Dimensions of Runes

Runes that were intended for use in divination or magic were always drawn to specific proportions.  These proportions were:  four units high by one and a half units wide or, with broader runes, three (1.5 x 2) units wide.  It is permissible to ignore this rule if making bind-runes.

Runes used for secular inscriptions do not always follow these laws of proportion and it is certain that the majority of the Teutonic people knew next to nothing about the more abstruse side of runic geometry.  Like most of the geometry of the ancient world, this was symbolic in content, hardly concerning it self with such mundane preoccupations as the calculation of distance and area.

The Rune EOH is the only character to depart from the basic pattern of four rectangles one unit high by one and a half units wide.  The downward strokes of this Rune are made to form a more obtuse angle with the two upright strokes than is usual.  This means that their junction point is only half a unit from the topmost point of the Rune, whereas all the other symbols work only in full units vertically.

Herein lies a numerical clue to the meanings of the dimensions and the proportion allotted to the runic letters, for half units are not a valid measure in sacred geometry.   We must therefore, divide all the units of runic proportions by two in order to get at the true scale employed by the Teutonic Shaman.  This division produces a rectangle 8 units by 3 units.  Eight is the number of destiny; and the number three, when found rubbing shoulders with the number eight, is generally indicative of the influence of the Norns who, as we have seen, are the old Teutonic goddesses of Fate.

 Silvana's Magical World of Runes
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