Paganism Explained, Part IV: Valholl & Odinn in Yggdrasill

by Varg Vikernes, Marie Cachet

Just what the title says; Valhalla and Odin in Yggdrasill explained. In 54 pages. A short and easy to read book that will teach you about the Native European heritage.

Genres: Mythology, Paganism

54 pages, Paperback

Published June 7, 2018

About the author

Varg Vikernes is a Norwegian musician. In 1991 Vikernes conceived the one-man music project Burzum, which quickly became popular within the early Norwegian black metal scene. In Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, director Sam Dunn described Vikernes as "the most notorious metal musician of all time".

"After creating in the course of four early albums an impressive body of art that essentially ended black metal as it was by raising the bar beyond what others could easily participate in, Vikernes was imprisoned for sixteen years for his alleged role in church arson and murder. During the time he was in prison, he put out two more impressive keyboard-based albums and several books’ worth of writings before falling silent around the turn of the millennium." (source: www.deathmetal.org)

Since then and after his release in 2009, he has authored several writings on Nordic/Germanic neopaganism and European nationalism from a primitivist and naturalist stance focused on cultural values in the community and family.

Reviews

[Jörgen Svensson · Rating 1 out of 5]

An ultrathin booklet printed in a huge font with once again more textbook confirmation bias leading to the usual "everything is a metaphor for pregnancy".

[Bobby Daugherty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Varg's insight into the Norse/Germanic gods. It is short but I like Varg's insight into these subjects more than his music.