Recommendations for Studying the Runes?

[sdi]

My wife has been working with Tarot for years, but lately she's been finding that it just doesn't work for her any more—the readings are flaky and she can't feel a connection to it anymore. Casting about for a replacement, she's felt drawn to the runes. I was wondering if any of the heathens here could recommend a book for her to study? In case it helps, she is of a practical (rather than philosophical) disposition and meshes well with plant lore (she is an herbalist).

(Incidentally, this has me curious about the well-being of the occult community generally, since a divinatory apparatus failing sounds, well, ominous. Has anybody else experienced similar? Her intuition is generally good and if the runes work well, then perhaps heathenism is healthier than most? For whatever it's worth, I use geomancy and have had no issues whatsoever.)

Comments

[joanhello]

When I felt drawn to the runes, I asked my friend Raven Kaldera, who works with the Anglo-Saxon rather than the Norse runes. He did not recommend a book, saying that the runes prefer to be taught as part of an oral tradition. So I spent an afternoon with him while he info-dumped at me. My memory has never been the greatest, so I took notes, which I later transferred to a blank book. I have been using that book to record my readings ever since.

[sdi]

Thank you, that's fascinating and helpful! I've always found it interesting how every divinatory system has it's own personality. We don't know anyone who practices runes, but I've noted it to her and we'll keep an eye out.