{"product_id":"beyond-the-north-wind","title":"Beyond the North Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeyond the North Wind leads readers through the magical and spiritual history of the North. Documented through physical records, such as runestones and megaliths, but also through mythology and lore. \"The North\" is simultaneously a location, a direction, and a mystical concept. Although this concept has ancient roots in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. It continues to resonate today in our modern culture. This mythic conception of a unique, powerful, and mysterious Northern civilization was known to the Greeks as \"Hyberborea\"--the \"Land Beyond the North Wind.\" They considered the North as the true origin place of their god, Apollo, bringer of civilization. Through the Greeks, this concept of the mythic North would spread throughout Western civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe North Is Not Just a Compass Point, But a State of Mind\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget aplus-module module-3 aplus-standard\" data-csa-c-id=\"qzyzx8-axcbjq-py99h2-v9yui2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aplus-module-wrapper apm-floatnone apm-fixed-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule apm-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule-textleft\"\u003eIt has a geographical location, at the same time it exists wherever its call is felt. Certain words and names evoke it: Thule, the northern promised land; Asgard, home of the Nordic gods. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule-textleft\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule-textleft\"\u003eMap of North Pole from 1600 byMercator\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule-textleft\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule-textleft\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/4583\/1187\/files\/1600MapNorhtPole.jpg?v=1774370214\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"186\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule-textleft\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget aplus-module module-3 aplus-standard\" data-csa-c-id=\"7n9zij-jg6std-w4l02s-u3jbn6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aplus-module-wrapper apm-floatnone apm-fixed-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule apm-spacing\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"apm-sidemodule-textleft\"\u003eDuring the great age of exploration in the sixteenth century the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) produced a map of the north polar region based on a description which he said he had copied from an earlier author he does not name. In Mercator’s depiction, the polar region is a vast land divided by four rivers which flow inward from the surrounding ocean and disappear into an enormous whirlpool. In the midst of the whirlpool, exactly at the Pole, is an island of magnetic rock. This is an interesting reversal of the biblical description of Eden, where four rivers flow \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eoutward \u003c\/span\u003efrom the center. Today Mercator’s map of the North Pole remains iconic for aficionados of the Hyperborean theory.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781578636402. \u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 256 pages. \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Weiser Books, Published: May 1, 2019. \u003cbr\u003eSize: 6 x 0.7 x 8.9 inches, Weight: 0.992Lbs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/amzn-author-media-prod\/c3upbbe3qfs0ku7933v59npd2c._SX300_CR0%2C0%2C300%2C300_.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher McIntosh profile image\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher McIntosh has ranged far and wide as an author. Spending most of his life pursuing a varied and wandering career.  Working as a journalist, a publisher, a United Nations official and a university lecture. He lived in many different places including Edinburgh, London, New York, Hamburg and Bremen. While his work as an author includes travel-writing, literary criticism and biography, his main focus is on the esoteric traditions of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/4583\/1187\/files\/breakimage.avif?v=1770569579\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aquarius Rising","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53456233988371,"sku":"9781578636402","price":15.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/4583\/1187\/files\/183a33f9-9781578636402.png?v=1770133432","url":"https:\/\/aquariusrising.net\/products\/beyond-the-north-wind","provider":"Aquarius Rising","version":"1.0","type":"link"}