Wonderful to see all the interest- I will be PMing folks in the nw year.
For those that asked about Futhorc- I don't see any issue at all. I was actually planning on running through all 33 of mine (I use the Northumbrian as well), but starting with the traditional 24 that fall in both sets. The addition of the Old English Poems are very nice, as the Icelandic and Norse ones can be a bit vague.
The "intensive" can be about as intense as you want. My vision is to hit cover each rune in a day (ambitious, but would get us done in approx a month, anything longer tends to wear people out). Each person can post on that specific rune their thoughts, point of view, etc as well as traditional meanings, poems, yadda yadda yadda. The idea is to have all elements covered under each rune- so it is all in one place rather than spread out all over. If anyone has Galina Krasskova's rune book, it does something like this as well. Meaning, poems, then whatever you intuit as coming from the rune be it additional meaning, colors, element, associated God/Goddess/plant/planet/jewel/animal/etc, and whatever message the rune may task you with bringing back- as well as personal experiences in how the working with the rune went for you.
So- if you have a hard time connecting- plug in the poems or traditional meanings. If you speak to your runes intimately, then plug in some extra meanings/messages. If you get a strong sense of associated G/G/p/p/j/a/e- then go with that. It is not meant to be a rigid study, just bring to the table what you can. It is more of a potluck.
Hope this helps- we can mesh out more details when it draws close.
Oh- and happy holidays everyone! May your Yule fire shine bright on that longest of nights and may you sing when the sun comes home.
