Runic Mantics: A Practical Guide

Runic mantics is a symbolic system of analyzing situations and

internal states, based on the interpretation of traditional signs

runic alphabet. In modern culture, runes are often perceived as

magical oracle, however, for conscious and safe practice it is important from the very beginning

began to distinguish between two dimensions:

1. Historical use: Runes originated as a Germanic writing system.

peoples, used for memorial inscriptions, markings

property, dedication formulas and fixation of poetic lines.

2. Modern esoteric practice: runic divination in its

in its current form (drawing cards from a bag, positional layouts,

psychological interpretation) did not develop immediately or in one stage.

The first esoteric systems based on runes appeared at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries.

centuries (for example, the "Armanic runes" of Guido von List), but the usual

Today the format of fortune telling layouts with a bag and positional

The schemes took shape later, in the 1980s, largely thanks to the book