The Secret City: London's Hidden History of Magic, Mystery, and the Occult.

  Buy Now (Book Link) The magical landscape of London, already a complex tapestry of Celtic, Roman, and Saxon traditions, was to be violently rewoven twice more in the closing centuries of the first millennium. The arrival of the Vikings and the Normans represented two distinct, yet complementary, magical forces: the chaotic, shamanic fury of the Norsemen and the rigid, hierarchical order of the Franco-Norse conquerors. Together, they would complete the city’s Dark Age transformation and set the stage for its emergence as a centre of global magical power. The Great Heathen Army was more than just a military force. The Viking Age: The Berserker’s Rage The Viking raids on London were not just acts of plunder; they were magical assaults. The Norsemen brought with them a raw, primal magic, a warrior-shamanism rooted in the ecstatic trance of the berserker. These were warriors who could enter a state of divine madness, channelling the spirit of the bear or the wolf, becoming immune to p...