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Literature on Stav

At the present time we have the following booklets available on different aspects of Stav. Also a DVD featuring Ivar Hafskjold is available.

These may be ordered using pay-pal or with the pdf order form which can be downloaded, printed off and sent with a cheque. (This facilitity is only available for UK orders, for oveseas orders please use pay-pal.) Prices are inclusive of Postage and Packing

In the near future we will be adding further DVD material and books, please bookmark this page and visit again

This is Stav

G D Butcher

36 pages A5 booklet. Covers the essentials of Stav with a description of Ivar Hafskjold and the history of his family tradition. There are introductions to the runes, the stances and the five principles of Stav. There are overviews of the essential aspects of Stav practice and philosophy, including Orlog and wyrd, mott and megin and galdre and fylgia.

£4-00 (UK Purchase) or £4-50 (Overseas purchase) includes post and packing

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A Stav Book of Runes

G D Butcher

36 pages A5 booklet. The Hafskjold Stav tradition is based on the sixteen runes of the younger futhork. This booklet will provide you with the traditional meanings and associations of the runes and a discussion of their broader interpretation. It is also illustrated with original pictures by K J Butcher.

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Sixteen Stances

G D Butcher

36 pages A5 booklet. The sixteen runic stances are the basic practice of the Hafskjold-stav tradition. This fully illustrated booklet explains the principles behind practicing the stances and then gives full instructions in how to perform the basic (trel) version.

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Stav For Health and Well-being

David Stone and G D Butcher

36 pages A5 booklet. This booklet is primarily concerned with the Stav approach to maintaining your personal health and well-being. Ammong other subjects it deals with diet, the benefits of performing the stances daily, working with Mott (the physical body) and Megin (the energy body) and much else.

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Festivals of Stav

David Stone

36 pages A5 booklet. This booklet will provide an insight into the cycles of life which affect us all. David Stone has examined the historical and mythological basis for celebrating the festivals with which we are still familiar yet may not realise their full significance as part of our cultural and spiritual heritage.

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Stav, the Fighting system of Northern Europe

G D Butcher

62 page A5 book. An introduction to Stav as a martial training system. Covers stances, the five principles of Stav and working with the cudgel and battle axe. Comes with a 16 page supplement describing how the book came to be written and how Stav training has developed in the past 16 years since the book was published.

£7-49 (UK Purchase) or £8-49 (Overseas purchase) includes post and packing

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Staff Exercises, as used in Ice and Fire Stav Training

G D Butcher

This fully illustrated manual provides detailed instructions on performing the staff exercises which have become integral to Ice and Fire Stav training over the past several years. This work is available in two forms, as an A5 booklet (saddle stitched) or as an A4 manual printed both sides of the paper but punched with 4 holes for placing in a folder.

Cost in A5 format £4-00 (UK Purchase) or £4-50 (Overseas purchase) in A4 format £5-50 (UK Purchase) or £6-00 (Overseas purchase) includes post and packing

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