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Lesson 10 - Tests and Reading

Comprehension Test

1. How many charms are listed in the Havamal?
2. Which two runes could be combined to produce courage and strength with resilience and good judgement?
3. Which strand of the Northern magic tradition was shamanistic in nature?
4. If you choose the wrong runes for a bind-rune, what will happen?
5. Why is the combination of Isa (Is) with Gebo (Gyfu) not good for a relationship?
6. Which of the 8 rune techniques is described as "knowing the runes and their correspondences"?
7. What, according to his saga, did Egil diagnose as the cause of a woman's sickness?
8. In the 13th charm how is the technique of "sending" represented?
9. What should the design of a bind-rune be?
10. What is another name for positive rune magic?

Reading

In Bernard King's The Elements of the Runes, read the whole of Chapter 3: "The Scope of Northern Magical Practice",from page 31 to page 51

In Freya Aswynn's Principles of Runes, read the whole of chapter 2, "Traditional Meanings of the Runes" from page 7 to page 36

Aswynn provides full and detailed meanings for each rune which you will observe have some similarities and some differences to those offered by King. As you will now appreciate, there are broad areas of agreement about the runes, but also many areas of uncertainty and debate. One reason is that we are giving you so much time to get a grip on rune meanings is because it is such a personal aspect of the runes. No two authors or rune readers will have exactly the same perspective on them. You need time and space to formulate your own views. Some New Age rune authors, such as Bettina Luxton, suggest the meanings are all about how you feel and what you think they means, but we at the Rune School do not believe that. This course has been very carefully designed to ensure that by the time you reach this point you have gained a grounding in Norse mythology and an awareness of traditional sources such as the Rune Poems, to give you a framework on which to build. We don't go along with a "runes mean whatever you want them to mean" philosophy and hence have sought to inculcate an understanding and respect for the runes' heritage

Further Exercises

1. We saw in the lecture how it was possible to identify some of the 8 magical techniques in particular charms in the Havamal. Look at the 12th charm and which of the techniques you can recognize within it.

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