  We present a scheme for generating a synthetic magnetic field and spin-orbit
coupling via Raman coupling in highly magnetic lanthanide atoms such as
dysprosium. Employing these atoms offer several advantages for realizing
strongly correlated states and exotic spinor phases. The large spin and narrow
optical transitions of these atoms allow the generation of synthetic magnetic
fields an order of magnitude larger than those in the alkalis, but with
considerable reduction of the heating rate for equal Raman coupling. The
effective hamiltonian of these systems differs from that of the alkalis' by an
additional nematic coupling term, which leads to a phase transition in the
dressed states as detuning varies. For \text{high-spin} condensates, spin-orbit
coupling leads to a spatially periodic structure, which is described in
Majorana representation by a set of points moving periodically on a unit
sphere. We name this a "Majorana spinor helix" in analogy to the persistent
spin-1/2 helix observed in electronic systems.
