Diana Paxson is a prolific author of fiction and of seminal magical, Pagan, and
Heathen works, and a frequent speaker at Pagan conferences and festivals. She is an elder in the Troth, where she runs the Clergy Training Program and edits the journal, Idunna, and the founder of Hrafnar kindred, and is noted for her work in recovering the ancient oracular practice of Seidhr. Her books include Taking up the Runes, Essential Asatru, Trance-Portation, The Way of the Oracle, Possession, Depossession, and Divine Relationships,  and Odin . She is currently working on a book about the goddess Freyja.