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Greetings ladies & gentle/men (& anyone else that may not cover). I've been here for a few days now, & have already added some (rather lengthy for the most part, I suppose) posts to the stack. First & foremost, my sun sign should be noted (I am a leo); I have joined the board to create an "uncomfort...

Well put emoshin. I think that, first, we need to understand that good & evil are illusory constructs utilized by man to make sense of the world around us. Some people are of the opinion that eating another human being is fine, as long as it is done according to the customs of the people. Other peop...

actually, wicca existed before the Gardenian and Alexandrian followers as it was around as a 1 of the studies of the Acient Egyptians Do you have any supporting arguments for this? I am of the opinion, through fourteen years of research into religion, & the use of logic, that Wicca took on Egyption...

I think I lost you there, lol, You surely can't be saying that what we now know as the ogham markings and what we call runes have no similarities? One could also argue that they actually date back to hieroglyphs and early curatic artwork? Not no similarities, no. There are some similarities in idea...

This is by no means a short or novice list, but it certainly helps to have as much grounding in the traditional materials as possible. Old Norwegian Rune Rhyme Old Icelandic Rune Poem Old English Rune Poem All of the Eddas & Sagas (a solid understanding of the people that utilized the system is help...

ahhh but distinguishing celtic and germanic and staves and runes would also have to take into consideration other written languages that were also possibly around and could also be given the credit for helping the evolution of a symbol derived divination method? Or are we talking written language h...

Why do you make that distinction? I still think that Cornelius was describing staves not runes. Have you read the original pieces? My apologies. you are correct, Tacitus makes no distinction as to what he means by "certain marks". However, if you are trying to argue that Tacitus was indeed speaking...

Gem wrote: One could say that the whole resurrection of runes is pure conjecture on everybody's part too?

Absolutely. Of course, I suppose we could say the same of reality :P

Yeah, sorry, I have a problem with people that I perceive as charlatans (& there are, unfortunately, too many among us). I sometimes feel it as a duty to the community to attempt to expose people like that. Sometimes, it goes well, other times, it blows up in my face. My intentions are, however, alw...

Yes, Fehu is generally considered the name for the first glyph of the Elder Fuþark. I believe that it's strictly a Proto-Germanic word, but I may be mistaken. Proto-Germanic is, however, a reconstructed language based on Grimm's law, so that is of course, mere conjecture on everybody's part.

As a general rule, something with a firm grounding in visual recognition, such as, an alphabet (be it mystical or otherwise) should only be considered related if they look similar. Otherwise, it's just the idea that is related. If nobody asked "stupid" questions, ignorance would reign supreme & we w...

This is a commentary on the article describing cinemind.com/atwater/GodHistory.html]Goddess Runes by P.M.H. Atwater. Referenced in the post by Earl. Disclaimer: This is only my opinion & thoughts on the subject. I'm not stating this as matter of fact. I invite anyone interested to discuss this in a ...

Actually, Publius Cornelius Tacitus was referring to the runes (or some precursor or derivative thereof) not the Ogham. The quote is from Tacitus' Germania. There is a version in the original latin here , or in english here . It's a relativly short read, & somewhat informative, however, remember tha...