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       Runic Amulets and Magic Objects by Mindy MacLeod.
   DIR By: Alfred Raeburne
       Date: October 27, 2014, 6:24 pm
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       "The runic alphabet, in use for well over a thousand years, was
       employed by various Germanic groups in a variety of ways,
       including, inevitably, for superstitious and magical rites.
       Formulaic runic words were inscribed onto small items that could
       be carried for good luck; runic charms were carved on metal or
       wooden amulets to ensure peace or prosperity. There are
       invocations and allusions to pagan and Christian gods and
       heroes, to spirits of disease, and even to potential lovers. Few
       such texts are completely unique to Germanic society, and in
       fact, most of the runic amulets considered in this book show
       wide-ranging parallels from a variety of European cultures. The
       question of whether runes were magical or not has divided
       scholarship in the area. Early criticism embraced fantastic
       notions of runic magic - leading not just to a healthy
       scepticism, but in some cases to a complete denial of any
       magical element whatsoever in the runic inscriptions. This book
       seeks to re-evaulate the whole question of runic sorcery,
       attested to not only in the medieval Norse literature dealing
       with runes but primarily in the fascinating magical texts of the
       runic inscriptions themselves. Dr MINDY MCLEOD teaches in the
       Department of Linguistics, Deakin University, Melbourne; Dr
       BERNARD MEES teaches in the Department of History at the
       University of Melbourne."
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