Books & Resources
Fire & Ice Heathenry
The Way of Fire and Ice by Ryan Smith provides information on Fire & Ice or Radical Heathen practice including core ideas, practices, ritual, mysticism, and more. This book is meant for both beginners and people with experience in Heathen practice who are looking for a fresh perspective on modern Nordic Pagan practice.
Suggested reading for all classes
The Way of Fire & Ice is available for purchase through Llewellyn Worldwide and wherever books are sold.
The Language of Fire & Ice by Sophia Fate-Changer is a self-published book that provides historical context, divination and magical uses, as well as visual aids that make the runes seem more like pictures than abstract characters. This is an all in one, bite sized book to lay & strengthen your knowledge of the runes.
Suggested reading for: Intro to the Runes
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Spinning Wyrd: A Journey Through the Nordic Mysteries by Ryan Smith gives further information on the Nine Worlds of Heathen spirituality, Nordic animistic practices, Fate, working with the dead, and additional information and exercises for trance journeywork. This book is meant for practitioners who are looking for more beyond basic, introductory material and want to deepen their practice.
Spinning Wyrd will be released in Summer 2023 by Llewellyn Worldwide and will be available wherever books are sold.
Runes - $55 includes US shipping
Material: 8,000 years aged bog oak
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Inquire about custom jewelry, runes, statues, wands, and other sacred items by emailing sophia@onblackwings.com or visit their Facebook page.
Runes- $40 includes US shipping
Material: Antler slices
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Works on Inclusive Heathenry
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism by Jenny Blain
Elves, Witches & Gods by Cat Heath
A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru by Patricia M. Lafayllve
Asatru for Beginners: A Modern Heathen's Guide to the Ancient Northern Way by Mathias Nordvig
Nordic Animism YouTube Channel hosted by Rune Hjarno Rasmussen
American Heathens: The Politics of Identity in a Pagan Religious Movement by Jennifer Snook
Academic Works
Runes: a Handbook by Michael P. Barnes
The Norns in Old Norse Mythology by Karen Bek-Pedersen
Nordic Religions in the Viking Age by Thomas A. DuBois
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe by HR Ellis Davidson
The Road to Hel: A Study in the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature by HR Ellis Davidson
Trolls: An Unnatural History by John Lindow
Neurotheology: How Science Can Enlighten Us About Spirituality by Andrew Newberg
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in late Iron Age Scandinavia by Neil Price
Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions by Terje Spurkland, trans. by Betsy van der Hoek
The Vikings and the Victorians: Inventing the Old North in Nineteenth Century Britain by Andrew Wawn
Primary Source Materials
The Poetic Edda translated by Henry Adams Bellows, available for free online
The Poetic Edda translated by Jackson Crawford
The Poetic Edda translated by Lee Hollander
The Prose Edda translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, available for free online
The Prose Edda translated by Jesse L. Byock
Anti-Fascism
Works
Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew
Antifa: the Antifascist Handbook by Mark Bray
Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It by Shane Burley
No Pasaran! Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis edited by Shane Burley
Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism by Mattias Gardell
Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich by Eric Kurlander
Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy by Talia Lavin
Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump by David Neiwert
The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton
Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid Ross
The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right by David Renton
The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart
Right-Wing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse by Ruth Wodak, Marid KhosraviNik, and Brigitte Mral
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