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

[jprussell]

Wow, synchronicitous! I like Plowright's book for its straightforwardness - he tries to give you the bare literal meanings of the Runes so that you can develop your own intuition on them. I can see the value in that, especially now that I have some more experience, but when I was starting out (and often still now!) I often found myself going "yeah, but what does it mean so I can make an interpretation?!"