Nigel Pennick is an authority on ancient belief systems, traditions, runes, and geomancy and has traveled and lectured extensively in Europe and the United States. He is the author and illustrator of more than 50 books, including The Pagan Book of Days and Pagan Magic of the Northern Tradition. The founder of the Institute of Geomantic Research and the Library of the European Tradition, he lives near Cambridge, England.

INTRODUCTION Our Picture of Past Times

CHAPTER 1
The Kingdom of Northumbria
A Brief History

CHAPTER 2
The Spirit Landscape of Northumbria

CHAPTER 3
Northumbrian Geomancy
The Year, Time, and Space

CHAPTER 4
Runes and Consciousness
Weaving the Web of Wyrd

CHAPTER 5
The Runes of Northumbria

CHAPTER 6 The First Airt of the Northumbrian Runes

CHAPTER 7
The Second Airt of the Northumbrian Runes

CHAPTER 8
The Third Airt of the Northumbrian Runes

CHAPTER 9
The Fourth Airt of the Northumbrian Runes

CHAPTER 10
Runes in Magic and Encryption

CHAPTER 11 Magical Symbols and Artifacts of Old Northumbria

CHAPTER 12
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Legendary and Magical History

CHAPTER 13Yr
The Outlaw Archers

CHAPTER 14 Otherworldly Beings of the Northumbrian Landscape
Boggarts, Hobs, Brownies, and Bogeymen

POSTSCRIPT
Ancestral Treasures

Glossary

Bibliography

Index