Canny Crafting Traditional Witchcraft

From the Old Norse:  Seidr is a type of Shamanistic folk magic and Shamanic technique practised by solitary Witches and healers. Traditionally -  Seidr included both healing; shape-shifting, curses & raising storms, etc. A good portion of Seid magic was concerned with communication with spirits.


The term Seidr is most commonly translated as "Witchcraft"  and is used to describe actions ranging from shamanic magic (such as spirit journeys; magical healing by removing "spirit missiles" such as elf-shot from the body, magical psychiatric treatment in the form of recovering lost portions of the soul-complex, etc.) to prophecy, channelling the Gods or the Gods' voices through a human agent;  performing magic that affects weather or animal movements, as well as a wide range of malefic magic. The single most characteristic element of Seidr - however -  seems to be magic of a type which works by affecting the mind by illusion, madness, forgetfulness or other means.

The way in which to affect the mind is by a means of Transmigration (projection into someone's  psyche) to transfix then transmit negative signals!

The practitioner of Seidr was known as a Seid-Kona (seid-wife) or Seid-Madhr (seid-man)

The Goddess Freyja is the patroness of Seidr.