Nine worlds of seid-magic : ecstasy and neo-shamanism in northern European paganism / Jenny Blain.
Nine worlds of seid-magic : ecstasy and neo-shamanism in northern European paganism / Jenny Blain.
Nine worlds of seid-magic : ecstasy and neo-shamanism in northern European paganism / Jenny Blain.
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
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2001.
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N293/ 9
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. Introducing shamanism, seior and self -- 2. The saying of the Norns -- 3. The Greenland Seeress: seior as shamanistic practice -- 4. Approaching the spirits -- 5. The journey in the mound -- 6. Re-evaluating the Witch-Queen -- 7. Ergi seiomen, queer transformations? -- 8. The dance of the ancesto...
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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"Shamanistic practices known as seidr, often involving interactions with the spirit world and states of altered consciousness, lie at the heart of the pagan religions of Northern Europe. This accessible study explores the ways in which seidr, a key element of ancient Scandinavian belief systems described in the Icelandic Sagas and Eddas, is now bei...
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Nine worlds of seid-magic : ecstasy and neo-shamanism in northern European paganism / Jenny Blain.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N293/ 9
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041525650X (hbk.)
041525650X
9780415256513 (pbk.)
0415256518 (pbk.)
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293
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991014910459702626
