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This accessible case study of Northern European shamanistic practice, or seidr, explores the way in which the ancient Norse belief systems evoked in the Icelandic Sagas and Eddas have been rediscovered and reinvented by groups in Europe and North America. Drawing on ethnography, religious anthropology and sociology the book examines the phenomenon of altered consciousness and the interactions of seid-workers or shamanic practitioners with their spirit worlds in historical and political contexts. Written by a follower of seidr, this study not only investigates, but also addresses those new communities involved in a postmodern quest for spiritual meaning.
| ISBN | 0415256518 | | Pages | 208 | | ISBN13 | 9780415256513
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 249 | | Imprint | Routledge | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 276 | | Publication date | 22 Nov 2001 | | Width (mm) | 213 | | Library of Congress | 2001041828 | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | DEWEY | 291.1440948 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | 1 | | Introducing shamanism, seior and self | | 1 | | 2 | | The saying of the Norns | | 8 | | 3 | | The Greenland Seeress: seior as shamanistic practice | | 31 | | 4 | | Approaching the spirits | | 47 | | 5 | | The journey in the mound | | 73 | | 6 | | Re-evaluating the Witch-Queen | | 89 | | 7 | | Ergi seiomen, queer transformations? | | 111 | | 8 | | The dance of the ancestors | | 142 | | | | Notes | | 160 | | | | Bibliography | | 166 | | | | Index | | 179 |
..."this book is rich in information about and investigation of a complex and critical practice in reconstructive shamanism.."-The Pomegranate-International Journal of Pagan Studies  Be the first to write a customer review
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