Rune Might: The Secret Practices of the German Rune Magicians - Edred Thorsson 2018

Footnotes

*1 List and other writers of this period, following the lead of both academics and Theosophists, referred to the group of people we now call the Indo-Europeans with this rather antiquated and now somewhat tainted word. (The word Aryan can still be used legitimately with reference to ancient Indo-Iranian language and culture.)

*2 In English an equivalent effect to Wiligut’s Gôt could be achieved by replacing the word God with the neologism “Gode.”

*3 The book’s full title is Der Weg zu den Müttern inmitten der Kette der Wiedergeburten, wiederentdeckt in dem Raunen der Runen und der Technik der Runen-Übungs-Anlagen (The Way to the Mothers amid the Chains of the Reincarnated Ones, Rediscovered in the Whispering of the Runes and the Runic Exercise System Techniques).

*4 Information on this radio emission by Cygnus A is available in many basic astronomy textbooks; see, for example, Isaac Asimov, The Universe (1968), pp. 284ff.

*5 For the sake of convenience and clarity, all references to the geometrical points of the antenna structure to be activated refer to the figure on this page, while references to the mantric formula are depicted in the figure here.

*6 This is a reference to a myth concerning the Norse god Odin/Wuotan, who pledges one of his eyes to gain the knowledge and wisdom housed in the well of a giant named Mimir, whose name signifies memory.

*7 Translator’s note: On pages Chapter 7 of Kurtzahn’s book, the formula FOHABY is interpreted in the following manner:

where “fire” is the all-encompassing origin of everything.

*8 As a side note, it seems most likely that the name of the famous Stonehenge site in England reflects a similar history: the word “Stonehenge” can be interpreted as deriving from Old English stan-hengen, “stone gallows.” This may mean that the site was used by the invading Anglo-Saxons to execute prisoners of war as they met stiff resistance from the Romanized Britons in the southwestern part of the island in the fifth century.

About the Author

Edred Thorsson, is the founder of the Rune—Gild and one of the top experts on runes alive today. He received his doctorate in Germanic languages and medieval studies from the University of Texas at Austin and studied the history of occultism at the University of Göttingen, Germany. He is the author of other well-known books on runes, including Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic and The Nine Doors of Midgard.