Believing something to be true isn't the same as being true. Exercising and emphasising feelings over facts is precisely what led us to this sh*itshow. Thank you. Yours truly, Arith Härger.
So true. So much of what we do is intuitive. There's no way one can prove it. This is why l support this channel because you present FACTS even if it conflicts with your opinion. I appreciate that.🙌
I agree. The runes are symbols of the universe and probably the multiverse. I don’t use them for divination because I follow the path of the Norns. You will never fully understand your fate. The runes can help you to understand it on a long term basis. New age is not something for me. I read rune stones in my vicinity. The stone and the text give me an understanding about the symbol behind this. That is the magic.
Starting to sound like a Chaote.. ;P nothing is true; everything is permitted. Great video, now i don't feel so bad for putting my "wyrd" rune into my assorted stone bag and not using it.... i mean, i know we make our own fate and do not need a non-symbol to tell me that lol we get divination for reflection and guidance, thanks for all the gnosis you share!
He is a naive academic who lies and demeans those who are more intelligent than he. Listen to his "Black Sun" video. This content creator is a judgemental liar. Pitiful.
Your rune videos have changed so much from when you first began. They are so much richer and full of more helpful information than in the beginning. Have you considered redoing some of your older videos?
Yes, it's true and indeed I have considered re-doing the first videos. You know, when I've started those rune-series 3 years ago, I had little more than 100 subscribers and I didn't think people were interested in those videos at all, so the first videos were just very quick explanations and ideas. Little did I know that it would have a great impact and that a lot of people would actually end up joining me here for the rune-series, so that's when I started to put a lot more time and explain a lot more about the runes. So yes, I do eventually want to re-make the first runes at least :)
@@ArithHärger just wanted to say thank you and I have learned so much from your channel that helps me to grow, swallow the meat and spit out the bones, as I walk this heathen path.
@@ArithHärger these videos are my go to. Its so hard to find information that isn't just repetitive same old basic rune explanations. Leaving me feeling that so much has been left out. But your videos do a lot to get me thinking and exploring other perspectives.
Love your wise ideas and your humor. Great video, as always! Hope for more content about runes and their use, in historical perspective and your personal experience.
I found you through the rune videos because I was looking for a more linguistic approach, not a fluffy religious approach. Can't say I stuck to just those, either. You've been a wealth of knowledge, and I appreciate your approach to this area of history.
Arith, you've bulked up a lot since your first few videos! Nicely done. You are looking more like a Viking! I enjoy the videos my friend and appreciate all of your content. Stay well.
You are SUCH a fount of knowledge. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your plethora of quality lectures. They are a core contribution to my ancestral research and exploration.
Rune yoga? That's the first time I ever heard that. Runes are special for sure. I agree not magical in a fantasy way. Yet they have a strong energy but not in a new age way. Thank you again for another great explanation.
Love waking up on a Sunday, coffee on hand and watch one of your videos! Especially when you mention Tolkien....reading the silmarillion right now again!
I think you do a great job of making it clear when you're talking about historical evidence and when you're discussing your personal opinion. I appreciate hearing both!
Great presentation, I enjoyed and took away some useful thoughts as I often do. Can't wait to hear more regarding the runes from the western iberia in the neolithic. Very interested in that. Good thoughts your way sir!
Thank you for this video and for addressing the intuitive aspect of the physical representations of the rune meanings. Physical anatomical poses have power which makes complete sense they would be represented as icons. Thinking of them as stick people is actually incredibly helpful. I applaud you also for being open to continued learning. Bravo Arith!
Great video, as always! I saved watching this for today so that I wouldn't have to rush through it. Your material is so informative, with a fresh perspective, delivered with warmth and energy.
A runestone was found in Norway some weeks ago, they dated it to the 1st century, making it the oldest runestone in the world! So it seems like we did have our own writing system up here before the Romans came :) The runes were given to us by Odin! :D
It's amazing how many people just can not separate tools; from all these strange ideas floating about. The traditional runes are interesting, but they have no power to do anything. Like tarot - if your getting stuff that isn't random, it's because there is someone else there with you. I charge tarot and then the unseen guest helps to shuffle the cards.
Tarots, runes, or whatever are supports, and it's you doing the thing. You can do some divination by flushing your toilets if that's your way, your own thing. It's not important what you use, but the state of mind, It's working or not, this is personal and depending lot factors, and personal disposition.
They def do. I’m in Kundalini and I charge certain ones at certain times and things change or manifest almost immediately. They are extremely powerful.
Agreed. But for what it's worth, my Swedish family past down an ancient form of casting that my father taught me. There is no archeological evidence for it, merely an ancestral tradition passed down from the Värmland region. But it's interesting that my family kept this casting of runes. 😍
My family has similar traditions of divination and magick, but we don't use anything, we just do it naturally and accept it as just a quirk of our family, but after your comment, I do wonder if the family connection enhance abilities? Would be interesting to investigate.
True! hehe. I was introduced to the runes by my great grandfather when I was still very little, so of course I cared nothing about them at the time :p so basically it's with Tolkien (in my teen years) that I also started to have some interest on the runes :p
Actually, the Dwarves had the actual Germanic runes, the Elves had something similar to an imagined connection to Gaelic's connection to proto-Aryan languages.
I must say that I love your honesty , you are never afraid of updating your idea's and that shows true character ....... as to the runes and the occult .... I believe that any one interested in either should read everything they can get their hands on .... then throw from their minds anything that does not sit right .....for with all forms of magic the answers will always lie within ... however it takes a life time to learn this ....
I think the runes by themselves are not magical in nature, and some heathens may say this is "blasphemy!" lol, but if they think so.. I'm afraid they did a poor choice of spiritual path :p But the runes are just like any other type of symbol, image, icon or letter; it's not these things that are magical in nature (in my opinion, of course) but it's the human component that is essential in any expression of magic. It's the human inner capacities and the power of its own consciousness that can express magic by the use of any tool. It's like the blacksmith's hammer, by itself is just an object, just a tool, but with the human element it can create all sorts of useful and beautiful items. As I usually say, when we consult the runes we consult the higher-self.
@@ArithHärger do you think energy gathers around objects or places by repeated associations? Like personal energy, or perhaps deity type energy, shamanic ..etc...could sort of cling to items? Sort of causing a belief the item is magical, but its the residual energy?
Talking about misconceptions: Am I the only one who always thought that the blank rune in these readymade sets was to replace one if you lost a rune? 😂
I know you’ve expressed your interest in giving different divination methods - I’d love to hear your perspective on that as soon as you’re able! I have a pretty good idea on how to read my own runes but want to learn other methods.
The absence of physical evidence does not necessarily mean the runes were not used for divination ect. Many consider their knowledge of the runes and runic practices to have come from the Gods, Ancestors themselves. I do not think we can dismiss everyone's spiritual experiences! However, the New age stuff and the blank rune ect, totally agree.
10:54 so true. To be watching and listening to this video is nohing short than pure magic - as machines interprets the encodings, and gets assembled onto our screens as moving colors and sounds bytes. 33:30 is such perfect timing.
"You know who ruins occultism? Occultists!" Haha - So true, I´m cracking up. Another of your great and very well founded videos, but this particullar sentence is a true gem! ;-) Thanks for sharing.
Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages before they adopted the Latin alphabet,
Hello Arith. - thanks so much for the video. Have you done a video exploring the Vinca Script at all? And - would you consider doing a video on the Scythians or maybe the Kievan Rus? Thanks again.
ive revised my rune chart based on your posts...now,because of this,there are times when i can predict the next rune i draw based on the conversation im having...which is enough for me to say your descriptions are accurate...im a bit of a spooky old babayuga but ive been many things, also have mrs and mr crow decades before i was ever aware of norse beliefs...all my journey is backwards while going forwards ..but yeah thankyou ,previous meanings i had made runes confusing and noncommunicative....especially algiz,and ingwaz...
@@ArithHärger Hahaha they do. 😂 My take on the possible stories behind these stones aren't strictly academic either, they're meant to awaken the same curiosity I have for these stones in the viewer. So I totally get what you mean with academic vs non academic. Keep going👍
Arith, what is your view on Sanatana Dharma(Hinduism)? I feel that what we speak of is like a sister faith/principles of nature. Do you think there are things we can use to help fill in the blanks when practicing the old faiths of our people? One more, haha do you know of and your opinion on Robert Sepehrs works?
I generally use the runes to set intention. If I want a protection charm I'd write runes I associate with protection. And as a hobby I like making designs containing runes or combinations of them to represent certain ideas. But I've tried divination and I seem to be terrible at it. I'm so jealous of those who can! The most I can do is read smoke from candles
Probably one of my favorite contributions of your own work! No as much for the acedemia! But, for clearing up, in no uncertain terms, the difference between 20th century ideology! i.e. detrimental harm done by the Nazi party! Everything Germanic/Nordic and even Gaileic, now is connected to 1940's Germany. It's so frustrating to be confused with a political party while just respectfully honoring your own ancestory... Especially when said party has Nothing if only a little to do with said party
Fantastic video and very important. By all means let your love of the past inspire you in your use of the runes but don't feel the need to conflate history which is fixed with spirituality which is personal and fluid. They are both valid but nonetheless distinct
Thanks, Arith. Clarified some points for me. As you said in video about tattoos Slavic people had tattoos on their bodies (according to the book written by Ibn Fadlan). Did they have runic tattoos? Any information on that? Or those were just pictures or anything else. If there's such information. Or it's also not that common, because as a Russian I remember those Slavic people depicted in books or cartoons from my childhood and they didn't have tattoos. So, I'm saying that Ibn Fadlan is the only source about Slavs having tattoos. Just a brief answer if you have any info. Thanks for the videos anyway
I agree with and respect your approach to the runes. I also use them for divination and realize there is no real historical context for this practice. I would be very interested in any further discussion with you about modern runic divination as I have practiced this for many years, and have added some character of my own similar to the lineage of Icelandic midlevel magical practices, however, they are not directly descendent thereof. I have always had a deep interest in the ultimate origin of runic symbols, including non- germanic usages. I am wondering if I might inquire of your opinion of any connection or relationship between Germanic usage and proto-Turkish lettering systems because there is much graphic similarity between the two sets of symbols. My education is clearly lesser than your own in these respects. It seems that peoples of the Asian steppes migrated through Turkish regions to help populate the Northern European areas including Scandinavia. Thank you for your work to preserve what truth we actually have about runic tradition.
I would so love you to cover the concept of what is termed Wyrd.. or Urd or urðr forgive me if that is totally wrong making the effort..no swedish or norse known by me. Such a concept would empower so many of us descendants in Europe and anywhere really. Would love to hear your take on the subject matter etc. for me whom studied physics at one time it completely encompasses probability and quantum much much better in a way discernable to people .. ...anyway would love to see a video on it from yourself .. from either an Archaeology / Anthropology view or otherwise.
I take it that the people who thumbs down on this video either didn't like what he had to say because it conflicted with their beliefs or just because their trolls. We know how to deal with trolls
I think the reason why I can actually connect to reading tarot is because it's new. It's based on how I see the world (the way I read ofc) and not how people in the past did. For me it's not a plus or a minus if something has a tradition, in a sense that it won't get better just because other people used to do it. That's one of the reasons I'm not sure I'll use runes, it seems to connect to a culture (even if just in theory) that's too different from me. Assumptions, I know XD but I enjoy using tarot to help myself and hopefully others because it males sense to me. That's all. :)
I have a feeling this question has been answered by the part of the video that points out the origin of the elder futhark and that we may not even have all the runes that existed, but: where does the part about the three aetts come from?
Have you seen the Phoenician alphabet? it look a lot like Runes, Iberia is a common factor, but the timeline don´t fit.. Runegymanastik, lol maybe it was used on the signal hills (bavnehøje)
On rune yoga, is it possible to teach an unknowing person some version of rune yoga, false yoga to the person practicing it, as a means to rob them of some vital internal essence or such?
For the record, the use of tarot as anything more than a card game (of which we also know very little) only dates back a couple hundred years, not as far back as most tarot users (of which I am, as well as runes) like to make believe either. The idea that it is "ancient" comes mostly from the Golden Dawn (late 19th century), popularized by "Gypsy Fortune tellers/tarot readers"- also mostly gothic/romance author's invention.
well as u said ... there where incraved on decaying materials (wood) for devination as stated by the romans.....and like u said only 200 years later they appear to be used in general ....when comparing these point with the song of odin it does indeed makes since that runes was magical staves initialy .......🙏🏼
A blank rune makes sense to me, I see many blank or what I would call open area's in your video, I would say this represent either openness, receptivity, or sameness. In art, or writing most mediums are blank and I think the main purpose is to collect energy, matter, data, or information, to see the potentials of an individual, which relate to nutrition and media inputs. Thus people can be guided or directed into other areas of the market or initiatory/academic hierarchies, for profit and for power as well as universal realization.
I find it funny but at same time sad that you keep having to justify and explain what is meant for what... people in this day and age can't think for themselves :( Thank you for all your great videos and effort to put them out!
And it's especially sad when I do philosophical videos and I have to explain and warn people that I'm not trying to indoctrinate them but actually just sharing a philosophical perspective. People are naturally mistrustful, but that mistrust was highly augmented in this new Era of ours, with so much fake news and with technology being able to even create false images and completely distort the truth in new and more convincing ways, to the point that people even question the reality of events happening right in front of them. It's not entirely people's fault. But to a certain extent it is, when people prefer to rely on information that pops up on memes on Facebook, rather than reading books.
@@ArithHärger Speaking of these books, do you have a video/are planning to do a video of books you find are a good source of information regarding runes/mythology/history. In regards to having to explain, people tend to dismiss evidence simply because it does not fit with what they believe to be true. Keep up the good work.
Great information, as usual. I've never understood reconstructionists. Do they just stop their practice when they get to parts of veneration or worship that have no information? I'm a neo-pagan. I'm fully aware most of what I do is not historically accurate. I'm just curious.
Hey Arith, would you say that runic numerology is something that germanic people did in pre christian times? Or is it also an addition from recent centuries?
I'm curious, where in Tolkien's fictions do you find him presenting the runes as a magical device? As far as I know in LOTR and The Hobbit they are just the writing of the Dwarves, used to mark their maps, tombs, etc.. It's true he puts writing on the door to Moria, but this is Elvish script (not runes) and really only gives a clue, the true magic is voice-activated.
Hello there! Good question. In the Song of Durin it speaks of "runes of power", this appears in several instances, not just the power of the runes at the Moria Gate/Door, which are clearly magical as they are activated by voice therefore they have magic in them and not just for writing, but also the "moon runes" in the Hobbit, whose magic hides them and can only be read at that special moon; remember Merry and Pippin's swords (Books) which contain runes and are of great ancient power; Tolkien (in The Hobbit) stated that the magic swords of elven folk had their names in runes, although it doesn't specifically say that the runes give power or magic, but they are runes engraved on magic objects and not on ordinary objects, which may indicate the idea of "runes of power"; according to Bilbo's song, Earendil's shield had runes for warding, so this gives them a specific magic purpose. This idea of runes in the shield is also mentioned for the runes in objects with similar effects such as on the Helm of Hador and the warhorn that Eowyn gives to Merry after the defeat of Sauron (in the books again). What Tolkien demonstrates here, especially in these three last cases, is that the runes themselves enhance the powers/intentions for which the objects have been created. Although it is true that the function of Runes in Tolkien's works are more focused on written forms of the peoples' of Middle Earth, he does make quite a few mentions of runes of power. But the "problem" here isn't Tolkien. The idea that Runes (real historical runes) have magic, was also influenced by Tolkien's works, but not necessarily by Tolkien himself but by his readers. Tolkien didn't state that historical runes were for magic, but his readers have drawn that conclusion due to his works, and many authors that came after started to give magical purposes for runes, hence influencing further this idea concerning real historical runes.
From my understanding the older fuþark runes had their own indivudual meaning, similar to phygian and greek alphabets. Divination of the norse would probably be a type of osteomancy or bone casiting, broze age symbols and runes could then be used as away to keep track on the different pieces. Magic through wording and symbolism was supposedly common in IA la tene germanic and gallic era, by greek acconts. So maybe not similar to the modern view, but also not as far. This is only a speculation, we do not know.
Knowst how to carve them? How to interpret them? Knowst how to colour them? How to test them? Knowst how to ask them? How to offer them? Knowst how to send them? How to stop them?
Hello, stuck in 3rd video here on channel which seems to me as most rational. And what brought me into all of this mystic stuff is symbolism itself and specifically one question that is important to me. I've got a present from my father to my 18th birthday and it is silver necklace with the "peace" "nuclear disarmament" symbol. And later I came across information that it's in fact harmful "yr" rune representing death and misery and reversed protection and life rune.. can anyone tell me what should I think about it? Could it really have some negative energy or is all this "magic" just matter of belief? As I said it's important to me as the gift from father has huge meaning and I just don't know for sure how to feel about it now. Opinions? Knowledge? Please..
Ok video is esoteric so let's talk magick 😎 While the old Norse might not have actually used the runes for magick or divination in the way that people try to use them now, it doesn't mean you can't use them. Magick is all about our intent shaping the world around us. I could take the letter B and say that that letter symbolizes books and is therefore useful in spells to enhance knowledge or learning. As long as I believe it I can essentially use the letter B as a sigil in that way. If I get hundreds or thousands of other people to use the letter B as a sigil in the same way the intent and magick piles up, making it stronger. So basically, while the Elder Futhark wasn't originally used for magick, I firmly believe that it can be used as such now thanks to the evolution of people's intent and desires.
This made me think of an ancient Roman bathrooms graffiti. It read "here I had a good sh*t" but, when read in latin, it sounded like a harry potter spell.
Believing something to be true isn't the same as being true. Exercising and emphasising feelings over facts is precisely what led us to this sh*itshow. Thank you. Yours truly, Arith Härger.
So true. So much of what we do is intuitive. There's no way one can prove it. This is why l support this channel because you present FACTS even if it conflicts with your opinion. I appreciate that.🙌
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I appreciate what you do here, Arith :)
I agree. The runes are symbols of the universe and probably the multiverse. I don’t use them for divination because I follow the path of the Norns. You will never fully understand your fate. The runes can help you to understand it on a long term basis. New age is not something for me. I read rune stones in my vicinity. The stone and the text give me an understanding about the symbol behind this. That is the magic.
Starting to sound like a Chaote.. ;P nothing is true; everything is permitted.
Great video, now i don't feel so bad for putting my "wyrd" rune into my assorted stone bag and not using it.... i mean, i know we make our own fate and do not need a non-symbol to tell me that lol we get divination for reflection and guidance, thanks for all the gnosis you share!
I was sipping my wine and almost get it all over the screen when I heard "I'm not the christian god, I'm not jugdemental". I love this video.
Me too! Made my night 😆
Good Point. Yet, by making Such opinion jugmental Hi is. Whitch is contradictory.
@@jayman5183 no, he was objective
@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim funny
He is a naive academic who lies and demeans those who are more intelligent than he. Listen to his "Black Sun" video. This content creator is a judgemental liar. Pitiful.
Your rune videos have changed so much from when you first began. They are so much richer and full of more helpful information than in the beginning. Have you considered redoing some of your older videos?
Yes, it's true and indeed I have considered re-doing the first videos. You know, when I've started those rune-series 3 years ago, I had little more than 100 subscribers and I didn't think people were interested in those videos at all, so the first videos were just very quick explanations and ideas. Little did I know that it would have a great impact and that a lot of people would actually end up joining me here for the rune-series, so that's when I started to put a lot more time and explain a lot more about the runes. So yes, I do eventually want to re-make the first runes at least :)
@@ArithHärger thats as i suspected..your work is precious...
@@ArithHärger just wanted to say thank you and I have learned so much from your channel that helps me to grow, swallow the meat and spit out the bones, as I walk this heathen path.
@@ArithHärger these videos are my go to. Its so hard to find information that isn't just repetitive same old basic rune explanations. Leaving me feeling that so much has been left out. But your videos do a lot to get me thinking and exploring other perspectives.
"You know who ruins occultism? Occultists!"
Well said 👏
You know who lies and covers up history to maintain their existance/job? Academics who lie and know not what they speak of.
Love your wise ideas and your humor. Great video, as always! Hope for more content about runes and their use, in historical perspective and your personal experience.
Thank you friend! Thank you very much ^^
I found you through the rune videos because I was looking for a more linguistic approach, not a fluffy religious approach. Can't say I stuck to just those, either. You've been a wealth of knowledge, and I appreciate your approach to this area of history.
Exactly what I needed to keep me company on this rainy morning! Thank you for another great video about the runes ☺️
Hope you enjoy it and that it may be a useful video!
Are you two dating? Of course I'm not demanding an answer if you'd prefer not to. Just curious.
Arith, you've bulked up a lot since your first few videos! Nicely done. You are looking more like a Viking! I enjoy the videos my friend and appreciate all of your content. Stay well.
You are SUCH a fount of knowledge. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your plethora of quality lectures. They are a core contribution to my ancestral research and exploration.
You're so knowledgeable! I enjoy your videos! Thank you for sharing your gifts!
Rune yoga? That's the first time I ever heard that. Runes are special for sure. I agree not magical in a fantasy way. Yet they have a strong energy but not in a new age way. Thank you again for another great explanation.
Once again, a super fascinating listen sir.
Great video Arith, thank you for the great and useful information, keep them coming
Thank you very much friend!
Love waking up on a Sunday, coffee on hand and watch one of your videos! Especially when you mention Tolkien....reading the silmarillion right now again!
Reading Tolkien's works becomes a yearly ritual hehe. Enjoy your sunday! Cheers!
I think you do a great job of making it clear when you're talking about historical evidence and when you're discussing your personal opinion. I appreciate hearing both!
Thank you Arith your work means a lot to me & my heritage
Your beard is looking really full and healthy. Good for you. Beard goals 2020.
Went to do a search on the "Black Sun" but my fingers automatically started typing "Black Hole Sun"
Hahah can relate
Great presentation, I enjoyed and took away some useful thoughts as I often do. Can't wait to hear more regarding the runes from the western iberia in the neolithic. Very interested in that. Good thoughts your way sir!
Hey as always great video. Much appreciated
What can I say, just brilliant, as always! Thanks for the sharing, true teachings.!
*Thank you for your wonderful videos, you can see that they were made with love!* ✨💖✨
Thank you very much for this video! Can’t appreciate it enough
Thank you for another great video! A silver lining to enjoy in 2020 ☺️
Thank you for this video and for addressing the intuitive aspect of the physical representations of the rune meanings. Physical anatomical poses have power which makes complete sense they would be represented as icons. Thinking of them as stick people is actually incredibly helpful. I applaud you also for being open to continued learning. Bravo Arith!
I love your work Arith! thank you
Great video, as always! I saved watching this for today so that I wouldn't have to rush through it. Your material is so informative, with a fresh perspective, delivered with warmth and energy.
A runestone was found in Norway some weeks ago, they dated it to the 1st century, making it the oldest runestone in the world! So it seems like we did have our own writing system up here before the Romans came :) The runes were given to us by Odin! :D
It's amazing how many people just can not separate tools; from all these strange ideas floating about. The traditional runes are interesting, but they have no power to do anything. Like tarot - if your getting stuff that isn't random, it's because there is someone else there with you. I charge tarot and then the unseen guest helps to shuffle the cards.
Tarots, runes, or whatever are supports, and it's you doing the thing. You can do some divination by flushing your toilets if that's your way, your own thing. It's not important what you use, but the state of mind, It's working or not, this is personal and depending lot factors, and personal disposition.
They def do. I’m in Kundalini and I charge certain ones at certain times and things change or manifest almost immediately. They are extremely powerful.
Your videos have been invaluable to me. Thank you.
Agreed. But for what it's worth, my Swedish family past down an ancient form of casting that my father taught me. There is no archeological evidence for it, merely an ancestral tradition passed down from the Värmland region. But it's interesting that my family kept this casting of runes. 😍
Also its different that you see or hear. Also no reversed meanings as they did not focus on "duality"
Cool
My family has similar traditions of divination and magick, but we don't use anything, we just do it naturally and accept it as just a quirk of our family, but after your comment, I do wonder if the family connection enhance abilities? Would be interesting to investigate.
@@azurephoenix9546 l think so..because we have a relationship w those spirits and they can aid us in divination 🥰
Would love to learn
Fantastic information again! You validate things I feel on instinct, but then question myself because "everyone else does it this way".
Thank you so much for sharing this I’m really looking forward to looking at your other videos.
I appreciate this video so much! Thank you for sharing this knowledge
I was first introduced to runes as child when reading Tolkien books... those elves, eh?
True! hehe. I was introduced to the runes by my great grandfather when I was still very little, so of course I cared nothing about them at the time :p so basically it's with Tolkien (in my teen years) that I also started to have some interest on the runes :p
Actually, the Dwarves had the actual Germanic runes, the Elves had something similar to an imagined connection to Gaelic's connection to proto-Aryan languages.
I must say that I love your honesty , you are never afraid of updating your idea's and that shows true character ....... as to the runes and the occult .... I believe that any one interested in either should read everything they can get their hands on .... then throw from their minds anything that does not sit right .....for with all forms of magic the answers will always lie within ... however it takes a life time to learn this ....
I think the runes by themselves are not magical in nature, and some heathens may say this is "blasphemy!" lol, but if they think so.. I'm afraid they did a poor choice of spiritual path :p But the runes are just like any other type of symbol, image, icon or letter; it's not these things that are magical in nature (in my opinion, of course) but it's the human component that is essential in any expression of magic. It's the human inner capacities and the power of its own consciousness that can express magic by the use of any tool. It's like the blacksmith's hammer, by itself is just an object, just a tool, but with the human element it can create all sorts of useful and beautiful items. As I usually say, when we consult the runes we consult the higher-self.
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@@ArithHärger do you think energy gathers around objects or places by repeated associations? Like personal energy, or perhaps deity type energy, shamanic ..etc...could sort of cling to items? Sort of causing a belief the item is magical, but its the residual energy?
@@ArithHärger very true kiddo !
Talking about misconceptions: Am I the only one who always thought that the blank rune in these readymade sets was to replace one if you lost a rune? 😂
You can use it as joker, yes :)
Glad you mentioned it, I was wondering why you would use the sonnenrad in the thumbnail. Great analogy.
Love your stuff kick on love it.
I know you’ve expressed your interest in giving different divination methods - I’d love to hear your perspective on that as soon as you’re able! I have a pretty good idea on how to read my own runes but want to learn other methods.
"I'm not the Christian God. I'm not judgemental"
shots fired 👀
The absence of physical evidence does not necessarily mean the runes were not used for divination ect. Many consider their knowledge of the runes and runic practices to have come from the Gods, Ancestors themselves. I do not think we can dismiss everyone's spiritual experiences! However, the New age stuff and the blank rune ect, totally agree.
Thanks you for sharing loved your lesson . 🙏✌
10:54 so true. To be watching and listening to this video is nohing short than pure magic - as machines interprets the encodings, and gets assembled onto our screens as moving colors and sounds bytes.
33:30 is such perfect timing.
Arith, I love you perspective on the runes 😍 why won't you out it all in a book...? Would love w copy 😉😀
Thank you so much. I AM From Portugal, havê been here learning a lot.🙌
"You know who ruins occultism? Occultists!" Haha - So true, I´m cracking up. Another of your great and very well founded videos, but this particullar sentence is a true gem! ;-) Thanks for sharing.
Thank You Arith!
Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages before they adopted the Latin alphabet,
Hello Arith. - thanks so much for the video. Have you done a video exploring the Vinca Script at all? And - would you consider doing a video on the Scythians or maybe the Kievan Rus? Thanks again.
Do the sections on the horns turn to change the symbols?
ive revised my rune chart based on your posts...now,because of this,there are times when i can predict the next rune i draw based on the conversation im having...which is enough for me to say your descriptions are accurate...im a bit of a spooky old babayuga but ive been many things, also have mrs and mr crow decades before i was ever aware of norse beliefs...all my journey is backwards while going forwards ..but yeah thankyou ,previous meanings i had made runes confusing and noncommunicative....especially algiz,and ingwaz...
I guess you already know it, but the MooseLady loved this video ❤️, the stones says hi!
Thank you! Hope the Moose Goddesses and the stones aprove :p
@@ArithHärger Hahaha they do. 😂 My take on the possible stories behind these stones aren't strictly academic either, they're meant to awaken the same curiosity I have for these stones in the viewer. So I totally get what you mean with academic vs non academic. Keep going👍
Thank Arith great as always
Great video
Arith, what is your view on Sanatana Dharma(Hinduism)? I feel that what we speak of is like a sister faith/principles of nature. Do you think there are things we can use to help fill in the blanks when practicing the old faiths of our people? One more, haha do you know of and your opinion on Robert Sepehrs works?
Арит отлично, в который раз все комплексно и лаконично!!!🙂🔥🌄🌪🌊🌝🌞🌞🌞⚡🌠🌌👍🤝
"Live, laugh and love... ooch frightning" almost made me spit my coffee out, thank the gods I never had a tattoo done...just yet :)
I generally use the runes to set intention. If I want a protection charm I'd write runes I associate with protection. And as a hobby I like making designs containing runes or combinations of them to represent certain ideas. But I've tried divination and I seem to be terrible at it. I'm so jealous of those who can! The most I can do is read smoke from candles
Probably one of my favorite contributions of your own work!
No as much for the acedemia! But, for clearing up, in no uncertain terms, the difference between 20th century ideology! i.e. detrimental harm done by the Nazi party!
Everything Germanic/Nordic and even Gaileic, now is connected to 1940's Germany.
It's so frustrating to be confused with a political party while just respectfully honoring your own ancestory... Especially when said party has Nothing if only a little to do with said party
Fantastic video and very important. By all means let your love of the past inspire you in your use of the runes but don't feel the need to conflate history which is fixed with spirituality which is personal and fluid. They are both valid but nonetheless distinct
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Thanks, Arith. Clarified some points for me.
As you said in video about tattoos Slavic people had tattoos on their bodies (according to the book written by Ibn Fadlan). Did they have runic tattoos? Any information on that? Or those were just pictures or anything else. If there's such information.
Or it's also not that common, because as a Russian I remember those Slavic people depicted in books or cartoons from my childhood and they didn't have tattoos.
So, I'm saying that Ibn Fadlan is the only source about Slavs having tattoos.
Just a brief answer if you have any info.
Thanks for the videos anyway
Still think I'm getting a Munin tattoo. Runes just flat out look badass, but at least Im informed now, too.
The Svingerud Stone, which dates back to between the years 1 and 250 AD, suggests that the runes might have been in use in Tacitus's time!
I agree with and respect your approach to the runes. I also use them for divination and realize there is no real historical context for this practice. I would be very interested in any further discussion with you about modern runic divination as I have practiced this for many years, and have added some character of my own similar to the lineage of Icelandic midlevel magical practices, however, they are not directly descendent thereof. I have always had a deep interest in the ultimate origin of runic symbols, including non- germanic usages. I am wondering if I might inquire of your opinion of any connection or relationship between Germanic usage and proto-Turkish lettering systems because there is much graphic similarity between the two sets of symbols. My education is clearly lesser than your own in these respects. It seems that peoples of the Asian steppes migrated through Turkish regions to help populate the Northern European areas including Scandinavia. Thank you for your work to preserve what truth we actually have about runic tradition.
Weird question.
If you look over your left shoulder. Is that a step stool? Is it hanging on the wall?
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I jump from a 2018 video to this one and that beard though......This man really is doing his ancestry proud with those biceps and forearms.
I would so love you to cover the concept of what is termed Wyrd.. or Urd or urðr forgive me if that is totally wrong making the effort..no swedish or norse known by me. Such a concept would empower so many of us descendants in Europe and anywhere really. Would love to hear your take on the subject matter etc. for me whom studied physics at one time it completely encompasses probability and quantum much much better in a way discernable to people .. ...anyway would love to see a video on it from yourself .. from either an Archaeology / Anthropology view or otherwise.
I take it that the people who thumbs down on this video either didn't like what he had to say because it conflicted with their beliefs or just because their trolls. We know how to deal with trolls
I think the reason why I can actually connect to reading tarot is because it's new. It's based on how I see the world (the way I read ofc) and not how people in the past did. For me it's not a plus or a minus if something has a tradition, in a sense that it won't get better just because other people used to do it. That's one of the reasons I'm not sure I'll use runes, it seems to connect to a culture (even if just in theory) that's too different from me. Assumptions, I know XD but I enjoy using tarot to help myself and hopefully others because it males sense to me. That's all. :)
I have a feeling this question has been answered by the part of the video that points out the origin of the elder futhark and that we may not even have all the runes that existed, but: where does the part about the three aetts come from?
Have you seen the Phoenician alphabet? it look a lot like Runes, Iberia is a common factor, but the timeline don´t fit.. Runegymanastik, lol maybe it was used on the signal hills (bavnehøje)
i would like to hear your oppinion on turkic runes 🙏🏼
I look up to u arith u inspire me thank u so much for all that u do
On rune yoga, is it possible to teach an unknowing person some version of rune yoga, false yoga to the person practicing it, as a means to rob them of some vital internal essence or such?
how come you dont have dagaz in your rune serie videos, it would be useful to me :(
I haven't finished the series yet hehe. All in due time ^^
For the record, the use of tarot as anything more than a card game (of which we also know very little) only dates back a couple hundred years, not as far back as most tarot users (of which I am, as well as runes) like to make believe either. The idea that it is "ancient" comes mostly from the Golden Dawn (late 19th century), popularized by "Gypsy Fortune tellers/tarot readers"- also mostly gothic/romance author's invention.
well as u said ... there where incraved on decaying materials (wood) for devination as stated by the romans.....and like u said only 200 years later they appear to be used in general ....when comparing these point with the song of odin it does indeed makes since that runes was magical staves initialy .......🙏🏼
Could you do a video about alleged hauntings and ghosts and supernatural events as we now say ? Given Halloween is around the corner 😎
Hello Arith, which runes is the reincarnation rune? I can tell you are a sun and moon worshipper, THAT'S GREAT.
A blank rune makes sense to me, I see many blank or what I would call open area's in your video, I would say this represent either openness, receptivity, or sameness. In art, or writing most mediums are blank and I think the main purpose is to collect energy, matter, data, or information, to see the potentials of an individual, which relate to nutrition and media inputs. Thus people can be guided or directed into other areas of the market or initiatory/academic hierarchies, for profit and for power as well as universal realization.
Thank you
Love your videos brother!!! SKÀL💀🍻
I find it funny but at same time sad that you keep having to justify and explain what is meant for what... people in this day and age can't think for themselves :( Thank you for all your great videos and effort to put them out!
And it's especially sad when I do philosophical videos and I have to explain and warn people that I'm not trying to indoctrinate them but actually just sharing a philosophical perspective. People are naturally mistrustful, but that mistrust was highly augmented in this new Era of ours, with so much fake news and with technology being able to even create false images and completely distort the truth in new and more convincing ways, to the point that people even question the reality of events happening right in front of them. It's not entirely people's fault. But to a certain extent it is, when people prefer to rely on information that pops up on memes on Facebook, rather than reading books.
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@@ArithHärger Speaking of these books, do you have a video/are planning to do a video of books you find are a good source of information regarding runes/mythology/history. In regards to having to explain, people tend to dismiss evidence simply because it does not fit with what they believe to be true. Keep up the good work.
I love the term “purely nerd”
Great information, as usual.
I've never understood reconstructionists.
Do they just stop their practice when they get to parts of veneration or worship
that have no information?
I'm a neo-pagan. I'm fully aware most of what I do is not historically accurate.
I'm just curious.
Hey Arith, would you say that runic numerology is something that germanic people did in pre christian times? Or is it also an addition from recent centuries?
I'm curious, where in Tolkien's fictions do you find him presenting the runes as a magical device? As far as I know in LOTR and The Hobbit they are just the writing of the Dwarves, used to mark their maps, tombs, etc.. It's true he puts writing on the door to Moria, but this is Elvish script (not runes) and really only gives a clue, the true magic is voice-activated.
Hello there! Good question. In the Song of Durin it speaks of "runes of power", this appears in several instances, not just the power of the runes at the Moria Gate/Door, which are clearly magical as they are activated by voice therefore they have magic in them and not just for writing, but also the "moon runes" in the Hobbit, whose magic hides them and can only be read at that special moon; remember Merry and Pippin's swords (Books) which contain runes and are of great ancient power; Tolkien (in The Hobbit) stated that the magic swords of elven folk had their names in runes, although it doesn't specifically say that the runes give power or magic, but they are runes engraved on magic objects and not on ordinary objects, which may indicate the idea of "runes of power"; according to Bilbo's song, Earendil's shield had runes for warding, so this gives them a specific magic purpose. This idea of runes in the shield is also mentioned for the runes in objects with similar effects such as on the Helm of Hador and the warhorn that Eowyn gives to Merry after the defeat of Sauron (in the books again). What Tolkien demonstrates here, especially in these three last cases, is that the runes themselves enhance the powers/intentions for which the objects have been created. Although it is true that the function of Runes in Tolkien's works are more focused on written forms of the peoples' of Middle Earth, he does make quite a few mentions of runes of power. But the "problem" here isn't Tolkien. The idea that Runes (real historical runes) have magic, was also influenced by Tolkien's works, but not necessarily by Tolkien himself but by his readers. Tolkien didn't state that historical runes were for magic, but his readers have drawn that conclusion due to his works, and many authors that came after started to give magical purposes for runes, hence influencing further this idea concerning real historical runes.
@@ArithHärger Thank you for producing the receipts on Tolkien! It has been a while since I last read any of those works.
From my understanding the older fuþark runes had their own indivudual meaning, similar to phygian and greek alphabets. Divination of the norse would probably be a type of osteomancy or bone casiting, broze age symbols and runes could then be used as away to keep track on the different pieces. Magic through wording and symbolism was supposedly common in IA la tene germanic and gallic era, by greek acconts. So maybe not similar to the modern view, but also not as far. This is only a speculation, we do not know.
Never trust guy who says he doesn't care about what you believe in .be very careful friends
Knowst how to carve them? How to interpret them?
Knowst how to colour them? How to test them?
Knowst how to ask them? How to offer them?
Knowst how to send them? How to stop them?
Do u know any good source for Norse gods worship and offreings
Hello, stuck in 3rd video here on channel which seems to me as most rational. And what brought me into all of this mystic stuff is symbolism itself and specifically one question that is important to me. I've got a present from my father to my 18th birthday and it is silver necklace with the "peace" "nuclear disarmament" symbol. And later I came across information that it's in fact harmful "yr" rune representing death and misery and reversed protection and life rune.. can anyone tell me what should I think about it? Could it really have some negative energy or is all this "magic" just matter of belief? As I said it's important to me as the gift from father has huge meaning and I just don't know for sure how to feel about it now. Opinions? Knowledge? Please..
I had something very old with runes on it. It had a rune I remember that had a wheel type of rune on it. Have you seen one like this?
Ok video is esoteric so let's talk magick 😎
While the old Norse might not have actually used the runes for magick or divination in the way that people try to use them now, it doesn't mean you can't use them. Magick is all about our intent shaping the world around us.
I could take the letter B and say that that letter symbolizes books and is therefore useful in spells to enhance knowledge or learning. As long as I believe it I can essentially use the letter B as a sigil in that way. If I get hundreds or thousands of other people to use the letter B as a sigil in the same way the intent and magick piles up, making it stronger.
So basically, while the Elder Futhark wasn't originally used for magick, I firmly believe that it can be used as such now thanks to the evolution of people's intent and desires.
This made me think of an ancient Roman bathrooms graffiti. It read "here I had a good sh*t" but, when read in latin, it sounded like a harry potter spell.
Why is there the black sun in your thumbnail?
The answer to your question is in the content of the video itself.
Hello! I don't know if you'll se this comment but I wanted to know if you can reccomend good books about Norse mythology. Thank you =)