Runes for Beginners: A Guide to Reading Runes in Divination, Rune Magic, and the Meaning of the Elder Futhark Runes (The Divination Series: Tarot, Runes and More)

by Lisa Chamberlain

shamanic initiation, in which a person (or, in this case, a god) undergoes a severe physical and/or psychological trial in order to gain knowledge of esoteric mysteries.