Norse Shamanism Training, using percussion for Trance, Drum vs Stav

When starting the Path of a Norse Shaman, (Volva, Vitki, Seidrkona) learning how to enter a state of trance is crucial, a key element for many is percussion, which is better the drum or the stav?

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[robertmoxley]

Nice one man. I have a hide off of a big boar I killed a few years ago that I dried with the hair on. I got it out the other day and plan on making a drum with it. It should make a good one if I do it right. I would assume our European ancestors used boar hides quite regularly for their drum making being that wild pigs were a very common food source for them.

[brucejohnson]

I travel with my drum to moutain tops I've fell once heart stoped she lived my staff is very decorated with bells rings Crystal's runes moose horn slits I like the metal sounds with the wood hitting the ground lots of find with staffs with rings .I also have a 30 pound antler headdress

[hamdog]

Yes absolutely, I'd love to learn more about trance. I don't think our beliefs 100% line up with one another's but I'd say they're in much the same realm. I did a meditation ritual today aside a spell to pull strength and empowerment from the cold climate I live in and it was the most amazing feeling. I'd love to get into a trance and feel a similar thing for often with means other than solely breath control and sigil magic

[Hadrada.]

I’ve just found your Chanel
And I’ve watched a couple of your videos and look forward to watching the rest they are very good
I will purchase the book
Would tapping your chest work to get you in trance?
Thanks

[charlesfoster]

I have trouble with calming and focusing my mind during meditations
Any suggestions

[nuggetdoesstuf]

Where can I buy the smudge sticks? is there an alternate website as it's under construction right now!

[scarysota]

Great video! Thanks for demonstrating how a stave works. I have never seen that before. Definitely think I would use the gand (?) with it myself.

Anything about seidr would be wonderful, especially ritual objects. I am slowly working through Ivy Mulligan’s book and Trance-portation. I have been involved with other traditions before being contacted by an ancestor to go in this direction - so a lot of what I am trying to learn is about what makes these traditions different from other shamanic or animistic cultures.

[danieljohnson]

One of my major problems is believing what I hear and see.

[Sheepdog]

no historical/ archaeological finds of drums in old germanic /norse culture, unless you go into Saami territory. But lots of staves.

[forestwoman]

as a longtime Volva/Seidkonna and Core Shaman, I really disagree with your beats per second teaching. I've never beat a drum or stav that fast to travel to the Otherworld. I've always had a slower beat traveling to and within, and then a faster beat returning.