Foreword: For One Who Wanders Widely
By Michael Moynihan
Words of Power: A Translator’s Foreword to an Untranslated
Work By Ike Vil
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Pilgrimage
2 Between Worlds
3 Initiation
4 Kumbh Mela--The Last Rites
5 The River of Story
6 Festivals of Spring
7 Earth Turns into Gold
8 A Wolf Age
9 Dreams of Forgotten Gods
Glossary
Aki Cederberg is a writer, musician, and filmmaker, who gives talks and lectures on esoteric topics. An extensive traveler, he has written for The Fenris Wolf book anthologies published in Sweden as well as several other publications. A member of several Finnish musical groups and a part of the podcast Radio Wyrd, he lives in Helsinki, Finland.
"In his rip-roaring English-language debut, Cederberg sets himself
as neither guide nor guru, allowing readers to truly participate in
his journey without worrying about what exactly they are supposed
to learn."
*Publishers Weekly*
“This book promises to be a pagan classic. It took rare initiations
into the wonders and horrors of sacred India for Cederberg to
recognize the same gods, under different names, stirring in his
Nordic homeland. His pilgrimage will inspire anyone who seeks or
glimpses these ‘beacons of spirit in a soulless age.’”
*Joscelyn Godwin, author of The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance*
“Often one has to travel far afield to the farthest edge to find
out where one belongs. Aki Cederberg tells us the fascinating tale
of his journey to the wild heart of mythical India, a journey that
changed his life and led him back to his roots.”
*Wolf-Dieter Storl, Ph.D., author of Shiva: The Wild God of Power
and Ecstasy*
“Cederberg has made the outer and inner journey from one end of the
geography of tradition to the other, which is only an outer
reflection of the inner journey many pilgrims make from the outer
world to inner experience. What is remarkable about Cederberg’s
journey is that he, like Odysseus of old, found his way home again.
The knowledge he gathered on his journeys gave him the tools he
needed to discover the inner treasures of his own homeland. By
reading this book you can gather some of this knowledge without
ever going to India.”
*Stephen E. Flowers, author of Original Magic*
“From the erotic passion of Shiva to the surreal bliss of the Khumb
Mela, Aki Cederberg chronicles his search for meaning in modern
India. But, as he discovered, ‘Pilgrimages have to come to an end.
Ultimately, one must return home’--not just physically but
spiritually as well. His story of how his own native European gods
called to him is powerful, beautiful, irresistible. This book bears
an important message for our times and delivers it in a way that
captivates the reader. I recommend Journeys in the Kali Yuga
without reservation.”
*Stephen McNallen, author of Asatru: A Native European
Spirituality*
“Aki Cederberg is an outsider in the modern, spiritually barren
West. His quest for a sense of spiritual place takes him to the
exotic East. There he is an outsider as well but is allowed
something close to an insider’s participation in a living pagan
religious tradition. Instead of satisfaction, he finds only more
yearning--for the largely forgotten traditions of his own people.
Cederberg’s journey--which makes for a highly colorful, absorbing
tale--functions as a kind of initiation into those traditions. It
is a journey home.”
*Collin Cleary, author of What is a Rune? And Other Essays*
“This book is as much a classical adventure story as it is a tale
of genuine spiritual progress. Cederberg’s travels in search of the
roots of pagan/religious culture and how they affect us is both a
personal vision quest and a wider speculation. Every plant has its
roots, and Cederberg is generous to share his own roots exploration
in such an eloquent way. The book is inspiring, intelligent, and a
truly great read.”
*Carl Abrahamsson, publisher and author of Occulture*
“Unlike the congratulatory stories told by self-proclaimed gurus or
superhero yoga masters, this is the spiritual autobiography of a
guy like you or me who’s just trying to figure it all out in a
world that has lost its way.”
*Joshua Buckley, editor of TYR: Myth, Culture & Tradition*
“Ever since the Beatles, India has had its fair share of
‘spiritual’ tourists. Aki Cederberg is not one of them. The gurus
and babas he described having encountered there obviously viewed
him as a sincere spiritual pilgrim. His odyssey to the East seems
best summed up in the lines of a poem by T. S. Eliot in Four
Quartets: ‘And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where
we started and know the place for the first time.’”
*Robert N. Taylor, musician and author of Remnants of a Season*
“Aki Cederberg’s Journeys in the Kali Yuga offers a visceral,
gritty, and at times humorous account of the dreamlike world of
Indian Naga Babas. A story of an ongoing search for something real
in a world where the deepest concerns of human spirit have become
mere commodities, this is a timely book about timeless topics.”
*Matti Rautaniemi, author and yoga historian*
“Written in poetical prose that is sharp, witty, and honest, the
book is a valuable offering to all seekers and pilgrims on the
eternal search of self.”
*Yogananda Puri, Naga Sannyasi*
“Whereas most Westerners drawn to Indian spirituality have an
interest in yoga or meditation, it was his passion for magic that
led Aki Cederberg to the Naga Babas. With a background within
European pagan magic, he is particularly capable of appreciating
the esoteric dimensions of the yoga tradition--dimensions largely
shunned within modern Western yoga.”
*Christian Möllenhoff, founder of Yoga & Méditation Paris*
"Aki Cederberg’s Journeys in the Kali Yuga is a unique addition to
a very long and venerable tradition of travel writing by Westerners
who have spent time in the East. This book is recommended for
anyone who wants to know modern India, and still more to benefit
from the experiences of a serious seeker on the path to a better
understanding of himself and his genuine, rooted identity."
*John Morgan, New Dawn Magazine*
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