# Wizards of the North - Norse Sorcery as Imported Technology

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Published: 2026-04-08T11:00:02+00:00
Episode link: https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/wizards-of-the-north-norse-sorcery
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In the 13th century, Snorri Sturluson wrote down what reads less like mythology and more like a contact report: a group called the Æsir arrived from the east carrying a specific suite of abilities - shapeshifting, astral travel, seiðr magic, berserk invulnerability, songs that could open the earth - and they taught these abilities to a priesthood that spread them across Scandinavia for centuries. David Lovegrove has been re-translating the Old Norse texts and cross-referencing them with his own decades of practice in Chinese internal kung fu and Indian yoga, and the parallels are too specific to dismiss. Were the Æsir teachers from somewhere else? Did their curriculum survive Christianization in hidden form? And what does it mean that the same "superpowers" show up in unrelated traditions on the other side of the planet? Follow David Lovegrove - https://www.amazon.com/Viking-Superpowers-Suppressed-Technology-Spacefaring/dp/1764091817 and https://www.youtube.com/@vikingsuperpowers 🔗 Read the blurb: https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/wizards-of-the-north-norse-sorcery 📡 Troubled Minds Radio Website: https://troubledminds.org Twitter: @TroubledMinds If you are having a mental health crisis and need immediate help, please go to https://troubledminds.org/help/ and call somebody right now. Reaching out for support is a sign of strength. LIVE ON Digital Radio! https://www.kuapdb.com/ Support The Show! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/troubled-minds-radio--4953916/support https://ko-fi.com/troubledminds https://patreon.com/troubledminds https://www.buymeacoffee.com/troubledminds https://troubledfans.com Friends of Troubled Minds! - https://troubledminds.org/friends Show Schedule Sun--Tues--Thurs 7-10pst iTunes - https://apple.co/2zZ4hx6 Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2UgyzqM Tun…

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