Frithcast Episode 39 - Ethics and Practicalities of Rune Reading I

Episode 39 – Ethics and Practicalities of Rune Reading I

 

Things we talk about in this episode:

 

Opening Music:

'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]

 

Closing Music:

'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]

 

Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org

 

This episode is purely UPG, and is the things that Suzanne has considered when casting runes for others. It’s not the only way to approach this, there are many things to consider when you cast runes and interpret them. It’s also the first one of a two-parter – the discussion went on a little longer that we thought it would, and so we’ve split it into two.

 

“Warm knees!” Havmal verse 3

 

“There are many models and they have a plan” paraphrased from Battlestar Galactica opening https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/crazycredits

 

Transformers Before all the Michael bay films, there was a children’s cartoon: https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-gb

 

“That goes for you two idiots with your eyes closed behind the sheet of glass” From The Goon Show episode Napoleons Piano, first broadcast 11^th October 1955

 

1812 Overture: https://www.classicfm.com/lifestyle/wellbeing/1812-overture/

 

Schrodinger’s dog… ok, so the original is Schrodingers cat: http://www.iflscience.com/physics/schr%C3%B6dinger%E2%80%99s-cat-explained/

 

Feynman diagrams – used to describe particle interactions in physics: https://www.quantumdiaries.org/2010/02/14/lets-draw-feynman-diagams/

 

Jason Momoa – like he needs an introduction from us: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597388/

 

Cylon’s – from Battlestar Galactica, especially nice in the reboot 2004 - 2009

 

“Have a gorilla” Running gag in The Goon Show, most often said by the character Grytpype-Thynne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show_running_jokes

 

“Tonight Matthew, I’m going to be…” line from ‘Stars in Their Eyes’ (TV show 1990 - 2006) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_in_Their_Eyes

 

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins young adult dystopian book trilogy, which was them made into films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games

 

“A mug of your finest hot water with brown grit in it” – Mrs Miggins Pie Shop, Blackadder

http://blackadder.wikia.com/wiki/Mrs._Miggins

 

Vitki – someone who specialises in talismanic uses of runes

 

The runic graffiti of Maeshowe: http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/maeshowe/maeshrunes.htm

 

When you cast runes for someone else, there are practical and ethical things to consider:

 

Using runes for self reflection.

 

Consider whether you want to charge for reading runes for someone else. There is no right answer for this.

 

Tea leaf-omancy – otherwise known as tasseography: http://www.teausa.com/14531/reading-tea-leaves

 

Legal considerations: UK Trading Standards Regulations: “This service is for entertainment purposes only” Many places across the world require psychics, diviners or oracles to have a disclaimer on their services: see example here: https://propsychicreadings.com/psychic-tarot-reading-legal-disclaimer/

 

The Witchcraft Act (replaced by the Fraudulent Mediums Act in 1951)

 

Squiddly spooge: from Invader Zim episode Dark Harvest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ERbN2eb0o

 

Gardenarian Wicca http://british-wicca.com/

 

The Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951 (now incorporated into UK Trading Standards Regulations)

See here for a short overview of UK law relating to witchcraft https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/religion/overview/witchcraft/

 

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