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# ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology

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## Customer Reviews

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    Rune magic for the serious scholar/linguist
  

*by I***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2015*

As a long-time Heathen and former rune reader with an academic background, I was seriously impressed by this book.  Thorsson finally shakes off the Ceremonial Magick/Temple of Set influence that pervades his older work, and makes a serious effort to keep runecraft rooted in its Germanic context.  Only a few problems keep ALU from earning a full five stars:First, my reader software (Kindle for PC) had trouble handling the special characters which Thorsson often uses to spell terms in ancient languages.  When those characters accidentally broke up a word, or wouldn't enlarge with the rest of the text, I found it much harder to read.Second, ALU sometimes feels like a commercial for the Rune-Gild and/or Runa-Raven Press.  Much of Thorsson's original research is available only through those channels; this discourages curious readers from checking the sources more closely.Third and last, Thorsson assumes that none of his audience will want to do runic work in a language other than English or Old Norse.  That may well be true for _most_ of them; but at the risk of sounding snarky, I've written Modern Swedish (still Germanic!) in the Elder Futhark for years.  (There are some early Norse inscriptions in Sweden that use the Elder version, so my choice isn't completely ahistorical.)Except for those relatively minor flaws, ALU does an outstanding job of explaining how Heathens should expect rune magic to work -- given the lore and inscriptions discovered so far.  It never borrows from Hindu, Kabbalistic, or other unrelated traditions; and the tables actually summarize the main text.  This book proves that mundane and magical runology don't have to conflict with each other.

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    The Leading Scholar on Runes Brings Even More
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2013*

Definitely worth the read! From one the most leading experts on runes today, comes new and great material for the advanced student. I have been practicing runes for 12 years now and have worked mostly out of Edred's books, so it is great that he has given us some new material to experiment with. This book Alu goes further to define the runes and how to awaken them with in the self. Also you get a better understanding of how to read the runes for divination. Most other authors try compare the runes to the tarot but the runes are runes not the tarot and should not be read in the same manner. That is one of the biggest frustrations with almost every author other on runes. They don't examine the tradition of Runelore and the Teutonic way which leads to them making up their own system. Edred shows his readers the true essence of the runes and how the were originally read and worked by Norsemen.

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    Not a Beginner book - but then, I'm not a true beginner
  

*by J***H on Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014*

I liked the addition of the Anglo-Frisian Younger Futhork. I think the only problem I had with this book was the continual reference to Nine Doors of Midgard - which is very difficult to find if you're not interested in joining the Rune-Gild.This is definitely not a book to start studying the Runes with, but it does fit nicely in with his other books on Runes. I would recommend also finding a copy of his Mystery of the Goths and reading other books on the Germanic people in order to get a full context for studying the Runes.

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