Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic

Blain, Jenny

ISBN 10: 0415256518 / ISBN 13: 9780415256513

Published by Routledge, 2001

About this Item

Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have some markings or highlighting. Used copies may not include access codes or Cd's. Slight bending may be present.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415256518
• ISBN 13: 9780415256513
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jenny Blain is a senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University where she leads the Master of Research programme in Social Research. Her research interests centre on issues of identity, gender, paganism and shamanism, social theory and experiential ethnography.