Thanks to the encouragement of friends , I'm continuing to the next book in my Four Futhark Series. This next book on the 33-rune Northumbrian Futhorc will take some time. Doing one's own research in an area of interest is rewarding. So I'm including my own notes from previous study which you can find here.

The estimable Nigel Pennick has already written the defining book from his home in Northumberland. He is a fountain of wisdom and lore. He's been around a long time to know and share all things in runes and folklore. I highly recommend "Runic Lore & Legend : Wyrdstaves of Old Northumbria" as a comprehensive book you could get as I work on my own approach.

MY APPROACH AND RESEARCH

This will be the culmination of my four Futhark system that I call "Hyperborean" or "Erulian" because it is a call back home to make life work today. The subversive modern-dystopian society will no longer be relevant once one enters into a comprehensive cultural milieu of the ancestors and ourselves in the future.

The process of writing a book about the 33 rune Northumbrian Futhorc has some challenges. For one thing, the Anglo Saxon or Anglo-Frisian culture of these runes is less represented in academic or popular history than the Viking era Younger Futhark. Also, the more popular Elder Futhark calls upon the Old English Rune Poem which only goes to 29 runes. That's the reason for the extended history and cultural resources that I elaborate upon and link in this preliminary article.

My "Guidebook To Runestaves" that is available on my Gumroad site is the Elder Futhark of 24 runes which all apply with a few distinctions on this 33 rune Northumbrian system. An Old English rather than a Denmark to Germany Erulian 24 rune system is the culture. The Saxons of the regions of lower Saxony and Frisia immigrated to what we now call England and brought their runes, Gods, and culture with them. The Northumbrian runes survived the enculturation via Rome of Christianity into the kingdoms of England.

There were even regions where an adamant survival of Saxon people continued after the Norman conquest of 1066. French was becoming the official language for a time but it must be remembered that the Normans were North Men.

For a sense of tone and history to all the Anglo-Frisian rune systems, here is a link to a noted scholar, Arild Hauge. I recommend all his work.

https://arild-hauge.com/eanglor.htm

Above, I stated that the immigration to Britain that carried runes came from various regions. These were the Jutes, Saxons, and Frisians. By the time Beowulf was recited in the halls of Saxon England there was a unifying Old English language, but I'm sure there were dialects in Mercia, Wessex, Sussex, etc. For an account of the language survival in Northumbria up to current times here is a language link. Interesting article that indicates the Border Reivers were greatly responsible.

http://www.northumbriana.org.uk/langsoc/index.htm?fbclid=IwAR1_hOhYLal4ovrTN-mCvD4TA_ymXlIgnn7g5xA7ZX9Icjanh13Kf8CnOuQ

I will post a couple more links here for a tone of the region and times.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Kingdom_of_Northumbria/

And this one :

https://www.britannica.com/place/Northumbria

Yes, it's spelled "futhorc" because the fourth letter is an o rather than an a and the sixth letter is a c rather than a k.

I'm being unnecessarily complex here because I'm trying to get it right for my book. You can actually use the Northumbrian system by going to this rune site, looking up The 29 Angle-Saxon runes and adding the final runes given here :

http://www.therunesite.com/keyword/northumbrian-futhork/

So many links ! I know. I'm studying them myself to add some context and tone to my Northumbrian book. Wanted to include some good research for you.

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“luck was a quality inherent in the man and his lineage, a part of his personality similar to his strength, intelligence, or skill with weapons, at once both the cause and the expression of the success, wealth, and power of a family.”

From Bettina Sejbjerg Sommer "The Norse Concept of Luck" as quoted in The Hamingja section of 'Parts of the Self' in "Norse Mythology For Smart People" by Dan McCoy

https://norse-mythology.org/concepts/the-parts-of-the-self/

General George S. Patton is an iconic example of winning through following (and guiding) what one perceives as his sense of purpose. Destiny has a supernatural power that is seen as matter of fact and fully functioning in steps one takes from day to day. Luck then reveals lucky circumstances. Patton chose the code word "lucky" for his Third Army when he got the assignment.

It is said that Orlog is fate and what fate is given to you Wyrd is the actions and influence you have to create your destiny.

Patton did not explain the phenomenal success of the Third Army as mere happenstance or coincidences. He carefully presented how the army was to train to increase likelihood of success. Even prayers for weather were encouraged from his chaplains. To be totally dedicated in all aspects of an important purpose will increase luck.

I've proposed a Patton study for effective and winning living for some time now. Therefore, "Coffee With Patton" is what I'm proposing. "Coffee with Clauwitz" has already been used on a comprehensive podcast about the Prussian general Carl Clauswitz's "On War." So I might try to be more original in the title of my Patton series.

I'm a 'comparative expert' on runes which means that through years of study and practice I know more than most. I'm not a comparative expert on the life and legacy of General George S. Patton which means I know not much, but some. However, my 'coincidental' connection to the Patton legacy means I have an interest. I've recently heard you don't need to be an expert to write about something but you do need the interest. I got that.

The first tale of Patton was one my father told me when he finally felt like talking about the war. Dad was in a mortar infantry unit in The Third Army at The Battle of the Bulge - - and beyond. The "beyond" was very much a part of Patton's campaign if you know your history. Anyway, Dad told us about being bombarded by enemy shelling during the battle in the Ardennes forest. Mortar shells were exploding in the air and sending schrapnell straight down upon the troops. Dad calculated danger was from the schrapnell that was raining down and ripping limbs off of trees. Downed timber served as an overhead protection when he used his strength in hard work to drag them to use as a cover to use as his unit continued fire with the 81 M mortar.

The main feature of the Third Army was mobility so I doubt if they remained in the protective life-saving area for long. So I don't know if it was before or after that jeep bounced through the frozen cratering of a field and General Patton jumped out and approached Dad's unit. Dad remembered a cordial greeting and a surveying look from the general. Then he nodded and said, "Carry on." as he departed to the jeep. As the driver and general bounced away one of the men said,'That was 'Old Blood and Guts himself." Patton could be recognized wherever he went. "Old Blood and Guts" and "The Old Man" were terms of affection this troops had for him - - once they realized that all the hard work and facing danger was for their own benefit.

"Patton's Third Army at War. by George Forty is a terrific book that tells me in Cosmic detail about the General who talked to my Dad at the Battle of the Bulge. Patton lived a brave cosmic life and inspired his troops to carry on.

Working reverie. The Patton Project has intimations of raising up against detrimental forces. Victory must be assured by attention to principles of sovereign responsibility.

The Patton book reveals a mystic comprehension in the entire Patton family and the mystic warrior history of his civil war ancestors. The family was given to thoughtful philosophy at the dinner table and conversation could always be found in the realms of the significance of life and the best values.

By now General Patton's strong belief in reincarnation is well-known. There is ample room for study of the man's life including success principles and the corrupt resistance he was subjected to by standardized agendas.

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Alan

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