In the Runes for Change community we've been gathering monthly for a class on working with the runes as animists. We focus on working with the runes alongside your ecosystem Nature Spirits and cosmology. Each class we spend some time discussing the topic for that gathering, then have an open discussion about our relationship to it. Join us! Gain more insight into the runes, learn to elder well with ancient wisdom, and cultivate a strong spiritual path. The post Runes Oracle – Beyond Divination – Runevaettir first appeared on Soul Intent Arts ..read more

Mannaz is the half-month rune through 29 April. The intuitive rune is Jera. The earthly spirit of place anchoring the runes this week is Key, in the direction of Above (world marble), element Timing (hourglass) in the season of Winter (tree button). And Spoon; so many spoons. From right to left are Mannaz (carved polished Baltic amber), then Jera. The post The Weekly Rune – Mannaz first appeared on Soul Intent Arts. Source ..read more

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Ehwaz is the half-month rune through 14 April. The intuitive rune is Wunjo. The earthly spirit of place anchoring the runes this week is American Sweet Gum Tree Pod (prickly thingie), in the direction of Within (spirit doll), in all seasons (tree buttons). No elements in particular showed up this week, though the Ancestors (wooden spoon) whispered through. From right to left are Ehwaz (carved polished amethyst), then Wunjo. Source ..read more

Berkana is the half-month rune through 30 March. The intuitive rune is Wunjo. The earthly spirit of place anchoring the runes this week is Teeth (puppy and Coyote), in the direction of Within (spirit doll), with element Acid (bottle of lemon zest), in the season of Winter (tree button). From right to left are Berkana (carved polished lapis lazuli), then Wunjo. Source ..read more

Berkana is the half-month rune through 30 March. The intuitive rune is Hagalaz. The earthly spirit of place anchoring the runes this week is Uninvited Guest (spiraled hag stone), in the direction of Beyond/All Things (world marble), with element Stone (bottle of amber), in the season of Summer (tree button). From right to left are Berkana (carved reindeer tile), then Hagalaz. Berkana is a rune of tending and being tended. It comes after deep tribulation, the kind that makes us fear for our lives, the greater good kind, the aggrieved sacrifice kind. So, the lead-in from Tiwaz lingers into our e ..read more

I’ve always understood worlds I created existed in a layer of being different from that of formed being, yet not full-on Other, and that they are real. Source ..read more

Tiwaz is the half-month rune through 14 March, at which point Berkana moves to the fore until 30 March. The intuitive rune is Ansuz reversed. The earthly spirit of place anchoring the runes this week is Human Heart (ceramic heart rattle), in the direction of Above (cloud marble), with element Plant (caloglossa moss, in the season of Summer (tree button). From right to left are Berkana (carved cedar stave) above Tiwaz below, then Ansuz reversed (carved ceramic tile). Metal just wanted to be along for the ride. Remember that even as we sit with what the runes mean and how we’re in relationship w ..read more

Human-persons are part of seasonal change. Through our rituals around seasonal change, we take responsiblity for ecosystem and our impact on it. Source ..read more

Tiwaz is the half-month rune through 14 March. The intuitive rune is Ingwaz. The earthly spirit of place anchoring the runes this week is Fossilized Ammonite (spiraly thing), in the direction of Within (spirit doll), with element Mycelium (acrylic mushrooms), in the season of Summer (tree button). From right to left are Tiwaz (carved lapis lazuli), then Ingwaz. Most of us don’t seem to feel seen in our current systems, and this week with Tiwaz speaks directly to that. We fully emerge in the third aett, the Aett of Reckoning (my words, not canon), in which we know the deal of formed being. We k ..read more