Comments on: Algiz – Rune Meaning Analysis

By: Maureen Addison-Smith

Maureen Addison-Smith — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:50:39 +0000

Well Vanr, as Tyrel said in a Facebook message, thanks to Odin there was a problem posting my last comment; I will try to get it posted again…… See More
I think this is not the right place to start a chat on Astrology and Tarot, so you can send me a private message through my blogs. I have one in Spanish and one poems page in English where you can find a link to my e-mail address.

http://lacocteleradeandy.blogspot.com

http://maureenaddisonsmith.blogspot.com

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By: Vanr

Vanr — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:47:38 +0000

In case it was the second image, one could consider it as the alternative-posterior form of Hagalaz.

I have dealt somehow with Tarot and Zen and I found a lot of common thoughts. Maureen, sharing your previous experience with us would be great.

By: Maureen Addison-Smith

Maureen Addison-Smith — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:15:42 +0000

Tyrel, thank you so much for giving me another way to look at this. I have been comming to this site for about a year now and I certainly like it very much. I have some literature on Runes, but haven’t gone over it completely… Recently, I have been trying to get my own memories on the Runes, remembering their names and inner meanings, so that way I can begin to read more and putting all the pieces into place, stories and further myths.
In fact, last Thursday I made a little list and drawing of them, as a practice, and I noticed I forgot Nauthiz, Perth and Laguz… maybe that’s another message… and Ken comes to be repeating over and over in my mind… as long as Algiz in this dream. Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Mahryan, that’s a nice and wise proverb for it is certainly uncomfortable to doubt, yet so fooloish to believe as from a snobbish point of view. The thing is sometimes things hit you over the head like saying “hey, you stupid girl! You must beleive!” LOL… experiences you know. I will look in my books and see what I find while I wait to see if there’s something good on the net.
Now, I can say, my name has so much more meaning to me today, my roots and all the wisdom in Nordse ancient oracles have come to unfold…

May all blessing be with you and thank you once more.

By: Mahryan

Mahryan — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:55:52 +0000

Maureen:
About trusting your inner voice and sometimes having doubts – I saw a Chinese Proverb the other day that said:

“To be uncertain is uncomfortable;
To be completely certain is to be a fool”

I really liked it because I think that while we do have to trust our inner voice – and especially messages in dreams such as yours – We also need to reflect on and question our understandings and beliefs as well.

This page had a great link to a site with Yaggdrasil (The World Tree) but sadly the link is gone. I have looked but cannot find anything as good. But later on I will take another look and post a link here to something that is reasonably decent on the world tree.

I also believe that the core values incorporated into varius ancient traditions and tools ( like the Runes, I Ching, Tarot and Astrology) have much in common. Today, most of us have mixed heritage, meaning we are likely to be drawn to more than one tradition and may evolve blends of understanding and spiritual pathways.

By: Tyriel

Tyriel — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:18:09 +0000

You’re most welcome to study more of the runes and their meanings and history. I hope Rune Secrets can be of use to you… there’ll be a lot of activity here over the summer, as I contribute more about each rune and associated ideas, guests comment and post, and I work on completing a book about the runes and a rune-themed music album. It does seem like those images correspond with some of the most potent symbols of norse mythology.

By: Maureen Addison-Smith

Maureen Addison-Smith — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:16:08 +0000

Hi Tyrel and Vanr,

Well, what you say turns to have a lot of sense; I didn’t think about it that way since I don’t know much about the history of nordic myths. Yet, the image is just like a tree with its roots!!! Thank you for this answer…. Would it mean I should study more of the runes and their meanings and history? It surely means I have a strong inner voice… sometimes I doubt it…

Vanr, it would be the first image, as you say, with the center line in the center… like I said here, the tree with its roots.

By: Vanr

Vanr — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:16:34 +0000

Didn’t appear quite well.
Please on the first one imagine the “connective” middle part a little to the right.

By: Vanr

Vanr — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:15:28 +0000

Hi Maureen.

Let me ask you something. Which shape of the below describes best what you saw?

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By: Tyriel

Tyriel — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:16:54 +0000

Hi Maureen, thanks for visiting Rune Secrets.

I don’t know that much about tarot, but the symbol you described, Algiz upright connected to Algiz downturned is often used to symbolically represent the World Tree, Yggdrasil. The rainbow may represent the rainbow bridge that connects our world to Asgaard, which is the Norse ‘heaven’.

What the woman said in your dream is a typical attitude of runesters, and hearing that inner voice and that wisdom more clearly is our main ambition here.