Nine Worlds of Seid- Magic Ecstacy and Neo-Shamanism in North-European Paganism

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.Blain, Jenny is the author of 'Nine Worlds of Seid- Magic Ecstacy and Neo-Shamanism in North-European Paganism' with ISBN 9780415256513 and ISBN 0415256518.