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Stephen Edred Flowers: Revival of the Runes: Wisdom of the Gods

Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Science

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2021

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

The scientific and esoteric history of runic studies from the Renaissance to the modern era

• Explores the five periods of runic revival: the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Romantic period, the early 20th century, and the late 20th century

• Examines the use of runes by the foremost magicians and scholars of each era, including mystic and scholar Johannes Bureus, who developed his own integrated system of runology known as Adalruna

• Reveals how the Nazi misguided use of the runes showed a lack of comprehension of what was being discovered by scientific rune scholars of the day

In this exploration of the history of the runes from 1500 CE to the present day, Stephen Edred Flowers examines the five periods of runic revival: the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Romantic period, the early 20th century, and the late 20th century. For each period, he discusses both the scholarly studies and those focused on the esoteric mysteries of the runes--and how these two branches of study were at first intertwined yet diverged in later revivals. Focusing in particular on the first runic revival, Flowers examines the use of runes during the Renaissance by the foremost magicians and scholars of the era, including mystic and scholar Johannes Bureus, the “grandfather of integral runology,” who developed his own system known as Adalruna.

In his examination of the runic reawakenings of the early and late 20th century, Flowers looks at how the runes were employed as part of a reassessment of Germanic identity, one school of which led to Nazi Germany. He explains how the Nazi use and abuse of the runes was misguided and revealed a lack of comprehension of what earlier rune scholars had discovered through their extensive studies of the past. He also offers a fresh look at the work of Guido von List and clears him of his guilt by association with the Nazis.

Detailing the multilayered history of the runes, the author reveals the integrated way the predecessors of today’s rune workers thought and conceived of the runes, highlighting how their discoveries helped shape modern magical practices and scholarly studies. He calls for a return of integral runology as was practiced during the Renaissance and before. By reuniting the two branches of runic study, blending the scientific with the magical, we make way for new discoveries in runology and a chance for a full-scale reawakening of integrated runic knowledge.

Stephen Edred Flowers, Ph.D., received his doctorate in Germanic languages and medieval studies from the University of Texas at Austin and studied the history of occultism at the University of Göttingen, Germany. The author of more than 25 books, including Lords of the Left-Hand Path and Original Magic, he lives near Smithville, Texas.

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0:00.0

Today, when we want to know about the future, we analyze the probabilities, project numbers,

0:09.1

perhaps even if we have to, go to a psychic.

0:13.6

But in the old days, in the old world of ancient Europe, the Germanic people and the northern

0:20.6

European people use ancient ruins.

0:23.8

These were symbols cut into stone, animal, bone or wood, and used to connect with the gods.

0:33.0

This was a form of magic.

0:35.7

Today, we're going to hear from an expert who's written a book on the ruins and just how

0:41.4

the ancients used them for prophecy, for wellness, for understanding what's happening

0:47.3

to them and takes it all the way to the third Reich and how Himmler used it for his prophecy.

0:57.1

All this in the news today on Earth-Ancients.

1:17.3

For Saturday, May 22, 2021, this is Earth-Ancients.

1:42.0

I'm your host, Cliff Dunning.

1:46.6

Hey, how are you?

1:48.6

Hope you're doing well today.

1:50.6

You know, I was looking at some research that I find compelling.

1:55.6

I think most of you would find it compelling and that's a lot of the authors we have on the program

2:02.6

find it compelling as well.

2:04.6

This is the ancient maps that are found mostly in Europe and there are a few that have been

2:12.8

purchased that are in private collections, but one of the things that archaeologists are

2:18.0

not able to explain is these maps that show the outer dimensions, the outer portions of

2:25.6

continents that are shown in maps from, say, Perry Rees, who is a navigator, a semen.

2:37.0

We don't read academics researching it because it's really an anomalous topic and one of

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