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| '''Freya Aswynn''' (born in ] in ] ]) is an adherent of ] and authoress of several treatieses on ]. | |||
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| '''Freya Aswynn''', born in ] in ] ] and now residing in ] in the ], in one of the most well known and reckognised ], female shamans, runeologists and is the countries foremost authorities on the runes and their history. | |||
| According to her homepage, she was intitated into ] by ] in 1980. | |||
| She is a dedicated priestess of Odin and the old religion of the North, she has experience in divination, counselling and healing with the runes. | |||
| In 1993, she started an UK branch of the ]. | |||
| She moved to ], ] in 1996. | |||
| ==Works== | |||
| She was born into a Roman Catholic family. | |||
| ⚫ | * ''Songs of Yggdrasil'': Shamanic Chants from the Northern Mysteries (2002), ISBN 0875420230. | ||
| ⚫ | * ''Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes & Feminine Powers'' (2002), ISBN 1567180477. | ||
| She is a poetry reciter, musician, writer and artist. | |||
| ⚫ | * ''Leaves of Yggdrasil: Runes, Gods, Magic, Feminine Mysteries, and Folklore'' (1990), ISBN 0875420249. | ||
| ⚫ | * ''Principles of the Runes: The Only Introduction You'll Ever Need (Principles of)'' (2000), ISBN 0722538839. | ||
| She has been involved with the ]. | |||
| She lives in ] in ] and has a magickal lodge dedicated to ] in the mountains. | |||
| ==Biography== | |||
| Aswynn was aware of her natural psychic abilities as early as four years old, often able to perceive what would occur before it did. But, this, combined with her reactions to a hostile family environment and subjected to serious physical, mental as well as some sexual abuse, which was not recognized by the system as it was then, prompted the official diagnosis that she was 'maladjusted'. | |||
| Freya was given up by her family into the child care system and institutionalised for 9 years. She has stated that she was deprived of any secondary education and resorted to taking on cleaning work, until she met and married her first husband, George. | |||
| She has said that ''"George introduced me to the basics of philosophy (particularly the works of Friedrich Nietzsche) and classical music, predominantly Richard Wagner. He also was the first person who ever spoke to me about the esoteric nature of the runes. Sadly, after two years of marriage, George died of cancer; but he left me with a pension that, for the first time, gave me a measure of financial independence."'' | |||
| At the age of 19, with no real formal education except for the abilities to read and to write, Aswynn decided to develop her gift even further. She initially joined a spiritualist group, and later went on to study such subjects as ], ], ] and ]. | |||
| At the age of 30, Aswynn felt unable to progress further in Holland and left for England, where she was soon recognized by prominent magicians and witches as a "natural". With their help and training, she was initiated into the mysteries and made rapid progress as a ritual magician and High Priestess, being initiated into ] in ] by ] under the supervision of ]. | |||
| Aswynn taught herself English and German by means of books and tapes to make up for her lack of education and is now fluent in her Native Dutch, English and German. | |||
| After awhile, Aswynn began to question why the only gods mentioned were Graeco-Roman or Celtic in descent because they had no relationship to her own Dutch heritage. She then came to discover that there in fact were Nordic gods, and it was after a difficult personal experience that she became devoted to the Norse god, Wodan. She believes that it was Wodans help that influenced her to begin her research on the ] and the Northern traditions. Runes had had an important impact on her life. | |||
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| * ] - 'Introduction to the Runes' is a audio visual presentation exploring the Runes. Freya discusses the meaning of each Rune, accompanied by a sound clip example of Galdr. Learn the proper pronunciation of the Runes from a native speaker with the help of Freya's video. | |||
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Revision as of 12:24, 5 December 2006
Freya Aswynn (born in Holland in November 1949) is an adherent of Odinism and authoress of several treatieses on runic divination.
According to her homepage, she was intitated into Wicca by Jim Bennnet in 1980. In 1993, she started an UK branch of the Ring of Troth. She moved to Strathaven, Scotland in 1996.
Works
- Songs of Yggdrasil: Shamanic Chants from the Northern Mysteries (2002), ISBN 0875420230.
- Northern Mysteries and Magick: Runes & Feminine Powers (2002), ISBN 1567180477.
- Leaves of Yggdrasil: Runes, Gods, Magic, Feminine Mysteries, and Folklore (1990), ISBN 0875420249.
- Principles of the Runes: The Only Introduction You'll Ever Need (Principles of) (2000), ISBN 0722538839.