The Sorcerer's Burden

The Sorcerer's Burden
Author: Paul Stoller
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2016-09-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319318055

This book emerges from the author's 35 years of research and thought about the Songhay people of Niger. This ethnographic novel follows the life of Omar Dia, the oldest son of a West African sorcerer. When his father falls ill and dies, the great sorcerer vomits a small metal chain onto his chest. Following the path of his ancestors, Omar swallows the chain, becoming his father's successor, which means that he takes on the sorcerer's burden. The book also describes how custodians of traditional knowledge are creatively adapting to the forces of globalization—all in a highly accessible narrative text.

The Sorcerer's Burden

The Sorcerer's Burden
Author: Heather Pesanti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781942185604

The authors explore the complicated relationship between art and anthropologyas it has been probed in the work of contemporary artists.

Kunon the Sorcerer Can See, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Kunon the Sorcerer Can See, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Author: Umikaze Minamino
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2023-08-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975368231

Kunon was born blind and aims to be the first person ever to use water magic to create new eyes for himself. After five months of study, he has already surpassed his teacher, and continues to grow his talents. Not only can his magic help him sense the color, but he can also use it to make handy items and even conjure a whole cat! Word of his skills and ingenuity soon reach the court and earn him a spot as disciple to the most powerful magician in the land. But is his ultimate goal even attainable?

The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices

The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices
Author: Frank Moss
Publisher: Broadway Business
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0307589102

"From the director of the famed MIT Media Laboratory comes an exhilarating behind the-scenes exploration of the research center where our nation's foremost scientists are creating the innovative new technologies that will transform our future"--

Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme Vol. 1

Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme Vol. 1
Author: Robbie Thompson
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2017-05-24
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1302497758

Collecting Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme #1-5, Doctor Strange Annual (2016) #1. An ancient evil threatens to unravel the fabric of reality, and one Master of the Mystic Arts may not be enough to stop it. Doctor Strange must unite Sorcerers Supreme past, present and future to stem the coming darkness - including Merlin, the Ancient One and Wiccan! Then there are the surprise packages - Sir Isaac Newton! A Ghost Rider from the 1800s! And the mysterious Nina! But Strange should watch his back with this super-group of spellcrafters, as not all of these mages have his best interests in mind! When the Forgotten arrives, it will take the whole team to put him down - but if anything happens to the young Ancient One from the past, what will that mean for Stephen?

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.

The Feast of the Sorcerer

The Feast of the Sorcerer
Author: Bruce Kapferer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1997-10-15
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780226424118

Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development, along with magic and witchcraft. This text argues, however, that sorcery practices reveal critical insights into how consciousness is formed, and how human beings constitute their social

The Mixe of Oaxaca

The Mixe of Oaxaca
Author: Frank J. Lipp
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2010-07-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0292788312

“This elegantly written and thoroughly researched ethnography” is the definitive study of the Mixe people of mountain Oaxaca (Ethnohistory). The Mixe of Oaxaca is the first extensive ethnography of the Mixe, with a special focus on Mixe religious beliefs and rituals and the curing practices associated with them. It records the procedures, design-plan, corresponding prayers, and symbolic context of well over one hundred rituals. First published in 1991, The Mixe of Oaxaca was hailed as a model of ethnographic research. For this edition, Frank Lipp has written a new preface in which he comments on the relationship of Mixe religion to current theoretical understandings of present-day Middle American folk religions.

Kunon the Sorcerer Can See, Vol. 2 (light novel)

Kunon the Sorcerer Can See, Vol. 2 (light novel)
Author: Umikaze Minamino
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2024-01-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975376595

OFF TO SCHOOL! After developing the Glass Eye, a magic tool that grants him sight, blind sorcery prodigy Kunon Gurion heads to magic school in the city of Dirashik to further his studies. There, he finds cutting-edge facilities and a host of talented teachers and friends. Naturally, the whole school, including the immortal witch herself, is paying plenty of attention to the new student, thanks to his eccentric behavior and shocking skill. Kunon, however, seems most interested in Reyes, a saint who can use rare light magic...and who wants nothing to do with him!

Kunon the Sorcerer Can See, Vol. 3 (light novel)

Kunon the Sorcerer Can See, Vol. 3 (light novel)
Author: Umikaze Minamino
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2024-06-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975390350

Genius sorcerer Kunon has gotten his business on track and won the rare honor of concurrent membership in three of the school's factions. Now, he plans to start joint research projects with his illustrious upperclassmen, including on methods for breathing underwater. This topic eventually expands into a proposal to search for sunken treasure, and Kunon heads out to the ocean! The blind sorcerer's repertoire continues to grow as he delves further into the mysteries of magic, defying all common sense!