Runes Academy
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Autumn 2026

Runes I

Literacy of the Secret Whispers

Learn the Elder Futhark as a language, craft, and reflective practice.

What you will study

  1. Lessons

    • Orientation and sources — Reading the primary sources and setting a study practice.
    • The first aett: Freyr — Forms, sounds, and historical inscriptions of the first eight runes.
    • The second aett: Hagal — Continuing the Elder Futhark with inscription analysis.
    • The third aett: Tyr and final reading — Completing the futhark and a closing practical reading.
    • Week 1 Orientation
    • Week 2 : Meditations