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Goethe's fairy tale of the green snake and the beautiful lily

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: (Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks; 15)Grand Rapids, MI Phanes Press c1993Description: 86 p.; ill.; translator's notesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0933999194
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PT2027 .M15 1993
Abstract: 'Goethe's dream-like and enchanting fairy tale...is an allegory of transformation based on the symbolism of alchemy. Included is an extensive commentary by Adam McLean which, while preserving the work's sense of mystery, shows how Goethe's fairy tale is also a profound Hermetic allegory.'
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Reprint; orig. pub. in Edinburgh, Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, 1982.. Transl. by Donald Maclean.. Commentary by Adam McLean.

'Goethe's dream-like and enchanting fairy tale...is an allegory of transformation based on the symbolism of alchemy. Included is an extensive commentary by Adam McLean which, while preserving the work's sense of mystery, shows how Goethe's fairy tale is also a profound Hermetic allegory.'

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