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A Handbook of Saxon Sorcery & Magic

Author : Alaric Albertsson

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 303 pages

File Size : 22,92 MB

Release : 2017-09-08

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 0738753580

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Discover the secrets of Saxon sorcery, and learn how to craft rune charms, brew potions, cast effective spells, and use magical techniques to find love and prosperity. Exploring the practices and customs of the Anglo-Saxons hidden in English folk traditions, this book shares techniques for making wands and staffs, consecrating and using a ritual knife, healing with herbs (wortcunning), soothsaying, and creating your own set of runes. The meaning and magical properties of the thirty-three Old English Futhorc runes are classified by theme, helping you in your quest to know yourself and influence your world for the better. Previously published with the title Wyrdworking.



Wyrdworking

Author : Alaric Albertsson

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 12,14 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Druids and druidism

ISBN : 9780738721330

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Within the pages of this magical handbook, you'll find everything you need to know to practice Saxon sorcery. Alaric Albertsson once again uncovers the practices and customs of the Anglo-Saxons hidden in early charms and English folk traditions. His first book, Travels Through Middle Earth, taught readers how to connect with the Saxon cosmology, deities, spirits, and rituals. Now, Wyrdworking tells how to craft rune charms, brew potions, cast effective spells, and use magical techniques to find love and prosperity. This guide explores the folklore, meanings, and magical properties of all thirty-three Old English Futhorc runes, classifying them by theme, such as animals or trees, to help you learn. Discover how to make a wand or staff, consecrate and use a seax (knife), and practice the herbal healing known as wortcunning. Design effective spells through the use of galdor (incantations), practice wiglung (the art of soothsaying), and create your own set of powerful divinatory runes.



Travels Through Middle Earth

Author : Alaric Albertsson

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 120 pages

File Size : 26,27 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Anglo-Saxons

ISBN : 0738715360

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Tolkien's enduring vision of Middle Earth was largely inspired by the worldview of ancient Saxon Pagans. In this pagan guidebook, Alaric Albertsson presents a complete introduction to Anglo-Saxon cosmology, deities, spirits, and rituals. Travels Through Middle Earth offers practical information about the Saxon Pagan path, including many ways to incorporate Saxon rituals into contemporary spiritual life. Discover the húsel, a basic ritual for honoring personal ancestors, the Gods, and dwarves and elves. Learn how to set up a wéofod, the Saxon altar, to connect with the Gods. Also covered in this handbook: the concept of wyrd and how it shapes your destiny, the holy tides and how to celebrate them, rites of passage, worship, magic, and even instructions for making mead.



Runes

Author : Galina Krasskova

Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 44,54 MB

Release : 2009-11-24

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1601630859

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Runes: Theory & Practice provides a thorough examination of the Norse runes. It will enable a beginner to delve effectively into their usage, but will also challenge the experienced rune-worker to better and deepen his or her understanding of these mysteries. Runes: Theory & Practice begins with an explication of the story of Odin, the Norse god who won the runes by sacrificing himself on the World Tree. It continues by examining each of the individual runes in turn, both the Elder Futhark and the lesser-known Anglo-Saxon Futhorc. Each rune is studied not only from a historical viewpoint, but also from the perspective of a modern practitioner. Most importantly, Runes: Theory & Practice specifically addresses the runes as living spirits and provides guidance on developing a working relationship with these otherworldly allies.



Living Runes

Author : Galina Krasskova

Publisher : Weiser Books

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 14,91 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 1578636663

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The book begins with an explication of the story of Odin, the Norse god who won the runes by sacrificing himself on the World Tree. It continues by examining each of the individual runes in turn, both the Elder Futhark and the lesser-known Anglo-Saxon Futhorc. Each rune is studied not only from a historical viewpoint but also from the perspective of a modern practitioner. You will be introduced to the practice of galdr as well as the magical use of the runes and the proper way to sacrifice to them and read them for divination.



Llewellyn's Truth About Teutonic Magick

Author : Edred Thorsson

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 41,43 MB

Release : 2013-11-08

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 0738738670

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Discover the incredible storehouse of power available in the faith, symbols, and practice of the ancient Germanic traditions. In The Truth About Teutonic Magick, renowned author Edred Thorsson explores: ·The key deities of Teutonic religion: Woden, Freya, Thor, Frigga, and others ·The divine realms and Yggdrasill ·The 24 runes—a magickal map of the cosmos and human consciousness ·The use of runic ritual for magickal and divinatory purposes ·Seidhr: the shamanic practice of traveling to other dimensions ·Rituals of Teutonic magick: hallowing, blessing, drinking, rede, giving, and more ·The sacred cycle of the year ·The Faustian tradition and Saturnian magick



A Heathen's Guide Experiences & Advice On Magic & Spiritworking

Author : Theodoric Dukka

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 188 pages

File Size : 37,86 MB

Release : 2019-05-13

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0359657613

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A Heathen's Guide is a work that took five to seven years to make. It is the compendium of experiences that I've had with the Norse gods and spirit work. This book is designed to act as a guide to magic & spirit work, so that it may provide insight to practitioners, new or old, with how to worship and connect to the old gods. It contains instructions of such work and precautions you should take, along with my own opinions of the Heathen community at large and devotionals to the gods I honour.



The Great Wizards of Antiquity

Author : Guy Ogilvy

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 295 pages

File Size : 30,33 MB

Release : 2019-04-08

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 0738755818

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A Guided Tour through the Untamed Territories of Magic Book 1 of the Great Wizards of History Trilogy The history of wizardry comes alive with dozens of unique portraits capturing the most remarkable and infamous practitioners of magic and alchemy. Combining up-to-date historical scholarship and his own keen interpretations of primary texts, Guy Ogilvy develops a fascinating saga of magical thought and practice. The story begins with the prehistoric culture of the Lion Man and moves on to Orpheus and the great figures of myth. Discover the unparalleled influence of Pythagoras and the pre-Socratics as they experience the mysterious glories of Apollo's touch. Behold the leading alchemists of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as they carry forth the surviving wisdom of the ancients, working their unique magic even as powerful social and political forces align against them. Magic is a vital element of history. The Great Wizards of Antiquity weaves together the loose threads of magic to form a comprehensive tapestry, challenging the ideas brought forth by peddlers of the mundane and returning a sense of enchantment to its rightful place in the human spirit. In this book, you will discover the beliefs and teachings of sorcerers, healers, philosophers, alchemists, and mythological figures, including: The Lion Man Animal magic & the modern mind Orpheus Incantations & the magic of music Dionysus Wild rites & the gift of wine Pythagoras Metempsychosis & the wisdom of the cave dwellers Pherekydes Open secrets & the immortality of souls The Pythia The oracle at Delphi & ecstatic prophecy Epimenides Sacred caves & the unknown gods Abaris The golden arrow & the Hyperborean Apollo Zalmoxis Thrace & the Celtic connection Hermotimus Astral travel & the preeminence of psyche Aristeas The form of a raven & the wonders of Apollo Parmenides The man who knows & the nightmare ride to hell Empedocles Bronze sandals & the four elements Zosimos Transmutation & inner purification J?bir ibn ?ayy?n Islamic alchemy & the theory of balance Jan Baptista Van Helmont The stranger & the projecting powder The Comte de Saint-Germain Universal medicine & the elixir of life Paracelsus Legendary cures & the open book of nature James Price The Royal Society & the Philosopher's Stone



Just Add Blood

Author : Kennan Elkman Taylor

Publisher : John Hunt Publishing

Page : 123 pages

File Size : 25,82 MB

Release : 2014-03-28

Category : Religion

ISBN : 178279400X

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Directed toward healing and personal development, Just Add Blood is an introduction to the use of the Anglo-Saxon runes. It serves as both a point of reference and a guide in how to use the runes and offers a fresh, contemporary look at the magical approach to rune usage within Anglo-Saxon culture and spirituality.



Wyrdcraft

Author : Matthew Ash McKernan

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 197 pages

File Size : 46,92 MB

Release : 2023-01-08

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 0738772119

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Weaving Germanic Paganism with mysticism, magic, and his background as a transpersonal therapist, Matthew Ash McKernan introduces you to wyrd, a mysterious web of being that connects everything. Wyrd encompasses all organisms, ecosystems, matter, phenomena, purposes, and possibilities. It is destiny, nature, soul, magic, and mystery intertwined. In Wyrdcraft, McKernan guides you through a process of attuning to wyrd as it manifests within all the domains of your life, teaching you how to sense and intuit the ways of wyrd more clearly than ever before. Exploring the intersections of psychotherapy, ecotherapy, Heathenry, and magic, this contemplative and experiential book offers nearly fifty exercises to help you cultivate wyrd consciousness—an awareness that is naturally revealing, healing, transformative, and becoming. Becoming what, you may ask? You will see as you align with the wisdom of wyrd, heal yourself and our interconnected world, and remember the nature of your Higher Self.