The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Curriculum of Rune-work Kindle Edition

Naïveté led me to purchase this, but that is no reason to say this is a bad book. I was looking for more of a over-view of the more traditional aspects of the runes. I understood that there is very little out there in a 'official pre-christian' regard, but I didn't realize just how 'ceremonial magick' this course was. I had read the reviews that said that it was rather Golden Dawn-ish, and figured it had SOME aspects like that, but... The course is absolutely like the Golden Dawn/OTO/AA when it comes to the structure. I fully understand that there is nearly no information (as noted before) of pre-christian worship/etc, and that 'holes need to be filled', but this is a bit more 'high magic' than I would have wanted.None of the above means that it is a BAD book. It just seems to have been presented in a way that led me to believe that it was a different book than it was. I'm sure that there are plenty of people that will find this to be a great guide. And, I also agree that this wouldn't be the best first book on runes (for reasons other than the above), as the 'required reading' for the first part is rather lengthy. If one wanted to pursue this rigorous path (which it is shown to be when you read the book), you'll probably want to get this, yet be prepared to immediately buy several more books before even beginning things.Hope this helps someone who is looking into getting this!!!

Imagine if your Crystal-gripping, new-ager aunt suddenly went goth. That’s the gist of this book and all the Setian/rune gild stuff. It’s Earthbound self-help crap on dark mode. Smudging, meditation, breathing exercises, “Om”ing; but all clad in black robes and edgy pseudo-spiritual, semi-fascist jargon. Not to mention the CONSTANT plugging of more books to buy, clubs to join, and garbage to believe.If you take the text seriously, it should take several years to read the book completely, and then you have to write an essay just to get your bona fides. And I won’t even get into the questions regarding just how the author would explain the uncanny resemblances between these doctrines and those of Tarot and Kabbalah. It looks an awful lot like Thelema with a Norse coat of paint.The little band of Satanic PhDs that has formed around and about the Temple of Set is desperately trying to cast their beliefs in the light of academic respectability, all the while using obscurantism and esoteric mumbo-jumbo to conceal the fact that the so-called “Secret Doctrines” can easily be derived from any number of readily available public sources. Save your money, and just read Plato and Aristotle. Everything you need to know is in there.

I own a previous edition of this book as a member of the Rune Gild. Right away, the new edition is noticeably more durable. That matters as a book that I reference many times, and will find use for years to come. The recommended reading lists have been updated as well. Illustrations are great, fonts are easy to read, and my overall impression is 5 stars! I already know the curriculum inside the book is both demanding and rewarding.Buy this book! Seek the mystery!

I owned a previous edition of this book, and there are several huge improvements in this new edition. The text has been re-formatted, making it easier to read. Existing diagrams have been cleaned up or enlarged, and there are several new diagrams and photos. All of the revisions contribute to making this Runic work book much easier to use. Another thing is that the paper and covers are more durable than the previous edition - which is very helpful as it is the type of book that you will be re-reading and flipping through many times.The book itself is spectacular. I remember feeling very impressed by it and excited when I first read it. It is essentially a book of exercises for those who would dare to seek the primal Mysteries themselves, within the Germanic tradition. The approach is one that encourages individual experience and developing power within yourself - It is in many ways the dynamic opposite of dogmatic modern religions that demand belief and faith, but don't encourage experimentation. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Runes, the Rune Gild, or Germanic mysticism and magic in general.

Scrolling is not an option, which makes this book hard to read, as there is a lot of information to skip if you’ve read Futhark and are already disciplined with basic meditation.Some of the verbiage is super hammy, and I’m personally not a fan of being given specific time lines for learning something (it just creates a mental block, which defeats the purpose anyway). But some people may enjoy spending a whole year learning just the name and meaning of each rune before advancing to the next step.The lack of being able to scroll is what killed this book for me, which sucks, because there’s a ton of good information in it. I think the kindle version should be priced at $5 at most. Add the scroll feature and this book bumps up a star.

The Nine Doors of Midgard is a curriculum for serious Rune Seekers. It is the foundation that Rune Gilders must lay to truly advance in esoteric transformation. It is Epic, after all these years, for the Rune Gild to offer the public an updated version for our current times. Anyone can follow the curriculum for their own personal advancement. Powerful are the ones that do.I, as well as a couple of my comrades (those of us that have the older edition), appreciate that the new edition is a modern improvement from the older edition.I, perhaps unlike my comrades, am partial to the older version of the Nine Doors of Midgard. The reading list of course....is outdated. Any person pursuing that curriculum would be well advised to continue to seek the reading list of later editions. :)

I first read this book in 1996, when I joined the Rune-Gild. It is the training manual for that organization, and presents a scheme of self-initiation via a lengthy and thorough programme of work. At that time I bought the Llewellyn edition, one of those books where they use vanishing glue on the spine and so it eventually becomes loose leaf. Then for some time it was only available as a Gild internal document, so the new edition brings this extraordinary work to the wider world in a form which does not fall apart.The scheme is very thorough, and amounts to a daily practice that you build up from a progressive menu of workings, new ones introduced in each of the 9 sections or 'Doors'. The work includes daily rituals, rune contemplation, magical diary (PAD or personal analysis diary), Germanic soul lore, breath and sound exercises that lead up to operative rune-galdor, the carving of runes leading up to the creation of runic talismans or spells, how to do rune-readings, energy circulation using runes and working with wights, both the lesser ones such as dwarves and the gods of Asgard. This scheme of magical work leads via the construction of a magical self (the Wode-Self), the composition of your own Rune-Poem and a brief introduction to seith, including utiseta ('sitting out' to discover your fylgia-animal) to the writing of your Master Work.There is also a very useful reading list for each Door. The whole thing will take you at least three years and is designed to take you to Mastery, which is where your mentoring Rune-Gild Master and other Masters of the Gild declare that you have reached a stage where you are expected to teach. Thus the Gild maintains a high standard of transmission of magical learning.If you are at all serious about working in the Northern tradition of magic, then you need to read this book.

Good text for heathens who want to develop their spirituality. Works well with other books on the Runes themselves. So I would buy a rune book first and then this one that guides you into different exercises. It encourages good practices such as completing a Galdor book also called a reflective practice journal (if you are a professional) or an emotional diary (if you are seeing a therapist/psychologist) or a book of shadows (if you are a wiccan). Really good, recommended if you want to develop your spirituality.

Complex and dense. What I didn’t know was to fully use the coursework. Other books by Thorsson have to be purchased to understand fully what the runes, and course, entail.

Very useful for anyone interested in Norse mythology and the study of Runes

Already have one of the original print copies. Got this to see what has been added. Ek Vitki.