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Feb. 25, 2020
21:45
NORDIC FIRE
A VIDEO MIX BY WILLIAM THOMAS
Having personally witnessed and invoked the intercession of shamanic forces in the defense of British Columbia’s last coastal rainforests, this remix has been assembled with the utmost humility, gratitude and respect for the talent, dedication and intent of its performers, camera operators, editors and producers.
Summoning and co-celebrating the shared healing and protective Eros of wild creatures – including the sacred human dyad – these lyrics are said to draw on ancient Icelandic poetry, as well as “linguistic reconstructions” of runic inscriptions carved on old Northern European bones and “a runic staff found in Bergen.”
Dismissed by terrified Latin observers as the sounds of “howling dogs,” the “low growling, hissing and forked fingers” are based on “ancient descriptions of Seiðr magic” – according to one informed listener.
In assembling this montage, it is my hope that those who resonate to these Proto-Germanic ritual songs and chants will seek out, purchase and support the work of the artists represented here.
In order of appearance:
FÓLKVANGR (photo)
HELVEGEN (Wardruna & Aurora)
VARGSÅNGEN (Wolf Song photo)
SKÁLD (Rún)
VIODANCE (If I Had A Heart)
MYRKUR (Ella)
FAUN (Walpurgisnacht)
HEILUNG (Norupo)
FAUN (Rosenrot)
HEILUNG (featuring Maria Franz, LIFA concert)
SWEDISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
(featuring Sabina Zweiacker, The Dragonborn Comes)
William Thomas
Mt. Bruce Blockade
Walbran Blockade
Tsitika Blockade
Carmanah's Illegal Logging Media Eposure
Clayquot Summer Blockades Media Coordinator
Crofton Pulp Mill Campaign
Greenpeace photographer Squamish Pulp Mill Blockade
Co-Founder, Green Islands
Co-Founder, Save Georgia Strait Alliance
Co-Founder, Gulf Environmental Emergency Response Team
Celerity sailing herself close-hauled, bound for the South Seas -Will Thomas photo
Where have I been since September 6? Working on my new book. Three If By Sea: A Trimaran Circles The Pacific is on course for completion in December 2020.
Words to ponder:
“Current events are testing the limits people can be pushed to gaslight themselves.” -Charles Hugh Smith
Articles by William Thomas:
Fork In The Perpetual War Road
Bold Thoughts For Extraordinary Times
More Articles & eBooks (link at top of page)