I want to learn more about the runes and practices relavent to them. I'm unsure whether I think that the Elder Futhark comprises the "real runes", or whether von List is right that the Elder Futhark is the result of the original runes being subjected to changes for purely linguistic use and that his Armanen Futharkh is the re-discovered set of "original runes" (or, perhaps, whether any runic alphabet "works").
I've yet to watch this video myself, so half to remind me to watch it and half for whatever good information it might hold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2TXpvy6x5k&feature=share
Anyway, from my own knowledge so far, for >>10791
The runes were used for divination but also for other magical practices. Inscribing runes into arms and armour was used to bring good luck in battle. I know some say that the runes were involved in galdr and from that I've developed some pet hypothesis that there might have been a runic magical practice similar to chaos sigil magic of today's occult.