There are several sites, groups and organizations that matter of factly state that the ancient peoples of the land that has been called Egypt for 2000 years had at one time referred to the entire country as "Khemet".  The word means black in the ancient language of the peoples of that region.  Those making this statement do not give any references to validate that claim.  Although the word has been used and infrequently at that in the description of the Two Lands, the word Tamara, which means beautiful land, has been used just as much as the word Khemet if not more.  These words have been use to DESCRIBE the land but I have found no historical references that validate their claim that the inhabitants themselves use the word as a name for their country nor have they produced any evidence to substantiate their claim that this is true.  I have read many writings from group claiming that all of the continent called Africa is black, negroid, people of Ham etc. to me this just smacks of reverse racism and is divisive and pure nonsence.  Until the human species accepts the fact that we are all indeed the same without one being superior to the other this type of divisive nonsense will do nothing but foster fear, loathing, hate and the perpetual reviling of one another.  Egypt was called the Two Lands that was joined as one was merged into nation who's Light Shined it is not just Khemet it was black earth and the beautiful land and the two lands.  The fallacy of Khemet is a sham it is a tool to inflate the ego's and make some feel superior.  There is a group whose leader is female and yet they say the follow the old ways the ancient teachings but with the caveat that it is geared to the modern world.. I say "tripe" pure unadulterated tripe, new age humbug half truths and misshapened myths to justify the fallacy to validate the tripe.  Show to me the historical evidence that justifies the conjecture that the peoples of the land called it Khemet and referred to themselves as Khemites.  Its not in the Pyramid texts nor the coffin texts nor any of papyri.

To begin let me first say that one who makes blanket pontifical
statements without the caveat of first either stating that the
remarks are personal opinion or based on study and referencing your
sources, is rather like a man standing on a three legged stool with
a noose around his neck. He should be careful or he will hang
himself. I will tighten the noose myself by saying that a statement
like "Tarot, in itself, has no magick, and in itself never has" is
totally assinine and ignorant I use the word ignorant because from
the statement I would have to guess the writer has no real solid
knowledge of Tarot other wise the word Stupid would have applied.
All things which open us or are keys inherently have magick in
them. I would challenge the writer of that statement to a magickal
duel of Tarot and Rune and see what magick lies in them. I will be
happy to weld the Tarot and let you taste the magick inherent in
them. There was also another misstatement. ICE is NOT seed I would
refer you to the writings of the Germanic order of Fraternitas
Saturni as well as the "Poetic Edda" . Seed would be more aptly
represented by Hagalaz who's exoteric meaning is Hail-stone and its
esoteric meaning is more precisely "seed form and primal union" and
as for sound or phonetic value ehwaz meaning horse would be just as
applicable as ihwaz meaning yew tree as is isa meaning ice. You
neglect dialect and regional intonations in your statement. And ice
is NEVER seed it is a form of water and receptive it represents that
out of which something rises. Seed is always fire and projective.
That statement that seed is Ice demonstrates a fundamental lack of
knowledge. The statement that there is "No cabbalistic lore in
runes" lacks both references justifying such a remark and any real
knowledge of Cabbala. It appears to me that the writer has missed
both the meaning and the intent of runes as well as cabbala and
tarot for every tarot card has a mystery just as runes do. To make
sweeping statements that lack credibility and in doing so reveal
major gaps in your understanding of Runes, Tarot, Cabbala and what
the meaning of Truth and an alphabet are meant to be. To state
that you have had Runes flat-out lie to you suggests that you knew
the answer to begin with and if so why did you bother to seek an
answer? To say with one mouth that you will get the answer one
needs to hear and with another mouth say it is a lie is
contradictory and again points to a severe lack of knowledge and
understanding. If the creative force is indeed wiser than the
caster as you suggest perhaps you should reflect on the bizarre
statements, contradictions, and horrible inaccuracies in your
postings. I will now continue with my take on the subject

Now as to the statement that "2. There is no, and has never been a
correlation between runes and the major arcanna." This statement I
am afraid is patently untrue. I refer the writer of that statement
to Johannus Bureus Swedish author-historian 1568-1652 Paracelist
well versed in Cabbala and the magickal works of Agrippa. He stated
that the runes were script containing great mysteries that could be
read from an initiated perspective. From his studies he developed a
system called "adulrunes" which is a variation of the Cabbalistic
method called Temura. This system corresponds to the Tarot.

Since we were given a history/mythology lesson on the Runes let me
give one of my own.
The myth of Odin obtaining the runes through self sacrifice is told
in the "Elder Edda" an Icelandic runic poem I will illustrate by
referencing one of the better translations by P.B. Taylor and W.H.
Auden "The Elder Edda: A selection `Words of the High One from the
Elder Edda'"

Wounded I hung on a wind-swept gallows
For nine long nights
Pierced by a spear, pledged to Odin
Offered myself to myself:
The wisest know not from whence spring
The roots of that ancient rood

They gave me no bread, they gave me no mead
I looked down with a loud cry

I took up runes from that tree I fell
And:
I know a twelfth; if a tree bear
A man hanged in a halter
I can carve and stain strong runes
That will cause the corpse to speak
Reply to whatever I ask

Here and in other translations of this Icelandic poem from which the
myth comes we see that Odin hangs from the TREE not his spear and
the tree is named Yggdrasil. Now this word can be translated as 1.
Gallows 2.Rood 3.Tree. There is also reference to a hanging man.

Odin did this self sacrifice in order to rediscover that which was
already known but lost meaning the Runes. Lets look at Odin was he
a God or a Warrior King as some of the writing would suggest? All
the Anglo-Saxon kings claimed decadency from Odin a blood claim much
the same way Egyptian Kings claimed their divine right to rule
through blood kinship to Osiris and Horus (correspondences) This too
was how the Europeans rulers maintained the line of Kingship through
blood and by blood their Divine Right to rule as god-men the sons of
god on earth. Some of the attributes of Odin. Head of the Aesir Sky
gods, god of victory, father of the slain or Val-father, Hanga-god
(god of the Hanged).

Now to the Runes themselves. They originated between 300-100 BCE.
The Elder Futhark of 24 rune-symbols the oldest thus the name. Then
the Anglo-Frissian which consisted of 33 runes which expanded the
phonetic and image range of the runes. During the Viking Age the
Scandinavian totaled 16 runes. All of these became influenced by
Latin with the introduction of the Roman invasion and the western
mentality which equated the runes with an alphabet. According to
the runic peoples runes carried in them the Keys cosmic encodements
in the very being of the Teutonic folk. It was also believed that
the primeval origin was associated with 1. Atlan (Atlantis) 2.
Thule (Hyperborea) North. As encodement the chief mission of the
runes was to reawaken abilities and vital essence. They are
mysteries and a key to mysteries. This same exact statement is made
about the Tarot. A rune consists of a numerical value, a phonetic
value, shape,literal translation of name and an underlying
significance all these values are applied to TAROT. That runes have
more than one meaning is obvious. There is an outwardly material
and an inwardly spiritual aspect to them. Read the "Volsunga Saga"
for an example of how the magic and use of runes were taught orally.
That runes have a numerical value can be seen in the fact the very
name Futhark or Futhork is derived from the first six (6) runes and
that they were originally used for magick and poems or veddas/sagas
and not for everyday mundane usage.

Today most runic lore is based upon the writings and interpretations
of Guido Von List and Friedrich Bernhard Marby each had a different
approach and each used a different form of runes Von List used an 18
rune Futhark while Marby thought the 33 rune Anglo-Frissian was more
correct. Except for Blum who uses the 24 old futhark almost no one
else utilizes the 24 rune Elder Futhark. The 18 rune used by List
is derived from the Havamal poem where each line had a corresponding
rune symbol which Roland Josse noted had to rune symbols which lay
outside the numerical system. More can be found in F.B. Marby's The
Three Swans published 1957. For further reference the list of
commonly used systems of runes are
1. Elder Futhark=24 runes
2.Anglo-Frisian Futhorc=29 to 33 runes depending on region
3.Younger Futhark=16 runes
4.Armana Futhark= 18 runes (Von List's)

Now I want to comment on the statements about Uruz and Aleph. First
Uruz is the Second letter in the futhark and while it does represent
ox it is the Wild Ox that is represents this is entirely different
for the ox the Hebrew letter Aleph represents which to my mind would
be more associated with the 1st letter of the futhark FEHU or FEOH
which represents cattle=ox or domesticated animals and in turn
represents wealth. In the Hebrew alphabet Aleph also represents ox
which is in turn nourishment which is also represented by the rune
FEOH or FEHU. These are concepts represented by imagery the Hebrew
letter as plain and unadorned as the runic letter. Such being the
case the entire discussion concerning the Tarot card the Fool and
its relationship to the first letter of the Futhark is wrong. The
number system of the Tarot gives the FOOL the numerical value of
ZERO (0) a concept neither group had until much later. As such the
first letters of both alphabet should correspond to card number 1
The Magician.
I would suggest both participants go back and rethink their
remarks.

The inclusion of the goddess Isis is totally unreal in this concept
and the statement that the runes are somehow goddess related is
absured No where in any myths was a goddess seen or shown to reveal
the runes or their usage. The sagas and poems say that Odin passed
through the nine worlds of the world tree to the realm of Hel ie
the underworld. No where does it refer to the goddess Hel who was
goddess of the dead and thus the underworld but was not herself
mentioned only the realm of hers. Remember too she was only the
goddess of the dead NOT slain in battle those came under the
influence of Odin as god of the dead as well. ISIS had chthonic
aspects only in the peripheral sense if one was to draw a
correlation with a diety outside the Scandinavian-Nordic-Tuetonic
sphere it would have to be Nephthys who as the goddess of death
would be a much closer corrleation to Hel. And no where in any of
the poems and sagas did it say Odin received the runes from the
goddess Hel only that he traveled to the realm of Hel the
underworld. And the tree Yggdrasil grew out of the void. The poem
states Odin took the runes from the tree not Hel if you have
reference to such a poem I would like to see your reference.

I think there is a fundamental misconception of the TAROT and what
they actually represent. The statement that the major arcane was
meant to exist along side the Minor is WRONG the minor can stand
entirely on its own but is seen as an adjunct fleshing out what the
Major reveal. ALL The cards relate to the Hebrew numerical system
in both the major and minor arcane sadly these kinds of statements
demonstrate a woefully lack of knowledge of Tarot and frankly smack
of internet knowledge spewing forth from the numerous sites lacking
in any real knowledge save only the tangled mess word of mouth can
make of subjects.
There has been entirely TOO much western thought thrown into the
mix of the discussions on runes which ARE NOT western in the sense
that they represent GrecoRoman thought patterns and western European
post Dark ages revelations. The same can be said for the Tarot. One
would do better rereading Lelands work on Etruscans and Gypsies for
it is believed that the runes are born from the Etruscans and the
Gypsies are remanents of wandering nomadic Egyptians… The word
Gypsy comes from the root Gypto =EGYPT the other name for them were
ROMs from Romania which if you will look was Macedonian and through
which the Gypsies migrated.

TAROT represents exactly the same concept that runes do and to
suggest that Runes are somehow Not remotely related to the Tarot is
born from sheer ignorance of the true meaning of TAROT. Now back
to that little discussion of the Tarot card and the Rune letter..
Anyone with true knowledge of Tarot and Runes and the Odinic myth
would have known from the beginning that it is card number 12 that
is significant to the discussion.

First Odin sacrificed himself to obtain the runes and regain their
knowledge what he sacrificed was suffering pain he did not sacrifice
his life. The fact that one stains their runes with their own blood
is both to remember and emulate Odin doing so for he hung upside
down on the tree after being pierced with his own spear (THE READERS
SHOULD LOOKUP THE SIGNIFCANCE OF THE SPEAR IN NORDIC_TUETONIC MYTH)
and bleed upon the runes.

Now back to the Tarot Card number 12 The Hanged man. Recall the
poem in which Odin gets the runes. Also the comment that the runes
were obtained through blood and sacrifice. The Hanged man card
represents enlightenment through suffering is that not what Odin
did? Traveling through the nine worlds was an intitation of Odin
to rediscover the meanings of the runes and through the knowledge
power of the runes. Look at the card and then read the poem if you
don't see a correspondence you have to be blind or just plain
ignorant. Also the 12th letter of the futhark is jera the year the
cycle of life death rebirth.. That I can correspond to the Osiris
myth and and the Kingship and the blood and the Egyptian and the
gypos and the tarot and the Etruscans and the aryans and then to the
good ole runes…which are not pristine and untouched by the rest of
the world as some would have us believe nor are they a power unto
themselves everything relates and corresponds one to another only
the ignorant myopic and closed minded do not see