Book Recommendations for Asatru/Norse Spirituality

[spiritbear99]

I'm pulling up a list of good books to get on Asatru life, Norse magick, Runes, etc and I'd like to hear some feedback :] Please let me know if you have any recommendations! So far here are the cool things I've found...

Essential Asatru (http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Asatru-Walking-Norse-Paganism/dp/0806527080/ref=pd_sim_b_title_5/102-1313838-0055338)...

Our Troth 1 (http://www.amazon.com/Our-Troth-1-History-Lore/dp/1419635980/ref=pd_sim_b_title_6/102-1313838-0055338) and Our Troth 2 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419636146/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)...

Taking Up the Runes (http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Up-Runes-Complete-Divination/dp/1578633257/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1/102-1313838-0055338)...

Northern Mysteries & Magick (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?ATH=Freya+Aswynn&z=y)... really interested in this one ^_^

Edred Thorsson is well-known, but which (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-1313838-0055338?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Edred%20Thorsson) of his books would be best to get as far as Runes go?

And can anyone recommend a good Prose or Poetic Edda translation for me to get? Some people fight over which versions are more accurate, but I want to know what people on here think. So far I've found Oxford's version (http://www.amazon.com/Poetic-Edda-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0192839462/ref=pd_sim_b_title_2) and Penguin's version (http://www.amazon.com/Prose-Edda-Mythology-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140447555/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196102338&sr=1-1).

Thanks so much!

-- Gally

[Nitefalle]

Hi Lestismitethee - were I you, I would go into the Recon forum, find any post by Seapearls and click on the BookHoard link in her siggy. It will take you to a VERY comprehensive book list she has compiled during her research on the Germanic/Norse path.

[Rick]

This list is exhaustive: http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=174210

As to which of Thorsson's books on runes to get, the short answers is: all of 'em... :smile:

[spiritbear99]

Thanks so much, you guys :D I've looked through the list and there's so much great info! I'm going to order a ton of books and get learning!

I wish there were some Asatruar nearby that I could talk to and go to meetings with, but I don't know of any ;_; If there are any, I think they don't let anyone know they are unless you ask them about it. I hope I can be part of a group someday soon! I am SO ready!

-- Gally

[Fire-scryer]

This list is exhaustive: http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=174210

As to which of Thorsson's books on runes to get, the short answers is: all of 'em... :smile:

:thumbsup: Seconded. If you want to know where to start, I recommend the trio Runelore, Futhark, and At the Well of Wyrd.

[Hærfest Leah]

Thanks so much, you guys :D I've looked through the list and there's so much great info! I'm going to order a ton of books and get learning!


-- Gally

Glad I could be of help...... in an indirect sort of way. :weirdsmil

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions on our ways. I am also a lone heathen.

[Fire-scryer]

I am also a lone heathen.

Yep. Same here. We almost seem to be clustered. There are a lot of Heathens in certain areas and few to none in others.

Myself, I am in the cluster of 1 :lol:

[Rick]

Here is the steward list for The Troth: http://www.thetroth.org/Stewards
You don't have to be a member to contact the state/regional steward for your area; he or she wil be glad to help you locate Heathen folk (again, not necesarily Troth folk) near you, if any are known to exist.

[spiritbear99]

Here is the steward list for The Troth: http://www.thetroth.org/Stewards
You don't have to be a member to contact the state/regional steward for your area; he or she wil be glad to help you locate Heathen folk (again, not necesarily Troth folk) near you, if any are known to exist.

Thanks much :D I'll see if I can get in touch with one.

-- Gally

[wolf]

As to which of Thorsson's books on runes to get, the short answers is: all of 'em... :smile:

True indeed!

But if you can only get one, get RuneLore.