Walking with Wodan is the unflinching autobiographical testament of Freya Aswynn, one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Northern Tradition and runic spirituality. Part life-history, part initiatory record, this book traces a journey forged through extreme adversity, institutional neglect, occult awakening, and lifelong devotion to Wodan/Odin as living spiritual force.
From a brutal childhood in post-war Europe and years spent in state care, through early encounters with magic, witchcraft, and esoteric orders, to her central role in the revival of Germanic paganism in Britain, Aswynn recounts her life with uncompromising honesty. The narrative weaves together personal trauma, political realities, occult practice, and spiritual insight, offering a rare inside view of the people, movements, and conflicts that shaped contemporary heathen and magical traditions.
This is not a sentimental memoir, nor a sanitized spiritual autobiography. Walking with Wodan is a record of wyrd in motion: of names claimed and discarded, of gods who demand everything, and of a life lived in conscious alignment with fate, will, and oath. Essential reading for serious students of Northern Tradition, occult history, and the lived reality behind modern paganism.
back cover:
Walking with Wodan is the uncompromising autobiography of Freya Aswynn, a central figure in the modern revival of Northern Tradition and runic spirituality. Far from a romantic memoir, this book is a stark record of a life shaped by extreme adversity, institutional abuse, and relentless spiritual calling.
From a childhood spent in state care in post-war Europe, through initiation into witchcraft and esoteric orders, to her lifelong devotion to Wodan/Odin as an active, initiatory power, Aswynn recounts her story with brutal honesty and intellectual clarity. Personal history, occult practice, political realities, and spiritual insight are tightly interwoven, offering a rare inside view of the people, movements, and conflicts that shaped contemporary heathenism.
This is a book about wyrd, will, and survival-written without sentimentality, apology, or compromise. Essential reading for serious students of Northern Tradition and modern occult history.
