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The Maiden with the Mead
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

The Maiden with the Mead

Students of the Poetic Edda have long ignored a seemingly unassuming, yet most important mythical character: Namely the mead-offering Maiden that appears at the heart of many a myth and heroic legend. This study shows how the Maiden with the Mead appears at the climax of a ritual structure within the myths - a structure that clearly is based on Pagan initiation rituals.

The Goddess Iðunn
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 214

The Goddess Iðunn

Kvilhaug's book of The Goddess Iðunn uncovers her true associations and links through poetry and myths. Iðunn is often linked to concepts like youth and fertility, but why is this? Kvilhaug examines why she is so often linked to these concepts and offers to comparative view of the goddess to other myths that often depict similar goddess in the same light despite the fact that they do not share any actual source depicting them as such.

Trickster and the Thunder God
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

Trickster and the Thunder God

Norse myths are chock full with stories of heroism, gods, giants, dwarfs, along with strong elements of shamanism, pagan ritual, sorcery and shape-changing. With commentary by Maria Kvilhaug, this volume two book is a collection of Old Norse medieval texts concerning the gods Thor and Loki. It contains translations of six Edda poems, three Skaldic poems and all the relevant passages from Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. Maria's ability to use her skills in philology shines a light on the texts as she extracts hidden meaning with the lore. Discover the myths that uncover a strong root to animistic understandings of the world in which these stories were told, revealing a old world that was filled with elements of shape-shifting, sorcery and shamanistic style practices to our current, new world.

The Poetic Edda Six Cosmology Poems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 122

The Poetic Edda Six Cosmology Poems

The Edda poems were written down in the Old Norse language by Icelandic scholars during the 11th to 13th centuries AD. They contain a poetical, metaphorical lore about Cosmos and the fate of mortals on the path to immortality. A lore that is, despite having been transmitted in writing by medieval monks and scholars, deeply steeped in ancient Pre-Christian beliefs.

The Poetic Edda Six Cosmology Poems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 112

The Poetic Edda Six Cosmology Poems

The Edda poems were written down in the Old Norse language by Icelandic scholars during the 11th to 13th centuries AD. They contain a poetical, metaphorical lore about Cosmos and the fate of mortals on the path to immortality. A lore that is, despite having been transmitted in writing by medieval monks and scholars, deeply steeped in ancient Pre-Christian beliefs.

The Poetic Edda - Six Old Norse Cosmology Poems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 114

The Poetic Edda - Six Old Norse Cosmology Poems

Six Edda poems presented in their original Old Norse text alongside a new translation and interpretation (as well as interpretations of mythical names and place names) by Maria Kvilhaug, author of The Seed of Yggdrasill - Deciphering the Hidden Messages in Old Norse Myths.

The Hammer of Greatness
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 306

The Hammer of Greatness

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-04-21
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  • Publisher: CreateSpace

"If the edge of a man´s soul needs some honing, then the honing will come, by Death or by Challenge."Thorbjörn the Thunder priest from Gautland has found refuge in a peaceful Baltic River Land village after a tumultous life as the sole survivor of a persecuted lineage that has carried the secrets of Thunder since the Age of the Great Stone Temples and as a Rus Viking in exile. He knows that he must teach his daughters how to survive and remain free in the case of a Viking attack. But little could prepare seventeen year old Zivah and seven year old Thordis for the onslaughts of the barbarous Rus Vikings, pirates and slavers eager to profit on the civilized lands´ endless demand for New slaves... Orphaned and raided, little Thordis embarks on a quest to save her older sister from rape and slavery by befriending some of the weirdest and most contrary men there ever were...The Hammer of Greatness is the first book in the historical epic fiction BLADE HONER about the life of the Oseberg priestess (783-834 AD)From the Author of "The Seed of Yggdrasill - Deciphering the Hidden Messages in Old Norse Myths"

Odin’s Ways
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 309

Odin’s Ways

This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri’s Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin rather than the religious character of the god. This is the only existing study of Odin in all the Old Norse/Icelandic texts and applies a contextual method: the different guises of Odin are studied on the basis of the various textual contexts and on their background in the literary and Christian intellectual milieu of the time. Contrary to existing studies, this method is non-reductive in that it does not aim at providing a synthesis about Odin’s original nature on the basis of the differing textual uses of Odin in the Middle Ages. The book argues that the perceived complexity of Odin, often highlighted in research, is first and foremost a function of the complex textual material spanning a wide variety of genres each with its particular literary conventions and of the reception of Odin in early modern and modern mythological studies.

Transformational NLP
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 222

Transformational NLP

This book shows you how to use the techniques of neuro-linguistic programming to bring about profound and lasting personal transformation. Healer and NLP practitioner Cissi Williams reveals how NLP can be a powerful tool for helping people free themselves from the grips of their ego and connect more fully with their spirit. She explains: What NLP is and how it relates to spiritual wisdom The essential tools for using NLP to heal with the spirit How to use language to bring about deep healing How to bring about your personal breakthrough How to coach yourself and others You will learn how NLP can change negative feelings into positive, increase your spiritual energy and help to reduce your self-limiting beliefs. As you gain greater skills, Cissi explains how the highest forms of self-healing will take place. You will access your wise inner self and experience extraordinary new levels of awareness. Packed with practical exercises and case studies based on the author's many years of coaching and training experience, this book provides an exciting new dimension to the ever-popular subject of NLP

Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 460

Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine

An exploration of the connections between feminine consciousness and altered states from ancient times to present day • Explores the feminine qualities of the psychedelic self, ancient female roots of shamanism, and how altered states naturally tap into the female archetype • Discusses feminist psychedelic activism, female ecstatics, goddess consciousness, the dark feminine, and embodied paths to ecstasy • Includes contributions by Martina Hoffmann, Amanda Sage, Carl Ruck, and others Women have been shamans since time immemorial, not only because women have innate intuitive gifts, but also because the female body is wired to more easily experience altered states, such as during the pro...