Description
• Reveals Agrell’s controversial Uthark theory, a reordering of the Elder Futhark that exposes hidden numerical codes concealed within the runic alphabet
• Examines the syncretic connections between Norse rune magic and Mediterranean mystery religions, including Mithraism, Babylonian numerology, and Greco-Roman cryptographic traditions
• Illuminates Agrell’s analysis of key runic artifacts, including the Lindholm amulet and the Rök Stone, as evidence of a sophisticated living magical system
What if the runes were never simply an alphabet, but a system of encoded cosmic power? This is the central question animating the life and work of Sigurd Agrell, the Swedish philologist and professor at Lund University, whose revolutionary runological theories challenged academic orthodoxy and started a tradition of rune magic that endures to this day.
Carl Abrahamsson traces Agrell’s intellectual journey from his childhood in the forests of Värmland through his rigorous philological training to the publication of his landmark 1927 work, Runornas talmystik och dess antika förebild (The Numeric Mysticism of the Runes and Its Antique Prototype). In this book, Agrell introduced the Uthark theory: the proposal that the traditional Elder Futhark sequence was a deliberate façade concealing a hidden magical ordering. This secret ordering unlocked a coherent system of numerological and cosmological meaning connecting the runes to Mediterranean mystery traditions, particularly the cult of Mithras, Babylonian astronomical knowledge, and Greek and Roman gematria.
Drawing on comparative mythology, philological analysis, and close examination of runic artifacts, Abrahamsson reconstructs Agrell’s sweeping interdisciplinary vision. The author looks at Agrell’s studies of Sámi shamanic drums, Migration-period bracteates, the cryptographic layers of the famous Rök Stone, and also touches upon the intriguing question of the human origins of the god Odin. The result is a compelling argument for understanding the runes as dynamic magical instruments rather than a static alphabet.
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Writer: Abrahamsson, Carl
Release Date: 2027-04-27
FOC Date: 2027-03-23
Page Count: 256
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SKU: 9798888502754
Barcode: 9798888502754
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