Can one employ the Runes within the hermetic magical system?
It’s probably possible, but it would be very difficult. For example, the god forms of the Northern and Western paths are quite different. The god form of Jupiter, for example, is quite centralized and bound by a single archetypal image. Contrast that to the god form of Odin, which has three forms. The god forms of Odin include both the shaman and the Allfather. Each has a different form and different (though overlapping) functions. As a shaman he carries a blackthorn staff (sometimes shown in bud, with small white flowers), wears a hat pulled down over one eye, and an animal cloak. As Allfather he carried Gungnir – his spear – wears a mailcoat, and is accompanied by two ravens and two wolves. The shaman is essentially a god of inspiration, as Allfather he is the giver of victory. But the two forms, though part of the same god, are not put on at one and the same time. It is as if Jupiter could have different god forms, one for the puckish companion of Mercury and one as Jupiter Optimus
