Icelandic Folk Magic: Witchcraft of the North

by Albert Björn Shiell

From the author that brought you Icelandic Plant Magic comes Icelandic Folk Witchcraft of the North , Albert Bjorn’s second book. Learn how to apply folk magic and herbalism to any circumstance with this highly engaging book of magical northern techniques.

Enhance Your Power Like Never Before

Icelandic Folk Witchcraft of the North  is Albert Bjorn’s second book. Drawing on the same friendly and engaging style of his first book, Icelandic Plant Folk Herbalism of the North , Albert offers us an extensive grimoire of folk magical practices based on the Icelandic landscape. Incorporating elements of myth and lore, along with his own tried and true magical techniques, Icelandic Folk Magic  will add a highly workable system of operative magic to your practice.
 

Genres: Witchcraft, Spirituality

337 pages, Paperback

Published August 13, 2024

About the author

Albert Björn Shiell grew up in the shade of the South Downs of Sussex, England. He spent his days there walking ancient chalk hills, full of burial mounds and folklore. Trading it all in 2017 for cold and seemingly desolate Iceland, Albert picked up his life and moved north. He now lives in downtown Reykjavík, writing, researching, and translating old Icelandic books. He spends his days walking the land around him, learning and conversing with the many plant and land spirits of Iceland. Focusing now on an animistic framework of Nordic magic combined with the Sussex cunning of his homeland, Albert aims to deliver practical folkloric magic inspired by both his homes.

Reviews

[wildandwitchyreads · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my first time reading anything about Norse practice or Icelandic magic. That being said, I do not feel this book was meant for a beginner like myself. There is a lot of good information that can be taken and used in one's own practice, but there were plenty of things that should stay simply a part of history. My main complaint is that there were multiple places in the book where Icelandic language or Latin were used without giving the reader an English translation. This made all of those sections useless to me as I'm not going to say things I don't k own the meaning of. This is true for chants, spells, and plant names. All in all, I think this is a good resource if you have some knowledge of Icelandic plants and folklore.