He may not be fully endorsing the runes, but he certainly didn't try to warn me that runes were occultic symbols. (Dr. Cathy Burns, Masonic and Occult Symbols Illustrated, p. 288) In the book, Web of Darkness, former satanist Sean Sellers says, Runes are the oldest form of occult knowledge and magic . . . their use sets a person against God. (Sean Sellers, Web of Darkness, p. 72)