A Light Among Shadows is a guide to self-love and being that helps you overcome negative self-talk, instill genuine self-acceptance, and overcome self-hate and resentment by making sense of people’s level of consciousness and your spirituality. In one of its many archetypes, the woman symbolizes managing and nurturing life. Therefore, in this context, the rune of the woman indicates new projects in various areas, favoring the beginnings. Like any oracle, the witches' runes can answer important questions and assist in decision making. It is a very useful tool for self-knowledge and the exercise of intuition. Since it is an oracle that is handmade, it is accessible and easy to connect, because everything will be according to the intuition and personal energy of who makes it. Is it finding new love or making the existing one healthier than ever? Is it maybe some positivity that would make your life flourish as you've never thought it could? Or is it something unique that your life is missing?

I didn’t come up with the idea of turning seashells into witches’ runes. I’ve seen many a witch take the opportunity to turn collected shells into something special. AND I capitalized on it! You can, too! Gather 13 seashells or stones, of relatively similar size and shape, then draw or paint a witches rune on each. I painted my shells blue to honor the water element even more AND used gold for the actual runes. Get creative and store them in a special bag. Tips on How to Bond With Your Witch Runes Hutton characterised Valiente as "a handsome woman of striking, dark-haired, aquiline looks, possessed of a strong, enquiring, candid, and independent personality, and a gift for poetry and ritual." The Man: Symbolizes an individual, often the seeker or the one performing divination. It represents the self and personal identity. In London she started a relationship with Casimiro Valiente. He was a Spaniard who had fled from the Spanish Civil War. They married in May 1944 and moved to Bournemouth where he worked as a chef. She said they suffered racism after the war, which makes her affiliation with the far-right later in life even more peculiar.

The Witches’ Rune

Think: This looks like an asterisk, which is sometimes called a star. Stars guided sailors at night. When you wish upon a star, your wish will come true. In 1964 she was introduced to Robert Cochrane. She was sceptical of his claims to be from a hereditary line of witches, but she was impressed by his personality, his desire to avoid publicity, in contrast to Gerald, and his practice of working outdoors. Doreen went on to work with Robert Cochrane, but later broke with this group. She was disturbed by his open adultery and what she saw as his vocal and vicious criticisms of Gardnerian Wicca. In Midsummer 1966 Cochrane committed ritual suicide and she wrote “Eulogy for a Dead Witch” in his honour. By shape: a witches mark on the skin might also take the shape of a country, the shape of a heart, etc.

The script evolved over the centuries, but from the Elder Futhark to the Medieval Futhark in 13th century, the style remained essentially the same. Most of the runic letters are made from a vertical line that have other lines or curves attached to them.

The Rings: Symbolizes partnerships, unions, or contracts. It suggests a connection with others, whether in love or business.