The Book of Runes; A Handbook for the Use of an Ancient Oracle, the Viking Runes

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Stated first editions; first printing (full number line); through probably a later edition. Grey large duodecimo or small octavo, gilt to front board and spine, 149 pages, b&w illustrations, 19 cm. Fine with extremely minor extermal wear. Bindery flaw: rear board slightly narrower that front board. No jacket, as issued. Hardcover.

A handbook to learning the viking runes and their meanings. Includes layouts for reading runes, a history of the ruens, a picture guide, a pronunciation guide, and list of variations fro Old English, Modern English, Germanic, Etruscan, and pre-runic symbols. Harvard graduate, cultural anthropologist, writer, and publisher Ralph H. Blum has been working with and teaching the Viking Runes as a tool for self-counseling since 1977. Series: Oracle books. Contents: The oracle of the self -- Emergence of the runes -- Consulting the oracle -- Runemal: the art fo rune casting -- Runecraft: three new spreads -- A destiny profile -- Theater of the self -- Afterword: magic in the present tense. Runes, Oracles.// Divination