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 Nice intro Jul 09, 2008
If you are interested in alternate religions and are curious about Asatru, then this book is for you. You can read though it in a couple of hours and it gives a nice overview of the religion.
a good introduction Jan 12, 2008
I ocnsider this bok good to have on hand if you practice Asatru/Odinism and you want to share your belief with someone but do not want to have to explain it yourself. very well written, easily accesable to anyone. i recoemnd it.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Basic, Opinionated Jul 27, 2007
This book provides very little information on Asatru at all, much less on how to live a day like an Asatruar. It has a heavy bias and like he says early on the book is written from his viewpoint and beliefs, he also says he is very opinionated which does not go well for his writings. The book has a number of spelling errors, along with errors regarding the meanings of the words and certain areas of the beliefs of the Old Norse people. If I was to recommend a book to give you a good amount of reading and to also give examples of how to live a day like an Asatruar I would recommend Essential Asatru by Diana Paxson, although not the greatest it does give the person what they need to explore further and enough for them to begin basing their actions. This book does not fulfill its title "Living Asatru" it says very little in the way of actually living your life like an Astruar, it would be more suitable as a benchread type of book, one that you read just to pass time while waiting for a flight at the airport and will never read again. Overall this book is not very highly recommended and has many misconceptions about the faith in it along with basic tenets of the things Astruars strive for.
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 Very basic, but good Mar 13, 2007
Shetler does a pretty good job of presenting the very basics for Asatru as well as giving practical, down to Earth advice for applying Heathen concepts to day to day living. It can be used as a pretty good quick-reference guide. I would recommend it to someone who just wanted to know the very basics, but you might want to go with something else if you desire more indepth knowledge.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Awsome point of view and well written without the fluff of other books Feb 23, 2007
If your sick and tired of touchy feely hippie new age writing this is the book for you. IT lays out in very unapologetic language the ways of Asatru without the usual wiccan influence. It is a straight forward look at Asatru from a Hardcore asatruar's point of view. Great book for anyone interested in the northern path without the overly celtic influence of most other writings.
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