At present, interest in runes and practical runic magic is very significant, because the subject is very deep and informative, and the research process is very fascinating. Perhaps, this ancient practice, in some way, helps to solve non-trivial tasks, see and study the world from a special side and meditate. Immediately make a reservation: by magic we will understand one of the universal forms of consciousness (along with science, religion, philosophy). In other words, magic is a special system of thinking , applying which the practitioner addresses to some secret supernatural forces with the purpose of influencing the real events of life and achieving the set goals.
Futhark
The runes, the runic alphabet (futark) are signs and symbols of the writing of the German-Scandinavian tribes back in pre-Christian times, when magic was one of the dominant forms of public consciousness because of the polytheistic-syncretic nature of local religion and mythology and the underdevelopment of science.
According to the legend, the first runes were carved by the supreme god Odin (Votan) after a nine-day hovering on the Igg tree. The runes came to him as an insight during the act of death-birth. Each rune has its own name and meaning associated with the objects of the natural-generic cosmos, that is, the rune is a graphic symbolic expression of an object, process or phenomenon. Scandinavian runes have an angular shape, just fine for cutting (for example, on a stone or tree). Each rune Futarka has a link to the letters of the Latin alphabet.
The ancient Slavs and Türks had their own runic alphabets, the symbols of which were also definitely used in magical practices.
The Basics of Runic Magic
Impacts on real-world objects for the purpose of change through the application of the runic magic system consists in drawing runescripts (specially compiled taking into account the symbolic values of runes), as well as predicting events by manipulating futark stones having a certain order (on each so-called stone one of characters). In other words, the practical sphere of using runic magic suggests the possibility of using the futark rune as a predictive codified system (like tarot cards, for example, or any other symbolic predictive systems used in various well-known traditional magical practices of different peoples and religions). In addition, it is assumed that the application of specially composed runescripts (in linear or non-linear planar and volumetric measurement systems) to certain objects affects these objects in a certain way (for example, has a protective effect), runes are applied to clothing, jewelry, body or objects life, objects domestication.
About the Effectiveness of Runic Magic
It is assumed that the deposited runes and / or meditation (intentional mental-mental concentration) on them can affect the processes occurring with the object, slow them down or accelerate them, and give them a certain predetermined character.
Speaking of runic black magic , its essence lies in various conspiracies and privorotah, where blood is often used to enhance the effect (in most cases, runes are inflicted with blood). This kind of runic stalks, as the practitioners say, are able to protect, help in the most difficult situations and even endow them with a magical ritual beyond the force of the author.
However, if you are consistent in the rune problem and related magic, then, first of all, it is worthwhile to apply to some sciences that are directly engaged in the study of magic (it is about anthropology, ethnography, religious studies, linguistics, philosophy, pragmasemantics, etc.). Anyone more or less versed in the humanitarian and natural fields of knowledge and more or less a cultured person understands that practicing magic and believing in it can use magical-symbolic systems for both conditionally negative and for conditionally positive influences. The question of how much all this is effective, let everyone determine himself. By magic, man usually refers and relates what is not yet possible to explain in a rational scientific way habitual for Western European thought.