Nordic Berserkers

Were the legendary berserkers drug-fueled savages or sacred warrior-shamans guarding ancient mysteries?For over a thousand years, the Norse berserkers have been misunderstood-portrayed as mindless barbarians rather than the elite spiritual warriors they truly were. In Nordic Berserkers, historian David G. Stone peels away centuries of myth to reveal the shocking truth about these wolf-warriors who terrorized medieval Europe and shaped Viking civilization.Through groundbreaking archaeological evidence and forgotten saga accounts, discover the three sacred lodges of Bear, Wolf, and Boar warriors who underwent mystical transformations to become living weapons. Meet the Scandinavian shape-shifter clans whose bloodlines carried the battle-fury through generations, and explore the shamanic practices that turned ordinary men into forces of nature.From the mist-shrouded fjords of Norway to the longships that carried berserker shock troops across Europe, this is the definitive account of history's most fearsome warriors-and the spiritual tradition that Christianity fought to destroy.The wolf remembers what civilization forgets.