“The script of the First Root Race was with the Runes. The mallet of Masonry comes from the arrow of the Egyptian God Ra, and this is a Rune. In that epoch, the rituals of the Polar Temple were all runic. The movements of the officials were runic. This is the Divine Script.”
-Samael Aun Weor, The Perfect Matrimony
“The runes are formidable for the awakening of the consciousness.”
-Samael Aun Weor, Gnostic Magic of the Runes
Runes as a Language
Runes are remnants of a very ancient language from antediluvian civilizations. According to H.P. Blavatsky, the word rune is from a Scandinavian word meaning “secret”.
Runes have mysterious origins within the Nordic tradition, as letters of a language that also contain ritualistic properties.
Samael Aun Weor received the teachings of the runes from his Rosicrucian teacher Arnold Krumm-Heller (Huiracocha), and from studying the Nordic tradition. His book The Gnostic Magic of the Runes contains three aspects in alternating chapters: explanation of the runes, reflections on the Aenied, and a study of pure science.
Runes as a Map
The runes show a map of the initiatic path– the journey that each seeker of God must make through psychological, emotional, mental, and spiritual struggles and transformations.
This journey is mirrored in The Aenied, the story of the founding of the city of Rome by Aeneas, the last of the great semi-divine Greek heroes.
Rome represents the celestial Jerusalem, the Holy City that we build inside of ourselves through the gnostic esoteric work, the cathedral of the soul.
Runes as a Science
The chapters from Gnostic Magic of the Runes on science include studies on meditation and reflections on molecular and astro-physics. Transformation on the esoteric path occurs by utilizing the matter of the physical body and the universe, and working in a scientific way with the mind.
As unveiled by Samael Aun Weor the runic practices contain a posture, prayer, mantra, and the transmutation of vital energies. Each rune connects us with a certain internal archetype.
The runic practices are powerful experiential tools, allowing us to become the symbol and polarize intelligently the inner meaning of the rune.
The following are some examples of the meanings of the runes and the accompanying runic practices as given by Samael Aun Weor in his book The Gnostic Magic of the Runes.
Rune FA
Purpose: Salutation to the Solar Logos.
Posture: Facing the East hold the arms outstretched with the palms facing forward and the left hand slightly raised. Receive the light into the hand chakras, through the arms and into the heart.
Prayer: Marvelous forces of love! Revive my sacred fire so that my consciousness will awaken!
Mantra: FA FE FI FO FU
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Rune MAN
Purpose: A celebration and devotion to the Solar Logos.
Posture: Stand facing the East with the arms raised in a “V”.
Prayer: to the Solar Logos
Mantra: IAO
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Rune AR
Purpose: Preparation for the advent of the sacred fire
Posture: Stand facing the East with the right leg slightly outward and the arms relaxed by the side.
Mantra: AR I O
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Rune DORN
Purpose: Christic Will, the crown of thorns that brings great suffering in the world, and ultimately triumph in God.
Posture: Stand facing the East, with the feet together and the right hand on right hip.
Prayer: The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father, Who is in Heaven, Hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on Earth, as it is in Heaven…
Mantra: TA TE TI TO TU
Rune IS
Purpose: Devotional to the Divine Mother Kundalini
Mantra: IS IS
Posture: Stand facing the East with the arms raised and the body in a vertical line.
Prayer: Oh Isis, mother of the cosmos…
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Rune UR
Purpose: Devotional to the Divine Mother of Cosmic Space.
Mantra: RAM I O
Posture: Facing the East and crushing with the arms outstretched; bending over in an arch.
Prayer: Within my true internal being resides the divine light..
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Runes TYR and BAR
Purpose: TYR and BAR are often combined as a pair to work with the Christic willpower and to prepare ourselves for the incarnation of the intimate Christ.
Posture: Facing the East with the feet together and the arms raised above the head. Pronounce the mantra TYR, prolonging the “R” while slowly bringing the arms down to the sides. Then bend the left knee out and put the left hand on the hip to imitate a “B” and pronounce the mantra BAR, prolonging the “R”.
Mantras: TYR and BAR
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Rune RITA
Purpose: Conscious remorse, awakening the consciousness and the heart.
Posture: Facing the East with the left arm on the hip and the left leg slightly extended in imitation of the letter “R”.
Mantra: RA RE RI RO RU
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