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Rauðskinna

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Rauðskinna (English: Red Skin), also known as The Book of Power or as the bible of all wizards, is a legendary book about black magic. alleged to have been buried with Gottskálk the cruel,Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson of Hólar, after he stole it from Chief and wizard Jon from Svalbard. It’s said his grandfather, Thorkell had written. The subject of the book, was to learn to master magic to such a degree as to control Satan. The book has been the subject of legend and folklore and desired by practitioners of galdr. One such legend is when the galdr master Loftur Þorsteinsson (Galdra-Loftur) tried to acquire it and allegedly lost his life because of it.[1] [2] [3]

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