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.
[edit] Works
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)