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Aug 2024
26m 22s

Seidr - Norse Mystical Practice?

FILIP HOLM
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In this episode, we explore the world of Seidr in old Norse culture. Can it be called mysticism? Or perhaps a part of the wider phenomenon of "shamanism"? These are questions and topics we explore in this one.


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Sources/Recomended Reading:


Lindow, John (2002). "Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs". Oxford University Press.


Näsström, Britt-Mari (1995). "Freyja - the great goddess of the north". Almqvist & Wiksell International.


Price, Neil (2019). "The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia". Oxbow Books; 2nd ed. edition.


Stensland, Gro (2007). "Fornnordisk Religion". Natur Kultur Akademisk.


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