Stephen Flowers

Stephen Edred Flowers, commonly known as Stephen E. Flowers or his pen name Edred Thorsson, is an American runologist, university lecturer, and proponent of occultism, especially of Neo-Germanic paganism and Odinism. He helped establish the Germanic Neopagan movement in North America and has also been active in left-hand path occult organizations. Flowers has worked to promote the European New Right.

Occult career

Flowers has established or been associated with the publishing companies named Rûna-Raven Press (c. 1993-2015), Lodestar Books (c. 2011-2019), and Arcana Europa Media (c. 2020-present). As Thorsson, he has been published by Arktos.

In the Spring of 1995, due to inner turmoil, Flowers withdrew from any involvement with the Ring of Troth. In August 1995 he and Dawn traveled to Iceland and England to strengthen the work of the Rune-Gild. In April 1996 Flowers retired from his position as Grand Master of the Order of the Trapezoid in order to focus more intently on Rune-Gild matters.Chisholm, James Allen
Appendix A, The Awakening of a Runemaster: The Life of Edred Thorsson
, from Thorsson, Edred; Green Rûna - The Runemaster's Notebook: Shorter Works of Edred Thorsson Volume I (1978-1985)", 1993, second improved and expanded edition 1996.Lodestar IV (February 2015) – Newsletter of the emerging enterprise
Lodestar
Betty A. Dobratz, Stephanie L. Shanks-Meile; “White Power, White Price!” The White Separatist Movement in the United States, Twayne Publishers, 1997. pp. 138, 142.

A 2011 article in '' The Pomegranate'' described Flowers as a publisher of Alain de Benoist "who has openly expressed the importance of promoting the New Right among Pagans in the United States". Damon T. Berry's 2017 book ''Blood and Faith'' said Flowers was "deeply involved" in the North American New Right. An article in ''Spiral Nature'' in 2019 noted his associations with Red Ice TV.

Works

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*Thorsson, Edred (1987). ''Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology'' (later retitled as ''Runelore: The Magic, History, and Hidden Codes of the Runes''). Samuel Weiser. ISBN 978-0877286677.
*Thorsson, Edred (1988). ''At the Well of Wyrd''. (retitled as ''Runecaster's Handbook: The Well of Wyrd'' in 1999), Samuel Weiser. ISBN 978-1578631360.
*Thorsson, Edred (1989). ''A Book of Troth''. Llewellyn Publications. (second edition, 2003, Rûna-Raven Press; third edition, 2015, Runestone Press ltra fourth edition, 2022, Arcana Europa Media). ISBN 979-8986223407.
*Flowers, Stephen E. (1990). ''Fire and Ice: Magical Teachings of Germany's Greatest Secret Occult Order'' (revised second edition retitled as ''Fire & Ice: The History, Structure, and Rituals of Germany's Most Influential Modern Magical Order: The Brotherhood of Saturn'' in 1994). Llewellyn. ISBN 978-0875427768. (Revised third edition retitled as ''The Fraternitas Saturni: History, Doctrine, and Rituals of the Magical Order of the Brotherhood of Saturn'' published with Inner Traditions/Bear in 2018. ISBN 978-1620557211.
*Thorsson, Edred (1991). ''The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Complete Curriculum of Rune Magic''. Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0875427812. Revised in 2003 and retitled as ''The Nine Doors of Midgard: A Curriculum of Rune-work'' published by Rûna-Raven Press in 2003. ISBN 978-1885972231. Revised and expanded fifth edition published by Arcana Europa Media LLC in 2018. ISBN 978-0971204485.
*Thorsson, Edred. (1992). ''Northern Magic: Mysteries of the Norse, Germans & English'' (revised second edition retitled as ''Northern Magic: Rune Mysteries & Shamanism''). Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-1567187090.
*Thorsson, Edred. (1993). ''Rune-Song: A Guide to Galdor''. Rûna-Raven Press. ISBN 979-8728505730. Reissued in 2021 by Arcana Europa Media.
*Flowers, Stephen Edred. (1995). ''Black'' ''Rûna: Being the Shorter Works of Stephen Edred Flowers, Produced for the Order of the Trapezoid of the Temple of Set (1985-1989).'' (reissued and retitled as ''Dark'' ''Rûna: Containing the Complete Essays Originally Published in Black Rûna (1995)'' by Lodestar Books in 2019). ISBN 978-1885972507.
*Thorsson, Edred. (1996). ''Green'' ''Rûna: The Runemaster's Notebook: Shorter Works of Edred Thorsson, Volume I (1978-1985). Rûna-Raven Press.'' (reissued by Lodestar Books in 2021). ISBN 978-1885972880.
*Flowers, Stephen E. (1997). ''Lords of the Left-hand Path: A History of Spiritual Dissent''. Rûna-Raven Press. ISBN 978-1885972088. (second revised edition retitled as ''Lords of the Left-Hand Path: Forbidden Practices and Spiritual Heresies'' in 2012). Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN 978-1594774676.
*Flowers, Stephen E. (1999). ''A Concise Edition of Old English Runic Inscriptions''. Rûna-Raven Press.
*Thorsson, Edred. (2001). ''Blue Rûna: Edred's Shorter Works Vol. III (1988-1994)''. Rûna-Raven Press. ISBN 1-885972-16-4. Republished by Asatru Folk Assembly in 2011. ISBN 978-1885972163.
*Flowers, Stephen Edred. (2001). Red ''Rûna: Shorter Works, Vol. IV (1987-2001).'' Rûna-Raven Press.
*Thorsson, Edred. (2011). ''The Mysteries of the Goths''. Lodestar Books. ISBN 978-1885972316.
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*Thorsson, Edred (2018). ''Rune Might: The Secret Practices of the German Rune Magicians.'' (3rd edition, revised and expanded). Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN 978-1620557259. Originally published in 1989 by Llewellyn Publications under the title ''Rune Might: Secret Practices of the German Rune Magicians''. Second revised and expanded edition published in 2004 by Runa-Raven Press under the title ''Rune-Might: History and Practices of the Early 20th Century German Rune Magicians''.
*Thorsson, Edred (2018). ''The Big Book of Runes and Rune Magic: How to Interpret Runes, Rune Lore, and the Art of Runecasting''. Weiser Books. ISBN 978-1578636525. This book is a revision and expansion upon his original three-book series of ''Futhark'' (1984), ''Runelore'' (1987), and ''At the Well of Wyrd'' (1988).
*Thorsson, Edred. (2019). ''Witchdom of the True: A Study of the Vana-Troth and Seidr''. Lodestar Books. ISBN 978-1885972170.
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*Thorsson, Edred. (2019). ''History of the Rune-Gild: The Reawakening of the Gild (1980-2018)''. Gilded Books, imprint of Arcana Europa Media. ISBN 978-0999724545.
*Thorsson, Edred. (2020). ''Re-Tribalize Now!: A Step-by-Step Guide to Cultural Renewal''. Arcana Europa Media.
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As translator

* List, Guido von, Stephen E. Flowers (trans., 1988), ''The Secret of the Runes''. Inner Traditions. ISBN 978-0892812073.
* Flowers, Stephen E. (1989). ''The Galdrabók: An Icelandic Grimoire''. Originally published by Samuel Weiser (1989), then Rûna-Raven Press (2005) ISBN 978-1885972088, then as a second revised edition retitled as ''The Galdrabók: An Icelandic Book of Magic'' with Lodestar Books (2011), then a third revised edition and retitled as ''Icelandic Magic: Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires'' and published by Inner Traditions (2016). ISBN 978-1620554050.
* Kummer, S.A., Edred Thorsson (trans., 2017), ''Rune-Magic''. Lodestar Books. ISBN 978-1885972613.

References

External links

Official home page
archive of 28 July 2021

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