An inspired vision of Traditional Witchcraft
Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold
Craft of The Untamed
An inspired vision of Traditional Witchcraft
Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 978-1-906958-11-4
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Subjects: Craft/Traditional Witchcraft.
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What makes Traditional Witchcraft traditional?
In Craft of the Untamed, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold looks beyond the idea of witchcraft as a single fixed system or historical lineage. Instead, he explores the recurring mysteries that appear across different expressions of the Craft: the land, the crossroads, death, night and the Mountain of Venus.
At the heart of the book is a vision of witchcraft deeply rooted in the earth. Traditional Witchcraft is approached as a craft of the land and of the “black soil” — a place where death, growth and transformation are inseparable. The land is therefore not simply the setting in which magic takes place, but one of the foundations from which the Craft arises.
From this earthly foundation, Frisvold moves into the threshold territories of witchcraft: crossroads and spirit worlds, the mysteries of death, Solomonic magic, the nocturnal powers of the Craft and the traditions surrounding the Mountain of Venus.
Throughout the book, seemingly opposing forces continually meet. The celestial and infernal, spirit and matter, fertility and death, beauty and danger are treated not as separate realms but as parts of a larger magical landscape.
This gives Craft of the Untamed its distinctive character.
It is not primarily a collection of spells or a step-by-step manual. It is an exploration of the worldview underlying Traditional Witchcraft: the relationship between witch, land, spirit, ancestry and the powers encountered at the boundaries between worlds.
Frisvold’s central argument is that a living tradition may take many outward forms while still carrying recognisable themes through different cultures, communities and periods of history. Traditional Witchcraft is therefore presented as both timeless and continually changing — inherited, experienced and reshaped through the places and people in which it takes root.
For readers interested in Traditional Witchcraft beyond its techniques, Craft of the Untamed offers a rich and uncompromising exploration of the ideas, images and mysteries that give the Craft its particular depth.
Contents
Foreword by Shani Oates
Introduction
At the Crossroads of the Worlds
Solomonic Magick
The Blood of the Living Bones
Within the Mountain of Dame Venus
The Vinculum of Eros
The Art of Timeless Tradition
Within the Veil of Night
Against the Current