Book Of Life For June 2005(Purple Version)
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A Glorious Afternoon to all,
The month of June-the sixth month.
With half of the year gone by,it is time indeed to look into a mirror and reflect on the actions of the past months.What has been achieved and what have been lost?It is a time to dig deep into ourselves and look at the goals we have set for ourselves at the beginning of the year.How far away are we from these goals?
It is also a time to share our fears and emotions here with others....tell our stories as the others gather around the fire as the wolf howls in the distance on a hill with the full moon behind him.Let us join our hands as in unison as we shall go with our pleas to greater powers and hope to gain favour for a better life.
The "letters" on this month's book is written in the Ancient Language of the Runes and it just says "Book of Purple by Karkaddann" -
Whoa!!!! New book!!! Finally out liao.Yipee!!!!
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A Glorious Evening to Waliao,Originally posted by waliao:Whoa!!!! New book!!! Finally out liao.Yipee!!!!
Glad to see you around the forums again.You have not been posting as much as before.Busy?Hope to hear more from you in the immediate future and there on.
May the light shine the way for those who believe. -
A Glorious Evening to all,
The month of June is a special time for LOA too as it is the month of e formation of LOA.Be sure to be there for e Anniversary BBQ. -
Purple Book Of Life. Purple is one of my favourite colour, viking runes. Blessing from Odin. Hope to see more Air of Mystic in here.
A little Fairydust for Joy, Love & Beauty!
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A Glorious Night to Fairyland,Originally posted by Living_in_fairyland:Purple Book Of Life. Purple is one of my favourite colour, viking runes. Blessing from Odin. Hope to see more Air of Mystic in here.
A little Fairydust for Joy, Love & Beauty!Living_in_fairyland
This Month will indeed see a blessing from Odin indeed.This is why the words were written in Runes in the first place.Have been studying them for awhile.So have anyone here had any experiences with working with Runes too?
May the light shine the way for those who believe.
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A Glorious and Starry night to all,
This is an example of a Runes set,which consists of 25 runes of which one is blank.This is made by clay but many other materials can be made into runes,like semi precious stones like Amethyst etc.
May the light shine the way for those who believe.
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Looks Cool!!!Wanna tell us e origins of these runes?Originally posted by Karkadann:A Glorious and Starry night to all,
This is an example of a Runes set,which consists of 25 runes of which one is blank.This is made by clay but many other materials can be made into runes,like semi precious stones like Amethyst etc.
May the light shine the way for those who believe. -
Dear Karkadann,congrats on becoming this month's book keeper.
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New Book?
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A Gracious and starry morning to Harryryan,Originally posted by harryryan:Looks Cool!!!Wanna tell us e origins of these runes?
Glad to know you have an interest in Runes.Will get back to you shortly.Most probably tomorrow because i need some shut eye for a while.Hope you do not mind the wait.
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okie...okie...sleeping soon too...was busy playing games...lolzOriginally posted by Karkadann:A Gracious and starry morning to Harryryan,
Glad to know you have an interest in Runes.Will get back to you shortly.Most probably tomorrow because i need some shut eye for a while.Hope you do not mind the wait.
May the light shine the way for those who believe. -
New Book ....
purple = Love
May is month every is fill with LOVE....
Me hope to fiind one is month -
Purple LOVE
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Originally posted by MeOwSuSan:New Book ....
purple = Love
May is month every is fill with LOVE....
Me hope to fiind one is month 
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Karkadann's turn to go MIA?
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Whoa...saturday bo lang?
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harryryan.. i surprise you for once.. weekend entry after weekday absence.... hahahha
nice to see a new book... runes... i used to (may still have) have a set of rune dice for divination purposes... being young and stupid... i din make full use of them
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really did not expect u to be here on sinday alsoOriginally posted by KFDugong:harryryan.. i surprise you for once.. weekend entry after weekday absence.... hahahha
nice to see a new book... runes... i used to (may still have) have a set of rune dice for divination purposes... being young and stupid... i din make full use of them -
hahah a break from patterns is always a good move. keeps u on ur toes as well as other people as well...Originally posted by harryryan:really did not expect u to be here on sinday also
a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds... can never remember who said that -
A Glorious and Rain filled Afternoon to Harryryan,Originally posted by harryryan:Karkadann's turn to go MIA?
Thanks for your concern but I was merely taking a small break away from the routines of life and weekends are my only days off so I was away somewhere enjoying and relaxing myself.
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History of Runes
The runic alphabet, used by early Norse peoples including the Vikings, has no clear origins; in fact, the word "rune" derives from the Gothic word runa, meaning "mystery." The runic alphabet is called a "futhark", and gains its name, like the word "alpha-bet," from the first few symbols in the series. Runes had no lowercase, and could be written in any direction, from left to right or right to left.
Runic alphabets first appeared among German tribes in central and Eastern Europe. It is known that the Germanic peoples in Europe used pictographic symbols that were scratched into rocks. By 400 A.D., use of a common set of 24 runes had spread across northern Europe, based on Etruscan and possibly Greek and Latin origins. This alphabet is known as the "Elder Futhark." As time passed, new runes were added on as the need arose, and various versions of the futhark emerged, including up to 38 symbols. The fact that runes consisted of straight lines made them easier to carve into wood or stone.
The runes were never the basis of a spoken language, but in addition to their written use they were believed to be sacred and very powerful magical symbols, each linked to a god and a specific meaning. They were a means of divination. Rune casters, whom were often women, used runes to cast lots and tell fortunes. Modern versions include a blank rune, which symbolizes the Unknowable.
As Christianity--and with it, the use of the Latin alphabet--spread throughout Europe, runes became less common and were eventually banned by the Church. But survived in Scandinavia, especially Sweden, and have been revived by the modern New Age movement. -
A Glorious and Rainy Afternoon to Harryryan,
I took the liberty to help you translate your name into Runic alphabets.Hope it will be of use to you.
Anyone who wants their name translated into the Runic language can just let me know.I shall be more than glad to help.
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There have been many theories launched over who created the runes. Some of these theories have more supporters than others, but they all have one thing in common. None these theories can be proved 100%. No runic inscriptions, as we know the runes, can be dated with certainty to before 200 AD.
I choose to follow the theory that runes were created about 100 - 200 AD among the Goths or other Germanic tribes located in an area north of the Black Sea. The runes may have been inspired by the Greek and Latin alphabets. There are many arguments for this theory. Later on the runes were spread all over middle and northern Europe by the migration of these tribes.
The runes were used by the Goths, the Herulers, the Germans and the Frisisans in south and middle Europe and the Angles and Saxons in the west. In the north they were used by the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish people, their counterparts in Iceland and Greenland and the Sami of Lapland ( northwest Russia and northern Sweden, Norway, and Finland) as well.
By 300 AD the runic alphabet was the only alphabet used in Scandinavia. However, it went out of use in middle Europe due to the popularity of the Latin alphabet, which had followed the expansion of Christianity.
The runes could be written from left to right or right to left. They also could be written with the first sentence proceeding right to left and the second sentence proceeding left to right (boustphedon). Additionally, runes were sometimes written as a mirror image ("venderuner"), upside down ("stupruner") or bound together ("bindrunes") like the Norwegian Æ (A+E). A single rune could also signify two runes. For example, the rune "FE" could signify "FE + FE".
The runes were often written as a continuous link of text, without spaces between the words or sentences. If the rune master wanted to separate words or sentences from each other, he used notation similiar to the letter X, or perhaps one, two or three points placed one over the other. For example, if he used two points in this manner he might write: "I:MAKE:SPACE:WITH:TWO
OINTS".
There are no lowercase runes, only uppercase runes.
There were no limits to the format the runes were written in. The runes could be written in all kinds of directions and upon almost any kind of common material - as beautiful decorations or as a hidden, magic formula. When runes were carved in stone, the runes were created by carving many points close to each other, until the rune master had a complete line.
FOUR OTHER THEORIES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE RUNES
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The runes were introduced to Scandinavia during the same period that the well known spiral-ornaments were introduced from Crete - about 1800-400 BC. According to this theory, the Goths were already familiar with the art of runes before they left Scandinavia between 200 BC and 200 AD. However, this theory is not so widespread.
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Kjell Aartun is a doctor of philosophy and and language-researcher who writes in his book, (RUNER i kulturhistorisk sammenheng, En fruktbarhetskultisk tradisjon, Pax Forlag, Oslo 1994.), that he has proven that the runes were not inspired by the Greek and Latin alphabets. He argues that it is opposite, maintaining that the Norwegian runes are identical with runes which were used in Semitic language areas such as Trojan Asia Minor and Canaan (Palestine) as far back in history as 2000 BC.
The runes are, after Kjell AartunÂ’s opinion, one of many oriental writing-systems which were the basic platform by which the Greek and Latin alphabets later developed. Additionally, he writes that he can prove that the first Norwegian runic inscriptions were written in a Semitic language, citing known cult-based erotic texts, many of which included holy depictions of the act of making love.
According to Aartun, new archeological finds show that many people from the Mediterranean Sea area, and especially the Cretans (who were Semitic), often traveled to the north on trading tours. He says that during the Migration Period many Semitic-speaking people came to Norway. Aartun writes that this conclusion is born out by actual facts which Snorri refers to when saying: "these Asians was called aeser(...) in the northern countries the Asians spread so much that their language was the common language in all these countries."
Kjell Aartun's theories are not accepted by authoritive Norwegian rune-ologists. However his theory has supporters as for example on this Internet site about Blekinge's Most Ancient Runic Inscriptions
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TURGAY KÃœRÃœM of Turkey writes on his web-page that the purpose of his article is to draw the readers' attention to the fact that the Futhark alphabet is of the very same origin as the ancient Turkish inscriptions of the Gokturk alphabet.
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The runes created in South-Scandinavia in the 300's AD were inspired by the Latin alphabet, but put in a Scandinavian cultural relation. South-Scandinavia was a center of runes in ancient times.