Also, each rune had its religious and magical significance that turns an ordinary letter in a special ritual. They were used for divination and magic spells writing.
Runes used by the Druids - Celtic priests have tremendous power and store secular and sacred knowledge. From them comes the tradition of reading the runic alphabet and knowledge about their magical properties.
Interest in runes unusually increased. Using them in dark person has the opportunity to join the life of ancient people. Runes provides insights firmly connected with the soul way of thinking.
Have not survived the ancient manual for divination runes, except to mention in Tacitus. Nevertheless, it is known that each rune sign has predictive value. They traditionally engraved on clay, stone or small pieces of wood, Tacitus said of roundels of face sawn branches.
There are several options runic alphabets with a different set of characters, but researchers and scientists agree that the oldest was 24 runes. At the end of the Middle Ages the people of Iceland have added to the runic alphabet new sign - empty rune - means "pure destiny."
It is believed that the runes should be thrown or pulling, and not spread in the likeness of tarot cards.
If you learn to interpret the runes, they will be a wise counselor, their language helps to know yourself through communication with your subconscious, to understand the reality and choose the right path. But it is worth remembering - advice runes are not the sentence. This is a guide to action.