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Jenny Blain (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (22 Nov 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0415256518
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415256513
  • Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
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..."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

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This accessible 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. The book examines the phenomenon of altered consciousness and the interactions of seid-workers or shamanic practitioners with their spirit worlds. Written by a follower of seidr, it investigates new communities involved in a postmodern quest for spiritual meaning.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This book covers the North European, pre Christian beliefs of Seidr in a clear and concise way. She explores both the ancient beliefs of our ancestors through written lore and archaeological finds but also the modern reconstructionist movements in Seidr like Hrafnar.
Ther are numerous quotes from seidworkers on their experiences and worldviews for the reader to refer to as well.
The whole section on explaining the one word 'ergi' was probably over emphasising the point though in my opinion.
If you have an interest in seidr or shamanic practices in general this book is a must buy.
Jenny knows her stuff.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Roots of Yggdrasil 18 Nov 2005
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Adds to the small collection of books on seething we have, the author firmly fixes the tradition in a historical and cultural context, picking up the torch Aswynn dropped a few years back.

Also a worthy successor to the works of Jan Fries who dealt with the practical techniques, there's lots of inspiration for those who 'sit-out', tance dance or do seith in other ways.

Good investment for anyone who wants to learn about heathens, shamans and our ancestors.

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36 of 40 people found the following review helpful
An exploration of Oracular Seidh 23 Feb 2002
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There are many schools of thought concerning seidh. The Author has provided an overview of one area of practice, oracular seidh, as taught by Diana Paxon's Hrafnar group. The student of northern magic will recognize old friends in the bibliography (Bauschatz, Byock, H. R. Ellis Davidson). Other books listed there give further indication of the Author's direction in this study - that of shamanism and gender issues related to seidh. Perhaps the most important aspect of this book is it's emphasis on doing the work - when they aren't mounting the high seat, they are lying under the blankets accessing other sources of knowledge. They are sharing their experiences and building the horde of knowledge needed to reconstruct this magical form. My problems with the book are: 1) lack of definition for some of the terms used, e.g. the nine worlds of sied-magic could refer to the nine worlds of Yggdrasil or something specific to the Hrafnar system; 2) the frequency with which forthcoming articles/books were referenced in the text and appear in the bibliography; 3) the Author references a 1906 edition of Snorri Sturluson's HEIMSKRINGLA: A HISTORY OF THE NORSE KINGS which does not include the Ynglingasaga, there is a more recent edition which does include that saga (HEIMSKRINGLA: HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY, Snorri Sturluson translated with introduction and notes by Lee M. Hollander, University of Texas Press, Austin, third printing, 1999. The importance of this particular saga is that it contains a catalogue of the magic powers associated with seidh.); 4) relating the meaning of seidh to the word "seethe" - refer to WITCHDOM OF THE TRUE: A STUDY OF THE VANA-TROTH AND THE PRACTICE OF SEIDHR by Edred Thorsson (Runa-Raven Press, 1999) for the etymology of the word "seidhr"; the Author provides alternative translations of "illrar brudhar" as found in the Voluspa of the POETIC EDDA however pointing out that she is neither a philologist nor an etymologist - this limits the usefulness of her alternative translations, making them little better than hearsay until someone with the appropriate credentials validates them.

This book deals with a narrow sector of the range of seidh practices which appear in the Icelandic sagas. For a discussion of other aspects of seidh, I recommend HOSTILE MAGIC IN THE ICELANDIC SAGAS by H. R. Ellis Davidson and OLAF TRYGGVASON VERSUS THE POWERS OF DARKNESS by Jacqueline Simpson, both appearing in THE WITCH FIGURE, Venetia Newall editor, Routlage & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1973.

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Very Good 15 Jan 2002
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The author is both a sociologist by profession and a Norse Pagan and magician by training. This book looks at the practice of 'seidr' - norse shamanic-style magic - both from a scholastic and a practitioner's viewpoints. But Blain is no mere participant-observer, she is anactive carrier of the modern Asatru tradition, and her efforts to explicate that tradition in ways that are useful to her academic discipline are fascinating. A good introduction to the practice of seidr for Pagan readers, and a fine examination of an obscure corner of the modern religious landscape for scholars.
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BUYER BEWARE 13 April 2003
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if you are a practitioner looking for mythological context, techniques or methods for magical and/or shamanic practices of northern europe, i recommend that you do not buy this book ... it does not explore the nine-world mythology of northern europe, magic practices or shamanic practices

the author openly admits that she is an academic who is writing primarily for an academic audience ... however, she also admits to being a practitioner who is supporting rediscovery and/or reinvention ... the result, in my opinion, at best this book is primarily an exploration of academic definition ... at worst, it is a justification to academia for the author being an academic and a practitioner ... i believe that it would have served better if the author had written two books, one strictly for academia and one strictly for practitioners ... it seems to me that the author is certainly capable of both ... however, dealing with both roles in one writing seems to result in the author's testifying to a "split" in purpose, and with a decisive prejudice towards academia ... having received this impression early in and repeatedly throughout the reading, i believe she conveys as much in a concluding comment on page 157 when she writes:

"to me, the shaman becomes a metaphor for the ethnographer of post-modernity, moving through the worlds, moving between levels of analysis, in an attempt to reconstruct something in her own understandings, her own life, that approaches wholeness, an understanding of living that is complete, not fragmented, returning in her journeys to a pole of being, a world tree"

i do not judge dealing with such a split in this context as inappropriate, only that i had not expected nor desired subject matter motivated by an attempt to define and justify (perhaps heal?) one's academic/experiential split ... i had hoped to learn more about northern mythology, seid-magic and nordic shamanism in context to contemporary issues ... to me, this is what the title suggests is available ... however, this is not what i found to be the case

the bottom line: outside of the author's relatively brief, anecdotal reporting of personal experience with oracular-seid, there is nothing here for the practitioner concerning northern cosmology/mythology, seid-magic or nordic shamanism ... thus, BUYER BEWARE

from the perspective of a practitioner seeking practices, my review results in one star ... as a philosophical attempt to academically define the subject matter, my review results in three stars ... hence, two stars total

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