The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Curriculum of Rune-work

Great book to learn about the Runes and how to use them

I owned a previous edition of this book, and there are several huge improvements in this new edition. The text has been re-formatted, making it easier to read. Existing diagrams have been cleaned up or enlarged, and there are several new diagrams and photos. All of the revisions contribute to making this Runic work book much easier to use. Another thing is that the paper and covers are more durable than the previous edition - which is very helpful as it is the type of book that you will be re-reading and flipping through many times. The book itself is spectacular. I remember feeling very impressed by it and excited when I first read it. It is essentially a book of exercises for those who would dare to seek the primal Mysteries themselves, within the Germanic tradition. The approach is one that encourages individual experience and developing power within yourself - It is in many ways the dynamic opposite of dogmatic modern religions that demand belief and faith, but don't encourage experimentation. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Runes, the Rune Gild, or Germanic mysticism and magic in general.

I am working in this book now its great

Invaluable for the serious student of the traditional Nordic mysteries of the Runes. Not for the casually curious! Heavy duty commitment, discipline & major motivation required! Really worth the effort! Very well written & presented as an approx. 4 year undergraduate to Ph.d level type curriculum! The lazy need not apply!!!

just started the other day on the first door. from what i can tell it will take a year or more to perform the rites to get through all 9 gates but looking forward to it as i have been studying the runes off and on since 2013. my first kindred gothi recommended this book for daily rites for asatruars and i am very pleased with it so far.

I enjoyed this book so much. The text was easy to read and understand. The curriculum presented was well organized and I really liked the inclusion of some of Dr. Flowers' other books to better the learning process.

I enjoy the prefaces to the book those really prepare you for what you are going to read.

In all honesty, this was a meandering guide that should have been assembled and compiled in a more cohesive fashion. In some books on magick, the beginning chapters are on practicing meditation and visualization before moving on to energy work and then rituals. This is pretty disorganized, and there are other recommended books one should read before proceeding further. As a casual read, it's problematic. I would like to come back to this and work through it as it's intended to be studied and practiced, but only if the reader is experienced in this sort of thing. Not to put the author down, as I respect him as an accomplished scholar and academic, but his work is hard to grasp for most folks. If you are experienced in magick and divination, then this book would be a great addition to your book shelf. If you are curious or simply dabbling in the esoteric, then this will prove too much, as it's just so much information to process. As I have said, I would be much better off coming back to this after I have read the recommended books and earned some experience in this particular field (magick and divination), but that wouldn't be realistic. I don't believe in any gods, and I don't trust magick and divination enough to truly be open-minded to consider it worthwhile.

Excelente libro, llegó antes de lo esperado. Es un libro difícil de conseguir y estoy súper feliz con la compra. Altamente recomendable.

I first read this book in 1996, when I joined the Rune-Gild. It is the training manual for that organization, and presents a scheme of self-initiation via a lengthy and thorough programme of work. At that time I bought the Llewellyn edition, one of those books where they use vanishing glue on the spine and so it eventually becomes loose leaf. Then for some time it was only available as a Gild internal document, so the new edition brings this extraordinary work to the wider world in a form which does not fall apart. The scheme is very thorough, and amounts to a daily practice that you build up from a progressive menu of workings, new ones introduced in each of the 9 sections or 'Doors'. The work includes daily rituals, rune contemplation, magical diary (PAD or personal analysis diary), Germanic soul lore, breath and sound exercises that lead up to operative rune-galdor, the carving of runes leading up to the creation of runic talismans or spells, how to do rune-readings, energy circulation using runes and working with wights, both the lesser ones such as dwarves and the gods of Asgard. This scheme of magical work leads via the construction of a magical self (the Wode-Self), the composition of your own Rune-Poem and a brief introduction to seith, including utiseta ('sitting out' to discover your fylgia-animal) to the writing of your Master Work. There is also a very useful reading list for each Door. The whole thing will take you at least three years and is designed to take you to Mastery, which is where your mentoring Rune-Gild Master and other Masters of the Gild declare that you have reached a stage where you are expected to teach. Thus the Gild maintains a high standard of transmission of magical learning. If you are at all serious about working in the Northern tradition of magic, then you need to read this book.

Thoroughly written is a must for everyone who wants to work seriously with runes. I was waiting for years a new edition an at last I've got one

Already have one of the original print copies. Got this to see what has been added. Ek Vitki.

Good text for heathens who want to develop their spirituality. Works well with other books on the Runes themselves. So I would buy a rune book first and then this one that guides you into different exercises. It encourages good practices such as completing a Galdor book also called a reflective practice journal (if you are a professional) or an emotional diary (if you are seeing a therapist/psychologist) or a book of shadows (if you are a wiccan). Really good, recommended if you want to develop your spirituality.