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Alchemy (Art and Imagination)
Stanislas Klossowski De Rola
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Description for Alchemy (Art and Imagination)
Paperback. Creates a colourful and vibrant guide to the secret art. In this title, the author elucidates the mysterious language and polyvalent symbolism from a variety of perspectives practical, spiritual, elemental and historical and explains how the true alchemist differs from the modern chemist and the false practitioner. Series: Art & Imagination. Num Pages: 128 pages, 193 illustrations, 35 in colour. BIC Classification: HRQX2; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 322.
This new and completely redesigned edition creates a colourful and vibrant guide to the secret art. Klossowski de Rola elucidates the mysterious language and polyvalent symbolism from a variety of perspectives – practical, spiritual, elemental and historical – and explains how the true alchemist differs from the modern chemist and the false practitioner. Gold is only a by-product and emblem of the Great Work of the alchemist. The latter part of the book comprises the full text of a seventeenth-century exposition upon an alchemist’s dream-poem, and five richly illustrated `Themes’ sections, reproducing full sequences of alchemical thought, art and paraphernalia. ... Read more
This new and completely redesigned edition creates a colourful and vibrant guide to the secret art. Klossowski de Rola elucidates the mysterious language and polyvalent symbolism from a variety of perspectives – practical, spiritual, elemental and historical – and explains how the true alchemist differs from the modern chemist and the false practitioner. Gold is only a by-product and emblem of the Great Work of the alchemist. The latter part of the book comprises the full text of a seventeenth-century exposition upon an alchemist’s dream-poem, and five richly illustrated `Themes’ sections, reproducing full sequences of alchemical thought, art and paraphernalia. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Art & Imagination
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500810552
SKU
V9780500810552
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About Stanislas Klossowski De Rola
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola is a lifelong student of alchemy and author of The Golden Game, also published by Thames & Hudson.
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