Wild Soul Runes
Reawakening the Ancestral Feminine
-
- 74,99 zł
-
- 74,99 zł
Publisher Description
Highlights the feminine origin of the runes in the context of an immersive course in rune practice.
Using inquiry and original translations alongside traditional rune poems and sacred art, Wild Soul Runes invites readers to develop their own wisdom connection with the runes through practice. The book is based on the premise that all of us possess the ability to receive divine information through rune practice. Rather than telling the reader what the runes mean, author Lara Veleda Vesta shares an interactive practice for readers to discover the unique ways the runes speak to them.
The book covers the history of the runes, both in myth and through the connection with Old European archaeological findings. This history offers evidence for the idea that the runes have a feminine origin, coming from the well of the Norns, the female triple giantesses who represent the fates in Norse myth.
It introduces the concept of the runes as beings rather than simply an alphabet or magical tools. The purpose of Wild Soul Runes is to create a relationship with these beings through ancestral connection, personal gnosis, and ritual practice.
Readers will learn how to:
• Make a rune altar
• Develop a daily ritual practice with the runes
• Honor the Germanic/Anglo Saxon wheel of the year
• Craft a rune set and rune ceremonies for divination
Lara Veleda Vesta is an artist, author, storyteller and educator transforming chronic illness into a path of healing and reclaiming. She is the author of The Moon Divas Guidebook, and The Moon Divas Oracle, illustrator of The Moon Divas Oracle Cards and is currently working toward her PhD in Philosophy and Religion while exploring ancestral connection and disability as initiation. She shares her path of myth, folk magic, ancestor lore and ritual practice with her Patreon community and through classes at the Wild Soul School.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Artist Vesta (The Moon Divas Oracle) suggests in this colorful guide ways to build a "source wisdom partnership" with runes from the Elder Futhark and Anglo-Northumbrian alphabets. Vesta grounds readers with a brief overview of Northern European history, particularly the culture of Norse and Anglo-Saxon peoples and their spiritual connection to their ancestors. She explains the runes' power through the concept of wyrd—a universal "fabric" containing "the essence of all creation... life force, energy, gestation, birth, destruction"—and explores the origins of the runes, tying them to the Norns ("triple goddesses" of Norse mythology) and concluding that "the runes are sacred feminine magic, held in the trust-memory of prehistoric, Old European civilizations." She recommends beginning with a ritual to connect with one's female ancestral lineage, offering tools for the contemplation of each rune, among them a simple circular pattern, a series of questions to ask the rune, and one or more rune poems. The poems are delivered first in a popular 19th-century translation, and then in Vesta's often awkward translation: "River's mouth is made perfect bragging." Vesta also includes black-and-white illustrations of rune patterns to aid readers in creating their own at home. Anyone interested in European mythology will find Vesta's philosophy and method refreshing.