Rune Games, by Marijane Osborn and Stella Longland

Rune Games, by Marijane Osborn and Stella Longland. 1982 first printing softcover. 299 pages, very nice condition.

Runes were used in ancient times by the Germanic and Norse-speaking peoples of northern Europe for inscriptions, magic, and fortune-telling. Now Rune Games introduces the Angle-Saxon 'Rune Poem', and uses the runic letters as oracles, showing how the runes may be used like the Chinese I Ching for meditation and self-development as well as prophetic divination.

There are eight games, arranged in order of increasing complexity, designed to stimulate the intellect and the imagination, releasing potentials which are hidden from the everyday, non-magical mind. Players can project the possible outcome of particular aspects of their lives, and perceiving the degree to which they create their own fortune, they can take firmer control of their future. This book is both esoteric and scholarly. It studies the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, and connects dots which other studies miss because of their perspective. Recommended for all students of the Runes.