Rune Power: The Secret Knowledge of the Wise Ones
by
Kenneth Meadows
Paperback:
262 pages
Publisher:
Element Books Ltd (1996)
Language:
English
ISBN:
1-85230-706-4
Kenneth Meadows writes from a heavily shamanistic
perspective with a biased perception of the Uthark theory? His
failure to credit the originator of the Uthark Theory done by
Professor Sigurd Agrell in the 1930s does little to his credibility
as a serious author on the runes. Professor Agrell's work is
difficult to obtain outside scholarly circles, hence most folks
exposure to the Uthark theory comes from Meadows' work Rune Power.
Meadows argues that rather than seeing the runes as a linear
progression we should regard them as a circular sequence whose true
starting point was deliberately concealed by the ancient rune
masters. He offers little evidence to back this theory up but rather
focuses on this claimed misalignment of the rune sequencing?
Whilst the back of his book claims:
***This is not just another book on the Runes ( those
ancient and mysterious angular symbols which have been inscribed on
wood or on stone ) but one which shows them in their original and
natural sequence, also revealing their true purpose in serving as a
blessing to humanity. You'll learn how to:
-
understand the sources and nature of the Runes
-
read and write the Runes and create your own set
-
design Runescripts and Bindrunes
-
consult the Runes for advice, wisdom and inspiration
-
use the Runes
to help you in your everyday life ***
It's such a pity that Meadows has not bothered to read more
noteworthy works of rune scholars such as Magnus Olsen who suggested
that the
Fužark was thought to contain: inherent magical powers[....]
the Fužark is the concentration of the magical powers of all
the runes, and to activate these a certain unchangeable order of the
runes has to be observed
This book is a conglomeration of Uthark runic
sequencings, shamanic mix and match nonsense compounded with poorly
researched Nordic philosophies. His Yang Yang Runic Wheel analogy
sums this up pretty well on pgs 134, do check it out! The
secret knowledge of the wise ones is pure speculative fantasia taken
from a borrowed theory no credible rune scholar to date recognises!
*Rating 1 Star
Esoteric Rune Magic
by D.
Jason Cooper
Paperback:
240 pages
Publisher:
Llewellyn Publications (October 1, 1995)
Language:
English
ISBN:
1567181740
D. Jason Cooper was born on Dec 9th 1957, in Fort Erie, a small
Canadian town but grew up just across the border in Buffalo, New
York. He moved to Perth Australia in 1977. Described as a voracious
student of Occultism, Paganism and New age philosophy, he heads a
small esoteric group called the Companions of the Phoenix.
See:
http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/interview.html
Chapter 1
: The Runes
Chapter 2
: The Aettir
Chapter 3
: Meditation
Chapter 4
: Summoning the Power of the Runes
Chapter 5
: Astral Projection: Part One
Chapter 6
: Astral Projection: Part Two
Chapter 7
: Combining the Runes
Chapter 8
: Your Rune place
Chapter 9
: Four Simple Spells
The Elder FurŽark, Further Reading & Index
Cooper makes several non traditional assertions on the fuŽark
runes without any basis for them or valid references to back up his
claims of alleged modern (made up) correspondences for his esoteric runes? No
logical rationale is offered
as to how he arrived at his conclusions throughout the
1.
Taking Up the Runes
