Jive Book Review: The Culture of the Teutons

A review of Vilhelm Grønbech's seminal work on the religion and culture of ancient Germanic peoples. Grønbech, professor of the history of religion at the University of Copenhagen, looks at Norse, Lombardic, Anglo-Saxon, Gothic and Roman sources to identify a common Teutonic culture focused on luck, honour, shame, kinship, and a unique perspective on the afterlife and the soul. My review includes favourite quotes from volume 1 of the two part book republished by Antelope Hill.

Jive Book Review: HOLY EUROPE by AKi Cederberg

 

Pagan Finnish author ‪Aki Cederberg joins me as we discuss his latest book Holy Europe (PYHÄ EUROOPPA), published in English in 2024 by Arcana Europa. The book is a travelogue in which Aki invites the reader to join him on a spiritual exploration of the continent, looking at ancient pagan holy sites, as well as places relevant to artists and esotericists who have sought the holy within Europe in various ways. He addresses the spiritual crisis of Western man by showing how the sacred is still accessible in Europe today.

Jive Book Review: The Shaman: Patterns of Siberian and Ojibway Healing

A review of The Shaman: Patterns of Siberian and Ojibway Healing by John A. Grim. He describes the common features of the figure known as "the shaman" by anthropologists who is found mainly in cultures of Siberian origin: with the focus mainly on the Yakut of Siberia and the Ojibwe Indians aka Chippewa, Saulteaux, Anishinaabe people of southern Canada and the northern Midwestern USA. I attempt to compare the features of the shaman and of shamanic religious practices to Indo-European religious customs, particularly in Nordic Germanic religion.

Jive Book Review: The Final Pagan Generation

Jive Book Review: Odin's Wife (Frigg and Jord)

Is Odin's wife Frigg the same as his lover Jord the Earth goddess? William P. Reaves thinks they are the same figure and that her cult survived in to recent times among German peasants who called her Frau Holda. I will briefly review his book on the subject here.

Jive Talk: My favourite things of 2019

A rundown on some of the things I have been enjoying in the year gone by - specifically new things, that I think you all might also enjoy. Scroll down for links to the content I mentioned in this stream - and sign up to Patreon or subscribe star to access the rest of the stream...


Podcasts:
Brute Norse
SHWEP
Bliurini bealodis


Books:
Journeys in the Kali Yuga by Aki Cedarberg
Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze age Pervert
Bow and the Club by Julius Evola

Films
Midsummer (2019)
My review 
Mandy (2018)
The Lighthouse (2019)

YouTube channels:
Simon Roper
Eric Aarvoll
The Book Club

Jive Talk: Book Review - Bronze Age Mindset

The Indo-Europeans: In Search of the Homeland by Alain de Benoist

Review: The Seed of Yggdrasil