RUNEMASTERS: MYSTICS & TEACHERS OF THE HEATHEN NORTH is now available to order. The book is 140 pages in length and costs just 24 EUROS with free postage (excluding America, which is €15 postage = €39 total). Our PayPal address is blackfrontpress@yahoo.co.uk and you can find more details below. Cover art: Zbigniew Boguslawski

THIS striking volume from Black Front Press examines some of the main figures in the world of Germanic spirituality, including runologists both past and present. Whilst the esoteric origins of the runes themselves are well known, having been revealed in the Hávamál literature of the Poetic Edda, the earliest studies of both runes and their magical qualities were conducted by Johannes Bureus (1568-1652), Olof Rudbeck Sr. (1630-1702), Anders Celsius (1701-1744), Jón Ólafsson (1705-1779) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859). In the early part of the twentieth century, runic theory and practice enjoyed something of a revival and many of the chief protagonists are discussed in this book. Following in their footsteps, particularly after the Second World War, came an entirely new generation of runologists that were – and, indeed, still are – scattered across Northern Europe and the Americas.

Among the fascinating personages discussed in this volume are Karl Maria Wiligut (1866-1946), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875-1945), Peryt Shou (1873-1953), Siegfried Alfred Kummer (1899-1977), Karl Spiesberger (1904-1992), Miguel Serrano (1917-2009), Else Christensen (1913-2005), Nigel Pennick (b.1946), Wulf Ingessunu (b.1947) and Edred Thorsson (b.1953).

The contributors include Troy Southgate (Editor), Richard Rudgley, Wulf Ingessunu, Wyatt Kaldenberg, Piercarlo Bòrmida, Hamasson, Frater Bellator, N. Leshy Sanghrajkara and Colin S. Lockwood. With a host of great writers and some fantastic topics, not to mention superb cover art by the inimitable Zbigniew Boguslawski, this book deserves a place on any underground bookshelf.