num_pages: 208
description: 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.
language: English
title: Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism
publisher: Routledge