Rune Games

by Marijane Osborn, Stella Longland

English

Genres: Divination

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Marijane Osborn is a retired professor at the University of California in Davis. Her course in life was set in childhood by her discovery of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem beginning 'I would like to rise and go'. Accordingly, she has lived and taught in many interesting places, but one of the most joyous was Edinburgh when she was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. While working on the project that led soon afterwards to a good academic job, she also read all the Scottish literature she could manage. Her children's fantasy novel The Woods of Leith is infused with that reading and by living near St. Bernard's Well and the Water of Leith,

Reviews

[Juli Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fortuitous $1 antique-store find as I am learning to read runes for divination. This is a fabulous volume on the topic, including a very close reading of the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, which was appreciated. I believe this is now out of print, which is a shame; I've not found a better book on the topic yet!