Raed Waen is a ceremonial technique of runecasting. Raed Waen means “riding the wagon” and refers to the runecaster being envisaged as a “rider in a heavenly wagon of the gods from which all things can be seen.”
Traditionally, only handmade wooden or stone runes should be used in the shoat and the environment takes on great importance.
When shoating indoors the main axis of the room is the rig or guide line. Known as the “right line” it is merely an imaginary straight line on the floor that is aligned with the earth energies in the room. If the walls in the room are oriented according to European tradition, the axis of the rig should run from east to west. In Northern tradition, the axis of the rig runs from north to south.
The shoat is always lined up along the rig and the runes should be cast on a white shoat cloth. Traditionally, the white cloth should be the same bodily measurements of the runecaster:
Length = runecaster’s height from the feet to the fingertips with arms stretched fully over the head.
Fathom (Width) = distance from the runecaster’s out stretched arms at the sides, finger tip to finger tip.
The white shoat cloth is placed on the floor about one-third of the way along the rig so the runecaster’s view is along the longer part of the room.
It is always best to cast the runes outdoors. When outdoors the rig should face towards the Sun at the time the divining is taking place. It is not recommended to divine in the darkness except for special circumstances.
Some runecasters use a stol to sit on which is a ceremonial pillow embroidered with runic symbols. This is always placed at the negative end of the shoat. Others place another cloth on top of the white shoat cloth at the positive end of the shoat if they intend to use a mearomot (personal talisman) during the reading so they have an area to place it. Issues (never questions) are written (always with red ink) and placed on the second cloth along with the mearomot. Symbolic objects can be placed at the four corners of the white shoat cloth as well.
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Raed Waen is a ceremonial technique of runecasting. Raed Waen means “riding the wagon” and refers to the runecaster being envisaged as a “rider in a heavenly wagon of the gods from which all things can be seen.”
Traditionally, only handmade wooden or stone runes should be used in the shoat and the environment takes on great importance.
When shoating indoors the main axis of the room is the rig or guide line. Known as the “right line” it is merely an imaginary straight line on the floor that is aligned with the earth energies in the room. If the walls in the room are oriented according to European tradition, the axis of the rig should run from east to west. In Northern tradition, the axis of the rig runs from north to south.
The shoat is always lined up along the rig and the runes should be cast on a white shoat cloth. Traditionally, the white cloth should be the same bodily measurements of the runecaster:
Length = runecaster’s height from the feet to the fingertips with arms stretched fully over the head.
Fathom (Width) = distance from the runecaster’s out stretched arms at the sides, finger tip to finger tip.
The white shoat cloth is placed on the floor about one-third of the way along the rig so the runecaster’s view is along the longer part of the room.
It is always best to cast the runes outdoors. When outdoors the rig should face towards the Sun at the time the divining is taking place. It is not recommended to divine in the darkness except for special circumstances.
Some runecasters use a stol to sit on which is a ceremonial pillow embroidered with runic symbols. This is always placed at the negative end of the shoat. Others place another cloth on top of the white shoat cloth at the positive end of the shoat if they intend to use a mearomot (personal talisman) during the reading so they have an area to place it. Issues (never questions) are written (always with red ink) and placed on the second cloth along with the mearomot. Symbolic objects can be placed at the four corners of the white shoat cloth as well.