3The Havamal for Heathens was created to help people understand the wisdom contained in the ancient Germanic poem known as the Havamal. This poem is considered one of the bedrock foundations of the reawakening of the ancient faith of Northern Europe; however, very few people have a good grasp of the poem. This book contains a line by line commentary on each verse of the poem as well as a Rune Primer. In addition to the meanings of the individual runes of the Futhark, the primer explains runic divination and includes simple exercises to help the reader learn the runes.