Biography:Rolla Nordic
Rolla Nordic was a craft name of Murielle Berulfsen (née Baker), (2 December 1898 – 14 September 1995).[1][2][3] She was a witch and designer of tarot cards. She had several books published, including Tarot Shows the Path in 1961,[4] and she also appeared on several television shows.
Nordic was one of the early claimants to come from a hereditary witchcraft family, claiming to have been initiated into the Celtic tradition by her grandmother.[5] She went on to form a coven that reportedly met in a cathedral during the Second World War, and also stated that:
- During the [Second World] war there two hundred of us [Witches] and we met every Tuesday in a certain place in London, and always sat at the same place and we sent colour rays to where was the worst fighting.[6][7]
She also claimed to have studied with "the best Ceremonial Magician in London", Dolores North[citation needed] and gave astrology readings.[8]
She married Harald Berulfsen in 1942 in Liverpool.[9]
Selected publications
- Nordic, Rolla K. (1960). The Tarot shows the Path. Divination through the Tarot. Regency Press. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLL01002668747&indx=1&recIds=BLL01002668747&recIdxs=0&elementId=0&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&query=any%2Ccontains%2Ctarot+shows+the+path&search_scope=LSCOP-ALL&dscnt=0&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&vl(2084770704UI0)=any&vid=BLVU1&institution=BL&tab=local_tab&vl(freeText0)=tarot%20shows%20the%20path&dstmp=1648374344436.[10] Reprinted 1980 by Red Wheel/Weiser (ISBN 978-0877284772)
See also
- History of Wicca
References
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
- ↑ The Goddess In the USA/The Pentacle and the Wand. - sound recording reviews "And both may seven-year-old daughter and I were captivated by Rolla Nordic, a 92-year-old British witch, who was initiated into Celtic traditions by her own grandmother."
- ↑ Elf M. Sternberg - The Burien Strawberry Festival "The late Rolla Nordic, a British "traditional" Witch who lived in New York City, and did a lot of work with Tarot and runes, was once a guest on a Halloween TV special with Geraldo Rivera."
- ↑ http://www.tarotpassages.com/mkgtimeline.htm
- ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1510/is_n74/ai_11906192
- ↑ Howard, Michael (8 September 2010) (in en). Modern Wicca: A History From Gerald Gardner to the Present. Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7387-2288-7. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yE7LgghYmQMC&lpg=PA64&ots=eoCEdoMpoU&dq=%22met%20every%20Tuesday%20in%20a%20certain%20place%20in%20London%22&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q=%22met%20every%20Tuesday%20in%20a%20certain%20place%20in%20London%22&f=false. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ↑ Howard, Mike.Gerald Gardner: The Man, the Myth & the Magick in The Cauldron magazine. 1997
- ↑ Abels, Ken (1973-03-07). "Planets, transits, angles fail to deter astrology fans". The Herald-News: pp. 13. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98484177/planets-transits-angles-fail-to-deter/.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
- ↑ "Catalogue record for "The Tarot..."". British Library. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=moreTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=BLL01002668747.
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