The Mask and the Sorceress

The Mask and the Sorceress
Author: Dennis Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780002245630

When the insane sorceress Theatana escapes from her island prison with the aid of raiders from a far-off country, she also discovers the blackest sorcery, which will help her take control of the land. Her nephew Ilarion is determined to find her before she can discover the whereabouts of the Mask of the Adversary and launch a merciless assault upon her own homeland and her blood kin. Sequel to "The Stone and the Maiden" (RC19473). 2001.

Mask and the Sorceress

Mask and the Sorceress
Author: Dennis Jones
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 2002-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780613554992

Seventeen centuries past, a great diviner locked the Deep Magic away forever, deeming the primal sorcery too dangerous for use by humankind.

Mask of the Sorcerer

Mask of the Sorcerer
Author: Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2014-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 147940182X

"If ever your heart has said, 'The great days are no more. The golden afternoon of golden tales has faded into night, and I came late, born out of time, to warm my hands at the embers that flicker and fade hour by hour' -- read this. . . Here are ghosts grim and gentle, red gold of Ophir, and fell weavings. Here is a tale to keep Scheherazade talking a hundred years." -- Gene Wolfe "Darrell Schweitzer is a fine writer . . . Not only is he skilled in the exotic use of the best trappings of Fantasy, he employs a disquieting awareness of the dark nooks of the mind and soul. . . .Best of all, Schweitzer is a story-teller, by whose smoky fire one may sit spell-bound." -- Tanith Lee "Superlative." --Interzone Darrell Schweitzer has been three-times nominated for the World Fantasy Award, twice for Best Collection, and once for the novella "To Become a Sorcerer," which forms the first four chapters of this book. He is also the author of "The White Isle," "The Shattered Goddess," and nearly 300 short stories, many of which are collected in such volumes as "The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack." An expert on fantastic fiction, who has written books about Lord Dunsany and H.P. Lovecraft, he also co-edited the legendary "Weird Tales" magazine.

Sorceress

Sorceress
Author: Lisa Jackson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2007-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440620393

THE WATCHER: He smells her. Feels her. Knows she is coming. Chosen by the Fates, she is the one. Only she can lift the curse of darkness. But he will stop her-and he will sacrifice her. THE WOMAN: Flame-haired and green-eyed, Bryanna looks enchanted but has always felt cursed, plagued by mysterious visions and voices. Bound by destiny to save an innocent life, Bryanna follows her path alone-until she meets a stranger deep in the woods. THE WARRIOR: Gavyn is a wanted man, as dark and dangerous as the wolf that shadows his footsteps. But his touch is electric, and he has much to teach-if Bryanna is willing to learn...

The Norse Sorceress

The Norse Sorceress
Author: Leszek Garde?a
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 1062
Release: 2023-08-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789259541

Old Norse literature abounds with descriptions of magic acts that allow ritual specialists of various kinds to manipulate the world around them, see into the future or the distant past, change weather conditions, influence the outcomes of battles, and more. While magic practitioners are known under myriad terms, the most iconic of them is the völva. As the central figure of the famous mythological poem Völuspá (The Prophecy of the Völva), the völva commands both respect and fear. In non-mythological texts similar women are portrayed as crucial albeit somewhat peculiar members of society. Always veiled in mystery, the völur and their kind have captured the academic and popular imagination for centuries. Bringing together scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds, this volume aims to provide new insights into the reality of magic and its agents in the Viking world, beyond the pages of medieval texts. It explores new trajectories for the study of past mentalities, beliefs, and rituals as well as the tools employed in these practices and the individuals who wielded them. In doing so, the volume engages with several topical issues of Viking Age research, including the complex entanglements of mind and materiality, the cultural attitudes to animals and the natural world, and the cultural constructions of gender and sexuality. By addressing these complex themes, it offers a nuanced image of the völva and related magic workers in their cultural context. The volume is intended for a broad, diverse, and international audience, including experts in the field of Viking and Old Norse studies but also various non-professional history enthusiasts. The Norse Sorceress: Mind and Materiality in the Viking World is a key output of the project Tanken bag Tingene (Thoughts behind Things) conducted at the National Museum of Denmark from 2020 to 2023 and funded by the Krogager Foundation.

Reflections on a Mask

Reflections on a Mask
Author: In-hun Ch'oe
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2002
Genre: English fiction
ISBN: 1931907056

Sex and the Goddess

Sex and the Goddess
Author: Karin E Weiss Ph.D., PhD
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2019-11-25
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1796074047

It has been over twenty years since the full manuscript of my book was edited for publication in 1998. I had begun writing it in the previous decade, the 1980’s... a period of flourishing women’s liberation movements against the patriarchal status quo. Books about women’s sexuality and spirituality were flooding the bookstores, and many writers were producing profound studies of the untold heroism of women throughout history. I was a pioneer in the burgeoning field of Sex therapy and education at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s “Program in Human Sexuality.” In addition, I conducted women’s self-enrichment groups and workshops in my private practice... “Woman’s Discovery Institute” ... where I also gave professional Astrology readings and classes. This rich mix of psychology, philosophy, spirituality, and a knowledge of the cyclic patterns of life shown by astrology created within me an avid interest in researching women’s unsung heroism throughout history. It brewed in me a heady fascination to stitch it all together in a circle montage that connects all women and all aspects of our multi-layered lives. I based my theory on the lunar cycle, which is eternally linked to women’s menstrual, emotional, and psychic cycles. With a friend, I created a series of workshops for women to celebrate their many-faceted selves and gain confidence to pursue their goals. Yet for various reasons my book manuscript remained in my own bookshelf, never getting published. Until now... the times again call for women to claim their autonomy and gain equality in an overly male-dominated and viciously callous world. I am blessed to find in Xlibris a publisher ready to take on the project with me. I am thrilled to finally see my “Life’s Masterwork” in print. You will find many divergent ideas in these two volumes. No single woman encompasses all that are described, but as you read and recognize these characters in yourselves and your friends, I hope it will help you gain a full appreciation of your own awesome erotic spirit and sacred sexual powers.

Amortalis

Amortalis
Author: Solomon Bagos Hood
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2010-10-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1465315543

Ah, yes, those innocent years. As swords clash, and a rainbow of blood from creatures, innocent and guilty, paints the ground, I see myself, fighting others, and fighting the demon in front of me. And soon, I am knocked to the ground, staring into that face of a crone I once thought was beautiful. The witchin actions, not in birth, powers, et ceteraolder than I once apprehended, said something, probably something satirical on my behalf, and laid her sword on one side of my neck. I awaited the meeting of my Maker, if that was the afterlife for a soul so damaged as mine. I closed my eyes, hearing that hag cackle to herself, and I reminisced on my whole life in a matter of seconds. Angels, Demons, Mermaids, Werewolves, Genies, Dragons, Vampyres, Faeries, Harpies, Wizards, Witches, and Wraiths, all in one novel? (I know, right?) Add a seventeen-year-olds coming of age and you have one jam-packed, war-filled story. Lee wakes up years later after a weird transformation and voices in his head trying to guide him. He finds that humanity is a state of mind in the demon-created world he now is a part of and his family and friends are not what they seemed. This is not your normal high school fantasy tale in Amortalis

The Mask

The Mask
Author: Alfred Thompson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1868
Genre: English wit and humor
ISBN: