Tubelo’s Forge: A Gramarye of Robert Cochrane’s Early Years.
Montreal, Canada: Anathema Publishing Ltd, 2025. "Collector's Edition" [ First Edition ]. Hardcover. Large octavo. (8 1/2-inch x 5 1/2-inch). 368pp. Brown textured endpages, b&w in-text illustrations. Appendices, bibliography. The "Collector's" edition - limited to 750 copies, each copy SIGNED by the author on a special bookplate affixed to the first blank. (There is also a limited "Artisanal Edition" of 30 numbered copies). Another important work by Shani Oates from Anathema, who say of this volume: "Óðinn’s identity as the Ecstatic God of the Tethers of Law and Death, is least recognised through his Skin-Turning and Shape-shifting techniques as gifts of the highest craft he imparts to a shamanic warrior elite. Those themes are explored in this volume, alighting upon a wide range of magics and histories identified within the Óðinnic cultus. Medieval source materials yield a wealth of information relating to Totemism; Ritual Guising; the Berserkir and Úlfhéðnar as Óðinn’s True Wolf Warriors; Motifs of Magical Beasts in Battle; the Wælceasega as Carrion Host; the Law and Covenants relating to W?r-loga; Outlawry; She-Wulves; The Red Thread of Wyrd, Warding and Binding the Dead, Varðlo(k)kur - the call to spirit; Dragons, the Wyrm, and finally, to the malefic sorcery of the Dog Heads of War, The Zmei, The Roggenwolf and the Bukka, whose presence in the wheat, rye and barley knots of the blessed harvest grains, all wend a path through to the real St George, to Green George." NEW book - still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Fine condition. (No dust jacket - as issued). Item #73758
ISBN: 9781989339299
Price: $99.00