Runes for Transformation: Using Ancient Symbols to Change Your Life

This has to be one of the easiest books to use in terms of learning not just the base or 'standard' meanings of the runes, but also in being guided to find personal meaning with them. As with any symbolic system, the runes may have slightly different personal meanings. As an example, Hagalaz is generally regarded as a rune of the impartial destruction of nature. The fury of the hailstorm. While I do regard this rune as a rune of destruction, I also regard it personally as a protective rune.

This book gives an overview of one theory of reality and how we can use thought to transform our lives. Other chapters are devoted to helping one get to know the meanings of the runes to oneself, of learning how to see these runes in all things and show more of how to see them in yourself and lastly, various ways to utilize this new-found knowledge and use runic energies as a focus for transformation.

I would recommend this book over many others for its ease of use and the presentation of materials. The author encourages personal development and the greater growth of one's own intuition as opposed to complete blind-faith in stock meanings. It is stressed over and over again that it is important for the seeker to find the meanings themselves. show less

This has to be one of the easiest books to use in terms of learning not just the base or 'standard' meanings of the runes, but also in being guided to find personal meaning with them. As with any symbolic system, the runes may have slightly different personal meanings. As an example, Hagalaz is generally regarded as a rune of the impartial destruction of nature. The fury of the hailstorm. While I do regard this rune as a rune of destruction, I also regard it personally as a protective rune.

This book gives an overview of one theory of reality and how we can use thought to transform our lives. Other chapters are devoted to helping one get to know the meanings of the runes to oneself, of learning how to see these runes in all things and show more of how to see them in yourself and lastly, various ways to utilize this new-found knowledge and use runic energies as a focus for transformation.

I would recommend this book over many others for its ease of use and the presentation of materials. The author encourages personal development and the greater growth of one's own intuition as opposed to complete blind-faith in stock meanings. It is stressed over and over again that it is important for the seeker to find the meanings themselves.

-Cala Gobraith (PardaMustang) show less

Runes For Transformation
Using Ancient Symbols To Change Your Life
by Kaedrich Olsen

This 229 page darling real helped to open my eyes about yet another way I can use the deep and voluminous power of the Runes. It was quite simple actually, but I attribute that to the exceptional hands on style of this workbook. I was able to see and feel each stone as energy, the true power that each one holds and be able to apply it to different faucets of my everyday life.

It wasn't just a matter of taking a stone out of the pouch and then reading the meaning, it was actually getting in there and understanding why this rune would be connected in a particular way. It is kinda funny, but I got to the place where I could actually say oh this rune energy show more fits here, or this influence is in my life and I can work through it in this way. There is so much beautiful and life changing throughout the pages of this patient teacher, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a more in depth path for their life. This one has definitely made it into my spiritual tool bag. Thanks Kaedrich, this knowledge will carry us a long way.

Love & Light,

Riki Frahmann show less

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