Runes Stone Set in Pouch - White Agate

A full set of white agate rune stones in a printed cotton pouch: twenty-five polished stones of milky white agate with faint grey banding, twenty-four engraved with the Elder Futhark and one blank. White agate is the clean set, the one that looks like bone or river chalk on a dark cloth, and it is the set chosen by readers who want nothing to distract from the letters: the engraving shows black on white, and a cast can be read at a glance. In crystal practice agate is the stone of balance and patience and white is read as clarity, so the set suits a slow, clear reading and a beginner learning the letters. Runes are the old Germanic alphabet, twenty-four letters that are also words and meanings, cast for divination since the early centuries AD and perhaps as far back as 2000 BC, though nobody is certain. At twenty pounds it is one of the lower-priced sets. Pouch 11 by 9cm, 230g.

White agate, 25 engraved stones, printed cotton pouch. Pouch 11 x 9cm. Weighs 230g. From India.