he writes is guaranteed to sell. "Rune Might" falls somewhere between these two extremes. The section about "runesteads" (the use of mountaintops, pits, cells, plains, and platforms to best implement certain manifestations of runic force) was interesting. However, the parts on runic gestures, postures, and YODELING were quite odd. Please note that this questionable text concerns List's newfangled system rather than the traditional (and proper) Elder Futhark. Not Thorsson's best work.
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Summary: WHAT THE FUTHARK???
Review: This book was bizarre. I have read most of Thorsson's works, and they vary in quality greatly. "Futhark" and "Runelore" were both quite good, however a few seemed to have been slapped together in a few days just to make a quick buck. Thorsson has quite the devoted following, and he knows that anything he writes is guaranteed to sell. "Rune Might" falls somewhere between these two extremes. The section about "runesteads" (the use of mountaintops, pits, cells, plains, and platforms to best implement certain manifestations of runic force) was interesting. However, the parts on runic gestures, postures, and YODELING were quite odd. Please note that this questionable text concerns List's newfangled system rather than the traditional (and proper) Elder Futhark. Not Thorsson's best work.
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Summary: Runic Yoga
Review: This is a book for those who want to work with the runes and not just use them as a divination tool. This is serious work for the serious practioner. This is a good book for those who are not just only into the runes but also into yoga as well. I have this book and i will NEVER give it away.
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Summary: I paid $60 for it - It was worth EVERY penny!
Review: Why, why, why, why doesn't Llewellyn reissue this book!?! I borrowed and read a friend's dog-eared, tattered, well-loved copy and just HAD to have one of my own. It is THE ultimate source book on rune yoga/armanic runes and an excellent overview of the German occult scene in general. As an Armanic practitioner, I must say that anyone who turns their nose up at the armanic runes or rune yoga for whatever reason is missing out on so much. They may well not be as ancient as the Elder Futhark, but as Thorrson himself pointed out in "Futhark", it is just as valid a magickal system as rune magick based on the Elder Futhark. It does what it was designed to do and it does it very well. I use it. It works. 'Nuff said.
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Summary: I paid $60 for it - It was worth EVERY penny!
Review: Why, why, why, why doesn't Llewellyn reissue this book!?! I borrowed and read a friend's dog-eared, tattered, well-loved copy and just HAD to have one of my own. It is THE ultimate source book on rune yoga/armanic runes and an excellent overview of the German occult scene in general. As an Armanic practitioner, I must say that anyone who turns their nose up at the armanic runes or rune yoga for whatever reason is missing out on so much. They may well not be as ancient as the Elder Futhark, but as Thorrson himself pointed out in "Futhark", it is just as valid a magickal system as rune magick based on the Elder Futhark. It does what it was designed to do and it does it very well. I use it. It works. 'Nuff said.
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