Jan Fries

Jan Fries is a German occultist and "freestyle" shaman. He is a musician, artist, magician and author of several books.

Work

Fries is credited with coining the term "freestyle shamanism" 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.

Influences

Fries notes the Zos Kia Cultus, Maat Magick, Taoism and Thelema as his chief influences.

Personal life

He lives in Frankfurt near the Taunus Mountains.

Works

Although Fries is a native German speaker his books have all been written and first published in English.

English

• Visual Magick: A manual of freestyle shamanism (Mandrake of Oxford, 1992, 2001)
• Helrunar: A manual of rune magick (Mandrake of Oxford, 1993 & 2002)
• Seidways: shaking, swaying and serpent mysteries (Mandrake of Oxford, 1996)
• Living Midnight: three movememts of the Tao (Mandrake of Oxford, 1998)
• The Cauldron of the Gods: manual of celtic magick (Mandrake of Oxford, 2003)
• Kali Kaula: manual of Tantric Magick (Avalonia, 2010)
• Nightshades: A Tourist Guide to the Nightside (Mandrake of Oxford, 2012)
• Dragon Bones- Ritual, Myth and Ritual in Shang Period China (Avalonia, 2013)

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)
• Der Kessel der Götter: Handbuch der keltischen Magick (Edition Roter Drache 2009)
• Kali Kaula: Ein Handbuch der tantrischen Magick (Edition Roter Drache 2015)

Spanish

• Magia(k) Visual: Manual de chamanismo estilo libre (Noctiluca 2003)

See also

• Runic magic
• Seidr