One fascinating and fun way to get in touch with your intuition is through runes. The Book of Runes, by Ralph Blum, can be purchased at most bookstores, along with a bag of twenty-five flat stones roughly the size of a quarter, each imprinted with an ancient Viking symbol. You can easily make your own runes, but you’ll want to get Blum’s book if casting the runes appeals to you.
Blum’s text provides an inspired unconventional interpretation of an ancient alphabetic script that can be used as a contemporary oracle to assist what he calls the Witness Self in dealing with whatever life questions you may find yourself confronted with.
When I first started to experiment with these guides, I was astounded at the accuracy with which my issues were described, and at how appropriate the interpretations were for the situation I was addressing.
My initial thought was that the runes were simply so cleverly written that any one rune pulled could provide answers for any circumstance. Yet, as I look back—I’ve kept a rune section in my journal for this purpose—I’ve found a level of relevancy for each individual question that I haven’t been able to chalk up simply to good writing. Somehow, the runes always provide just the insight I need at the moment.
I don’t know why the runes work and, because they’re so easy and so much fun, I really don’t care. I’ve reached the point in my life where, if something works—or even only appears to work—I graciously accept whatever help it can provide.
The runes do not predict the future, nor provide specific advice for one to follow, though they are written with such wisdom that they seem to do all this. When you analyze the messages, you see it’s your own intuition that pulls what you need from the rune reading for your particular problem at this particular time.