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excellent guides at first for association in this way.<br />

Runic relationships can also be found in the shapes of the staves. This is particularly clear when<br />

one stave is put in the place of another, as in the case of the Elder elhaz replacing mannaz in the Younger<br />

Futhark or the alternate Elder ingwaz set for the Anglo- Saxon jera. One of the better examples of the use<br />

of shape-determined relationships is the alu formula, a common runic inscription which calls on the flow<br />

of magical energy, vital force and inspiration. Laguz is the life-force flowing upward; ansuz shows the<br />

same shape effective on and transformed through both the conscious and the subconscious; uruz shows<br />

this power flowing through every level of being as a vital, shaping energy. The formula laukaz, “leek,”<br />

also begins with this combination of like-shaped staves, adding the craft of kenaz and the guarding might<br />

and upward-reaching spiritual power of elhaz to the basic idea. The fact that each word also has a fitting<br />

meaning-alu being a drink that both strengthens and inspires, tied to the source-thought of laguz by that<br />

rune’s use in brewing magic, and laukaz being the quick-growing, vital leek which was also used in<br />

kennings for “warrior”-adds a further dimension of might to these inscriptions.<br />

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