Author: Jamison Stone
Publisher: Inkshares
ISBN: 1941758916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
In a world where magic and technology have merged, those who control Runes control everything.
Rune of the Apprentice
Author: Jamison Stone
Publisher: Inkshares
ISBN: 1941758916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
In a world where magic and technology have merged, those who control Runes control everything.
Publisher: Inkshares
ISBN: 1941758916
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
In a world where magic and technology have merged, those who control Runes control everything.
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice
Author: Mark J. Plotkin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 014012991X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist’s travels in the Amazon—at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism, and an investigation into the healing power of plants, by the author of The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree, and more than a quarter of medicines found on pharmacy shelves contain plant compounds. Now Western medicine, faced with health crises such as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer, has begun to look to the healing plants used by indigenous peoples to develop powerful new medicines. Nowhere is the search more promising than in the Amazon, the world's largest tropical forest, home to a quarter of all botanical species on this planet—as well as hundreds of Indian tribes whose medicinal plants have never been studied by Western scientists. In Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, ethnobotanist Mark J. Plotkin recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans, who taught him the plant lore their tribes have spent thousands of years gleaning from the rain forest. For more than a decade, Dr. Plotkin raced against time to harvest and record new plants before the rain forests' fragile ecosystems succumb to overdevelopment—and before the Indians abandon their own culture and learning for the seductive appeal of Western material culture. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice relates nine of the author's quests, taking the reader along on a wild odyssey as he participates in healing rituals; discovers the secret of curare, the lethal arrow poison that kills in minutes; tries the hallucinogenic snuff epena that enables the Indians to speak with their spirit world; and earns the respect and fellowship of the mysterious shamans as he proves that he shares both their endurance and their reverence for the rain forest.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 014012991X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist’s travels in the Amazon—at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism, and an investigation into the healing power of plants, by the author of The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree, and more than a quarter of medicines found on pharmacy shelves contain plant compounds. Now Western medicine, faced with health crises such as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer, has begun to look to the healing plants used by indigenous peoples to develop powerful new medicines. Nowhere is the search more promising than in the Amazon, the world's largest tropical forest, home to a quarter of all botanical species on this planet—as well as hundreds of Indian tribes whose medicinal plants have never been studied by Western scientists. In Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, ethnobotanist Mark J. Plotkin recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans, who taught him the plant lore their tribes have spent thousands of years gleaning from the rain forest. For more than a decade, Dr. Plotkin raced against time to harvest and record new plants before the rain forests' fragile ecosystems succumb to overdevelopment—and before the Indians abandon their own culture and learning for the seductive appeal of Western material culture. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice relates nine of the author's quests, taking the reader along on a wild odyssey as he participates in healing rituals; discovers the secret of curare, the lethal arrow poison that kills in minutes; tries the hallucinogenic snuff epena that enables the Indians to speak with their spirit world; and earns the respect and fellowship of the mysterious shamans as he proves that he shares both their endurance and their reverence for the rain forest.
Nordic Runes
Author: Paul Rhys Mountfort
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892810932
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reveals the ancient oracle based on the runic Elder Futhark alphabet of the Norse.
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892810932
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reveals the ancient oracle based on the runic Elder Futhark alphabet of the Norse.
The Sea of Trolls
Author: Nancy Farmer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481443089
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481443089
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
The Big Book of Runes and Rune Magic
Author: Edred Thorsson
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1633411095
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A complete in-depth guide to the ancient runic alphabet and its use in communicating with the gods, in divination, and in magical work. American runologist Edred Thorsson provides a complete introduction to the world of runes for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Thorsson's presentation of this powerful system provides a valuable tool for self-development and spiritual transformation. This comprehensive guide is suitable to those new to the runes as well as for long-time practitioners. It includes: An introduction to the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark along with an explanation of their definitions and mystical properties An exploration of the historical lore of runes, with reference to archaeological evidence to explain where the runes come from, what they mean, and how they evolved The hidden, esoteric dimension of runes The cosmology of the Old Norse meanings of the runes to help explain the role they played and how they were used over time Specific explanation on rune magic, divination, rune poems, and runic numerology This comprehensive guide also includes Instructions on how to make your own runes and imbue them with numinous power, arrange the optimum setting for a rune reading, and prepare yourself psychologically and spiritually for casting the runes. This book includes material drawn from some of the author's previous books—Futhark, Runelore, and Runecaster's Handbook—as well as new additions and revisions by the author.
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1633411095
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A complete in-depth guide to the ancient runic alphabet and its use in communicating with the gods, in divination, and in magical work. American runologist Edred Thorsson provides a complete introduction to the world of runes for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Thorsson's presentation of this powerful system provides a valuable tool for self-development and spiritual transformation. This comprehensive guide is suitable to those new to the runes as well as for long-time practitioners. It includes: An introduction to the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark along with an explanation of their definitions and mystical properties An exploration of the historical lore of runes, with reference to archaeological evidence to explain where the runes come from, what they mean, and how they evolved The hidden, esoteric dimension of runes The cosmology of the Old Norse meanings of the runes to help explain the role they played and how they were used over time Specific explanation on rune magic, divination, rune poems, and runic numerology This comprehensive guide also includes Instructions on how to make your own runes and imbue them with numinous power, arrange the optimum setting for a rune reading, and prepare yourself psychologically and spiritually for casting the runes. This book includes material drawn from some of the author's previous books—Futhark, Runelore, and Runecaster's Handbook—as well as new additions and revisions by the author.
A Forthcoming Wizard
Author: Jody Lynn Nye
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429936185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Halfling Tildi Summerbee led a typical, unexciting life, tending the house for her brothers while they managed the family farm...until she was forced to assume the identity of her recently deceased brother and accept his position as apprentice to a great wizard. Now she is on an important quest where the lessons of her apprenticeship pale in comparison to those learned in life-or-death situations. She has become the guardian of a very special book that can alter everything in existence... a race of centaurs gone with an editor's pen, a mountain range flattened with a revised rune, and life as Tildi has known it changed in the blink of an eye. Gone are her preconceptions of society and order. Gone are her trusting ways and belief in her superiors' honesty. But also gone is the shrinking violet smallfolk who masqueraded as a boy to secure an apprenticeship. Tildi has changed too, and she realizes that the fate of the world rests in her hands. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429936185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Halfling Tildi Summerbee led a typical, unexciting life, tending the house for her brothers while they managed the family farm...until she was forced to assume the identity of her recently deceased brother and accept his position as apprentice to a great wizard. Now she is on an important quest where the lessons of her apprenticeship pale in comparison to those learned in life-or-death situations. She has become the guardian of a very special book that can alter everything in existence... a race of centaurs gone with an editor's pen, a mountain range flattened with a revised rune, and life as Tildi has known it changed in the blink of an eye. Gone are her preconceptions of society and order. Gone are her trusting ways and belief in her superiors' honesty. But also gone is the shrinking violet smallfolk who masqueraded as a boy to secure an apprenticeship. Tildi has changed too, and she realizes that the fate of the world rests in her hands. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Last Amazon
Author: Jamison Stone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732542303
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The year is 2050. In the wake of a worldwide nuclear holocaust, only two cities remain on our war-torn planet: The Denver Denizens and Hawaii's Azureus Islands. Locked in a post-apocalyptic cold war, these two superpowers vie for control over earth's few remaining habitable zones. Amid this global struggle, a desperate scientist risks everything to tip the balance of power by awakening a sentient technology which has the power to either heal our broken world or plunge all organic life into eternal darkness.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732542303
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The year is 2050. In the wake of a worldwide nuclear holocaust, only two cities remain on our war-torn planet: The Denver Denizens and Hawaii's Azureus Islands. Locked in a post-apocalyptic cold war, these two superpowers vie for control over earth's few remaining habitable zones. Amid this global struggle, a desperate scientist risks everything to tip the balance of power by awakening a sentient technology which has the power to either heal our broken world or plunge all organic life into eternal darkness.
Spellwright
Author: Blake Charlton
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765356581
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Hampered by his inability to spell in a world where magic must be written in order to work, gifted young wizard Nicodemus experiences disturbing dreams in the wake of an ancient demon's murderous campaign that suggests that Nicodemus's spelling problem may be related to a curse.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765356581
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Hampered by his inability to spell in a world where magic must be written in order to work, gifted young wizard Nicodemus experiences disturbing dreams in the wake of an ancient demon's murderous campaign that suggests that Nicodemus's spelling problem may be related to a curse.
Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy
Author: Grillot de Givry
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486224930
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Prints, drawings, documents, and text illuminate the development of the occult sciences to the nineteenth century
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486224930
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Prints, drawings, documents, and text illuminate the development of the occult sciences to the nineteenth century
The Apprentice, The Swordsman, and The Impossible Mission
Author: Elizabeth Wilde
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329206126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Falina is the apprentice to the greatest wizard of her world, the Crystal Realm, but her talents in magic is nothing legendary. When her teacher, Lord Cristar, mistakenly hands her the wrong errand Falina goes out to do the impossible; dragging along a very reluctant swordsman, Kilian, on the adventure. But this tale isn't about the end-results as much as it is about the journey along the way, infallible faith, and friendship. Can Falina find a way to enter the ever-moving, existent/non-existent Eternal Door to the Kingdom of Forgotten Realms? Or will she and Kilian wander aimlessly in vain hope? Will Kilian go insane from the ridiculous mission, or from the equally ridiculously goofy Falina? Will YOU join them on the Impossible Mission, or wander and wonder what might have been...'
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329206126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Falina is the apprentice to the greatest wizard of her world, the Crystal Realm, but her talents in magic is nothing legendary. When her teacher, Lord Cristar, mistakenly hands her the wrong errand Falina goes out to do the impossible; dragging along a very reluctant swordsman, Kilian, on the adventure. But this tale isn't about the end-results as much as it is about the journey along the way, infallible faith, and friendship. Can Falina find a way to enter the ever-moving, existent/non-existent Eternal Door to the Kingdom of Forgotten Realms? Or will she and Kilian wander aimlessly in vain hope? Will Kilian go insane from the ridiculous mission, or from the equally ridiculously goofy Falina? Will YOU join them on the Impossible Mission, or wander and wonder what might have been...'