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Runic revivalism
Das Geheimnis der Runen (The Secret of the Runes) by Guido von List, publised in
1908.The row of 18 so-called "Armanen Runes", also known as the "Armanen
Futharkh" came to List while in an 11 month state of temporary blindness after a
cataract operation on both eyes in 1902. This vision in 1902 allegedly opened
what List referred to as his "inner eye", via which he claimed the "Secret of
the Runes" was revealed to him. List stated that his Armanen Futharkh were
encrypted in the Hávamál (Poetic Edda), specifically in stanzas 138 to 165, with
stanzas 146 through 164 reported as being the 'song' of the 18 runes. It has
been said this claim has no historical basis.
The Armanen runes are still used today by some Ásatrú adherents who consider the
Armanen runes to have some religious and/or divinatory value.
Futharkh spelling
List noted in his book, The Secret of the Runes, that the "runic futharkh (=
runic ABC) consisted of sixteen symbols in ancient times.".
As a side note to this, in the English translation of the work, Stephen Flowers
notes that "(the designation futharkh is based on the first seven runes it is
for this reason that the proper name is not futhark -- as it is generally and
incorrectly written -- but futharkh, with the h at the end; for more about the
basis of this, see the Guido von List Library number 6, The primal language of
the Aryan Germanic people and their mystery language)".
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