Rune Set - Black Jasper

Twenty-five runes hand carved in black jasper, with an information card.

The practical argument first: a carved stave on black stone reads as pale against dark, which is the highest contrast in the range and the easiest to make out by candle or firelight. Beyond that, black jasper is the grounding one, and it suits casting on questions you want answered plainly.

What You Are Getting

Twenty-five hand carved stones with an information card. Twenty-four of them are the Elder Futhark, the oldest runic alphabet, in use across Germanic Europe from roughly the second century. The twenty-fifth is blank.

About that blank rune. It is not ancient. Ralph Blum popularised it in The Book of Runes in 1982 and it has been in almost every commercial set since. Some readers use it for the unknowable and some take it straight back out of the bag. Both are defensible, and you should know which you are doing rather than find out mid-reading.

Try It With

Taking Up the Runes or The Runecaster’s Handbook to learn the staves, the Bone Rune Set if you want a second set in a different material, and a Rune Reading if you would rather be read for. More in runes.