[Main Blog Post] The Seed of Yggdrasill 1 - Introduction and the Books of Old

[jprussell]

This week, I take my first step in tackling Maria Kvilhaug's massive tome The Seed of Yggdrasill. As with some of her other work, it is a frustrating blend of genuinely wonderful insights and sloppy organization, but hopefully sharing my thoughts on them will help both of us get more out of it!

Comments

[k_a_nitz]

I have to say that some of the issues you raised around lack of editing sound very similar to those I encountered with The Three Little Sisters edition of Kweldulf Gundarsson's Teutonic Magic - which read like it had been scanned from a previous printed edition and not copy checked - and really put me off buying more from them.

[jprussell]

Yeah, that doesn't surprise me, but is unfortunate. Gundarsson's Teutonic Magic has a slightly special place for me, because it was while following one of its guided rune "pathworkings" that I had my "oh wow, this stuff is real" religious experience. That being said, I have no idea if the kindle edition I have was put out by TLS, and I haven't read the whole thing very closely.

As I said, it's a shame for dumb stuff like this to cloud otherwise good material.