Description
Wyrdworking, Rune Craft, Divination & Wortcunning
by Alaric Albertsson
Discover the secrets of Saxon sorcery, and learn how to craft rune charms, brew potions, cast effective spells, and use magical techniques to find love and prosperity. Exploring the practices and customs of the Anglo-Saxons hidden in English folk traditions, this book shares techniques for making wands and staffs, consecrating and using a ritual knife, healing with herbs (wortcunning), soothsaying, and creating your own set of runes. The meaning and magical properties of the thirty-three Old English Futhorc runes are classified by theme, helping you in your quest to know yourself and influence your world for the better.
Previously published with the title Wyrdworking.
Original edition:
From crafting spells and rune charms to brewing herbal potions to scrying with crystals, Wyrdworking contains everything you need to walk the path of a traditional Saxon sorcerer.
Albertsson explores the folklore, meanings, and magical properties of all thirty-three Old English Futhorc runes, grouped by form to aid learning. Discover how to make a wand or staff, consecrate and use a seax (knife), practice wortcunning (herbal healing), design powerful galdor (incantations), and create a set of divinatory runes.
From Google:
Within the pages of this magical handbook, you’ll find everything you need to know to practice Saxon sorcery. Alaric Albertsson once again uncovers the practices and customs of the Anglo-Saxons hidden in early charms and English folk traditions. His first book, Travels Through Middle Earth, taught readers how to connect with the Saxon cosmology, deities, spirits, and rituals. Now, Wyrdworking tells how to craft rune charms, brew potions, cast effective spells, and use magical techniques to find love and prosperity.
This guide explores the folklore, meanings, and magical properties of all thirty-three Old English Futhorc runes, classifying them by theme, such as animals or trees, to help you learn. Discover how to make a wand or staff, consecrate and use a seax (knife), and practice the herbal healing known as wortcunning. Design effective spells through the use of galdor (incantations), practice wiglung (the art of soothsaying), and create your own set of powerful divinatory runes.
