There are those who hear the phrase “Chaos Heathen” and instinctively know what it means. This book is for you.

There are those who hear the phrase “Chaos Heathen” and do not know what that could mean. This book is for you.

There are those who hear the phrase “Chaos Heathen” and get upset, confused, or angry. This book is for you.

Elhaz Ablaze: A Compendium of Chaos Heathenry dives into the fractal spirals of contemporary magic from a Heathen perspective. Ranging from the bizarrely philosophical to the vigorously practical, the book’s contributors – artistic and literary – dare to dismantle Chaos Magic, Heathenry, and themselves…just in time to serendipitously discover ever more novel, playful, and artful modes of magical and spiritual being.

The book explores diverse themes including rune magic; meditation; mystical interpretation of Norse mythology and deities (Odin, Thor, etc.); sigil magic; trance work; alchemy; the ideas of Aleister Crowley, C. G. Jung, and others; historical martial arts and fitness; and the philosophy of the occult.

Created by authors and friends of the notorious Elhaz Ablaze website, and lavishly illustrated, Elhaz Ablaze: A Compendium of Chaos Heathenry promises to smash a Mandelbrot set’s worth of paradigms, all the while artfully romancing the mysteries of Heathen spirituality.

Praise For Elhaz Ablaze

This book is useful for those with a modicum of knowledge of Chaos Magic and Heathenism/ Asatru, but may not have attempted a “paradigmsynthesis” of their own yet? I’m no Chaos magician per se, however; some of the fundamental Chaos Magic concepts doseparate most of the chaff from the wheat of practical sorcery. That said, I’ve always been a “Heathen at Heart”. Heathenism imparts some missing pieces to “Chaos Heathenism” , e.g., Northern European Spirituality / Mystical aspects, also “RUNA”, the Mother of the Mysteries,which underlies ALL. — Drew Alden

More Love For The Book

Elhaz Ablaze is a brilliantly inspired collection of essays that explores both the mundane and the esoteric nuances of living as a heathen in the modern world. With an attitude of playful irreverence tempered by grounding in thorough scholarship and practical experience, Elhaz Ablaze tackles every contentious issue of modern Heathenry and offers a wellspring of insightful clarity for all of them. This compendium doesn’t slaughter sacred cows so much as it takes them out for a dance, gets them rip-roaring drunk, makes them play hopscotch upside-down while solving backward crossword puzzles, steals their milk, mixes it with the random piles of cow dung tripped over in the pasture, and alchemically transmutes them into sparkling Mead. Covering topics as broadly diverse as psychotherapy and emotional healing, practical sigil magic, martial arts and physical development, mysticism, philosophy, and of course the perennial “debate” over race, ethnicity, and inclusivity versus exclusivity in heathenry, Elhaz Ablaze offers uniquely profound insights into their thorniest issues. Unapologetically slanted towards the magician and the seeker of esoteric wisdom, anyone seeking to find insight, balance, and deeper meaning as a heathen can find something useful in this book. Approach this work not with the attitude of looking to affirm or disparage any particular perspective, but rather to find something you might have lost, forgotten, or simply neglected in your own seeking. Laugh, scream, cry, dance, fight, flow, and read this work with a smirk and an empty horn – Elhaz Albaze will fill it with liquid Gold. — Andrew Zelitsky