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About Me

The creative force behind Orobai is Martin Ball, musician, author, and artist. Orobai is both a world fusion musical creation as well as the central character in the novel, Orobai's Vision, by Martin Ball (Ph.D., Religious Studies/Native American Spiritual Traditions).For 23,000 years, the magical creature, Orobai, has wandered the lost forests and towering mountains of Aurduin. When he finds an unusual jewel that transforms into a mysterious young girl, he knows that his destiny is at hand. Now is it a race against time as Orobai seeks to piece together the intricate puzzle of the girl's identity, their entwined fates, and their relationship to the prophecy of an apocalypse that will forever transform the world of Aurduin. Join Orobai in his quest to protect the girl and seek out a vision that will show him the path to his ultimate purpose.

Orobai's Vision is the first installment of the Tale of Aurduin series, a four-book fantasy epic and is now available as a paperback book for $14.98 through this page at AURDUIN.NET , MARTINBALL.NET , LULU.COM , and Amazon.com . Watch the short video below for a promo of OROBAI'S VISION

"At the foot of the Great Mountain Golgath lived the Grundin. The ancient Gem Seeker was many things to many people. He possessed many names, wore many identities, and was the fabric of more stories than there are feathers on a bird. He was the Raven, the Black Sorcerer, the Singer, the Dark Mystery, and the last practitioner of the ancient art of creation, the Altfein-Aryat. He was Orobai, the Preserver of the Four Ways of the Illan, the final repository of the knowledge and symbols of Creation." -- from the prologue to Orobai's Vision

Click play on the file below to see a promo video of Tales of Aurduin, Volume II, The Fate of Miraanni

The Fate of Miraanni is NOW AVAILABLE HERE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/27/2005
Band Website: martinball.net
Band Members: Martin Ball: guitar, didjeridu, Native American flute, percussion, throat and overtone singing, bird whistles, pots and pans, and various clay and bamboo flutes
Influences: For Music: Dead Can Dance, Huun Huur Tu, Baka Beyond, Dr. Didg, Outback, Robbie Robertson, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Loreena McKennitt, Lisa Gerrard, Afro-Celt Sound System, Native American music, Aboriginal Australian music, Tuvan Throat Singing, Tibetan Chanting, Shamanic music and ritual, Burning Man, The God Box/Mystic Toad, Entheogens, Mysticism, Dreams, Nature Spirits, Water, Light, Wind -- For Writing: Frank Herbert's Dune, Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, the Matrix, Star Wars, Hayao Miyazaki, Carlos Casteneda, Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Terrence McKenna, Gordon Wasson, Michael Taussig, and anything that relates to mysticism, shamanism, Buddhism, Taoism, Alchemy, fantasy, metaphysics, visions, etc etc etc

Orobai's Vision -- a Postmodern Shamanic Fable for a New Ecological Age, 270 pages. $14.98 plus shipping. Place order here .

Music of Aurduin -- shamanic world fusion, celtic, Native American flute, and more! $12.98 plus shipping. Place order here .
Sounds Like: Shamanic Ritual
Record Label: Kyandara Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Interview on C-Realm podcast now up!

Greetings friends, I'd like to invite you to stop by and give the C-Realm podcast a listen today. I'm very pleased to be one of the guests on this week's program. Also quite happily, KMO i...
Posted by Orobai on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:44:00 PST

New Tales of Aurduin podcast

Greetings friends,I'm pleased to share with you a new podcast of a reading of chapter one of Orobai's Vision. You can listen at: http://aurduin.podomatic.com/Enjoy!Martin...
Posted by Orobai on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:06:00 PST

My interview in Shaman's Drum is now out!

The interview that I had with Timothy White from Shaman's Drum, the Journal of Experiential Shamanism and Spiritual Healing early this year is now available in the current edition of the magazine. I'...
Posted by Orobai on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:56:00 PST

The Fifth Temple -- Tales of Aurduin is now Complete

Greetings friends, I'm very happy to report today that at long last I've made the final novel of my epic fantasy series, Tales of Aurduin, available to the public. The Fifth Temple is now offici...
Posted by Orobai on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:40:00 PST

"Look Inside" Mushroom Wisdom and Orobai's Vision on Amazon

After some waiting, my books Mushroom Wisdom and Orobai's Vision are now equiped with the "look inside" feature on Amazon.com. With this feature, interested customers can check out the fron...
Posted by Orobai on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:53:00 PST

Vol III, The Alchemist and the Eagle

Greetings Friends, I'm very pleased to report that volume III of Tales of Aurduin, The Alchemist and the Eagle, is now available as a paperback book for $15.95. You can purchase a copy at ...
Posted by Orobai on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:23:00 PST

Art of Aurduin, 2007 Calendar NOW AVAILABLE

Greetings friends,I'm very pleased to announce the release of the 2007 "Art of Aurduin" calendar. This calendar is a stunningly beautiful collection of original color pencil drawings and digital art ...
Posted by Orobai on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:18:00 PST

Music of Aurduin now on iTunes!

Hey everybody! "The Music of Aurduin" is now available on iTunes. You can find it by searching for "Aurduin," "Orobai" or "Martin Ball." Download the whole ablum and put it on your i...
Posted by Orobai on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:36:00 PST

Orobai eats the Sacred Mushrooms

W ith Tlan having told the Yamné creation story for another year, it was now time for the the sacrament, the Ul'mult'ah. At this time the elders required all the children to leave, along wi...
Posted by Orobai on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:44:00 PST

The Languages of Aurduin -- creating new worlds with words

In the Tales of Aurduin book series I have sought to create realistic worlds and cultures through detailed geography, cultural histories, mythologies, religions, rituals, and intricate characters. Ho...
Posted by Orobai on Fri, 12 May 2006 08:32:00 PST