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The Book Of Symbols: Reflections On Archetypal Images (The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism)
Archive For Research In Archetypal Symbolism
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Description for The Book Of Symbols: Reflections On Archetypal Images (The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism)
Hardcover. An exploration of symbols and their meanings. It features around 350 incisive essays and almost 800 full-color images that evoke the hidden dimensions of archetypal symbology - showing how symbols in art, religion, life or dreams can lead to transformational experience and psychological resonance. Num Pages: 810 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 244 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1788.
The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. The highly readable texts and over 800 beautiful full-color images come together in a unique way to convey hidden dimensions of meaning. Each of the ca. 350 essays examines a given symbol's psychic background, and how it evokes psychic processes and dynamics. Etymological roots, the play of opposites, paradox and shadow, the ways in which diverse cultures have engaged a symbolic image-all these factors are taken into consideration. Authored by writers ... Read more
The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. The highly readable texts and over 800 beautiful full-color images come together in a unique way to convey hidden dimensions of meaning. Each of the ca. 350 essays examines a given symbol's psychic background, and how it evokes psychic processes and dynamics. Etymological roots, the play of opposites, paradox and shadow, the ways in which diverse cultures have engaged a symbolic image-all these factors are taken into consideration. Authored by writers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
TASCHEN Gmbh
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
808
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836514484
SKU
V9783836514484
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Ref
99-50
About Archive For Research In Archetypal Symbolism
Drawing upon Carl Gustav Jung's work on the archetype and the collective unconscious, the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) is a pictorial and written archive of mythological, ritualistic, and symbolic images from all over the world and from all epochs of human experience. The collection of 17,000 photographic images, accompanied by commentary on their cultural and historical context, ... Read more
Reviews for The Book Of Symbols: Reflections On Archetypal Images (The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism)
It is still possible, even now, for publishers to do something we have never seen before. The Book of Symbols is a project of mind-blowing ambition and reach, and a book with an almost old-fashioned educational appeal. Bright, optimistic, bountiful and brainy, it makes you reel with a sense of wonder at the complexity of the human mind and soul... ... Read more