Reviews

Christopher McIntosh

Hi Friends, I would like to share my thoughts on a remarkable autobiography that I have just read, namely Walking with Wodan by Freya Aswynn (Oxford, UK, Mandrake, 2025). I first met Freya back in the 1970s and 80s when we were both neighbours in Tufnell Park, north London, and both involved in various esoteric groups that met in people’s flats in and around that part of town. Freya, whom I then knew as Ellie, had been through a horrific childhood in Holland, partly in her severely dysfunctional family and partly in a brutal children’s home. Compelled by an invincible inner drive, she embarked on a spiritual quest, which led her, via the Rosicrucian organization AMORC and the neo-witchcraft group of Alex Sanders, to the runes, the Edda and the world of the Nordic gods, which became her life’s path. By then she had settled in England. Later she moved to Scotland and then to Spain, where she now lives.
Freya is now known world-wide for her books such as Leaves of Yggdrasil, her lectures and workshops, and her performances with various pop groups, incorporating the chanting of runes and the recitation of passages from the Edda as well as her own poetry. Her remarkable life’s journey is vividly described in Walking with Wodan, which stands out as a fine example of the genre of spiritual autobiography.
The book includes an appendix with essays, pathworkings, reflections on the Nordic path and advice to those who would follow it

Joe Manning

A powerful story of pain, sacrifice, and victory on the magical path.
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2026
Format: Kindle
I purchased the ebook of “Walking with Wodan”earlier this week and couldn’t put it down.
This book is a powerful and beautiful story of pain, sacrifice, and victory. I was glued to every page.
Following her personal story, this book includes several esoteric articles authored by Freya, a true expert on the Northern Mysteries. These articles alone could have been a separate book worth the same price of purchase all by itself. With the autobiography and these magical gems together, this book is truly a value buy.
I give “Walking with Wodan” my highest recommendation!

Killer Zoo

An authentic biography of a one of a kind priestess.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2026
Format: Kindle Edition
It takes great courage to live authentically these days and Freya is one of the free that has and continued to live an inspiring and totally authentic life.
To share her journey in such an eloquent and uncompromising way takes more than courage it takes gigantic balls of steel!!
For those who want to know what it is really like to live a life dedicated to the Gods and to give everything you have to the people around you and the greater heathen community, and how much it really costs to do so, then this is the book for you. The good, the best and the ugly in a nutshell.
Freya you are truly one of a kind and I am honoured to share your journey.

Brian

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome insight and powerful read 👍
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2026
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Walking Walking with Wodan comes across as a raw, unfiltered spiritual autobiography .
Walking with Wodan stands as a powerful contribution to contemporary Northern spiritual literature—part confession, part magical record, part cultural history. Its emotional honesty and devotional depth make it memorable, while its insider perspective on the modern pagan revival gives it lasting value. For anyone interested in the intersection of myth, magic, and lived experience, it’s a compelling and important read.

Lawrence Brightman

This book is a very readable yet thorough view of the personal, magickal and creative facets of Freya Aswynn’s complex and difficult life. She reveals these facets from her early childhood to recent times, in utmost honesty and candour. I find it all fascinating. There is a complete list of all of her creative output over the years in written form, musical output and personal appearances. The extensive appendices themselves are valuable for their explanations of esoteric aspects of Asatru, and of its relationships with other paths. These appendices could constitute a small book on their own. Freya wanted to set the record straight about many things – she does so in all honesty and in her own pithy manner.

Wendylana

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Autobiography
Rated in the United States on March 17, 2026
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I have always been a fan of the works of Freya Aswyn so I was already excited to learn more about this Author. This autobiography does not disappoint. This honest and raw autobiography is a walk through Freya’s journey, written in such a passionate and detailed way to bring the reader right onto the path next to her, watching the events of her journey in true color. This journey is raw- honest- sometimes tragic but always inspiring- you will find yourself cheering for Freya as she faces the challenges in her life and invested immediately in the book from the first page. This is the most honest Autobiography I’ve ever read.

Irina Scott

For me, Walking with Wodan by Freya Aswyn, is more than a biography. It reads as a confession of a strong woman whose life has met with hardship. Yet the pain born of human cruelty did not break her — it tempered her. As the saying goes, what does not break us makes us stronger. Only through inner strength can one endure harsh trials, preserve the soul, and become who we now recognize Freya to be. This story is not about evil or revenge, but about inner strength and the unfolding of a path. It is the journey of a person who was neither broken nor embittered, but who came into this world with a quiet sense of purpose. Her book is also a message to those who step onto the path of occult knowledge. Freya gently lifts the veil, revealing that this path is not an easy one; it is often marked by loss, sacrifice, and a price that must be paid. The pursuit of knowledge asks for its due — such are the laws of the universe. Freya, we see today is one of profound inner strength — a teacher who shares her knowledge, an independent and integral voice. She speaks with honesty, does not bend, is unafraid to remain herself, and stays true to her path. May Walking with Wodan find a long and luminous life, meeting its readers at the right moment and awakening in them not only knowledge, but also a quiet curiosity for what lies beyond the familiar.