Reddit reviews Our Troth: Living the Troth

As a bit of an investment, you might want to consider The Troth's two volume set Our Troth (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2). They aren't flawless and some content is worthy of criticism (as all things are, really) but there is a lot of good history and lore in there and a lot of good guidance on how to go about doing things and things to think about. Our Troth primarily puts forth the methodology of The Troth and is only one perspective but they are good books. It's a great deal better than "The Rites of Odin," that's for sure (please, don't buy that piece of crap, it's REALLY bad).

Also, take a look for books by Swain Wodening, James Hjuka Coulter, and Garman Lord. They offer more ideas and different perspectives on things. There are plenty of other respectable authors out there as well.

Our Troth Volume II is a good resource for beginners looking to develop a praxis.

The first thing I read when I came to heathenry was "Our Troth" its a two volume set but I found it very helpful even if its around 1500 pages combined. Vol.1 Vol.2

I'm currently learning to read runes, I've been doing Tarot cards for a few years, and I'm a guy. I know there are sources that call it ergi for a man to learn magic, but I also believe that Asatru is a "best guess" religion - with limited sources, we can do our best to reconstruct what it was, but the reality is we need to build a religion that is constructed as much on the old ways as we can, but it needs to function in our world today as well. That also applies to those who claim the runes have no magic properties. My belief (and this is just mine) is that anything we use as a magical device, emblem, etc. and that we put our faith in as such becomes magic through the process. So again, there is ample evidence that our ancestors put some faith in the magical abilities of runes, and regardless of what other scholars might say, if you put your faith in it then it will be so. That might be a Wiccan attitude, but it is what it is.

By the way, when I say I'm learning to read runes, I mean in a sense of learning the language better. I have a set of runes and a bag, but after a little experimentation I felt like this is the type of thing I really needed to familiarize myself with the basis of before doing divination with them. That is part of my goal, along with understanding rune-bindings, but for now I'm content to study the runes themselves.

There are a number of books out there on the topic of Norse magic. The one I see mentioned the most that has sparked my interest is Teutonic Magic by Kendalf Gundarsson. I'm reading Our Troth: Living the Troth by Gundarsson and other authors, and it's good stuff, but so far I haven't seen anything on magical practices (other than citing the other book).

I know there are more on the topic, maybe /u/aleglad can get a better list, his library link is currently not working or I'd reference you there.