Goddess of the Ice Realm
February 18, 2003
Cover art: Donato
As is the case with most of my books, a good deal of the background to Goddess of the Ice Realm is real. The general religion of the Isles is Sumerian, though in some cases I’ve interpolated cult practice from the late Roman Republic where we simply don’t know the Sumerian details.
The magic, which is separate from religion in virtually every culture and in at least my fiction, is that of the Mediterranean basin during the Classical period. The words of power, technically voces mysticae, are the language of demiurges who act as intercessors between humans and the gods. continue reading…