Ancestral Research


Hyperborean Research Society

Runic Studies

Runic Amulets and Magic Objects by Mindy MacLeod & Bernard Mees
Runes: An Introduction by Ralph W.V. Elliott, MA
Runes and Runic Inscriptions by R.I. Page
Runes, Runology and Runologists by T. Looijenga
Runestone images and visual communication in Viking Age Scandinavia by Marjolein Stern
Bandrúnir in Icelandic Sagas by Mindy Macleod
Runes and Verse: The Medialities of Early Scandinavian Poetry by Judith Jesch
Texts and Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions by Tineke Looijenga

Folklore

The Werewolf in Medieval Icelandic Literature by Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir
Berserk for berserkir: Introducing Combat Trauma to the Compendium of Theories on the Norse Berserker by Lily Florence Lowell Geraty
Invincible blades and invulnerable bodies: weapons magic in early-modern Germany by B. Ann Tlusty
Metamorphoses: a Comparative Study of Representations of Shape-Shifting in Old Norse and Medieval Irish Narrative Literature by Camilla Michelle With Pedersen

Northern Tradition

The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe by Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
Ascending the Steps to Hliðskjálf: The Cult of Óðinn in Early Scandinavian Aristocracy by Joshua Rood
The Relation of Loddfáfnir to Odin in the Hávamál by Albert Morey Sturtevant
The Power of Antiquity: The Hyperborean Research Tradition in Early Modern Swedish Research on National Antiquity by Tero Anttila
Famous Hyperboreans by Pär Sandin
Balder the Beautiful: The Fire Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by J.G. Frazer
Alchemy of the Ancient Goths: Johannes Bureus’ Search for the Lost Wisdom of Scandinavia by Håkan Håkansson
The Gothic History of Jordanes by Charles Christopher Mierow
The Cult of Othin: An Essay in the Ancient Religion of the North by H. M. Chadwick
Gods of the Ancient Northmen by Georges Dumezil
Going Berserk: Battle Trance and Ecstatic Holy Warriors in the European War Magic Tradition by Jenny Wade
Initiation Rituals in Old Norse Texts and their Relationship to Finno-Karelian Bear Cult Rituals: a comparative approach by James Haggerty
Thor the Wind-Raiser and the Eyrarland Image by Richard Perkins

Occult Studies

Alchemy

Gold of A Thousand Mornings by Armand Barbault

Mystery Traditions

Ethnobotany

Mushrooms Russia & History by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson
The Root of All Evil? – The Mandrake Myth in German Literature from 1673 TO 1913 by Michael Kobs
Dregs of Our Forgotten Ancestors:Fermentative Microorganisms in the Prehistory of Europe, the Steppes, and Indo-Iranian Asia and Their Contemporary Use in Traditional and Probiotic Beverages by F. M. Dugan

European Witchcraft

The Archaeology of Seiðr: Circumpolar Traditions in Viking Pre-Christian Religion by Dr. Neil Price
Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft & Magic by Emma Wilby
The Wild Hunt and the Witches’ Sabbath By Ronald Hutton

Indo-European Studies

The Heruls by Troels Brandt
The Arctic Home in the Vedas: Being Also a New Key to the Interpretation of Many Vedic Texts and Legends by Lokamanya Bâl Gangâdhar Tilak
The Nordic Origins of the Iliad and Odyssey: An Up-to-date Survey of the Theory by Felice Vinci
Chasing the Shaman’s Steed: The Horse in Myth from Central Asia to Scandinavia by Kristen Pearson
Hermes Scythicus, or The Radical Affinities of the Greek and Latin Languages to the Gothic: A Dissertation on the Historical Proofs of the Scythian Origin of the Greeks by John Jamieson, D.D. F.R.S.E. & F.S.A.S.