Germanic Magick

[Proserpina]

What's the difference between other Countries' Magick ways?

[TYRRHENUS]

Salve Proserpina!
That's a very broad question. How about this: I'll give a brief overview of the Roman tradition, and someone else can tell you about Celtic, or Teutonic or whatever.
Roman magic is sympathetic- like attracts like. If a Roman has a broken bone, she would take a branch, break it, tie it back together with cords, place it next to the broken bone, then ask the God of Healing to heal it swiftly. Romans replicate the desired effect through tools, actions and prayer.
Modern Romans recognize five Elements: Terra(Earth), Aer(Air), Therma(Fire), Aqua(Water) and Forma(Essence or Spirit).
We also recognize 8 Winds: Septentrio(North), Aquilo(Northeast), Subsolanus(East), Vulturnus(Southeast), Auster(South), Africus(Southwest), Favonius(West) and Corus(Northwest).
We're certainly not afraid of tools, we have a lot... just helps to set the mood.
We congregate both indoors and outside. We wear togas, stolas and sometimes Greek chitons.

[aefentid]

Germanic magic is a big sometimes confusing subject ,so please please bear with me.

Runes are one form of magic,they are most commonly used in divination ,talismans, and charms.Spae-craft is genarally oracular and involves communicating with spirits.Seidr is sometimes defined as any kind of witchcraft and sometimes as only shamanic practices.Both spae and seidr are generally practiced only by women.Those three are the most common forms of Northern magic. There's also leechcraft which is herbalism and healing.And Anglo-Saxon Wicceacraeft which is Anglo-Saxon witchcraft.

Here are some links to more information

www.vikinganswerlady.com/seidhr.htm (http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/seidhr.htm)

www.irminsul.org/se/se.html (http://www.irminsul.org/se/se.html)

www.geocities.com/medieval_music/leechcraft/leechcraft.html (http://www.geocities.com/medieval_music/leechcraft/leechcraft.html)

www.ealdriht.org/runes.html (http://www.ealdriht.org/runes.html)