Hi so what do you know about bindrunes? or good resources to research them? I’ve been dabbling in using runes for a while (mostly for protection and calm, or focus, etc. Writing them on my hand or wrist) and sometimes bindrunes? I’ve been just going with what feels right to try and get the effect I want, and I’ve been successful so far. But one bindrune I keep writing I haven’t been able to find anywhere and while it definitely does what I want it to i wonder if it is documented somewhere?
All a bindrune is is several runes layered onto each other for a desired effect. So, say you have problems with public speaking, and want to make a bindrune for that. You simply choose the runes you think would help, and layer them onto each other.
Keeping public speaking as an example, I’d start with Ansuz.
Okay, now let’s add, in this case, Mannaz. Ansuz for communication and eloquence, Mannaz for the positive ties between humans, that should help.
Bam. There ya go. Bindrune. That’s it, that’s the whole complex process behind them. You could add more runes if you wished, but it’s just more of the same concept.
There’s really no ‘official list’ of bindrunes. They’re left, as you’ve been doing, up to the intuition of the practitioner and are as wildly varied as the mages who use them. So, it’s probable that yours is unique, and honestly that’s part of the beauty of it.
Some sources I’ve looked at say that you should write the bindrune on a piece of paper and burn it to activate it. How do you activate per se? Or is it just write the rune and that’s that? If that’s the case, then I imagine intent when writing it is a must. Or does it really just depend on the person who does it?
Again, hugely up to personal preference. Anon likes to write them on their skin, and that’s something I’ve done as well many times. I’ve carved them into stone or wood, into candles, drawn them on slips of paper, drawn them on myself, stitched them into clothing, drawn them on shells, all sorts of things.
They are excellent made into charms, which can be as simple as drawn onto a piece of paper and carried in a pocket.
However you draw or cut them, simply focus on your intentions and what you wish to have happen, and what aspects of the runes you are invoking. I find it helpful to speak the names of the runes and my intent and the aspects I wish to invoke out loud as I work, but this isn’t strictly needed. Simply focus on your intent and charging them with your will as you work.
The act of drawing and focusing on the rune is all that’s needed.
If I’m doing a spell stave, I break the stave to send the power, but for a personal charm to be drawn or worn on the person that’s not needed.
Sometimes the nature of the runes combined suggests the best activation method, as well – for example a set I quite enjoy for cleansing, Isa to stop the negative influence, Hagalaz to destroy it, and Thurisaz to send it back to the source, does not enjoy being burned. It is best to simply carry it on your person, or draw it on the skin for the duration of the cleanse.
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