Serpent Songs: An Anthology of Traditional Craft

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Serpent Songs ?is an anthology of the voices of traditional craft: the words and works of those who remain untamed, cu ing folk, exorcists, pellars, sorgin, witches and mystics. A collection of fifteen essays, ?Serpent Songs ?is introduced and curated by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold through whose contacts we encounter the worlds of lone individuals and tradition holders, from both family and clan, and are allowed a rare glimpse into the workings of the more secretive practitioners of the Craft. ?nTraditional craft is intimately bound to the spirit of the land.

Thus ?Serpent Songs ?contains the accounts of Cornish and Basque witchcraft, the relatively unknown Swedish Trolldom, the persecuted Bogomils, and the oft misrepresented Italian Streghoneria. Members of 1734 and Clan Tubal Cain are among those who choose to share their experiences and perspectives. Light is shed on such important figures as Robert Cochrane, Evan John-Jones and Andrew Chumbley amongst others, but more than illustrious ancestors, traditional craft is revealed as a living throng.nThese are the voices of those who work the art and this book details their practices, struggles and wayward journeys.

?Serpent Songs ?takes a crooked path through the landscape, from historical studies to practical acts, from lonely stone stiles set between deep hedges to the warm entrails of animals and forays into the caves and woods. It is a wide ranging work that deals with the issues of witch blood, taboo, the other, the liminal state, fire, dream, art and need as vectors of the Craft. What emerges is not a narrow definition of what it means to engage in traditional craft, but a set of shared characteristics and approaches which become evident despite the cultural gulfs in place and time.

These are the voices who for the most part operate in silence but now wish to be heard. Author Edited Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold Author Info Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold, a native of Norway and resident of Brazil since 2003,is a behavioral psychologist, anthropologist and master brewer (Capirotagem Cervejaria).nDuring the last 25 years he has travelled extensively in search of traditional wisdom and spiritual legacies, with a particular focus ?on African and Afro derived traditions along with what is generally defined as traditional witchcraft in Europe. ?This has led to deep involvement with several streams of wisdom, such as traditional Ifá, Haitian Vodou, Palo Mayombe, Quimbanda and a rich knowledge of witchcraft from diligent commitment and involvement with various recensions of the ‘witches way.

nFrisvold is a pragmatist with an interest in spiritual philosophy, occult history and the aesthetic language used to describe and understand tradition, spirituality, sorcery and witchcraft, as exemplified in his books Palo Mayombe, ?Pomba Gira, Exu and Ifá. ?nBeside brewing, research and writing, Frisvold arranges workshops, courses and events ?of a spiritual and psychological orientation, as well as initiations at his grange in the Brazilian countryside, Villa Draconis, with his wife, Katy. ?They also offer spiritual, magical and astrological services and products through the Sacred Alchemy store.

?Articles, news and updates can be found on his blog, the Starry Cave. ISBN-13 978-0957449220 Publisher Scarlet Imprint Publication Date 2013 Edition 1st Binding Paperback Condition Used – Very Good Page Count 221 Pages