Urhall is a school of the Scandinavian folk magic tradition of Trolldom, Folk Wisdom and Spirituality. The school was founded by Johannes B. Gårdbäck, author of the book "Trolldom - Spells and Methods of the Norse Folkmagic Tradition" and a full-time professional practitioner for 32 years. For the first years the purpose of the school was to train others to become folkmagic professionals, but has since grown to include anyone with a passionate interest in folkmagic, folk shamanism and spirituality.

  

​Urhall means "Original Hall" and refers to Nature, from which all Trolldom techniques, teachings and wisdom derives. Our logo depicts the Tree concept, central both in old Scandinavian lore and in the hearts of modern Swedes. The horns represent the livingness of Nature as well as old concepts found in the practice of Trolldom.​

Urhall is a non-political, non-religious sanctuary for practitioners of Magic, with students in Europe, Middle-East, Asia, South-& North America. We do not discriminate based on gender, nationality. political views, age or physical capacity but focus on the practice alone. 

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​The school is located in the small village of Hedekas by the Northwest coast of Sweden, near the Norwegian border. It is surrounded by forest, valleys, rivers, ancient grave fields, stone circles and thick with history. This area used to be called "Viken" and belonged to Norway up until 1656. Before that it was the small kingdom of Alvhem and before that it was called Ranrike, meaning the Realm of Ran - Goddess of the ocean.​ The picture above is the view towards the West from the local mountain of Hu. The river above is called Örekilsälven.