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New Mana

Author : Matt Tomlinson
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760460087
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book New Mana written by Matt Tomlinson and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Mana’, a term denoting spiritual power, is found in many Pacific Islands languages. In recent decades, the term has been taken up in New Age movements and online fantasy gaming. In this book, 16 contributors examine mana through ethnographic, linguistic, and historical lenses to understand its transformations in past and present. The authors consider a range of contexts including Indigenous sovereignty movements, Christian missions and Bible translations, the commodification of cultural heritage, and the dynamics of diaspora. Their investigations move across diverse island groups—Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Hawai‘i, and French Polynesia—and into Australia, North America and even cyberspace. A key insight that the volume develops is that mana can be analysed most productively by paying close attention to its ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Since the late nineteenth century, mana has been an object of intense scholarly interest. Writers in many fields including anthropology, linguistics, history, religion, philosophy, and missiology have long debated how the term should best be understood. The authors in this volume review mana’s complex intellectual history but also describe the remarkable transformations going on in the present day as scholars, activists, church leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs take up mana in new ways.

The Mana of Mass Society

Author : William Mazzarella
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022643639X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Mana of Mass Society written by William Mazzarella and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We often invoke the “magic” of mass media to describe seductive advertising or charismatic politicians. In The Mana of Mass Society, William Mazzarella asks what happens to social theory if we take that idea seriously. How would it change our understanding of publicity, propaganda, love, and power? Mazzarella reconsiders the concept of “mana,” which served in early anthropology as a troubled bridge between “primitive” ritual and the fascination of mass media. Thinking about mana, Mazzarella shows, means rethinking some of our most fundamental questions: What powers authority? What in us responds to it? Is the mana that animates an Aboriginal ritual the same as the mana that energizes a revolutionary crowd, a consumer public, or an art encounter? At the intersection of anthropology and critical theory, The Mana of Mass Society brings recent conversations around affect, sovereignty, and emergence into creative contact with classic debates on religion, charisma, ideology, and aesthetics.

The Magic Goes Away

Author : Larry Niven
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780708880937
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Magic Goes Away written by Larry Niven and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1982-01 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry Niven created his popular "Magic Goes Away" universe in 1967, and it has been a source of delight and inspiration ever since. By asking the simple question, What if magic were a finite resource?, Niven brought to life a mesmerizing world of wonder and loss, of hope and despair. The success of his first story collection, "The Magic Goes Away, " birthed two sequel anthologies, "The Magic May Return" and "More Magic." All three volumes are collected here for the first time, with stories by Niven himself, as well as contributions by such luminaries of fantasy as Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen, Steven Barnes, and Poul Anderson. Featuring a brand-new introduction by Larry Niven, "The Magic Goes Away Collection" gives readers insight into the breathtaking world of Niven and Jerry Pournelle's "The Burning City" and "Burning Tower" and stands on its own as a landmark in fantasy fiction

Mana Master

Author : Bruce Sentar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Mana Master written by Bruce Sentar and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where mages and monster grow from cultivating mana. Isaac joins the class of humans known as mages who absorb mana to grow more powerful. To become a mage he must bind a mana beast to himself to access and control mana. But when his mana beast is far more human than he expected; Isaac struggles with the budding relationship between the two of them as he prepares to enter his first dungeon.Unfortunately for Isaac, he doesn't have time to ponder the questions of his relationship with Aurora. Because his sleepy town of Locksprings is in for a rude awakening, and he has to decide which side of the war he is going to stand on.Disclaimer: There are adult situations and harem relationships.

The Coming Race

Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
Publisher : Adam, Stevenson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Race written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton and published by Adam, Stevenson. This book was released on 1871 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Generation Decks

Author : Titus Chalk
Publisher : Solaris
ISBN 13 : 1786180677
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Generation Decks written by Titus Chalk and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Origins of Words and Phrases

Author : Reader's Digest Association, Limited
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
ISBN 13 : 9780276442445
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Origins of Words and Phrases written by Reader's Digest Association, Limited and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the secrets, scandals and surprises behind the words used every day. This book includes the stories and the personalities that have helped shape the English language from William Shakespeare and Lord Byron, to Rudyard Kipling and Salmon Rushdie.

Art of Mana

Author : Square Enix
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506712630
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Art of Mana written by Square Enix and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the first twenty-five years of Mana adventures! Since the first game's release in 1991, Square Enix has been dazzling fans worldwide with the fantastical and action-packed world of Mana. More than twenty-five years later, the magic of Mana still lives on and now Dark Horse Books and Square Enix are proud to present The Art of Mana. The first official art book of Square Enix's hit Mana video game series, The Art of Mana collects more than twenty-five years' worth of memories with over 200 pages featuring more than 400 illustrations from the original creative team along with detailed explorations of every character, original sketches, world designs, and much more. Presented in English for the first time, this beautiful collection is not to be missed.

Magic in Names, and in Other Things

Author : Edward Clodd
Publisher : London : Chapman and Hall, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic in Names, and in Other Things written by Edward Clodd and published by London : Chapman and Hall, Limited. This book was released on 1920 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Thran

Author : J. Robert King
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786966386
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book The Thran written by J. Robert King and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Brothers’ War. Before the five colors of magic. Before history itself, the plane of Dominaria was ruled by the Thran. They built machines and artifacts, the likes of which have never since been seen. But amid this civilization, a shadow took root, one that would stretch its arms across space and time. The hideous evil of Phyrexia was born.

Defining Magic

Author : Bernd-Christian Otto
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317545036
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Defining Magic written by Bernd-Christian Otto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic has been an important term in Western history and continues to be an essential topic in the modern academic study of religion, anthropology, sociology, and cultural history. Defining Magic is the first volume to assemble key texts that aim at determining the nature of magic, establish its boundaries and key features, and explain its working. The reader brings together seminal writings from antiquity to today. The texts have been selected on the strength of their success in defining magic as a category, their impact on future scholarship, and their originality. The writings are divided into chronological sections and each essay is separately introduced for student readers. Together, these texts - from Philosophy, Theology, Religious Studies, and Anthropology - reveal the breadth of critical approaches and responses to defining what is magic. CONTRIBUTORS: Aquinas, Augustine, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Dennis Diderot, Emile Durkheim, Edward Evans-Pritchard, James Frazer, Susan Greenwood, Robin Horton, Edmund Leach, Gerardus van der Leeuw, Christopher Lehrich, Bronislaw Malinowski, Marcel Mauss, Agrippa von Nettesheim, Plato, Pliny, Plotin, Isidore of Sevilla, Jesper Sorensen, Kimberley Stratton, Randall Styers, Edward Tylor

Magical Explorer, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Author : Iris
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1975325621
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (753 download)

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Download or read book Magical Explorer, Vol. 1 (light novel) written by Iris and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OUT OF THE FRIEND ZONE AND INTO THE FIRE! Few titles are more revered among horndogs—(ahem) connoisseurs of Japanese erotic video games—than Magical Explorer. One day, our smut-loving hero wakes up to find he has been reincarnated into the body of the game’s dreamboat protagonist! Or rather, his hapless comic-relief best friend, Kousuke Takioto. But with his unparalleled knowledge of Magical Explorer and Kousuke’s unorthodox abilities (a scarf that doubles as a fist?), our hero vows to turn the game’s unluckiest loser into its mightiest heartthrob. In this world, nothing is out of reach when you’ve got the know-how!

A Study of Bagobo Ceremonial, Magic and Myth

Author : Laura Estelle Watson Benedict
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study of Bagobo Ceremonial, Magic and Myth written by Laura Estelle Watson Benedict and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Dark Side of Humanity

Author : Robert Parkin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136646205
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book The Dark Side of Humanity written by Robert Parkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Parkin's book gives a reading of each of these texts before going on to show their subsequent influence on anthropologists in particular. Hertz's activities as reviewer and phamphleteer are also covered. The introductory biographical chapter drawing on Hertz's surviving papers in the Collège de France, shows his own ambivalence towards his academic career and it also attempts to clarify the circumstances leading up to his apparently gratuitous death in the First World War. Two further chapters attempt to situate his work in the broader context of Durkheimian sociology.

A Course in Philosophy

Author : George Perrigo Conger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Course in Philosophy written by George Perrigo Conger and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A General Theory of Magic

Author : Marcel Mauss
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134522231
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book A General Theory of Magic written by Marcel Mauss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its survival today in our thoughts and social actions, it represents what Claude Lévi-Strauss called, in an introduction to that edition, the astonishing modernity of the mind of one of the century's greatest thinkers. The book offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. At a period when art, magic and science appear to be crossing paths once again, A General Theory of Magic presents itself as a classic for our times.

Guildpact

Author : Cory J. Herndon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0786939893
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Guildpact written by Cory J. Herndon and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One guild ravages the street. Teysa leads another to "cleanse" them. As Agrus Kos watches the guilds nip and tear at each other like snakes, something clicks. Now his mind is clear, as are his options. A disaster grows under the city's streets. He knows what he must do. Original.