I spent $200 on these, so I should just buy a case. Now's the time to do that, I guess.
So in my CUUPS group meeting today the event was making our own rune stones. Cheap dollar store stones, permanent markers to draw/write with, and a couple sheets with the runes and their meanings on them. I personally venerate the Earth, Moon, and Sun as deities, but tend to have a skeptical and science (especially psychology) seeking mind when it comes to witchcraft and the like. I definitely pray to the Great Celestials for guidance, but I also want to get more in touch with my own brain and different perspectives. I've been interested in learning some type of "divination" to use in a SASS way, but I haven't done a ton of research yet. Here's stuff I have seen people on this subreddit say that interest me:
u/Gingersnapjax:
Personally, I view these tools as gateways to my gut. I think we know a lot more than we realize, often, and especially, the most difficult questions we ask are often ones we know the answers to already.
If a tool that allows for interpretation seems to be accurate, I take that to mean I'm getting more in touch with myself and the world around me. More engaged. Less disassociative. More … real.
u/Poisonous_Periwinkle:
I use them for self reflection, shadow work, and to glean a new perspective for how to proceed in difficult situations.
Basically, they help me see things from new angles that I might not have otherwise considered. My memory is absolutely terrible, so I haven't been able to memorize them, but even if I could I would still use a guidebook most of the time because of the way I use divination tools for perspective.
u/Lisonjakston:
I have personally found really great insights when I use them for "divination" (for me that means to help me when I'm stuck on a problem). I don't think that they tie into some mystic force or that anything other than chance is directing what I pull. But often if I'm struggling with something I get up in my head, and looking at it from a different perspective or two can be eye-opening.
My method is that I think about the situation while I trail my fingers through my bag with the runes, which feels kind of cool. Then I pull 3 runes. When I first started, I would look up their meanings and reference in a few different sources to see the different pieces of them. Then I think about how they tie together with each other and/or how any of them might apply to my situation. Some people like to do 3 with each one having a specific meaning (like past, present, future), but for me that feels like putting too much pressure on fate picking the right one, and I personally haven't had as much success when I've done that. For me having 3 concepts for my brain to play with and put together seems to hit the perfect balance. For the same reason, I like them a little better than tarot because I feel like they have a bit more free association (and fewer things to remember).
I have also done the daily pull of a rune and then thinking about that all day long. It was helpful to get to know the runes, but I didn't always remember to do it and it felt like it was moving away from the meaning of a rune just as I was thinking about it, so I shifted to drawing a few more like weekly or monthly, or just when I need more insight.
I would love to learn about how to use rune stones for methods like these. Do you guys recommend anything for me to read (blogs and websites are preferred because I can't buy witchy books right now), watch (YouTube, for example), or listen to (podcasts)? How can I get started in this? What all do you guys do with rune casting? I am the type to need a step by step when beginning something completely new.
I also think there's a bead maze toy next to the blahaj in picture 2. I have always loved those toys.
I just had my first week of work at my first full time job. 8:30 am - 4:00 pm M-F. It's a lot for someone like me who has autism and ADHD. I am working to create an after work ritual that gets me out of "work mode" and into "relax, you don't have to mask anymore mode".
So far my plan for the ritual is this:
• Go to the nearest park with swings.
• Sit in the grass.
• Turn on a fake candle.
• Invision myself stepping into my priestly/religious self/persona. I am no longer [legal name], I am now Earthchild (my magical name).
• Strike my tiny singing bowl once to signal the change of space (it's now sacred space).
• Take a couple deep breaths and take 30 seconds to admire the physical place I'm in.
• Pull out my small bubble wand. Read the words written on the paper that's wrapped around the bubble wand.
• Say whatever else I've written (spell or whatever, IDK, I'm still writing it).
• Blow some bubbles a few times and imagine the stress and worries of the day floating away.
By this point, I would have completely set aside any thoughts about the date and time. I'm in the here and now, only. I'm simply being. All of these parts of the ritual won't be more than 10 minutes.
• After this, I'll do some sort of fun activity just because. Blow more bubbles and chase after them, go on the swing set and listen to music while I swing, read, etc. Swinging is a sensory thing for me. It helps me relax and feel better as a whole.
The fun activity portion of the ritual should be around a half hour.
• Once the half hour timer goes off, I'll do something to slowly bring myself back to the realities of the day. I need to go home, do chores, make dinner, or whatever else I need to do. The ritual will then be finished. I need that forced break between a long day of work and whatever else I have to do that isn't fun.