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Norse Magic (Llewellyn's World Religion & Magick)

Norse Magic (Llewellyn's World Religion & Magick)
By Deanna J. Conway

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #510751 in Books
  • Published on: 1991-01-31
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 244 pages

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Hilarious1
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this book. I have to admire Conway for churning out very similar wicca 101 books each year and taking money of gullible newbies. ESPECIALLY as they don't even qualify as decent Wiccan primers! If you want Wicca try the Farrars, Vivienne Crowley or Scott Cunningham rather than this watered-down version.

This is before I even get near the travesty she makes of Norse beliefs and magic. Wicca is not Norse - it is based on ceremonial magic which the Norse peoples did not know or care about. Her descriptions of the gods are cartoony at best and insulting in several instances. Her research is laughable - not least because she took some of her information from a fantasy novel (the names of Freya's cats are from a Diana Paxon story) and from romantic Victorian visions of the Norse peoples.

This is a useless book unless read as comedy!

In a word NO1
As with some of the authors other writings, anyone experienced who studies Magick in any of its forms will realize that this book has few actual info on Norse Magick. Most of what is here appears to be a work of fiction and in my opinion it contains little or anything useful for the serious practitioner. Although if you enjoy a more fantasy based book on magic then perhaps this is what you're looking for.

basic basic very very basic3
One of the first books i found on Norse Magic. I was quite disappointed at first. The packaging is cheap and glarey. Very 1980's sword n sorcery. On the inside, it's a little improvement. I suppose it's difficult to fit everything this encompasses into a book of this size, which is why they concentrated on the basics. As a taster on the subject - it's ok. For a definitive source - you'd probably learn more from watching 13th Warrior. In it's favour, it does include celtic references, and a little more details on the norse way of life