Identify Books During The Book of Blots
Original Title: | The Book of Blots |
ISBN: | 1312680725 (ISBN13: 9781312680722) |
Edition Language: | English |
Stubba
Paperback | Pages: 120 pages Rating: 4.67 | 6 Users | 1 review Reviews
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Title | : | The Book of Blots |
Author | : | Stubba |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Second |
Pages | : | Pages: 120 pages |
Published | : | December 2014 by Lulu.com (first published 1991) |
Categories | : | Download Books. Books |
Interpretation In Favor Of Books The Book of Blots
When the (London-based) Odinic Rite first published this book in 1991, finances were limited and professional proof-reading, formatting and the like were unavailable. The result was a product that did not do justice to its contents, which had been slowly compiled and meticulously trialled over the eighteen years from 1973 to 1991.For political reasons the original first edition of the book was never adequately promoted, and it soon went out of print.
On 5 April 1994 Stubba authorised the Odinic Rite of Australia to produce a second edition. This did not happen for twenty years, largely because cheap and accurate OCR technology was not available at the time. Another reason was that most people who approached the Odinic Rite of Australia asking for appropriate ceremonies were interested mainly in the rites for hand-fasting (weddings) and namings. Both of these were easily supplied as scanned excerpts from Stubba's book.
However, in recent years there have been many requests for a comprehensive collection of Odinist rituals - and in my opinion Stubba's original work is the best that exists. Therefore I have OCR'd his entire book, which in my opinion is a remarkable achievement.
In the course of checking the OCRs against the first edition, and in trying to re-format the work in such a way as to be in keeping with what Stubba would probably have wanted (judging from his magazine, "Raven Banner"), I have come to a new and deeper appreciation of the original Odinic Rite rituals - and of the brilliant man and mind behind them.
I hope that other readers will appreciate Stubba's wisdom - and that of the Odinist pioneers of the 1970s and 1980s who trialled these rituals - as much as I do. It has been an enduring pleasure to have played a small role in making Stubba's work accessible to a new readership. The honour, however, belongs to Stubba himself.
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