Vegvisir

Christopher Alan Smith (b. 1954) has been a practising magician for all of his adult life. As a child, he was deeply drawn to tales of magic and mysticism and, at the age of 19, when a student at SheffieldUniversity, he discovered his first books on practical magic. Following the initial fervour of graduating with an upper second in Political Theory and Institutions, he found himself faced with aphilosophical crisis. Turning to occult philosophy for answers, he radically questioned everything that he had been taught to believe. In doing so, he found the old Gods of England. At first espousingWicca (and founding a coven in North Yorkshire), he soon became drawn to the path of Woden, the one-eyed wanderer ever in search of knowledge, and the patron of sorcery. After many years ofisolated searching and practice, Christopher joined the Rune Gild in 2006. He presented his Master- work and he was raised to the status of a Master of the Gild at Yule 2014. That Master-work formedthe basis of his first book, Icelandic Magic (Avalonia, 2015).Christopher now has many careers behind him. For the past twenty-four years, he has been a freelance translator, and continues to operate as such. He has travelled extensively, covering manycountries from Iceland to South Africa, and from Turkey to Chile. However, he counts being a father as his greatest achievement, having co-created a wonderful son and a wonderful daughter. Hisexperience as a father has, perhaps, shaped him more than anything else, and it may be why so many now refer to him as 'Uncle Wednesday'.