A guide to using ecstatic trance to connect with your ancestors, rediscover your extrasensory powers, and reclaim the peaceful nature of humanity.

Nicholas E. Brink, Ph.D., is a psychologist and a certified teacher of ecstatic trance with the Cuyamungue Institute. Board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology, he is the author of The Power of Ecstatic Trance and lives in Coburn, Pennsylvania.

Acknowledgments



Foreword by Reverend James Lawer



Prologue: Our Relationship to the Great Mother



Part One

The Universal Mind

Understanding Trance



1 The Lost Powers of the Nordic People



2 The Powers of Ecstatic and Hypnotic Trance



3 Nordic Postures



Part Two

The Lives of the Ancient Ones

Using Ecstatic Trance to Access Nordic Ancestors



4 Communing with Ancestors: An Overview



5 The Era of the Mother Goddess



6 The Transition



7 The Warrior and His Family



8 Baldr’s Rebirth



Part Three

The Myths and Beliefs of the Ancient Ones

Learning from the Nordic Gods through Hypnotic Trance



9 The Origins of the Gods



10 The Lost Edda of the Vanir

The Lay of Freyja’s Audience with Odin

The Lay of Freyja’s Cats

The Lay of the Fish’s Breath

The Lay of the Spittle of a Bird

The Lay of the Roots of a Mountain

The Lay of the Sinew of a Bear

The Lay of the Beard of a Woman

The Origin of the Vanir and the Power of Naming

The Attack on the Vanir and the Power of Seiðr

The Power of Idunn’s Plants

The Power of Bragi’s Songs

Idunn Is Accepted

Kvasir’s Mead

The Lay of Gullveig

Ullr and His Inventions

Óðr’s Journey and Freyja’s Pursuit

Calling on Moðir

Freyr’s Power of Illusion

Freyr’s Journeys to Midgard

Freyr’s Journeys to Jötunheimr

The Power of Shape-Shifting

The Lay of Gefjon and the Kings of Denmark

The Lay of King Healfdene

Why Baldr Didn’t Go to Griðbustaðr

The Lay of Freyja and Her Daughters

Idunn’s Travels to Midgard

The Goddesses’ Power of Intuition

Ullr’s Travels

In Memory of Moðir

Baldr Visits Moðir

Baldr Meets Nanna

The Lay of Borr and Moðir’s Dream

The Lay of Borr’s Son Odin

Forseti’s Blessing and Loki’s Silence

Forseti’s Justice

The Lay of Sloegr

The Lay of Heimdallr

The Lay of Ullr’s Drawings

Idunn, Freyr, and the Giants

Baldr Grieves Hrungnir’s Death

The Lay of the Giants

The Survival of the Vanir



11 The Teachings of the Vanir



Epilogue



Notes



Glossary of Nordic Terms



Bibliography



Index