More Than an Alphabet
The runes are far more than an alphabet. Each of the 24 Elder Futhark runes encodes a cosmic principle, and their use for divination connects modern practitioners to a tradition stretching back nearly two millennia. The runes were the writing system of the Germanic peoples, but they were also — and remain — a divination tool.
The Völva Tradition
In the Norse tradition, the völva was the seeress who cast the runes and read them. She spoke from the deep winter of the old ways — terse, grounded in earth, weather, and the harsh realities of survival. The Runes tool on SpiritWave Labs works in this voice.
Related Traditions
- Cast the Runes — the working tool
- Scandinavian traditions — the cultural context
- The Cosmic Library — all divination traditions