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Way of the Weaver
E21: How to Use the Runes Without Being Racist
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Jamie Waggoner and Murphy Robinson
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Season 1
On this episode we’re talking about one of our favorite divination tools: Runes! The Runes are a medieval alphabet from the Norse cultures of Scandinavia. They are often used in the present day for divination, spellcraft, and magical writing. Murphy teaches us about where the Runes come from, how modern pagans use them, how hate groups have coopted them in the past and present, and how we can use them in our non-racist magical practice while being sensitive to these awful associations.
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- Murphy Robinson: https://www.mountainsongexpeditions.com/
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Resources for this episode...
- Taking Up the Runes by Diana Paxson
- History of the Runes article: https://www.ancient.eu/runes/
- Story of the origin of the Runes: Havamal, stanzas 138-144
- An article on what Runes were and weren’t used for in Viking times: https://medium.com/yoursoul/the-runes-what-you-should-know-c499c877f6ed
- Source on Runes used in Divination: Tacitus, Cornelius. Germany and It’s Tribes. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0083%3Achapter%3D10
- Anti-Defamation League hate symbols database: https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbols/search
- Asatru Folk Assembly (white supremacist homesteader pagans – yikes!): https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/06/15/how-whites-only-group-plans-turn-rural-tennessee-its-homeland
- Advanced Bonewits’ Cult Danger Evaluation Frame
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