Imelda Almqvist
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“Shamanic traditions connect us with allies in the spirit world, and these deities continue to evolve in partnership with human beings. In fact, the deities need us as much as we need them; there is nothing as sad or dangerous as a forgotten deity.” — Imelda Almqvist
Imelda’s Gift to You:
Menglöð and the Nine Maidens of Lyeaberg, Imelda Almqvist Art Video 2017
The ancient text Fjölsvinsmal in the Poetic Edda tells us that there is a Mountain of Healing or Medicine Mountain in Norse Shamanism where a mysterious goddess resides, surrounded by Nine Maidens or Disir (female ancestral spirits). Imelda hopes that this art film will inspire others to climb Lyfjaberg in search of healing, wholeness and holiness.
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Biography
Imelda Almqvist is an international teacher of Sacred Art and Seiðr (Say-der) /Old Norse Traditions (the ancestral wisdom teachings of Northern Europe). She has a Forest School in Sweden. To date, she has written five non-fiction books and five picture books for children. Imelda’s handbook for rune magicians, Portals, Patterns and Pathways will be published by Moon Books in May 2026. Imelda appears in a TV program, titled Ice Age Shaman, made for the Smithsonian Museum, in the series Mystic Britain, talking about Mesolithic arctic deer shamanism. She is currently working on a book about Inuit Deities and some other projects in the Arctic.