Jan Fries

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.

Biography

Jan Fries is credited with coining the term freestyle shamanism Fact|date=February 2007 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.Fact|date=January 2008

Works

Although Fries is a native German speaker his books have all been written and 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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*runic magic

External links

* [http://www.philhine.org.uk/books/review_seidways.html review of Seidways] by Phil Hine
* [http://www.noctilucae.com/janfries Homepage]
* [http://www.druidnetwork.org/profiles/people/jan_fries.html Interview of March 2006]

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