Prof. Neil Price (Grimfrost, 12/21/20); Amber Larson, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Heathen? Pagan? Asatru? |
The second episode features Professor Neil Price of Sweden's Uppsala University who explains the Scandinavian religion, worldview, and magic of the Viking Age.
Prof. Price goes through the importance of the "ancestors" and unseen beings, the invisible population surrounding the people.
I went to Thailand to meditate (Dreamstime). |
Swedish Buddhism in Sweden
Wikipedia entry edited by Wisdom Quarterly
Viking era bronze Buddha found at Helgo, Sweden |
But Buddhism may have arrived many centuries before: A 500 AD Kashmir bronze Buddha statue dating from the Viking era was found at Helgö in Sweden.
- Helgö is derived from Proto-Norse Hailaga, which originally meant "dedicated to the gods."
The Swedish Buddhist Cooperation Council (Sveriges Buddhistiska samarbetsråd or SBS) had 7,901 members based on old 2015 statistics ("Statistik 2015: Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund," sst.a.se).
Northern Light Vipassana Meditation, Sweden |
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