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Editorial, Rune-Gild Magazine June 30th, 2010 by admin

Rune-Gild Magazine #2 – Summer 2010

Welcome to issue two of Rune-Gild Magazine, a quarterly magazine covering exoteric and esoteric runology, Germanic history and culture, modern heathenry, and related subjects.

Contents and Staff

Contents From the Editor News and Events Runes in Action by Michael Kelly Deadheading Our Lives – A Harvest Ritual by Hjalldis Interview with Rune-Gild Master Ristandi by Ariman Ancient Stories, Timeless Wisdom: R[...]

From the Editor

It took me awhile to figure out how to approach the editorial for this issue.  There wasn’t any pressing subject or Needful topic.  At first I thought, “Hey, it’s summer.  We’ve worked hard and everything is c[...]

News and Events

NEWS Experts discover 35,000-year-old flute in Germany Midsummer in magical ‘marka’ Yarn crafts and knitting festival promoting Nordic art to take place in Iceland Ancient Norse Settlements Hit Cold Spell Sealed W[...]

Runes in Action

by Michael Kelly Runes are often used in a manner that suggests that they are somehow separate from and outside of the everyday business of life.  They will be consulted in divination, or carved and sent in an operative[...]

Deadheading Our Lives — A Harvest Ritual

by Hjalldis Although it is currently summer, autumn and the harvest is right around the corner, with Winter-Nights and Yule following closely behind.  In order for you to have some time to prepare for the harvest, consi[...]

Interview with Master Ristandi

As his bio on our Contributors page states, Master Ristandi has worked with the Northern Mysteries for over two decades, since he first discovered Edred’s works in 1987. After formally joining the Gild in 1993, he was [...]

Ancient Stories, Timeless Wisdom

by P.D. Brown, Ristandi, and Lothar Tuppan Ragnarök The Norse mythological cycle is brought to a close with the Ragnarök, a cataclysmic and catastrophic narrative where a host of frost giants, fire ogres, troll wives, [...]

Analysis and Review of Orality and Literacy by Walter J. Ong

by P.D. Brown This article was originally published in Rûna Magazine “Orality and Literacy — The Technologizing of the Word” by Walter J. Ong. Routledge. London & New York 1993. ISBN 0-415-02796-9. This book w[...]

True Homesteading

A Bit of Butter Lore and How-to by Angi Killough When I began this article on butter I thought to myself, is there really that much to say about butter?  As usual, one never knows where one might end up when chasing ans[...]