Author Description

Created about 1800 years ago, the Runes are ancient symbols of enduring power and beauty that retained continuity of meaning over time. The traditional Rune system was structured to provide a means for self-knowledge, discovery, spiritual evolution, and divination. The Runes are symbols for transformative energy work that guide and shape life on Earth. RUNE PLAY guides the reader toward understanding the flow of life in the ever-spiraling Rune cycle and the Runes' essential energies through exercises and fun activities intended to build bridges between the waking consciousness and the subconscious to enhance spiritual growth and life purpose. The book introduces the energetic properties of the Runes of the Elder Futhark through the Triad presented by the three Rune rows (Aetts), meditative exercises, making one's own Rune set and pouch, writing the Runes, reading the Runes intuitively, and using color intuitively for magical intention. After one masters the basics presented, the reader learns how the Runes are interwoven with the Enneagram, which Susan Hintz Epstein presents as a potential correlation with the Valknut, a mysterious symbol that Viking Rune masters may have met during their journeys in the Middle East. The Runes became the medium through which Susan links the two symbols in accord with Gurdjieff's Laws of Three and Seven. By the time the reader has finished the book, they should have a working knowledge of the Runes for divination, spiritual growth, and calling forth energies needful for life. If the Runes call you, you are invited to open the first page and "Come on in!" Dog ear the pages and wear out the book!