Sorcerers

White, Michael. Isaac Newton the last sorcerer. London Fourth Estate, 1997. 402p. ISBN 1-85702-416-8... 

Hauck, Dennis William. Sorcerer s stone a beginner s guide to alchemy. Citadel P, 2004. 240p. ISBN 0-8065-2545-2... 

Fordham, Jo. Harry Potter the Sorcerer s Stone sleight of hand. Cinefex, no. 88... 

Cohen, Donald. Magicians, wizards and sorcerers. London Dent, 1977. 159p. 

Harrap Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931 reprint, New York Dover, 1971. 394p. Incredible Amount of Information on Sorcerers, Bonds with the Devil, the Kabbalah, Alchemy, Similar Topics Includes 360 Illustrations, Mostly Unavailable Elsewhere... 

Ogden, Tom. Wizards and sorcerers. Checkmark Books, 1998. 246p. ISBN 0816031525... 

Morris, Richard. The last sorcerers the path from alchemy to the periodic table. Washington (DC) Joseph Henry P, 2003. xii, 282 p. ISBN 0-309-08905-0 Contents Preface — 1. The four elements — 2. Prelude to the birth of chemistry — 3. The sceptical chymist — 4. The discovery of the elements — 5. A nail for the coffin — 6. "Only an instant to cut off that head" — 7. The atom — 8. Problems with atoms — 9. The periodic law — 10. Deciphering the atom — Epilogue the continuing search — appendix. A catalog of the elements — Further reading — Index... 

Pursued by a powerful and deadly enemy—half scientist, half sorcerer—Ben makes his fugitive way to England. Only Newton himself can help him now. But who will help Sir Isaac For Newton was not the first to unleash the Philosopher s Mercury. Others were there before him. Creatures as scornful of science as they are of mankind. And burning to be rid of both. . . ... 

This difficult teaching should not be taken as license to experience or tolerate evil, as some modern sorcerers have advocated. The vocation of the initiate is to resist evil in all its manifestations, within and without. The purpose of this teaching is to promote in us compassion for all human conditions, whereby we learn to hate the sin, but love the sinner. ... 

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As a former novice Balsamo was thus well versed in the Christian rituals essential to combating treasure demons. Equally important, he d acquired a considerable reputation as a sorcerer able to manipulate occult forces. Everyone knew that Christian and diabolical spirits competed with each other a successful treasure hunter had to understand both white and black magic. The genies of the underworld figured as an active and animate presence in the everyday life of every Palermitan. The landscape rustled with them. 

Of course, young Giuseppe s reputation as a sorcerer ran deeper than the making of amulets. During the years at the Fatebenefratelli monastery,... 

Marano had winced when he heard how much money Balsamo needed to purchase the propitiatory magical materials—sixty silver pieces, a small fortune. True, it was nothing compared with the worth of that golden cockerel. He d handed the money over reluctantly, vowing to keep a close watch on the young sorcerer. But he had to admit that the boy proved exemplary Marano could not fault the care with which he d organized the arduous preliminary rituals. 

Another link in the etching-alchemy nexus is the fact that in the nineteenth century, the French society of etchers made use of Rembrandt s old magician in his sorcerer s studio (Figure 6) for their publicity posters and the cover of their trade magazine. They replaced the mysterious letters in the ball of light with their logo, a move that some members apparently found blasphemous. 

There have always been people with special powers that others look up to or go to for help. These men and women exist in all traditional tribal cultures and anthropologists, the scientists who study culture, have labeled them shamans. At times people have also called them witch doctors, medicine men, sorcerers, witches, or even magicians. 

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