Veneration: Shapeshifting, Lycanthropy & Shamanism by Raven Stronghold (Sirius Limited Esoterica, 2023) Standard Hardcover Limited to 111 Copies

Raven Stronghold. Veneration: Shapeshifting, Lycanthropy and Shamanism. Sirius Limited Esoterica, 2023. Standard hardcover edition. 141 pages. Limited to 111 hand-numbered copies. Includes altar cloth.

Condition: New

Description from the publisher: "Through the Third publication of Veneration series, Dr Raven Stronghold, offer us a very powerful book focusing diverse aspects in the enigmatic exploration of the arte of Shapeshifting.

Revealing diverse aspects of different traditions such as the Nordic Shamanism and its relations within the cult of Odin and Loki, passing through the Berserkers and the enigmatic Fylgja Fetch. The Bon Po tradition including a wide range of practices and beliefs, including the veneration of nature spirits, ancestral spirits, and various deities. includes practices such as divination, meditation, and ritual offerings.

The Hindu pantheon and its many faces of shapeshifting. Egyptian funeral rituals connected within the shapeshifting. The south American cult of the Jaguar, The use of sacred plants, lycanthropy and lot more.

The standard one in hard cover limited to 111 copies."

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

INNER TRANSFORMATIONS IN NORDIC SORCERY

OLD NORSE SHAPESHIFTING

RAVENS & WOLVES IN NORDIC SHAPESHIFTING

TOTEMS OF POWER IN NORDIC TRADITION

THE FYLGJA FETCH

THE HUGR, AS SHAMANIC SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

FYLGJUR, THE PSYCHOPOMP

HAMRAMMR

SHAPESHIFTING IN HINDU TRADITION

THE DARKEST FACE OF RAKSHASA

THE MANY FACES OF VISHNU

SHAMANIC RITUALS & SHAPESHIFTING

THE JAGUAR’S CULT

ANCESTRAL VISIONS IN SHAMANISM

THE SHAMANIC INITIATION

THE JAGUAR, SHAPESHIFTING

DEATH AND RESSURECTION

SHAPESHIFTING PURPOSES

THE ICONS OF POWER AND SHAMANISM

PLANTS OF POWER, PLANTS OF DEVOTION

SHAPESHIFTING DIVINATION

TIBETAN SHAMANISM & BON TRADITION

THE CHÖDPA

THE METAMORPHOSIS IN DREAMING STATE

THE POWER OF SHAPE-SHIFTING WITHIN THE EGIPTIAN FUNERARY SPIRITUALITY

WITCHES, WEREWOLVES AND SHAPESHIFTING

NAHUALISM AND THE RITE OF SHAPESHIFTING