{"product_id":"beyond-the-north-wind-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-mystic-north-paperback","title":"Beyond the North Wind: The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher McIntosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHilmar Örn Hilmarsson\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 readers, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher McIntosh\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and historian specializing in the esoteric traditions of the West. He was for several years on the faculty of the Centre for the Study of Esotericism at Exeter University. He lives in Bremen, Germany. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilmar Örn Hilmarsson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Allsherjargoði (high priest) of the Ásatru community of Iceland. He is an internationally celebrated musician and a composer of film music, who has written the scores for such films as Children of Nature, Cold Fever, and In the Cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771353399584,"sku":"9781578636402","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/71b63c6e2ed0ff47229a6e7af2276bf9.webp?v=1780385305","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/beyond-the-north-wind-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-mystic-north-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}