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Beyond the North Wind

Written by: Christopher McIntosh, Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson - foreword
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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"The North" is simultaneously a location, a direction, and a mystical concept. Although this concept has ancient roots in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales, it continues to resonate today within modern culture. McIntosh leads listeners, chapter by chapter, through the magical and spiritual history of the North, as well as its modern manifestations, as documented through physical records, such as runestones and megaliths, but also through mythology and lore. 

This mythic conception of a unique, powerful, and mysterious Northern civilization was known to the Greeks as "Hyberborea" - the "Land Beyond the North Wind" - which they considered to be the true origin place of their god, Apollo, bringer of civilization. Through the Greeks, this concept of the mythic North would spread throughout Western civilization. 

In addition, McIntosh discusses Russian Hyperboreanism, which he describes as among "the most influential of the new religions and quasi-religious movements that have sprung up in Russia since the fall of Communism" and which is currently almost unknown in the West.
©2019 Christopher McIntosh (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Spirituality Occult Scandinavia Norway History
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Graham Hancock of Norse history

If you like Alternative Ancient History and the works of those like Graham Hancock, this short book will keep you engaged the whole way through. A wonderful collection of history, mythology and cultural analysis

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Informative, insightful, and thought-provoking

Overall, I found this book very engaging and interesting. someone who stems from Celtic heritage, I found this book insightful into my family's Origins.

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