Runes, Sigils & Magical Alphabets
A Witch's Workbook of Symbol Magic
Know what each rune meant to the people who carved it, turn your own words into a sigil, and write any name in runes right the first time.
- Stop second-guessing: every rune is labeled From the sources and In practice.
- Make your first sign tonight: the Symbol Finder covers twenty needs.
- Follow every method step by step: three sigil methods, twelve bind runes, five alphabets.
- Write names by sound, then run the ten-point check before you ink.
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Make signs of your own, and know exactly what each one means.
A rune inside your door frame. A sigil tucked in your mirror. Your name in the witches' alphabet on the first page of your grimoire. Small signs, made by your own hand, that mean exactly what you meant.
The wish is never the hard part. The charts that disagree and the guides that skip the steps are.
Now you get both halves on one spread. What the rune poems and the old inscriptions say, quoted and dated. Then how witches use each sign today, labeled as modern and yours to use.
Then you do it: trace it, draw it, charge it, keep it close. Every chapter ends with pages to practice in.
You go looking for a straight answer and you get...
One chart says a rune means protection, the next says danger, and neither says where it came from.
Modern inventions sold as old, like the blank rune, so you never know what's real.
Sigil guides that name a method and skip the steps, so your signs feel random.
"Workbooks" that are mostly blank paper, with nothing to learn from.
Books that preach a path you never signed up for.
None of that is your fault. It's what happens when the sources get skipped.
Every rune in two labeled layers: From the sources, and In practice.
Rune poem lines quoted word for word from Bruce Dickins' edition of 1915.
Three sigil methods, each worked from start to finish with a real example.
Every rune, bind rune, sigil and letter drawn large, from checked shapes.
History told as history. The practice is yours, on whatever path you walk.
YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S OLD, WHAT'S MODERN, AND WHAT TO DO NEXT.
Draw a ward inside your front door that dries almost invisible.
SPELL · THRESHOLD WARD · P 81
First you build the sign. Algiz, the rune of shelter, joins Othala, the rune of home, on one shared stave: the Guarded Home bind rune. You check it for hidden runes, upright and upside down, before it goes anywhere.
Then you draw it:
- Light a white candle and stand inside your home, facing the door.
- Stir a pinch of salt into a small bowl of water, clockwise, three times. Say what you're guarding.
- Draw the bind rune with a wet finger inside the door frame, at the height of your heart.
- Name each part as you draw it: "Algiz, guard. Othala, home."
- Hold your palm over the wet sign until it dries.
- Let the candle burn down safely, or relight it on the next three Saturdays.
The mark dries almost invisible, so no one else needs to know it's there (test a hidden spot first). Every spell in the book is laid out this way: what you'll need, the best timing, numbered steps and a line to note what you noticed.
Open it anywhere and find a sign to make tonight
Six parts: before you begin, the twenty-four runes, bind runes, sigil craft, magical alphabets and writing in runes, then putting it all to work with spells and your own symbol journal.
Start with what you need
Twenty needs, from calm and courage to money, sleep and travel. For each one the Symbol Finder gives the runes, a bind rune, a sigil and a spell, with the page to turn to.
Where the blank rune came from
Casting, drawing and reading reversals, each labeled old or modern. The blank stone in many rune sets goes back to Ralph Blum's book of 1982. Use it if you like it.
Twelve bind runes, already checked
Each one drawn large, with the runes inside it, where to use it and the hidden runes the stowaway check found. Then you design your own.
A sigil on the wheel, worked
"I am protected" becomes M P R T C D, then a path on the wheel, then a finished sign ready to charge. Twenty ready-made sigils follow, all drawn on this same wheel.
The planetary squares, and K = 20 solved
Agrippa's seven squares of 1533, copied number for number, and a plain 1 to 9 letter chart so every letter fits every square with no extra step.
Theban, traced from Agrippa's plate
The witches' alphabet, first printed in 1518, traced stroke by stroke from the 1651 English edition. Plus Ogham, the Anglo-Saxon futhorc and the Younger Futhark, each with tracing pages.
Write it right before you ink it
Six names and three words spelled by sound, then ten checks before a tattoo, a ring or an engraving: the right row, no doubled runes, nothing upside down.
What you'll be doing with the book open
A few of the things inside, with the pages they're on.
- Mark Algiz inside your front door frame. In chalk or salt water, or as the Guarded Home bind rune in the Threshold Ward (pp 51, 81).
- Turn "I am calm" into a sigil of your own. Strike the vowels and repeats, keep M C L, merge them or trace them on the wheel (pp 94, 96).
- Tuck a Deep Sleep sachet into your pillowcase. The sleep sigil and the Restful Sleep bind rune, folded in with lavender, kept away from pets (p 142).
- Carve a Steady Money candle on a Thursday. Fehu and Jera on one stave, a coin under the holder, and one practical money step this week (p 140).
- Light a self-love candle in front of your mirror. Open to Love opens you to love and never points at a particular person (p 90).
- Draw one rune each morning. The daily draw, three-rune and Norns spreads, the five-rune cross and a reading journal (pp 73 to 76).
- Write your name in Theban, Ogham and runes. Letter for letter in Theban, by sound in runes, and never two rows in one word (pp 120, 130, 131).
- Keep a symbol journal that shows what works for you. Workings, a moon month, readings and a sketchbook for signs in progress (pp 150 to 155).
Fill a whole book with your own signs, and keep your grimoire clean
The book teaches. The Practice Workbook gives you 64 more pages to practice in, at the same 7 x 10 in size: tracing sheets for all five scripts, name worksheets, bind rune pages, letter method rows, four full-size sigil wheels, planetary squares, a sigil library, sigil and reading journals, eight moon months and a dotted sketchbook.
Every page points back to the book page it comes from. Fill it, and your book stays clean for the next time you need it.
Your name on the cover, in gold and in the witches' alphabet
Add your name when you order, up to 20 characters, and we print it in gold on the book's front cover. Beneath it, the same name in Theban, the alphabet you'll learn to write on page 116.
A book that's yours from the first page, or a gift that already knows who it's for. Free, and optional: leave it blank for a plain cover.
Made for the witch who wants the source and the steps
Skip it if you want
- Spells to bind, punish or change another person
- Promises that a sign will change your life on its own
- An academic runology textbook
- A religion or a set of gods to follow
It's for you if you want
- To know what each rune meant, and what was added later
- Methods shown step by step, with worked examples
- To write a name in runes and get it right
- Pages to trace, draw and journal in
- A practice that fits any path, at home on your own
What readers are saying
Thursday, Oct 15
Love them. It's what I was looking for.
Tuesday, Oct 13
This is the first book on sigils that actually has you learn how and why. Step by step, great way to learn.
A pencil and one sentence. Start with the Symbol Finder.
Open to pages 8 and 9, find your need and turn to the page. Draw the rune, build the sigil, write your name in Theban. Then work through the rest, one sign at a time.
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The questions people ask first
Straight answers, from the book itself.
1.I'm new to runes and sigils. Can I start with this book?
Yes. Part One starts from zero: how symbol magic works, five ways to charge a sign, releasing it, your tools and safety (pp 11 to 16). If you need something now, the Symbol Finder on pages 8 and 9 sends you straight to a rune, a bind rune, a sigil and a spell for twenty needs.
2.Should I choose the book alone, or the Book + Practice Workbook?
The book teaches everything and ends every chapter with pages to practice in. Choose the set if you like to practice a lot: the 64-page Practice Workbook repeats the worksheets (tracing, wheels, squares, journals) so you can keep drawing without filling up your book.
3.How do I know what's historical and what's modern?
Every rune has two labeled parts. From the sources gives what the old inscriptions, the rune poems and runic scholars tell us, with rune poem lines quoted from Bruce Dickins' edition of 1915. In practice gives how witches use the rune today. Modern ideas, like the blank rune or reading reversals, are named as modern, and they're still yours to use.
4.Is it Wiccan or Norse pagan? Do I have to honor any gods?
No. It's written for a witch working on her own, on any path. The history of the runes includes the Norse gods and the book tells it as history, but nothing asks you to worship or follow a tradition. Every method works the same in practice: a clear intention, your attention, then letting the sign do its part.
5.Can I use it to write my name, or a tattoo, in runes?
Yes. Writing in Runes (pp 130 to 134) shows how to spell by sound, which row suits which purpose, six worked names and three words, and Before You Ink It, a ten-point check for tattoos, jewelry and engraving. For anything permanent, the checklist also asks a second person to check it against the chart.
6.Do I need a rune set or special tools?
No. A pencil, an eraser and a fine black pen will do, and the rest is mostly in a kitchen drawer: plain candles, salt and water, a jar. Page 14 shows how to make your own rune set from pebbles, wood, clay or card if you'd like one.
7.Can I add my name to the cover?
Yes, free. Type your name (up to 20 characters) when you order and it's printed in gold on the book's front cover, with the same name in Theban beneath it. Leave the field blank for a plain cover.
8.What are the free printable pages?
A free printable set comes with your order, in US Letter and A4: an Elder Futhark chart, the full-size sigil wheel, tracing sheets for all five scripts and a journal page. You'll find the link with your order. Print them at actual size (100%) and use them as often as you like.
9.Weren't some runes misused in the 20th century?
Yes, and the book says so plainly on the pages concerned. Signs made up by hate movements, and the Armanen runes of 1902 that much of that misuse grew from, aren't used in this book. The runes themselves are many centuries older, and you get them as their carvers wrote them.
10.Is it all spells for other people?
No. Every working is for your own life: your home, your sleep, your courage, your money, letting go and being open to love. Nothing in the book targets another person's will: no binding and no "make them love me". A couple's name rune is only for two people who both choose it.
11.What size is it, and what if it isn't for me?
The book is a 160-page paperback, 7 x 10 in, with a black-and-white interior, printed for you. The Practice Workbook is 64 pages at the same size. Both come with our 30-day money-back guarantee: if it isn't the book you wanted, you get your money back.