Reading List: Polytheism and History Edition

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So for those of you who don't know, I consider myself both a polytheist, and someone with an avid interest in ancient norse history and theology! (I was a historical reenactor for five years - 1066 to the Magna Carta!) With this in mind, I ordered a bunch of books at the start of the pandemic which thanks to shipping delays are just about starting to roll in now (seriously, it's like Christmas come early!) and with the renovations I've not been able to give them my full attention, but I thought I would share what I've picked up (don't judge me, I had a bunch of money made in commissions stored up on Paypal) in the hopes it might pique somebody else's interest!

As you may be able to tell, I'm also interested in Arab history and Islamic theology, being Arab myself. Oh, and polytheism and divination in general.

EDIT: I also joined the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids at the Bardic Grade just before Covid.

Some of these books I've picked up to supplement my personal theology, some are research for my WIP novel series, and some just caught my attention. If anyone is interested, I also have a website where I blog about this sort of thing and write book reviews! I'll link it if anyone asks.

🔹 Yesterday's Sky
🔹 The Inner Sky: How to Make Wiser Choices for a More Fulfilling Life
🔹 The Book of Pluto - Steven Forrest
🔹 Pagan Portals - Loki: Trickster and Transformer - Dagulf Loptson
🔹 The Mystics of al-Andalus : Ibn Barrajan and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century - Yousef Casewit
🔹 The Nyarlathotep Cycle: Stories about the God of a Thousand Forms - Robert M. Price
🔹 A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism
🔹 The Druid Magic Handbook: Ritual Magic Rooted in the Living Earth
🔹 The Illustrated Picatrix: The Complete Occult Classic Of Astrological Magic - John Michael Greer
🔹 Odin: Ecstasy, Runes, and Norse Practical Magic
🔹 Taking Up The Runes: A Complete Guide To Using Runes In Spells, Rituals, Divination, And Magic - Diana L. Paxson
🔹 Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North - Ibn Fadlan
🔹 The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia - Neil Price
🔹 Queering the Tarot - Cassandra Snow
🔹 The Cult of Othin: An Essay in the Ancient Religion of the North - H. M. Chadwick
🔹 The Cult of Odinn: God of Death? - Stephan Grundy
🔹 The Book of English Magic - Philip Carr-Gomm
🔹 The Wanderer's Havamal - Jackson Crawford
🔹 The Polished Mirror : Storytelling and the Pursuit of Virtue in Islamic Philosophy and Sufism - Cyrus Ali Zargar
🔹 Words of Re-enchantment: writings on storytelling, myth, and ecological desire - Anthony Nansen
🔹 Magic in Islam - Michael Muhammad Knight
🔹 Encylopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklmore, Mythology and Magic - Claude Lecouteux
🔹 Loki's Torch, Vol. 1 — Ky Greene et al
🔹 Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic — Aidan Wachter
🔹 Pagan Portals - Thor — Morgan Daimler