The Mission of Rûna-Raven

The Mission of Rûna-Raven

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(September 2003)

The mission of Rûna-Raven goes beyond mere "book-selling"—the purpose of Rûna-Raven is transformative. Transformation occurs when knowledge is put into action. But for the changes to be strong and true, the knowledge must be accurate. Therefore, we constantly attempt to bring increasing amounts of the highest quality scholarship — exoteric and esoteric - to you.

Rûna-Raven's objective is to provide a knowledgeable reading public with the best material and most reliable service in a variety of "cutting edge" fields- with a concentration in the area of Germanic lore and magic.

The publishing industry, especially that involved in esoteric fields, is presently suffering from a serious malady. It seems that most of what is published is a rehashing of that which has been done before. Seldom are new ideas explored, and seldom is the knowledge base of the reader expanded beyond what has already been established. Often it seems that authors are far less knowledgeable on the subject they are writing about than many of their readers. One of our major interests is to be able to provide more works of scholarly importance and quality to a wider reading public. We anticipate that this will be an expanding aspect of our efforts.

Rûna-Raven’s mission is to publish deeper level works in the Germanic tradition that larger and more commercial houses will not print. The larger publishers believe that they have saturated the "market’ with their present level and type of production - but if the tradition is to be deepened and developed beyond that superficial level, a deeper level of literature must be produced. Also, we seek to publish works that are on the leading or cutting edge of thought in various areas of literature and esoterica. These tend to be works that would probably otherwise go unpublished.

Please note that books published by Rûna-Raven are classified into three categories: The first are those books which we try to distribute as widely as possible. These may show up in your local bookstores with some regularity. The second group includes those sold only to certain "cutting edge" bookstores. While the third group are those which are not available in bookstores, but which are exclusively available by mail from Rûna-Raven . Books from all three categories are, of course, always available from Rûna-Raven directly.

New Items & Updates

(August 2004)
Please see the Runa-Raven e-commerce page for Runa Raven ordering and catalogue. This site will just keep a list of other titles by Edred (eg titles published by Weiser etc) as well as a rarities page.

(April 2004)

The Third Revised edition of "The Nine Doors of Midgard" is now available through Runa-Raven. See also this page for a description of the book.

(February 2004)

We're happy to announce the availability of Alice Karlsdottir's new book: "Magic of the Norse Goddesses" available through Runa-Raven. See also this page for a description of the book.

(December 2003)

The Woodharrow Institute of Germanic Studies now has a website with details of lectures and programs. This is an educational nonprofit institute for the promotion and preservation of Germanic and runic studies. It is an organization in which we hope all Rûna-Raven customers will wish to participate

(September 2003)

Runa-Raven press now has an e-commerce site for Runa-Raven titles only.

(July 2003)

Chisholm's True Hearth is currently out of stock. It should be reprinted in 2004.

Northern Magic is once again available.

See also the important announcement concerning the establishment of the Woodharrow Institute.

(June 2003)

A Book of Troth has finally been reprinted. This is a limited edition, numbered and signed. Copies of the Llewellyn edition are going for a quite high prices at book auctions. The first part of the book has the restored text that heavily expurgated by the editors of the first edition. The third part is completely new.

Runelore and Runecaster's Handbook have been back in stock for a while.

The journal Rûna has released issues 11 & 12.

(Sept 2002)

We have a number of new titles in this catalog: the long awaited Grove and Gallows by James Chisholm, the formerly secret Source-Book of Seid by Flowers and Chisholm and the classic study Synagogue of Satan by Stanislaw Przybyszewski. We also have the first volume of a new and extremely important journal: Tyr.

Please note that Rune=Magic and Green Runa are now out of print. We will reprint these in the future but they are not on the schedule at this time.

Important Announcement

In the near future we will be formally announcing the inauguration of an important new organization: The Woodharrow Institute. This is an educational nonprofit institute for the promotion and preservation of Germanic and runic studies. It is an organization in which we hope all Rûna-Raven customers will wish to participate.

© 2004, Rune Gild

Updated June 14, 2006