Pilgrimage to Rome.
1-5 March, 2027.

Introduction

The Christian elements of Trolldom history in Scandinavia are often conveniently neglected by modern Western educated people. In the literary traditional education, it is said that Trolldom and Christianity stand on opposite sides and one must choose. Fanatism and separation such as that has never been a part of our tradition and today, as in the past millenias, people include that which works in practicality and that which is of value to their soul.
Like all oral traditions Scandinavian Trolldom was influenced by and moved with its contemporary context. In Old Norse myth, rituals, folklore and traditional practices we find the very same content as in those labeled Orphic, Dionysian, Gnostic, Neoplatonic, Hermetic, Christian and Mystic and we find the very same content in our herbal, mineral and material magic as those described by medicinal compilations of ancient times.

The purpose of the pilgrimage
In modern times and modern myth there is a great apparent rift between the practices found within Christianity and that found older spiritual practices, such as that lumped up under terms like “witchcraft”, “shamanism” and “Pagan/Heathen”. We will travel to the heart of the Christian movement and church to unravel the people and places behind it, to cut through the stories we have about the Christian traditions and practices, to see the Myth and it´s use as a spiritual training tool and to connect for the practices and spirits of the ancestors of this tradition.

The second purpose is to connect to the ancestors of “magic” and “spiritual wisdom practices” housed beyond the confinements of modern Nations and National myths.To get closer to the context in which this was created, the spirits of the people who founded, formed and built this, and to experience it with our own senses and perception at the very heart and foundation.

The Journey & Travel company:
You will be travelling alongside modern practitioners, using the abilities brought on by the practices in order to see and connect to the spirit world surrounding Rome and the locations we will visit.

Prior to the journey you will be given suggestions of preparations: Prayers, Meditations, reading suggestions, dreams work and instructions of the same nature as those used by the people in whose footsteps we will walk.
On location you will be given suggestions relation to the topics to be used as a meditation, as basis for spirit travel or reaching out to connect with ancestors and befriend them. Lectio Divina suggestions and topics for Uteseita.

THE ANCESTORS:
Amongst the practitioners and ancestors in whom all gathered in Rome and in whose footsteps, we will walk we find:

Magicians, Witches, Prophetesses, & Neoplatonists:

The Sibyls (c. 8th Cent. BCE – 4th Cent. CE): Prophetesses whose cryptic divine oracles guided Rome through state crises.
The Vestal Virgins (c. 753 BCE – 394 CE): High priestesses who guarded Rome's eternal flame and held immense legal autonomy.
Salome and her mother, Herodias, famous figures known for the execution of John the Baptist, revered by Witches and Gnostics alike for the esoteric and metaphorical meaning of their story.
The Bacchic Matrons & Paculla Annia (Active 186 BCE): Priestesses who converted the secret Bacchic cult, sparking a massive Senate crackdown.
Locusta (Active c. 30 – 69 CE): Imperial toxicologist-for-hire who famously poisoned Emperor Claudius and political rivals.
Apollonius of Tyana (c. 15 – c. 100 CE): Traveling Neopythagorean mystic, healer, and thaumaturgist often compared to Jesus.
Simon Magus (Active mid-1st Cent. CE): Samarian magician cast by early Church fathers as the grandfather of Gnosticism.
Plotinus (c. 204 – 270 CE): Hellenistic mystic philosopher revered as the absolute founder of Neoplatonism.
Gemina & Amphiclea (Active c. 240 – 270 CE): Wealthy Roman noblewomen who anchored Plotinus’s inner Neoplatonic circle.
Porphyry (c. 234 – c. 305 CE): Student of Plotinus who edited the Enneads and defended pagan philosophy against Christianity.
Marcella (Active c. 300 CE): Brilliant Roman intellectual who studied philosophy under her husband, Porphyry.
Iamblichus (c. 245 – c. 325 CE): Syrian Neoplatonist who integrated ritual magic and divine theurgy into philosophy.
Pope Sylvester II (c. 946 – 1003 CE): The brilliant "Scientist-Pope" whose advanced knowledge of Arabic mathematics, astronomy, and complex mechanical inventions earned him a dark medieval legend as a sorcerer who constructed a talking bronze head through a pact with the devil. [1, 2, 3]
Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447 – 1500 CE): Hermetic poet who translated spiritual alchemy and magic into Christian frameworks.
Marsilio Ficino (1433 – 1499 CE): Humanist scholar who catalyzed the Renaissance by translating Plato and the Corpus Hermeticum, pioneering the concept of "natural magic" using cosmic energies.
Pico della Mirandola (1463 – 1494 CE): Renaissance polymath who synthesized world philosophies into Christian Kabbalah, explicitly arguing that holy magic is the ultimate realization of natural philosophy.
Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510 – 1556 CE): Celebrated Roman intellectual courtesan who reshaped Neoplatonic love philosophy, treating spiritual desire as a cosmic force that elevates the soul.
Giordano Bruno (1548 – 1600 CE): Dominican friar and hermetic magus executed by the Inquisition for his pantheist and infinite universe theories.

Christian Thinkers, Sinners & Saints:

The Apostle Peter (c. 1 BCE – c. 64/67 CE): Foundational head of the Christian Church and traditionally the first Bishop of Rome.
St. Paul the Apostle (c. 5 – c. 64/67 CE): Christian missionary whose theological epistles spread the gospel to the Gentiles.
Marcion of Sinope (c. 85 – c. 160 CE): Radical theologian who rejected the Old Testament God as an inferior, harsh Demiurge.
Valentinos (c. 100 – c. 160 CE): Brilliant esoteric Gnostic theologian who nearly became the Bishop of Rome before being deemed a heretic.
Flora (Active c. 140 – 160 CE): Wealthy Roman Christian intellectual who received the famous Valentinian Letter to Flora.
Marcellina (Active c. 160 CE): Female Gnostic leader in Rome who blended Christian icons with pagan philosophers.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430 CE): Monumental theologian and Bishop who fused Neoplatonic thought with Church dogma.
Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274 CE): Master Italian Doctor of the Church who synthesized Christian faith, logic, and reason.
Saint Bridget of Sweden (1303 – 1373 CE): Nordic mystic who issued bold prophetic revelations to European kings and popes.
Saint Catherine of Siena (1347 – 1380 CE): Diplomat and mystic who successfully ended the Papacy's exile in Avignon.
Ignatius of Loyola (1491 – 1556 CE): Spanish mystic and theologian who co-founded the highly disciplined, elite Jesuit Order.

The Medicinal Giants, Historians & Philosophers

(Whose work preserved and influenced medicine, folk magic & herbal witchcraft up until this day)

Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180 CE): Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher who wrote the spiritual Meditations.
Pliny the Elder (23 – 79 CE): Naturalist and author of Naturalis Historia.
Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40 – 90 CE): Herbalist and Greek military physician who wrote the foundational Western pharmaceutical textbook.
Galen of Pergamon (129 – c. 216 CE): Imperial physician whose anatomical treatises dominated Western medicine for centuries.
Albertus Magnus (c. 1200 – 1280 CE): Dominican friar who pioneered integrating Aristotelian natural science into Catholic theology.

And many more…

Places we will visit:

The Lateran Basilica, San Paulo Mauro, San Agostino, The Holy Inquisition Headquarters, The St Peters church and Necropolis below, Castel San Angelo (Where Marcus Aurelius ashes were spread and Giordano Bruno was imprisoned), Isola Tiberini and the temple of Asclepios, The Grove of Stimula (lucus Stimulae), The Sibylline steps, The Forum Romano, The Temple of Jupiter (where the sibylline prophecies were kept), the Temples of Mars and Saturn, The Umbilicus of Rome (central spot of ancient Rome), The Holy Trees of Rome, The Vestal Temple grounds, The Palatine Hill, The Dominican Baths (where The Neoplatonics met)…..and more...

INTINERARY:

We will gather in central Rome each morning for a brief lesson (1-1,5 hours) and walkthrough of the day. Then we head out together to see, explore and experience the sites of Rome. In the evening we gather together for dinner at some restaurant.

The Pilgrimage is designed for practitioners who have some basic training in Trollsyn (ability to perceive spirits, spells etc) but is open for everyone. Those with no basic training will be assisted by the more experienced practitioners.

Morning lecture content samples:

We will take a step back from the religions and instead talk about the Myth and story of Christ & Jesus and how it is applied as a spiritual training practice, how it is similar and how it differs from older Scandinavian myths and practices.

Learn about how the Christian Myths and their content was used by practitioners of Trolldom in Catholic times, what happened after the Reformation, learn how Scandinavian native culture incorporated Christian Myths and practices seamlessly (under the nose of ruling fanatics) with older practices and how they (and how we still do) managed to make these elements “theirs” and how modern Scandinavian practitioners include both today.

We will look at the history and practices of the spiritual tradition today known as “Ceremonial magic” or “Grimoire magic” in Scandinavia and how that uses the Christian myth to summon and instruct the spirits of Angels and Demons.

We will try to understand the context to some of the decisions made, texts written that affected the world in a way that we might have suffered from in our lives today.

Hear relevant stories and information about the locations we will visit.

TASKS

In the mornings the participating pilgrims will also be given tasks (voluntary of course) to explore and perform at each location we visit such as (but not limited to:

Performing Uteseita/Lectio Divina on powerful locations: Meditate & Contemplate on specific life-helping core virtues at specific locations to reinforce these qualities and gain spirit friends willing to support this.
Ask spirits for blessings (such as the asking thre Vestal Spirits to bless Mola Salsa - Salt and Malt for purification).
Pray, summon and connect to a spirit wiser and more experienced than you that you can befriend. There will be plenty of connections to Saints, Christian masters, Sibyls, Seers, Magicians, ancient Physicians and Neoplatonic practitioners for this.
Look back in time using Trollsyn (spirit vision/second sight) or Trollritt (spirit travel) to view events etc).
For experienced practitioners: to mentor and guide a visiting beginners senses and abilities.

March 1-5, 2027.

Pilgrimage Fees.

Sign up fee: $100 (non-refundable). The seats are very limited. First come, first served. After signing up you will receive information about payments, preparatory online meetings etc.

Total fee: $950 (Includes daily lectures, guiding on location and entrance fees). Payable in total or in 4 instalments).

Discount for members: Members of the Trollgym & Previous visitors to Urhall in Sweden receive a 25% discount.

(The fee does not include trip to Rome, lodging, food, transportations or insurances.)