Author: Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780773731387
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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"What is it, Noko?" Grandmother does not answer. Somehow, I feel that we are being watched and she knows what is there. "I will go and see what it might be." And then I add, "I'll be careful." Although I try to sound brave, I don't want to go into the dark corner where the fire does not glow. I remind myself that I have been in the woods many times and was never afraid before. I walk toward the huge white pine that hides what could be there. Again, I feel a wind tapping my back. I look behind me. There is nothing. As night sets in and the fire crackles, a young native girl is amazed when he grandmother invokes the spirits of their ancestors. She learn the mystical firedance and creates a bond with her people and their heritage that will last a lifetime.
Author: Tiffany Rae Pollock
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501774956
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Fire Dancers in Thailand's Tourism Industry explores the evolution of fire dancing from informal community jam sessions into the iconic, tourist-oriented performances at beach parties and bars, through a close consideration of the role of affect in the lives of fire dancers in the ever-changing scene. Rather than pursuing the common notion that tourism industries are exploitative enterprises that oppress workers, Tiffany Rae Pollock centers the perspectives of fire artists themselves, who view the industry as simultaneously generative and destructive. Dancers reveal how they employ affect to navigate their lives, art, and labor in this context, showcasing how affect is not only a force that acts on people but also is used and shaped by social actors toward their own ends. Fire Dancers in Thailand's Tourism Industry highlights men as affective laborers, investigating how they manage the eroticization of their identities and the intersections of art and labor in tourist economies. Exploring moments of performance and everyday life, Pollock examines how fire artists reimagine their labor, lives, and communities in Thailand's tourism industry.
Author: Rabia Gale
Publisher: Rabia Gale
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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A sunless world. The lost Tower of Light. And the race to claim it. Rafe Grenfeld, diplomat and spy, has problems. He’s just learned of the discovery of a legendary quartz pillar: his world’s most precious resource. But his informer died before revealing its location, and Rafe’s on the run in the hostile state of Blackstone. Once, quartz powered magical devices, but the mages who created them are long gone. Now, veins of quartz give light to a dying world, and Rafe has competition. Karzov, the notorious chief of Blackstone’s secret police, is also hunting for the pillar. Determined to claim it for his own country, Rafe forms an uneasy alliance with the mysterious and maddening Isabella. As dangerous magical artifacts resurface and dark forces close in, Rafe must tap into the lost powers of the mages to find and secure the quartz—before his world is torn apart by famine and war.
Author: Catherine Webb
Publisher: Atom
ISBN: 0349002029
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Sam Linnifer returns to continue what he started in Waywalkers and rid the world of the deadly plots and schemes of the elder gods. But with Seth, Jehovah and Thor now in control of the dread Pandora Spirits Sam knows Earth's only hope may rest in his unleashing the Light. But the power bestowed upon him at birth by his father Time could have deadly consequences for Sam himself. For in unleashing the Light, Sam must touch the minds of every human on Earth. To save the world, Sam may have to destroy himself... Timekeepers is the stunning follow up to the acclaimed Waywalkers. You'll meet Firedancers in London on a rainy summer night, walk the Ways between Earth and Heaven with Bhudda, hole up in a sleazy German bar with Adam, and find yourself trusting the one person you never dreamed you would. In a war between Gods, where Earth is the battle ground and humans are expendable, you'll need to have more than just sympathy for the Devil.
Author: Loring M. Danforth
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400884365
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 351
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"If the Saint calls you, if you have an open road, then you don't feel the fire as if it were your enemy," says one of the participants in the Anastenaria. This compelling work evokes and contrasts two forms of firewalking and religious healing: first, the Anastenaria, a northern Greek ritual in which people who are possessed by Saint Constantine dance dramatically over red-hot coals, and, second, American firewalking, one of the more spectacular activities of New Age psychology. Loring Danforth not only analyzes these rituals in light of the most recent work in medical and symbolic anthropology but also describes in detail the lives of individual firewalkers, involving the reader personally in their experiences: he views ritual therapy as a process of transformation and empowerment through which people are metaphorically moved from a state of illness to a state of health. Danforth shows that the Anastenaria and the songs accompanying it allow people to express and resolve conflict-laden family relationships that may lead to certain kinds of illnesses. He also demonstrates how women use the ritual to gain a sense of power and control over their lives without actually challenging the ideology of male dominance that pervades Greek culture. Comparing the Anastenaria with American firewalking, Danforth includes a gripping account of his own participation in a firewalk in rural Maine. Finally he examines the place of anthropology in a postmodern world in which the boundaries between cultures are becoming increasingly blurred.
Author: Kami Guildner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939919366
Category : Mind and body
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Every personal journey starts with a quest for deeper understanding of who we are, where we've been, and where we want to go. Firedancer invites you to embark on this journey'one that honors you and your unique story. Is your heart calling for something more? Are you ready to leave behind overwhelm and a mundane existence and step into life feeling vibrant, on fire and unstoppable? Do you have a deep inner desire to make your mark on the world'to live into your reason for being? In Firedancer, you will:? Dance in the inspiration of nature's magical gifts ? Become intimately connected to your heart's calling? Recognize the signposts already showing up in your life? Discover the Essence of You and how you're meant to matter? Build courage and resiliency to ignite the next passion-filled chapter of your lifeSharing her personal story, beginning with a mystifying discovery on a Himalayan mountaintop that ultimately changed the trajectory of her life, Kami Guildner helps you break through to your life's purpose and reach your soul-given potential.
Author: Andrew Downes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birmingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Author: Ann Maxwell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781312555747
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Rheba the fire dancer and her friend, Kirtn, search the universe for a new home after the destruction of their planet and are captured by slave traders.
Author: Ilana C. Myer
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765378329
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Palace intrigue, dark magic, and terrifying secrets drive the beautifully written standalone novel Fire Dance, set in the world of Last Song Before Night. Espionage, diplomacy, conspiracy, passion, and power are the sensuously choreographed steps of the soaring new high fantasy novel by Ilana C. Myer, one woman's epic mission to stop a magical conflagration. Lin, newly initiated in the art of otherwordly enchantments, is sent to aid her homeland's allies against vicious attacks from the Fire Dancers: mysterious practitioners of strange and deadly magic. Forced to step into a dangerous waltz of tradition, treachery, and palace secrets, Lin must also race the ticking clock of her own rapidly dwindling life to learn the truth of the Fire Dancers' war, and how she might prevent death on a scale too terrifying to contemplate. Myer's novel is a symphony of secret towers, desert winds, burning sands, blood and dust. Her prose soars, and fluid movements of the politically charged plot carry the reader toward a shocking crescendo.
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ISBN:
Category : Folk dancing, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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