Galdr is a song or howling by which a poem written in runes is made active. Anthropological texts will often describe a healing ritual where the healer has been seen to mutter some indistinct words over the patient. This book gives these 'mutterings' back their true meaning and importance. It will also explain their rational value by clearly stating the root causes of the sickness, and explore their religious meaning. The poetry and creativity of these chants combine to form a very effective healing technique, albeit a very difficult one. Many of you will be familiar with karate's 'scream that kills', that came to us from the East. We will explore the 'scream or song that heals' called galdr by the Norse. In this book, galdr will be explored in two ways by looking at a new interpretation of the famous Finish epic, Kalevala and by considering pagan charms from various parts of the world, including two unexpected sources, those from Lithuania not yet published and those from Hildegard vo