casting runes — 23jan26

isaz
quenching raging flames to
let passions give to slumber &
burn low with eyes half-closed
embracing winter beauty as
ephemeral as the dream

A rune poem, based on an Elder Futhark rune selected at random.

Today’s rune is isaz, a rune that is translated as the word “ice”. Sources associate isaz with a calmness, present moment or stillness. As ice, isaz is sometimes associated with standstill, stagnation, stasis or contraction; even at times as pristine beauty with seductive qualities.

Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.


2 responses to “casting runes — 23jan26”

  1. lyndhurstlaura Avatar

    Sound sensual, and something like that quotation about a ‘state between sleep and awake’ that I can never remember the origin of. Yours has a more dream-like quality, untouchable, glimpsed through gauze.

    1. michael raven Avatar

      Lucid dreaming?

      Thank you!

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