The Hermetic Museum : alchemy & mysticism
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TextKoln, Germany Taschen c1996, 1997Description: 711p.; illus.; index; bibliogContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 3-8228-8653-X
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English trans. by Shaun Whiteside, London.
Topics:. Macrocosm:. The world - Sun - Moon - Cosmic time - Lower astronomy - Stars - Music of the spheres - Genesis - Eye - Cosmic egg. Opus Magnum:. Genesis in the retort - Purification - Fall of Adam - Chaos - Saturnine night - Torment of the metals - Resurrection - Aurora - Light and darkness (Jacob Boehme's system) - Ladder (Ramon Lull's system) - Philosophical tree - Sephiroth - Ab uno - Fortress - Animal riddles - Oedipus chimicus - Dew Mute book - Women's work and child's play - Vegetable chemistry - Serpent - Return (Theosophical Society) - Coniunctio (Rosarium Philosophorum) - Androgyny - Separatio - Hermetic yantras - Trinity - Fie - Philosophical egg - Matrix - Fountain - Christ-Lapis - Blood. Microcosm:. Human form divine - Brain and memory - Signatures - Script and seal - Apparitions. Rotation:. Whirl and magnet - Divine geometry - Wheel (Winds, Gurdjieff's eneagramm, Color wheel), Rose - Pilgrim
'A fantastical journey through the pictorial world of alchemy and mysticism, the Cabbala and magic, freemasons and Rosicrucians. This unique selection of illustrations with commentaries and sorce texts guides us on a fascinating journey through the representations of the secret arts.'
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