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Thorsson, Edred (1984). Futhark: A Handbook of Rune Magic (Reissued 2012, Revised 2020. ed.). Samuel Weiser. ISBN   978-0877285489.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (1986). Runes and Magic: Magical Formulaic Elements in the Older Runic Tradition (doctoral dissertation). Germany: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers. ISBN   978-0820403335.
  • Thorsson, Edred (1987). Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology (later retitled as Runelore: The Magic, History, and Hidden Codes of the Runes). Samuel Weiser. ISBN 978-0877286677.
  • Thorsson, Edred (1988). At the Well of Wyrd. (retitled as Runecaster's Handbook: The Well of Wyrd in 1999), Samuel Weiser. ISBN 978-1578631360.
  • Thorsson, Edred (1989). A Book of Troth. Llewellyn Publications. (second edition, 2003, Rûna-Raven Press; third edition, 2015, Runestone Press [Ultra]; fourth edition, 2022, Arcana Europa Media). ISBN 979-8986223407.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (1990). Fire and Ice: Magical Teachings of Germany's Greatest Secret Occult Order (revised second edition retitled as Fire & Ice: The History, Structure, and Rituals of Germany's Most Influential Modern Magical Order: The Brotherhood of Saturn in 1994). Llewellyn. ISBN 978-0875427768. (Revised third edition retitled as The Fraternitas Saturni: History, Doctrine, and Rituals of the Magical Order of the Brotherhood of Saturn published with Inner Traditions/Bear in 2018. ISBN 978-1620557211.
  • Thorsson, Edred (1991). The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Complete Curriculum of Rune Magic. Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0875427812. Revised in 2003 and retitled as The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Curriculum of Rune-work published by Rûna-Raven Press in 2003. ISBN 978-1885972231. Revised and expanded fifth edition published by Arcana Europa Media LLC in 2018. ISBN 978-0971204485.
  • Thorsson, Edred. (1992). Northern Magic: Mysteries of the Norse, Germans & English (revised second edition retitled as Northern Magic: Rune Mysteries & Shamanism). Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-1567187090.
  • Thorsson, Edred. (1993). Rune-Song: A Guide to Galdor. Rûna-Raven Press. ISBN 979-8728505730. Reissued in 2021 by Arcana Europa Media. This book is accompanied by audio tracks for correct pronunciation.
  • Flowers, Stephen Edred. (1995). BlackRûna: Being the Shorter Works of Stephen Edred Flowers, Produced for the Order of the Trapezoid of the Temple of Set (1985-1989). (reissued and retitled as DarkRûna: Containing the Complete Essays Originally Published in Black Rûna (1995) by Lodestar Books in 2019). ISBN 978-1885972507.
  • Thorsson, Edred. (1996). GreenRûna: The Runemaster's Notebook: Shorter Works of Edred Thorsson, Volume I (1978-1985). Rûna-Raven Press. (reissued by Lodestar Books in 2021). ISBN 978-1885972880.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (1997). Lords of the Left-hand Path: A History of Spiritual Dissent. Rûna-Raven Press. ISBN 978-1885972088. (second revised edition retitled as Lords of the Left-Hand Path: Forbidden Practices and Spiritual Heresies in 2012). Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN 978-1594774676.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (1999). A Concise Edition of Old English Runic Inscriptions. Rûna-Raven Press.
  • Thorsson, Edred. (2001). Blue Rûna: Edred's Shorter Works Vol. III (1988-1994). Rûna-Raven Press. ISBN 1-885972-16-4. Republished by Asatru Folk Assembly in 2011. ISBN 978-1885972163.
  • Flowers, Stephen Edred. (2001). Red Rûna: Shorter Works, Vol. IV (1987-2001). Rûna-Raven Press.
  • Thorsson, Edred. (2011). The Mysteries of the Goths. Lodestar Books. ISBN 978-1885972316.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (2014). The Good Religion. Runa-Raven Press. ISBN   978-1885972996.
  • Flowers, Stephen Edred (2014). Runarmal II. Runa-Raven Press. ISBN   978-1885972989.
  • Flowers, Stephen Edred (2015). Sigurdr. Runa-Raven Press. ISBN   978-1885972958.
  • Flowers, Stephen Edred (2015). Wendish Mythology. Runa-Raven Press. ISBN   978-1885972132.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (2017). The Mazdan Way: Essays on the Good Religion for the West. Lodestar. ISBN   978-1885972453.
  • Flowers, Stephen Edred (2017). The Northern Dawn: A History of the Reawakening of the Germanic Spirit: From the Twilight of the Gods to the Sun at Midnight. Arcana Europa Media LLC. ISBN   978-0972029285.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (2017). Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magi. Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN   978-1620556443.
  • Flowers, Stephen Edred (2017). Runarmal I: The Runa-Talks: Summer 1991ev. Lodestar. ISBN   978-1885972620.
  • Thorsson, Edred (2018). Rune Might: The Secret Practices of the German Rune Magicians. (3rd edition, revised and expanded). Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN 978-1620557259. Originally published in 1989 by Llewellyn Publications under the title Rune Might: Secret Practices of the German Rune Magicians. Second revised and expanded edition published in 2004 by Runa-Raven Press under the title Rune-Might: History and Practices of the Early 20th Century German Rune Magicians.
  • Thorsson, Edred (2018). The Big Book of Runes and Rune Magic: How to Interpret Runes, Rune Lore, and the Art of Runecasting. Weiser Books. ISBN 978-1578636525. This book is a revision and expansion upon his original three-book series of Futhark (1984), Runelore (1987), and At the Well of Wyrd (1988).
  • Thorsson, Edred. (2019). Witchdom of the True: A Study of the Vana-Troth and Seidr. Lodestar Books. ISBN 978-1885972170.
  • Flowers, Stephen Edred (2019). Dark Rûna: Containing the Complete Essays Originally Published in Black Rûna (1995). Lodestar. ISBN   978-1885972507.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (2019). The Magian Tarok: The Origins of the Tarot in the Mithraic and Hermetic Traditions. Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN   978-1620558690.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (2019). Studia Germanica. Lodestar. ISBN   978-1885972309.
  • Thorsson, Edred. (2019). History of the Rune-Gild: The Reawakening of the Gild (1980-2018). Gilded Books, imprint of Arcana Europa Media. ISBN 978-0999724545.
  • Thorsson, Edred. (2020). Re-Tribalize Now!: A Step-by-Step Guide to Cultural Renewal. Arcana Europa Media.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (2021). Revival of the Runes: The Modern Rediscovery and Reinvention of the Germanic Runes. Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN   978-1644111789.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (2022). The Occult in National Socialism: The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third Reich. Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN   978-1644115749.
  • Flowers, Stephen E. (2022). The Occult Roots of Bolshevism. Lodestar Books. ISBN   978-1885972873.

    • As co-author

    • Flowers, Stephen E.; Moynihan, Michael (2007). The Secret King: The Myth and Reality of Nazi Occultism. Feral House. ISBN   978-1932595253.
    • Flowers, Stephen E.; Flowers, Crystal Dawn (2013). Carnal Alchemy: Sado-Magical Techniques for Pleasure, Pain, and Self-Transformation. Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN   978-1620551097.
    • Flowers, Stephen Edred; Von List, Guido (2015). Freemasonry and the Germanic Tradition. Rûna-Raven Press. ISBN   978-1885972927.
    • Flowers, Stephen Edred; Chisholm, James (2015). Source Book of Seid. Runa-Raven Press. ISBN   978-1885972972.

    As editor

    • Flowers, Stephen (1995). Hermetic Magic: The Postmodern Magical Papyrus of Abaris. Red Wheel Weiser. ISBN   978-0877288282.

    As translator

    • List, Guido von, Stephen E. Flowers (trans., 1988), The Secret of the Runes. Inner Traditions. ISBN 978-0892812073.
    • Flowers, Stephen E. (1989). The Galdrabók: An Icelandic Grimoire. Originally published by Samuel Weiser (1989), then Rûna-Raven Press (2005) ISBN 978-1885972088, then as a second revised edition retitled as The Galdrabók: An Icelandic Book of Magic with Lodestar Books (2011), then a third revised edition and retitled as Icelandic Magic: Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires and published by Inner Traditions (2016). ISBN 978-1620554050.
    • Kummer, S.A., Edred Thorsson (trans., 2017), Rune-Magic. Lodestar Books. ISBN 978-1885972613.

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    2. ↑ "The drive home to Austin was a silent one. I sat in the back seat, dozing. Then, audibly, in my ear I Heard the sound (roonah), which is the Word, RÛNA. At once I knew what the word referred to: the Germanic writing system of pre-Christian times...[I] went to the library of the University of Texas at Austin...I checked out a wide variety of books on the subject of runes...This volatile mixture of books, most of which had not been opened or read for years, was the first milestone of my journey. The way was opened when the Word signifying the ultimate Mystery was whispered in my ear, as it resonated over the eternal cycle of Ages." Stephen Edred Flowers, RÛNARMÂL I: The Runa-Talks: Summer 1991ev, Lodestar, 2017, p. 13.
    3. ↑ "Asatru Folk Assembly". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
    4. ↑ “Mother Night refers to the first twelve nights of the Yule celebration...The ceremony itself was a simple one. Only Flowers and Chisholm were present at the ceremonial site, a stone altar behind Flowers’s house in Austin. Flowers ‘invested’ Chisholm with the steersmanship of the RoT by transferring to him with “appropriate words” several symbols of the foundation of the religion: a Thor’s hammer which Flowers had worn to the first Ásatrú Free Assembly Althing in 1979, a stone from the Assembly Rock in Iceland, and a twig from an ash tree taken from the site of the last functioning temple of the Old religion at Uppsala, Sweden. This ended with “the declaration that the Ring of Troth was hereby founded with the aim of reestablishing the ancestral faith of the Germanic peoples” (interview with Flowers, 15 April 1993). James R. Lewis, Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft, Syracuse University Press, 1996. p.231, n. 41.
    5. ↑ Chisholm, James Allen; Appendix A, The Awakening of a Runemaster: The Life of Edred Thorsson Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine , from Thorsson, Edred; Green Rûna - The Runemaster's Notebook: Shorter Works of Edred Thorsson Volume I (1978-1985)", 1993, second improved and expanded edition 1996.
    6. ↑ Lodestar IV (February 2015) – Newsletter of the emerging enterprise, Lodestar [ permanent dead link ].
    7. ↑ Flowers, Stephen Edred; Freemasonry and the Germanic Tradition, Rûna-Raven Press, 2008, p. 11
    8. ↑ Flowers, Stephen (1995). Black Rûna: Being the Shorter Works of Stephen Edred Flowers Produced for the Order of the Trapezoid of the Temple of Set (1985-1989). p. 11.
    9. ↑ "Runes: The Journal of the Order of the Trapezoid" Vol XIV Number 2
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    Stephen Edred Flowers
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    Stephen Edred Flowers

    Bonham, Texas, US
    Other namesEdred Thorsson, Darban-i-Den
    OccupationLecturer
    Known forNeo-Germanic paganism, Odinism, Runology
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    Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
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