Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The definition of Runology in the strict academic sense (and recommended books on the academic study of the runes and runic inscriptions).

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The three (3) parts videos on the origins of the esoteric study of the runes:

(1) The Origins of Runic Esotericism:
youtube.com/watch?v=sAtVRH0iwDk&t

(2) Romanticism & Occultism of the Acolytes of the Runes:
youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Q2dalNgGg&t

(3) Runosophy and the Aryan Ideologies in Neopaganism:
youtube.com/watch?v=rMj-8IkmRyE


Recommended books presented in this video:

Runes: a Handbook, Michael Barnes (2022)

Reading the Past: Runes, Raymond Ian Page (1987)
Runes and Runic Inscriptions, Raymond Ian Page (1998)

Anthologie Runique (FRA), Alain Marez (2007)

As Runas Desvendadas (PRT), Hélio Pires (2023)

Runic Amulets and Magic Objects, Mindy MacLeod; Bernard Mees (2006)

The Runes of Sweden, Sven Jansson (1962)
De Stavlösa Runornas Tydning (SWE), Sven Jansson (1983)

I begynnelsen var fuþark: Norske runer og runeinnskrifter (NOR), Terje Spurkland (2001)
Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions, Terje Spurkland (2005)


Texts & Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions, Tineke Looijenga (2003)

Danmarks Runesten (DNK), Lisbeth Imer (2016)
Peasants and Prayers: The inscriptions of Norse Greenland, Lisbeth Imer (2017)
Rigets Runer (DNK), Lisbeth Imer (2018)

Runes and Their Secrets: Studies in Runology, Museum Tusculanum Press (2006)

Runes: The Icelandic Book of Fuþark, The Icelandic Magic Company (2018)

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