Written by Ash Embla
Runes of the Gods is a 74-page devotional and poetic guide that bridges Norse mythology, ancestral remembrance, and animist practice. Through the lens of the Elder Futhark, each chapter explores the living relationship between the runes and the deities who embody their forces, Odin, Freyja, Thor, Hel, Skadi, and others of the Æsir and Vanir.
Blending mythic storytelling, ritual instruction, and reflective writing, the book invites readers to approach the runes not as symbols to study, but as living beings to converse with. It offers altar practices, invocations, and meditations to awaken direct relationship with these divine currents, where the gods, the ancestors, and the natural world meet in the sacred language of the runes.
This work is not an academic text but a living prayer, a map for remembering what the body already knows: that language is magic, and that the gods still breathe through wind, stone, and human hands.
The book is structured as a journey through myth and ritual, guiding the reader into direct relationship with the runes and the deities who embody them. Each chapter follows a rhythmic format that includes:
Mythic Retelling — narrative explorations of Norse gods and their rune.
Magical Correspondences — reflections on the energetic and symbolic qualities of specific runes.
Ritual or Altar Practice — guided ways to work with each force through embodiment, offering, or meditation.
Readers are invited to move through the book intuitively, either from beginning to end or by opening to the chapter that calls to them. There is no hierarchy, only rhythm, echoing the cyclical movement of nature and the runes themselves. The tone is reverent and contemplative, encouraging personal ritual, creative engagement, and deep listening.
The book concludes with a poetic invocation and afterword, uniting myth, memory, and practice into a living prayer for reconnection with the sacred.
Written by Ash Embla
Runes of the Gods is a 74-page devotional and poetic guide that bridges Norse mythology, ancestral remembrance, and animist practice. Through the lens of the Elder Futhark, each chapter explores the living relationship between the runes and the deities who embody their forces, Odin, Freyja, Thor, Hel, Skadi, and others of the Æsir and Vanir.
Blending mythic storytelling, ritual instruction, and reflective writing, the book invites readers to approach the runes not as symbols to study, but as living beings to converse with. It offers altar practices, invocations, and meditations to awaken direct relationship with these divine currents, where the gods, the ancestors, and the natural world meet in the sacred language of the runes.
This work is not an academic text but a living prayer, a map for remembering what the body already knows: that language is magic, and that the gods still breathe through wind, stone, and human hands.
The book is structured as a journey through myth and ritual, guiding the reader into direct relationship with the runes and the deities who embody them. Each chapter follows a rhythmic format that includes:
Mythic Retelling — narrative explorations of Norse gods and their rune.
Magical Correspondences — reflections on the energetic and symbolic qualities of specific runes.
Ritual or Altar Practice — guided ways to work with each force through embodiment, offering, or meditation.
Readers are invited to move through the book intuitively, either from beginning to end or by opening to the chapter that calls to them. There is no hierarchy, only rhythm, echoing the cyclical movement of nature and the runes themselves. The tone is reverent and contemplative, encouraging personal ritual, creative engagement, and deep listening.
The book concludes with a poetic invocation and afterword, uniting myth, memory, and practice into a living prayer for reconnection with the sacred.
