Edred Thorsson claims that the renaissance of the runes in Germany can be traced to Guido von List and Friedrich Bernhard Marby. This book deals mainly with the 'secret' teaching of these two men as well as those of their followers and students. Thorsson discusses briefly the ancient history of the runes and the Armanic Renaissance. He also discusses much of the use of the runes by the Nazis in the chapter "The High Tide of Rune Magic". Much of this is interesting information however the only difficulty I have with it is that there is no proof to his words although there is a long bibliography should the you have an avid interest in the runes and desire to research this yourself. Unfortunately, to do so you would have to be well versed in both the English and German languages. Thorsson continues this work with a short bit of information regarding the Swastika and the runes and again touches on Nazi Germany. He tells how the the Nazis supressed and even banned esoteric studies so that they could monoplize them themselves and thus control the use of such tools. Overall he shows how the history of the runes has seen many faces both dark and light and how they have survived through such dark times as the Third Reich and still manage to come to a revival in modern spirituality. He then takes what anyone who knows anything about the runes today knows and builds on top of them by adding some of the 'secret' practices such as Runic Yoga, mantras, rituals, dance and mudras (which is a sort of sign language). In the chapter "Steads of Rune Might" he discusses the best positioning, location and timing for practices. "Healing Runes" discusses how the runes can be used to acquire physical healing. Finally, the last two sections involve specific rite/exercises known as the Graal-Cup and The Ritual of the Ninth Night. You may find this highly useful if you are looking for something rune related other than standard divination or meditation. The exercises such as Runic Yoga are a unique alternative to standard Yoga and are great to help your physical body while exercising your psychic mind and meditating on the runes simultaneously. Many of the rituals involve a runic aspect of sex magic which some people may find interesting or at least amusing. This is a very unique alternative study of the runes regardless of it's validity which I personally feel may be questionable. It is one of those sources, like many magical resources, where you would be best advised to take what is useful to you and discard or file the rest.