Book Review: Nine Worlds of Seid Magic
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- My book review on "Nine Worlds of Seid Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism" By Jenny Blain. Hope you enjoy it my dear friends.
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My apologies to all of you, and most of all to Jenny Blain, as I say in this video she is an "American Anthropologist". Well, she's from Scotland, actually. Older information on Jenny Blain wasn't updated. In conferences and among my archaeologist colleagues whenever her works come up it's always "American anthropologist". I'm afraid this got so deeply rooted that no one questioned her origins, not even I (which is an error I don't often make, so I feel ashamed as I usually check everything). From my part, at least, I appologize. I was led into error, as this became "common knowledge". Thank you.
Thanks Arith!
She's popular in England, speaking on Anglo Saxon Heathenry. Check out her book "Wights and Ancestors".
Arith, thank you for the review! As you point out, this is an anthropological study of how seiðr was being 'performed' at the time of research and writing - in the 1990s to 2001. I was dealing with the ways people I'd observed/interviewed and practised among treated the older literature and delved into it for the development of their practices, some in the US, some in Canada, some in Britain. I was also, of course, a practitioner myself. And we're now, as you say, 19 years on from there...
Thank you again, for a very fair review.
Jenny is Scottish and is retired from academia back home in Dundee. Lovely lady and personal friend.
The lesson that you are teaching here has meaning all through life, never judge a book by it's cover.
Thank you
What i actually learned, is that no matter the period or culture, crying "HERESYYY!!!" Always aplies, right before you burn the witch
I love these book reviews Arith. You're nearly always spot on. Your review, some time ago now, for Helrunar by Jan Fries has been a god send, no pun intended.
I got a fascinating book over Christmas, The Art of the Occult by S. Elizabeth. I would like to recommend it. Cheers Arith.
Thanks for taking time to share what you found about this book, I have it on my to read list. I related to what you spoke of about how first impressions from a younger age or the beginning of exploration an any given subject can change. On a personal level I've found this when I read my old journals.
Another book review! Awesome, but there's too many books to read, too little time! I'm reading a book about the excavation of the Temple at Archanes; the building collapsed in an earthquake only moments after a priest and priestess had sacrificed a young man, collecting his blood in a bowl. The dagger still lay beside his body 4500 yrs later. It is the only instance of this sort of event being frozen in time like this, due to the unique circumstances of the destruction of the Temple. Because of the implications of this event and later, the superstitious awe the ruin was held in, no subsequent generations had excavated or rebuild at the site, meaning everything (and everyone 💀) lay just where they fell on that terrible day. Exciting stuff! Richard Neave's facial reconstructions are amazing too. Just wanted to share this. Cheers!
This book was a first acquaintance with Seiðr for me as well. Especially interesting because of Jenny's attempts to study Seiðr beyond theorie and lore.Things like modern experiments with oracular Seiðr and how seances could have 'worked' (and actually dó work) were novel to me. The discourse on 'ergi' connotations concerning male practitioners now and then were eye openers as well. It increased my thirst for more knowledge about Seiðr and the gamle trygg. The extended bibliographt was also helpfull in that perspective. So I agree with you that Jenny Blain's book is still valuable. It's written by a practitioner of Seiðr ánd a scientist, which was refreshing also!
The idea that Völur were all marginalised figures however feels like an oversimplification. In the wider panorama of Seiðr. The ladies buried in the Oseberg ship were political powers in a game of upcoming Norse kingships and the Fyrkat Völva was hardly a marginal figure in the Danish society of the 10th century, though their office was diminishing with the coming of christianity and centralisation of (converted) kingdoms. A lot changed from the times of Veleda to the 'lille völva' of Eirikssaga Rauða.
Jenny ROCKS!
Yo I am iterally reading this book right now, crazy.
Arith, my friend....lol 😅 always such great insight. I've just got to catch up on the material though.... what's your reading speed 🤔 BTW ??? Videos are amazing! 👏
Thank you for the review brother, I wonder if you could help me Im looking for a book that explains the power of the moon & its effects on the male gender? Not a Neo view point Im after something that reflects how we used to work with the power of the moon. Yule blessings brother.
This book is the most interesting review so far to me. I read the one you talked about, "Night Battles". Think I'll give this one a go as well! Cheers! 🍻
Just FYI Jenny Blain is British, not American. She is from Scotland.
Interesting, thank you. Her older bio says she's an American anthropologist who went to lecture at the School of Social Science and Law at SHeffield Hallam University. They should update that bio. Thank you.
@@ArithHärger I've never in my life said I"m American, Arith! I lived in Canada for a while, but now am back home in Scotland.
@@jennyblain4037 thank you. My apologies. It seems older information on you got it wrong, and even in conferences and among my archaeologist colleagues whenever your works come up it's always "american anthropologist". I'm afraid this got so deeply rooted that no one questioned your origins, not even I. From my part, I appologize. I was led into error, as this became "common knowledge".
@@ArithHärger I was in Canada at the time I did the fieldwork the book is based in, with a research grant from the Canada SSHRC which was very nice to have as it enabled me to travel to meet people in the US who were working to develop seiðr practices. So what I examine in the book is partly what these people were doing, and partly other people's work, and critiques of both. And my own understandings and work, of course, as it's partly auto-ethnography.
These book reviews are really helpful Arith, given how much dross we must wade through to find such gems. Many thanks. Agree very much with your point about meeting things at different times in life. Not just books. ;)
Thanks for your review
You was practicing seiðr at the time. I was practicing cider. Not now though. Mead is all i drink.
thank you Arith your book reviews are always helpful ! :) x
Above all I just wish to say that these topics are about PRACTICE , it is all about walking your own path. These are inner paths. You can and may read books but SEIDR is about doing, you have to make this journey yourself. AnnetteHøst has a very good 8 part series on SEIDr on youtube as well.
Love your stuff kick on love it
Halfway through this book myself, funny this preview popped; synchronicity at work? :P
I have found this book to be very valuable to me precisely because it focuses on 'modern seiðr'.
Thank you....
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Unimportant comment, I realize, but what is that cardigan you're wearing? It looks so comfortable. I want one! :D
Dear Arith! The book in the background - 'Helrunar' by Jan Fries, is it worth buying?
I'm not Arith, but since he did a book review on it, and after that I read it, my opinion is that it's a really good book.
@@annalisalundberg4561 Ok, tack för din input!
Men varsågod! När di vill (ledsen, min svenska är inte väldigt bra 😅)
It is well worth getting it if you are interested in the runes. I will say that it is the best book on runes in my library.
I agree with @@colinp2238, it's a really good book
What is the shamanism book in the background?
I found that book in a digital version, and I had the feeling that the essence of Norse Magic is there contained within those pages, in other words. Shamanism.
Hey Arith! Have you heard of Equinox on netflix? What's your opinion on it?
I haven't, and I also don't have netflix lol. But I'll try to find another way to check that. There's always a way ^^
Please review these two fantastic books, "Just Eat the Worm" and "Higher is calling" by Maxwell Adekoje. Thanks!
Incredible read 📖 with massive nuggets for 2021. ❣💙
I’m not sure if this is the right question. Did the völva have anything to do with seidr?
if volva was from vananheim? may be yes. But she could be jotun or one Who was before Godds. Really interesting !!!
@@yul498 yes it is and can get interesting. Happy New Year
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i would love a reviw on "a curriculum of runework"- stephen flowers, i just recently bought it and am curious about ur thoughts
The works by Stephen Flowers are somewhat ok for what you get, but he still a sketchy type of person (associated with white supremacy stuff), so keep that in mind.
@@gregexD Writing a comprehensive study on the topic of occult practices within the Nazi party isn’t association with white supremacy stuff. I recommend reading “The Great Deceit” by Archibald B. Roosevelt
Uncle Setnakh gives it a 9 out of 9
@@gregexD From reading i think he's more sketchy as cult leader than white supremicist, lol
@@ransomdavid6752 Yeah, cult leaders and cult followers, not my cup of tea...
Wow you’re only 4 years older than me.
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