Runes are a great start to do any work on yourself. When I first began it was from 'Runes' a book by Ralph Brums.It was so perceptively revealing that the writer was like a genius to me. He (or more aptly Odin) had a gift indeed to give to the world, which must have been marvellous.

As I was saying Runes are a good way to explore yourself along with dreams analysis, perhaps a book by C.Jung & a glass of wine....lol
Seriously I think without this rune book I probably would inevitablely have become a Jungerian....so I'm thankful for Mr.Brums (& Odin) gift.

Anyone have something that if you hadn't, you'd probably have gone down a different route?