Jan Fries

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Jan Fries is a German occultist freestyle shaman. He is a musician, artist, magician and author of several books.

He lives in Frankfurt near the Taunus Mountains.

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[edit] Biography

Jan Fries is credited with coining the term freestyle shamanism[citation needed] in reference to a style of magic that emphasizes trance and closeness to nature, but instead of roots in a shamanic tradition, draws from individual experience in a way akin to chaos magic. He notes the Zos Kia Cultus, Maat Magick, Taoism and Thelema as his chief influences.

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Despite his German roots, Fries' books have so far all been first published in English.

English

  • Visual Magick: A Handbook of Freestyle Shamanism (Mandrake, 1992, 2001)
  • Helrunar: manual of rune magick(Mandrake, 1993 & 2002)
  • Seidways: shaking, swaying and serpent mysteries (Mandrake, 1996)
  • Living Midnight: three movememts of the Tao (Mandrake, 1998)
  • The Cauldron of the Gods: manual of celtic magick (Mandrake, 2003)

German

  • Visuelle Magie: ein handbuch des Freistilschamanismus (Ananael 1995)
  • Helrunar: ein handbuch der runenmagie (Ananael 1997 & 2002)
  • Seidwärts: Schütteltrancen, Wiegetänze und die Mysterien der Schlange (Ananael 2003)

Spanish

  • Magia(k) Visual: Manual de chamanismo estilo libre (Noctiluca 2003)

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