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A tree is the most perfect of spiritual beings, with its roots buried alive in Mother

Earth and its limbs alive and growing in Father Sky.

According to the Song of the Sybil, when the earth was young, Odin and his two

brothers found two trees: an ash tree and an elm, faint, feeble, with no fate

assigned to them. Breath they had not, nor blood, nor senses, nor language

possessed, nor life-hue. Odin gave them breath. Hoenir gave them senses

(shape). Blood and life-hue was given by Lothur.

We are the forbears of the trees. One does not just carve runes, one recreates this

ritual. By chanting the name of the the rune, one give the rune breath, the energy

of its name. By carving it, one gives the rune senses (shape). By coloring the rune

red (blood is optional), one gives it life's hue.

When you carve runes you create life.

Russ the Runester ( runester9@hotmail.com )

This article was

written by my dear friend, Maryam Povey Webster. I've inserted a few of my own

comments in brackets.

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1. Basically, you'll need a 1" diameter fruit tree branch. Apple works well, yew and

pine, too, and I've seen nice cedar, redwood and olive wood sets. It does have to

be a fruit-bearing tree according to my reading and personal gnosis on the issue

and harvested just before the tree comes into fruit (at the blossom stage) - you

need that fruit-bearing power in the runes to lend to the overall power of the runic

symbols. I have been taught by the Gods I work with that to have a "dead" branch

(harvested fallen, non-fruit bearing or having already fruited) makes 'dead' runes.

Others may have different feelings about this.

[Sunny's comments: Most trees are "fruit -bearing", save some species in which

the male and female are separate. In that case, use wood from the female tree. If

you are a city-dweller, use a purchased hardwood dowel or precut wooden buttons

from a woodworking shop. Thin wooden blanks can also be found in hobby shops.]

2. You will need a knife, X-acto Blade or a burin (ice pick-like scribing tool), an ice

pick or sharpened screwdriver, a 1/8" wood carving chisel or veiner, or a Dremmel

tool fitted with a narrow bit. This instrument is for inscribing ("risting ") the runes

onto the wood and can be consecrated (preferred) or not (acceptable). Less

acceptable is a wood burning tool with a narrow gauge bit. This tends to produce

undesirable results when you come to stain your runes and the resultant smoke

can be difficult to deal with for those sensitive to it. Putting the wood of your runes

to fire additionally puts a slightly destructive energy (the fire eating the wood and

leaving behind the charring) into the runes that is not found with the clean lines of

the knife blade.

[Sunny's comments: Woodburning is much easier than carving. Scrape out the

char before painting. On the other hand, if you carve, you are almost guaranteed

to have blood handy...]

3. Your own blood: if you're a woman in childbearing years, you have a readily

available supply. If not, I suggest asking for a vial "to take home" (make up what

excuse you will) the next time you donate or give blood for tests. You'd be

surprised at the people who will accommodate such a request. Otherwise, get

ready to prick your finger many times to stain your runes; or get a friend with a

medical kit and training to take a vial. If you have access, you'll need the vial with

the lavender top. This contains heparin; an anti-clotting agent. You really do need

this as the blood begins to clot almost as soon as it leaves your body, rendering it

unusable. I would recommend two full lavender-topped tubes be drawn; freeze as

immediately as you can until you are actually ready to stain your runes. A way of

fudging on the blood is to prick a finger and squeeze a drop into a tablespoon or

so of red paint or stain. Some authors advocate the use of other bodily fluids;

saliva, semen, urine and sweat, but blood is the most traditional of these as the

"fluid of life". It is up to you which you feel best suits your purpose for the bodily

fluid you do use makes the runes uniquely "yours". If another person picks up

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your runes, they cannot leave their psychic mark on them because your blood

remains to cancel out other influences.

[Sunny's comments: red ochre powder mixed with linseed oil or red acrylic paint

are both good for reddening the runes. Put a few drops of blood into the ochre

mixture or paint.]

4. Other materials: sandpaper, a saw to form the rune disks or shapes, varnish,

tung, linseed, olive or lemon oil to seal the runes once rist and stained. A sturdy

pouch is of paramount importance to contain the finished work and can be made

of leather or any heavy material.

That's basically the materials. The formation of the runes and rituals surrounding it

differ from person to person. Below is a representative sample which you are

invited to use as is or change to suit your particular working style.

1. Prior to the ritual, lightly pencil the runes onto the different disks, laying the

symbols against the grain . Softly chant the name of each rune as you draw it.

Draw all the component parts of the staves downward, to draw energies into the

rune symbol. Cut two or three extra disks to cover cracked runes and missteps of

your cutting tools, etc.

2. Set aside a sacred space in whatever way you feel comfortable; ideally in the

workshop area of your harrow (altar). It is highly appropriate to do the

Hammarsettning, or Hammer Ritual in the cardinal four directions as well as

Above, Below and Center.

3. Invite into your space the Gods and Goddesses of the runes: Odin, Balder,

Freya and Freyr, the Norns, etcetera. If you have a particular affinity for any one

God/dess, invite that Deity also to witness and lend their energies to the

proceedings. Invite also your lineal ancestors, especially those who worked magick

in their own lives, your power animal allies, local land spirits or any other wights

you may wish to have present. Pour a tot of milk, apple juice or wine in offering to

the Gods and ask them to guide your hands and lend you their powers in the work

you are to do.

4. Place your cut disks or tablets on the workbench or other safe space, with the

Fehu disk in a clamp. Lay a white cloth napkin or other clean white cloth in front of

your workspace to place the finished runes on.

5. Draw the sign of the hammer over the disk to sain it and placing your lips close

enough to vibrate the wood, "galdor " the rune (intone the rune sound) strongly

into the disk while holding a strong visualization of the one thing that means

"Fehu" to you. This could be one of the traditional meanings, such as "money" or

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"cattle" or something that is extremely intimate and personal only to you.

Whatever it is, hold the visualization strongly and begin to carve, Dremmel or burn

the rune into the wood.

6. When you are finished with the first rune, take it out of the clamp, put it on the

white cloth in front of your workspace and clamp the second rune in. Repeat steps

3 and 4 until you have all twenty-four Runes done. Ideally, you should try to do

this all in one session. If this is impossible, do three separate workings, each

encompassing one of the three Ættir (rows of eight Runes) until you are done.

7. When you have all of the Runes done, assemble them in order on the white

cloth. Fix your gaze intently upon each one in turn, again galdoring intensely the

vibration of each Rune into the wooden disks. When you have galdored the last

rune, galdor the Ansuz-Laguz-Uruz formula "Ahhhluuu!" (meaning "It is

sealed"/"So mote it be") over the rune set.

8. Ground the sacred space (and yourself), thank the Gods, and dismiss any minor

wights you might have called.

This is a ritual which takes place in two parts. In the first part, you are erecting

sacred space for blooding or painting the rune staves. After a period of time

waiting for them to dry, you will come into sacred space again to seal and do the

final consecration of the runes.

1. Again, set aside sacred space in whatever way you feel comfortable using the

Hammarsettning to sain and seal the space.

2. Invite into your space the Gods and Goddesses of the Runes, your lineal

ancestors and any other wights you may wish to have present. Dedicate the space

and the time to the consecration of your rune set. Lay your runes on a cloth that

you don't mind getting soiled with your own blood or ink. (This cloth will later be

ritually burned) Pour a tot of milk, apple juice or wine in offering to the Gods and

ask them to lend you their powers of purification for the consecration to follow.

3. Wash your runes lightly in clean, consecrated water. The Icelandic spring water

or Glacier water that is currently on the market is perfect for this application. The

purer, the better. Don't soak them as you want them to absorb the pain or blood

later in the process. Light a recel or smudging blend made of purifying herbs like

oakmoss, cedar, Thor's beard (house leek), vervain, clary sage and perhaps a

smidgen of amber perfume resin. (Refer to the "Nine Worts Galdor" in the

Lacnunga for ritually appropriate herbs.) Dedicate the recel to the Purifying forces

and pass each rune through the smoke, saying a formula like "By Oak and Sage,

by Fire, Water, Air and Earth, in the name of Odin, purified be this Rune, clear be

its purpose and great be its Power. Ahhhluuu! " Then intone the name of each

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Rune and blow the vibrations into the disk. Repeat with all twenty-four runes and

return them to the cloth.

4. For a Man or Non -Menstruating Woman: Have an altar space set aside upon

which is your bottled blood (several drops from pricking your finger, in a quantity

of red ochre acrylic paint or red India ink is just fine as is a whole lavender-topped

tube from a professionally done venipuncture), the completed Runeset and a quill,

or small brush.

For Menstruating Women: If you intend to insert the Runes vaginally (the most

effective way, in my experience), conduct the ritual nude, or have no underclothes

on and wear a loose skirt which you are easily able to raise and lower during the

ritual. Have tissues and a sanitary napkin available and sit on a folded towel to

contain any spills. Have on your altar a small brush and bowl next to the Runeset.

If you are able to extract any of your blood (this is most easily done with the

fingers) and prefer not to insert the Runes, put the blood into the bowl and mix it

with red ochre acrylic paint or red India ink. You will need enough to color the

staves of all twenty-four Runes.

5. For a Man or Non -Menstruating Woman: Take up each Rune disk and paint each

component part of the stave downwards, drawing the power of the energies you

are raising into the rune. Chant three times "Fehu, Fehu, Fehu!" while you are

painting, or as many times as it takes you to feel that the energies are present in

the rune. After which you seal the energies into the Rune by again vibrating "ALU!"

into the wood. You have repeated this process four times before and will repeat it

once more before your set is consecrated, for a total of six times. The repetition is

necessary as it gets the energies well worked into the physical structure of the

wood and carved staves. Repeat with each rune until all twenty-four are stained.

Take down the sacred space and wait for your Runes to dry.

For Menstruating Women: Obviously, inserting the Runes vaginally colors them all

over. Women who do this must be totally comfortable with touching themselves

intimately. This method is usually preferred by more serious magickal workers and

"galdarkonas" (literally: magick-wives) but is not necessary to consecrate your

Runes for everyday use. If you prefer to paint on your own blood with a

paintbrush, follow the directions above. I prefer to insert the Runes a pair at a

time in order in twelve separate sessions. Sometimes you will not be able to

complete this at one sitting due to the availability of your blood and the thirstiness

of the wood. As you insert each pair of Runes, galdor three times the name of

each Rune or as many times as it takes you to feel that the energies are present in

the rune. Seal the energies into each Rune by vibrating "ALU!" into it internally.

Remove the pair of Runes from your vagina and set the wet Runes on the

stainable cloth to dry. Repeat in pairs until all twenty-four are stained. Take down

the sacred space and wait for your Runes to dry.

6. Until your Runes are dry, keep in a dust free environment. Pets will be attracted

to the blood as will ants; keep the drying Runes in an inaccessible place, under a

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