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“Joy lasts in memory, it thrives in sharing.”

Joy Paganism Runes Old Norse Elder Futhark

Book:Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

Source: Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

“The Old English word is wyrd, which most glossaries and dictionaries translate as ‘fate’. Tolkien knew that the etymologies of the two words were quite different, ‘fate’ coming from the Latin fari, ‘to speak’, so ‘that which has been spoken’, sc. by the gods. The Old English word derives from weorÞan, ‘to become’: it means ‘what has become, what’s over’, so among other things, ‘history’ – a historian is a wyrdwritere, a writer-down of wyrd.”

Language Mythology Old English Old Norse Wyrd

Book:J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

Source: J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

“Most of the time, he’s controlling, with the temperament of a troll. Come to think of it, he has the manners of one too. And I do not like that he tried to kill me. Twice.”

Fantasy Magic Iceland World Building Viking Romance Grumpy Sunshine Old Norse

Book:The Road of Bones

Source: The Road of Bones

“Whether used for the self or in service to others, the runes continually reflect the collective in the individual, the unknown in the known, and the personal embodiment of the unknowable in All Things—the aspect of mystery in Nature that we also embody.”

Paganism Runes Old Norse Elder Futhark Runic Calendar

Book:Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

Source: Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

“The Old Norse cosmology gives us the awareness that while lightness may bring enlightenment, it is the darkness that initiates change.”

Paganism Runes Old Norse

Book:Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

Source: Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

“The idea that our cosmology continues to change as we evolve in our spiritual studies and that we play a role in intentionally shaping it lies at the heart of the runes; thus, they are our deepest instruction for creating the self.”

Paganism Runes Old Norse Elder Futhark

Book:Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

Source: Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

“What makes control actually powerful is knowing what to do with it.”

Paganism Runes Old Norse Elder Futhark

Book:Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick

Source: Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick