Wolfs-Head: Óðinn, the Ecstatic God of Tethers & Skin-TurningAuthor: Shani Oates As a transpersonal state, berserkergangr has attracted a host of theories that attempt to explain or rationalise it as a drug induced frenzy, or insanity. Too few studies are open to the possibility of an enhanced state of spiritual intoxication, of god possession. Being an ecstatic madness, that dedication to an extreme warrior code is more akin to the mysterious disciplines of the east that demand, privation, ordeal and self

He has done this kind of thing before

what he has to say may just enlighten you

As a herald of spring and fertility

was the Priest of the Coven whose rites are discussed here

Originally published in 1914

to manifest in the way it wants to present itself to you

Howe pointed to the art of healing in them all

charms for animals

in an effort to shed a little more light on the more recent history of belief in the supernatural

for oneself and for the land

employment

the healing of people and animals