Runes with Siri Vincent Plouff

Not unlike the Celts, if you head to your local New Age Occult store you will notice that there is an overabundance of Runes. From necklace pendants, to books, to divination stones and more- Runes are seemingly overrepresented. But much of what makes Runes so special has been lost in the mix. Here to help us through why Runes are not always what meets the eye in both scholarly and New age circles, is Podcaster and author Siri Vincent Plouff!

Siri Vincent Plouff is a Nordic witch, professional rune and tarot reader, Podcaster and Author. Recently they have just released the book Queering the Runes: Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom in Rune Magic and Mythology. They are also the host of The Heathen’s Journey Podcast which explores Norse paganism, Traditional Witchcraft, folk magic, and so much more. They currently run Lore Books as well as have a Bookshop.org online bookshop. They can be found on Instagram as well as Bluesky and if you love what Siri gets up to, please consider supporting on Patreon. Click the link below to find everything that Siri is getting up to!

Show Notes & Book Recommendations
Thank you to Siri for some of these Notes!

• How the runes were lost and won…
• Runes: An Introduction by Ralph Warren Victor Elliott
• Runes and Their Secrets: Studies in Runology
• The Runes: A Deeper Journey by Kari Tauring
• The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia by Neil Price – This book is astounding
• Germanic: The Runes
• The Jelling Stone
• Tacitus’ Germania
• The Origin of the Futhark, Ogham and Gothic Runes
• Old Norse Online – University of Texas
• Runes, Magic, & Divination
• The Runes: A Human Journey
• Lady of the Labyrinth – Maria Kvilhaug – An awesome YouTube channel
• The Rune Calendar
• Among Demons and Ave Marias: Runes and the Supernatural on Swedish Amulets
• Scandinavian Runic-text Database
• Nazi use of Norse runes
• Siri’s Heathen Resources
• TROLLRÚN: A Discourse on Trolldom and Runes in the Northern Tradition by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold
• On Black Wings – Fellowship of Fire and Ice is an explicitly anti-racist and anti-fascist heathen organization
• The Troth – Inclusive Heathenry
• Bryggens Museum
• The Primstav – Norway’s Historical Calendar Sticks