Terms like ‘black magic,’ the ‘left hand path,’ ‘evil’ imply a duality that must be resolved and reconciled within the Adept. There is conflict, Life and Strife, wyrd and karma in the wandering and seeking of ekstasis. This is to produce the exaltation in visionary states of potential and energy that can be aimed at a specific intention. As all our objectives and intent is focused towards the Great Work, we are truly beyond good and evil. But there are certain sinister aspects of life and reality, there are enemies, there are conflicts, there is war. This is a series on dark magic as assault sorcery, and the Indo-European historical study of ritual sacrifice, oaths and curses, necromancy, vengeance, of the Gods of death and battle, and the occult research of various techniques. But all these must be understood within the context of the Tradition, the Ancestral Master Narrative. Therefore, Volume 1 is focused on one of the many masks of Odin, of which this series takes its title, Bǫlverkr. We feel this is one of the most penetrating essays on the lore from a member of our Research Society and an introductory essay can be found on our blog. Topics range from the philosophical inquiries into a truly ‘pagan’ morality, of the Nature, Wars and Exiles of the Gods, of the world ages, the search for the divine elixirs within the study of Odin’s true motivations and essential Nature. This extends to discussion of the templates for self-initiation and combat magic within the Norse and greater Indo-European cultures. 64 pages.