by Edred Thorsson
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The author of the bestselling Furhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic and Runelore takes us deeper into the heart of the runecaster's art, specifically, runic divination. The word "rune" means mystery, and casting the runes enables the renecaster to penetrate the mystery of the relationship between the gods and humans, and between internal and external environments. Strongly loyal to the ancient traditions, Thorsson traces the evolution of renecasting to the present in order to restore runework to its historical, spiritual, and cosmological significance.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Runecasting, 2008-10-11
Thorsson's book is great for anyone wishing to learn the art of casting runes. He has always been considered an expert in this field and this book shows the extent of his knowledge , great for anyone wanting to learn about runes .
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent, 2007-12-18
This is an excellent handbook for approaching the study of runes, including how to use them, make them, interpret spreads, etc. I highly recommend this book to people just starting with runes or those farther along that want an excellent reference. I use this as the handbook I give when I make a gift set of runes, because it's authentic and approachable. I've purchased four of them so far. Highly recommended.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 The weakest of the series, 2007-08-19
Runecasters Handbook is part of a three part series that Thorsson wrote as an introduction to the Rune Gild organization which he created. This book is by far the weakest addition to that series.
As usual, Thorsson provides a solid traditionalist view on the runes and intertwines a lot of mythology and lore into both the descriptions of the runes and his methods of castings. What I found to be the problem with this book is that because it draws so heavily on the other books in the series, Runelore and Futhark, there is not as much new information presented in this volume as I had hoped for. Both other books were chock-full of historical research and significance, while this one was primarily a rehashing of information which was covered before.
If you do not have a solid amount of background knowledge concerning northern mythology, this book is probably too advanced for you. Thorsson presumes a great deal of knowledge in this volume, in particular, knowledge of the nine worlds and of the roles of the Norns and the world tree.
Overall a decent book, but if you are familiar with Thorsson's other works, you can skip this one.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
The Second Best Intro to the Runes, 2007-03-30
I would call this the best intro to the Runes to be found in print, but Sweyn Plowright's _The_Rune_Primer_ nudges _Runecaster's_Handbook_ out by virtue of its clear vision and more engaging writing style.
That said, _Runecaster's_Handbook_ is still a must read, particularly for its section on creating and charging your own Runes. Thorsson comes from a bit of an eccentric Asatru perspective, but non-Trar can benefit from his careful and thorough explanations.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Runecaster's Handbook: The Well of Wyrd , 2007-03-11
Edred Thorsson in my opinion is the best author for anything to do with Runes or Northern culture and magic. I have been studying Runes and Northern culture for 10 or so years now and his books are the only ones I have come accorss that strip things back to the beginning. The information in his books is probably the most accurate and truthful information you will get anywhere. I recommend his books to any and all, especially those starting out with this kind of thing as there are too many books out there to do with Runes etc, which are vague and misleading. Also there are too many books with Christian and new age (I Ching etc) twists which don't truthfully represent the Runes at all. Edred does!
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