The Disclaimer: First, I do not practice any form of Native American spirituality. My practice is derived from my understanding of ancient northern Eurasian practices. Second, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of any Asatru or Heathen group. I do not identify as Asatru or Heathen. I am a northern-tradition Pagan, which is a religious tradition that is reconstructionist-derived, rather than a reconstructionist religious tradition such as Asatru and/or Heathenry. The views espoused in these pages may or may not reflect the views of most Asatru and/or Heathen people or religious groups. They are derived from the personal gnosis of myself and other people whom I trust and respect. I do not claim that they are provable by academic sources, nor that they are anything other than what I say they are. Read at your own risk.

Northern-Tradition Shamanic Techniques

• Altered States

  • The Eightfold Path to Altered States of Consciousness
  • Fasting in the Northern Tradition by Galina Krasskova
  • Utiseta and Faring Forth: The Path of Meditation
  • Utiseta, Breath, and Mound-Sitting by Lydia Helasdottir
  • Fire and Water: Sauna Purification
  • Sauna: Building The House Of The Ancestors
  • Fire & Ice: A Northern-Tradition Sweat Ritual
  • Drums in Northern-Tradition Shamanism
  • Sacred Drum-Making
  • A Finer Focus: The Ascetic's Path
  • Herbal Detoxification
  • Going Under The Cloak by Lydia Helasdottir
  • Silence by Silence Maestas
  • Silent Fasting by Galina Krasskova

• Elemental Spirits

  • Mastering the Elements
  • Mastering Water: The Nine Undines

• Journeying & Pathwalking

  • Articles about Pathwalking

    • Pathwalker's Blessing
    • Worldwalker: The Introduction
    • Journeying and Pathwalking
    • The Etiquette of Alternate Reality
    • Pathwalking: What and Why
    • Doing Magic In Otherworlds
    • The World Tree In Your Backyard: Building a Stang
    • A closer look at my Pathwalking Kit
    • Pathwalking With Runes
    • Journeying Tips From A Cosmic Diplomat by Lydia Helasdottir

  • Nine Worlds Travel Guide

    • Yggdrasil The World Tree
    • Midgard Home of the humans
    • Muspellheim Home of the Fire-Giants
    • Asgard Home of the Aesir
    • Ljossalfheim Home of the Light-Elves
    • Vanaheim Home of the Vanir
    • Jotunheim Home of the Giants
    • Svartalfheim & Nidavellir Home of the Dark Elves and Dwarves
    • Niflheim Home of the Frost-Giants
    • Helheim Land of the Dead

  • Races of the Nine Worlds

    • Jotnar the Giants
    • Alfar the Elves
    • Duergar the Dwarves

  • Raven's Pathwalking Journal

    Journal entries written during and in preparation for nine straight days of pathwalking, October 6th to October 14th of 2003.

    • Preparation for the Journey

      • 3 Huath 2003
      • 5 Huath 2003
      • 1 Duir 2003
      • 5 Duir 2003
      • 12 Tinne, 2003
      • The Day Before Leaving
      • Before Heading Out

    • Nine Worlds, Nine Days

      • Day 1, Midgard: "I am a traveler on Man's Roads."
      • Day 2, Muspellheim: "I am a skald before the Great Fire."
      • Day 3, Asgard: "I have learned kingship on borrowed thrones."
      • Day 4, Alfheim: "I am a harbinger of the teind."
      • Day 5, Vanaheim: "I am a keeper of the cycle of the year."
      • Day 6, Jotunheim: "I am the lost child of the Iron Wood."
      • Day 7, Svartalfheim "I am a carrier of the hammer's blessing."
      • Day 8, Niflheim "I have shed tears for the chained beast."
      • Day 9, Helheim "I am a speaker for the dead of my tribe."

• Rune Work

  • Children Of The Void Runes As Spirit Allies
  • Writing English in Runes for Magical Purposes
  • The Futhorc Runes the Anglo-Saxon additions to the 24 Norse runes
  • Pathwalking With Runes
  • Runic Diagnostics For Healers
  • Candlemas Hymn A Modern Rune Song

• Shamanic Healing

  • Snakes, Worms, and Evil Spirits A Realistic Look At Traditional Spirit-Healing
  • The Soul Map A Northern-Tradition Shamanic Divination Method
  • Runic Diagnostics For Healers
  • Bloodwalking
  • Health and the Flesh Surviving Shaman Sickness And Keeping Whole
  • Dead Men Walking: Shaman Sickness
  • Astral Body Modifications
  • Modified Invisibly: Changing The Hame by Lydia Helasdottir

• Spirit Possession

  • Open To The Divine: The Path of the Horse
  • Levels of Deity Assumption
  • Tools & Techniques
  • Becoming a Horse by Lydia Helasdottir
  • Walking the Path of the Horse by Galina Krasskova
  • Preventing Possession
  • The Path of the Horse is contraindicated for...
  • Dangers of Horsing by Lydia Helasdottir
  • Horsing the Gods of the Northern Tradition

• Gender & Sexuality

  • The Body And The Tree: The Path of the Flesh
  • Making The World Tree: A Northern-Tradition Sex Magic Technique by Elizabeth Vongvisith
  • Ergi: The Way of the Third
  • Being Ergi by Lydia Helasdottir
  • The Tale of a Transsexual Norse Pagan Spirit-Worker by Linda D.
  • On Being A Twenty-first Century Argr Man by Jálkr
  • Secret Selves by Dagian Russell
  • A Letter to Transgendered Spirit-Workers

• Ordeal Work

  • Blood And Fire: The Ordeal Path
  • Purposes of Ordeals
  • Working With Ordeals by Lydia Helasdottir
  • Wodinic Ordeals by Galina Krasskova
  • The Ordeal-Givers of the Nine Worlds

• General Information

  • Welcome
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • About Shamanism

• NT Shamanism Books

  • The Jotunbok
  • The Pathwalker's Guide
  • Wyrdwalkers (Techniques)
  • Wightridden (Altered States)
  • Northern-Tradition Herbal
  • Nine Sea Songs CD
  • The Giants' Tarot

• Shamanic Techniques

  • Altered States
  • Elemental Spirits
  • Journeying & Pathwalking
  • Rune Work
  • Shamanic Healing
  • Spirit Possession
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • Ordeal Work

• Herbalism

  • The Shamanic Herbal
  • The Nine Sacred Herbs
  • Herbal Treatments

• About Raven Kaldera

  • About & Contact
  • Workshops & Classes
  • Shamanic Readings