Overview
Bindrunes are a kind of glyph made up of two or more letters of the futhark, often made for esoteric purposes. In many Norse pagan practices, bindrunes are crafted by the practitioner to act as sigils, wards, protective charms, curses, blessings, power-conduits for egregores or thoughtforms, and more.
Whether a bindrune is crafted as a spell or not, all of them are generally meant to convey a specific symbolic meaning. The most famous and familiar bindrune we see today is the symbol used for bluetooth connection.
Crafting Bindrunes
The process of crafting bindrunes is rather straightforward. A practitioner will typically select letters from the futhark whose meanings and properties correlate to the practitioner’s intention, and then combine these letters to form a single glyph. Practitioners typically have their own rules and conventions for constructing these.
Despite looking similar, bindrunes are different from galdrastafir, or Icelandic magical staves. Bindrunes use a different metaphysical paradigm than galdrastafir do and don’t require initiation in order to properly use.
Historicity
The use of bindrunes as sigils is contemporary to modern Heathenry. While bindrunes do appear on ancient runestones and weapons, these are simply ligatures or signatures.
