Rev. Galina Krasskova is a free range tribalist Heathen who has been a priest and godatheow of Odin and Loki for close to fifteen years. She is also a Northern Tradition shaman specializing in divination and ordeal work. Galina is the founder of Urdabrunnr Kindred in NYC, and a member of Ironwood Kindred (MA), Asatru in Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and the First Kingdom Church of Asphodel (MA). Her primary interest is Heathen devotional work and she has both written and lectured extensively on this subject. Galina is heavily involved in the reconstruction of northern tradition shamanism and, in addition to several of her own books, has contributed extensively to Raven Kaldera’s Northern Tradition Shamanism series. Galina was initially ordained through Fellowship of Isis and then The Interfaith Fellowship. She holds a diploma in interfaith ministry from the Interfaith Fellowship in NYC (hence the title of Reverend), a BA in Religious Studies from Empire State College in New York City, and is currently pursuing her MA in the same through NYU. She is a member of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, the American Academy of Religion and serves as a staff writer for Pangaia Magazine. She may be reached at Urdabrunnr@yahoo.com or tamyris@earthlink.net.
Services she is required to provide:
*divinatory and shamanic readings
*spiritual counseling
*blessing rites
*cleansings and banishings
*ordeal rites particularly sacred cuttings and brandings but also complete ordeal rituals
*basic training in the fundamentals of psychic and magical hygiene (under specific circumstances)
*horsing (under very specific circumstances)
Current Publications
Exploring the Northern Tradition (New Page Books)
Whisperings of Woden (forthcoming second edition through Asphodel Press)
Walking Toward Yggdrasil (Asphodel Press). English/German
Sigdrifa's Prayer: An Exploration and Exegesis (Asphodel Press)
Full Fathom Five: Honoring the Norse Gods and Goddesses of the Sea (Asphodel Press)
Feeding the Flame: A Devotional to Loki and His Family (Asphodel Press)
Forthcoming
Northern Tradition Devotional Practice for the Solitary Practitioner (New Page Books) with Raven Kaldera
Root, Stone, and Bone: Honoring Andvari and the Vaettir of Money (Asphodel Press) with Fuensanta Arismendi