Shedding Skins: Queerness, Shapeshifting, and Spirit Journeys in the Norse Tradition with Emily Íviðja & El Leikn

This event will take place in-person in Salem, Massachusetts. Purchase a ticket for online access to this live class to attend via Zoom. This class is approx. 120 min.

About this Presentation:

We have entered an era of masks. Whether you find yourself cloaking your queerness, your neurodivergencies, your spiritual or religious identities, or your political leanings, we all have moments where we change our skins. This concept of shifting identities was not unknown to our ancestors. The Shapeshifter is a universal archetype, found in traditions around the world, and often intersecting with themes of queerness and marginalized identities. Though this course will speak to the presenters’ paths as Norse Jötnar devotees, attendees will be asked to reflect on how the Shapeshifter presents to them.

This course is part-lecture and part-ritual, offering original translations of primary medieval source and historical analysis as a basis for shapeshifting praxis. Drawing from…