Runes, Does anyone use Runes as their main divination tool? Options

I was just looking thru the threads and noticed none on the subject of runes. I happen to prefer Runes in my divination due to the comfort of them. Also I seem to get a direct answer to my inqueries. Im not saying they are not w/o deep spiritual insight as well. I fone looks at the answers recieved there can always be a spiritual meaning behind the cast. this is another reason why I prefer runes, I get answers that are on par w/ my spiritual quest as well. The casts usually seem relevent to my current spiritual situation--even if I wasnt asking about the matter.

Does anyone else have any insights on the use of Runes as well? I am always looking for more effective ways to use them.

Laterz.....

I use home made. There's nothing wrong with store bought, but the act of creation is inherent in my way of working, in fact it's my definition of magick. I started with Elder, even used the drop of blood mixed with Tung oil to make a truly empowered set, staining a wind blown maple branch that blew down the day I was thinking of making them. It's a nice set. (I also use the same wood for Servitor and sigil work.)

Since I believe the sacred letters (alphabet) are the most powerful form of empowerment a practitioner at my stage of work can create -- I believe it connects the conscious mind to the subconscious and ultimately to the Deep Mind if you create your OWN runes -- I now only use my own runes. I created them over a period of many months, developing them out of my driving passion for unifying all traditions (east to west, shamanistic to ceremonial, Tibetan to Qabalah, magick to science (same thing in my mind, anyway))-- by first creating a vast spreadsheet of every correspondence I could find and think up, starting with AC's 777 and working through the vast array of symbolism in my Tibetan practice and my earlier work with Taosim (Daoism). It sounds tedious, but the act of engaging the conscious mind this way becomes a form of gnostic mantra. The result was amazing. I also correspond the runes to the Tarot majors and also elemental suits, aces and court cards, and it all seems to work beautifully. Of course, this becomes the "code" to interpreting the cast.

The act of creating my own sacred runes, unique to my work, and my own runeset out of wood (in Taosim a very empowering element) has created quite the extraordinarily intimate tool for me, not just in divination, but as a tool of empowerment.

But, if I'm to admit the truth, I use them a lot, but my special bond is to the Thoth Tarot. I carry a Thoth pocket deck with me everywhere I go, use it in both divination and higher works. It's pretty much the only tool I would never work without. Sometimes I use both. They do compliment nicely.