Neolithic Shamanism: Spirit Work in the Norse Tradition - Raven Kaldera 2012

Resources for Further Study

The following books are listed by the chapter they are mentioned in or may be relevant to.

Introduction. The Ancient World of Northern Shamanism

Blain, Jenny. Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism. London, U.K.: Routledge Press, 2001.

Czaplicka, Marie. The Collected Works of M. A. Czaplicka. Richmond, U.K.: Curzon Press, 1999. This book is out of print and very hard to come by, but the relevant part—Shamanism in Siberia—is online at www.sacred-texts.com/sha/sis/index.htm

DuBois, Thomas. Nordic Religions in the Viking Age. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.

Isaacson, Rupert. The Horse Boy. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2009.

Kaldera, Raven. Jotunbok: Working with the Giants of the Northern Tradition. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2006.

———. Pathwalker’s Guide to the Nine Worlds. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2006.

———. Wightridden: Paths of Northern-Tradition Shamanism. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2007.

———. Wyrdwalkers: Techniques of Northern-Tradition Shamanism. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2007.

Krasskova, Galina. Exploring the Northern Tradition. Pompton Plains, N.J.: New Page Books, 2005.

———. Runes: Theory and Practice. Pompton Plains, N.J.: New Page Books, 2010.

Krasskova, Galina, and Raven Kaldera. Northern Tradition for the Solitary Practitioner. Pompton Plains, N.J.: New Page Books, 2009.

Laestadius, Lars Levi. Fragments of Lappish Mythology. Aspasia Books, Beaverton, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

Price, Neil. The Viking Way: Religion and War in the Later Iron Age of Scandinavia. Oxford, U.K.: Oxbow Books, 2011.

Runic John. The Book of Seidr. Sequim, Wash.: Holmes Publishing Group, 2004.

Sarangerel. Chosen by the Spirits. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2001.

———. Riding Windhorses. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2000.

Turk, Jonathan. The Raven’s Gift. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2010.

Vitebsky, Piers. The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia. Boston, Mass.: Mariner Books, 2006.

———. Shamanism. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. Wallis, Robert J. Shamans/Neo-Shamans. London, U.K.: Routledge Press, 2003.

Chapter 1. The Beginning Place: Earth

Arismendi, Fuensanta, and Galina Krasskova. Root, Stone, and Bone: Honoring Andvari and the Vaettir of Money. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2008.

Filan, Kenaz, and Raven Kaldera. Drawing Down the Spirits. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 2009.

Krasskova, Galina. Sigdrifa’s Prayer. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2007.

Mickaharic, Draja. Spiritual Cleansing. Newburyport, Mass.: Weiser Books, 2003.

Reicher, Sophie. Spiritual Protection. Pompton Plains, N.J.: New Page Books, 2010.

Chapter 2. The Golden World: Sun

Cornelius, Geoffrey, and Paul Devereaux. The Secret Language of the Stars and Planets. London, U.K.: Duncan Baird Publishers, 1996.

Krasskova, Galina. Day Star and Whirling Wheel. Hubbardston, Mass.:

Asphodel Press, 2009.

Tchipakkan. Anglo-Saxon Magic. Hubbardston, Mass.: Ellhorn Press, 2010.

Waugh, Albert. Sundials: Their Theory and Construction. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Books, 1973.

Chapter 3. The Silver World: Moon

Kaldera, Raven. Moon Phase Astrology. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2011.

———. Pagan Astrology. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2010.

Krasskova, Galina. Day Star and Whirling Wheel. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2009.

Sachs, Maryam. The Moon. New York: Abbeville Press, 1998.

Chapter 4. The Green World: Plants

Barber, Elizabeth Wayland. Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years. New York: Norton and Co., 1995.

Buchanan, Rita. A Dyer’s Garden. Loveland, Colo.: Interweave Press, 1995.

———. A Weaver’s Garden. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Books, 1999.

Buhner, Stephen Harrod. The Lost Language of Plants. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green Press, 2002.

Filan, Kenaz. The Power of the Poppy. Rochester, Vt.: Park Street Press, 2011.

Ingerson, Geordie. Ingvi’s Blessing: Prayers and Charms for Field and Farm. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2011.

Kaldera, Raven. The Northern Shamanic Healer. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2013.

———. The Northern Shamanic Herbal. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2011.

Chapter 5. The Brown World: Animals

Tenpenny, Joshua. Honey, Grain, and Gold. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2010.

Vitebsky, Piers. The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Chapter 6. The Blue World: Water

Danson, Ted, and Michael D’Orso. Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them. Harlan, Iowa.: Rodale Books, 2011.

Parker, Bruce. The Power of the Sea. Hampshire, U.K.: Palgrave McMillan, 2010.

Chapter 7. The Red World: Fire

Schmid, Edward. Advanced Glassblowing Techniques. Bellingham, Wash.: Glass Mountain Press, 1997.

———. Beginning Glassblowing. Bellingham, Wash.: Glass Mountain Press, 2005.

———. The Glassworker’s Bathroom Reader. Bellingham, Wash.: Glass Mountain Press, 2006. The section of anecdotes on accidents, scars, and other follies is particularly useful.

Chapter 8. The Gray World: Craft

Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers. Boulder, Colo.: Siris Books, 1998.

Hart, Mickey. Drumming on the Edge of Magic. San Francisco: HarperCollins Publishing, 1998.

Levinson, David, and David Sherwood. The Tribal Living Book. Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Books, 1993.

Sennett, Richard. The Craftsman. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2009.

Sims, Lorelei. The Backyard Blacksmith. Beverly, Mass.: Quarry Books, 2006.

Whittaker, John. Flint Knapping. Austin, Tx.: University of Texas Press, 1994.

Galina also highly recommends Cat Yronwode’s “Hoodoo Magic Correspondence Course,” offered at www.luckymojo.com. Hoodoo is a combination of folk magic from Native American, African American, German, Scottish, and Anglo-Saxon sources. It provides an excellent background in esoteric cleansings and the creation of small charms. These things come in handy at times in the work.

Chapter 9. The White World: Air

Any books on yogic breathing—there are so many.

Chapter 10. The Black World: Ancestors

Patsouris, Laura. Weaving Memory: A Guide to Honoring the Ancestors. Hubbardston, Mass.: Asphodel Press, 2011.

A virtual shrine to the ancestors: www.northernpaganism.org/shrines/ancestors/welcome.html