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    Cover of Runelore

    Runelore

    Edred Thorsson · 1987

    Fantasy
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    2recommend
    3mentions
    2people
    2018–2020years
    67% recommend33% neutral

    Mentions per year

    201820192020

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    1. FjolsvithSep 2020
      Would recommend the book "Runelore" by Edred Thorsson (he has many on runic technology).
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    2. devmunchiesSep 2020
      Runelore and Futhark, both by thorsson. Other being “runes and the origins of writing” by benoist.
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    3. FjolsvithDec 2018
      I'm of the mind that soul involves the encoding in DNA and the magnetic fields generated and sensed by the electrical systems of the body.

      When you have a group of people "gathered together" ("In my name") there surely must be a subtle but coherent magnetic field that interacts with the physical to bring about "unexplainable phenomena". Perhaps the notion of God/gods could be explained this way.

      Indo-european rune technology involves subtle magnetic fields in complex shapes, and are believed to affect the physical in "non-deterministic" ways as well. [1]

      1. "Runelore" by Edred Thorsson

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