Author: Robert Michael Place
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0791093905
Category : Alchemy
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The word 'magic' evokes many ideas, from a stage magician performing illusions to the pyrotechnics of witches and wizards depicted in movies and on television. This book covers the history, practices, and philosophies of magic and alchemy in Western history. It also looks at the tools used by magicians and alchemists.
Magic and Alchemy
Author: Robert Michael Place
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0791093905
Category : Alchemy
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The word 'magic' evokes many ideas, from a stage magician performing illusions to the pyrotechnics of witches and wizards depicted in movies and on television. This book covers the history, practices, and philosophies of magic and alchemy in Western history. It also looks at the tools used by magicians and alchemists.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0791093905
Category : Alchemy
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The word 'magic' evokes many ideas, from a stage magician performing illusions to the pyrotechnics of witches and wizards depicted in movies and on television. This book covers the history, practices, and philosophies of magic and alchemy in Western history. It also looks at the tools used by magicians and alchemists.
The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy
Author: Rosemary Guiley
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438130007
Category : Alchemy
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A comprehensive illustrated reference guide with more than 400 entries on the subjects of magic and alchemy.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438130007
Category : Alchemy
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A comprehensive illustrated reference guide with more than 400 entries on the subjects of magic and alchemy.
Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art
Author: Matilde Battistini
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892369072
Category : Alchemy in art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
From antiquity to the Enlightenment, astrology, magic, and alchemy were considered important tools to unravel the mysteries of nature and human destiny. As a result of the West's exposure during the Middle Ages to the astrological beliefs of Arab philosophers and the mystical writings of late antiquity, these occult traditions became rich sources of inspiration for Western artists. In this latest volume in the popular Guide to Imagery series, the author presents a careful analysis of occult iconography in many of the great masterpieces of Western art, calling out key features in the illustrations for discussion and interpretation. Astrological symbols decorated medieval churches and illuminated manuscripts as well as fifteenth-century Italian town halls and palaces. The transformational zymology of magic and alchemy that enlivened the work of a wide range of Renaissance artists, including Bosch, Brueghel, D: urer, and Caravaggio, found renewed expression in the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists, such as Fuseli and Blake, as well as in the creative output of the twentieth century's Surrealists.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892369072
Category : Alchemy in art
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
From antiquity to the Enlightenment, astrology, magic, and alchemy were considered important tools to unravel the mysteries of nature and human destiny. As a result of the West's exposure during the Middle Ages to the astrological beliefs of Arab philosophers and the mystical writings of late antiquity, these occult traditions became rich sources of inspiration for Western artists. In this latest volume in the popular Guide to Imagery series, the author presents a careful analysis of occult iconography in many of the great masterpieces of Western art, calling out key features in the illustrations for discussion and interpretation. Astrological symbols decorated medieval churches and illuminated manuscripts as well as fifteenth-century Italian town halls and palaces. The transformational zymology of magic and alchemy that enlivened the work of a wide range of Renaissance artists, including Bosch, Brueghel, D: urer, and Caravaggio, found renewed expression in the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists, such as Fuseli and Blake, as well as in the creative output of the twentieth century's Surrealists.
Codes Of Alchemy, A Magic Symbol Reference Book
Author: D. Brewer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781716100369
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Considered the precursor to chemistry, the field of alchemy stretches back to ancient history, and as it evolved, became inevitably entangled with witchcraft and magic. To keep their work secret and protect it from theft, alchemists wrote in fascinating and sometimes intricate symbols representing every element, substance, compound, process, unit and intervention. These markings are esoteric in nature and historically important, being that together, they hold the potential for the key to the creation of the Philosopher's Stone itself. Understand the concepts of Magnus Opus, Prima Materia, Tria Prima, Classical Elements, Seven Planetary Metals and Ritualistic Magic in alchemy, together with a multitude of alchemical symbols within this book, suitable for people new to the field of alchemy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781716100369
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Considered the precursor to chemistry, the field of alchemy stretches back to ancient history, and as it evolved, became inevitably entangled with witchcraft and magic. To keep their work secret and protect it from theft, alchemists wrote in fascinating and sometimes intricate symbols representing every element, substance, compound, process, unit and intervention. These markings are esoteric in nature and historically important, being that together, they hold the potential for the key to the creation of the Philosopher's Stone itself. Understand the concepts of Magnus Opus, Prima Materia, Tria Prima, Classical Elements, Seven Planetary Metals and Ritualistic Magic in alchemy, together with a multitude of alchemical symbols within this book, suitable for people new to the field of alchemy.
Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy
Author: Grillot De Givry
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780844601137
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780844601137
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art
Author: Matilde Battistini
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN:
Category : Alchemy in art
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
From antiquity to the Enlightenment, astrology, magic, and alchemy were considered important tools to unravel the mysteries of nature and human destiny. As a result of the West's exposure during the Middle Ages to the astrological beliefs of Arab philosophers and the mystical writings of late antiquity, these occult traditions became rich sources of inspiration for Western artists. In this latest volume in the popular Guide to Imagery series, the author presents a careful analysis of occult iconography in many of the great masterpieces of Western art, calling out key features in the illustrations for discussion and interpretation. Astrological symbols decorated medieval churches and illuminated manuscripts as well as fifteenth-century Italian town halls and palaces. The transformational zymology of magic and alchemy that enlivened the work of a wide range of Renaissance artists, including Bosch, Brueghel, D:urer, and Caravaggio, found renewed expression in the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists, such as Fuseli and Blake, as well as in the creative output of the twentieth century's Surrealists.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN:
Category : Alchemy in art
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
From antiquity to the Enlightenment, astrology, magic, and alchemy were considered important tools to unravel the mysteries of nature and human destiny. As a result of the West's exposure during the Middle Ages to the astrological beliefs of Arab philosophers and the mystical writings of late antiquity, these occult traditions became rich sources of inspiration for Western artists. In this latest volume in the popular Guide to Imagery series, the author presents a careful analysis of occult iconography in many of the great masterpieces of Western art, calling out key features in the illustrations for discussion and interpretation. Astrological symbols decorated medieval churches and illuminated manuscripts as well as fifteenth-century Italian town halls and palaces. The transformational zymology of magic and alchemy that enlivened the work of a wide range of Renaissance artists, including Bosch, Brueghel, D:urer, and Caravaggio, found renewed expression in the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists, such as Fuseli and Blake, as well as in the creative output of the twentieth century's Surrealists.
Hidden Truths
Author: Lawrence Eugene Sullivan
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780028974040
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Part of a series covering the history, practices and beliefs of religions this book includes gnosticism, witchcraft, magic throughout the world and in cultures ancient and modern as well as an essay on alchemy.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780028974040
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Part of a series covering the history, practices and beliefs of religions this book includes gnosticism, witchcraft, magic throughout the world and in cultures ancient and modern as well as an essay on alchemy.
Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy
Author: Grillot de Givry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy
Author: Émile Angelo Grillot de Givry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Theurgy, or the Hermetic Practice
Author: E.J. Langford Garstin
Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
ISBN: 0892545704
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Theurgy means "the science or art of divine works." In alchemy, this process is called the "Great Work," which is the purification and exaltation of our "lower" nature by the proper application of esoteric principles, so that it may become united with its higher counterparts, whereby we may attain spiritual, and ultimately divine, consciousness. Drawing on the teachings of the Egyptian, Greek, and Hebrew mystery schools and quoting extensively from important alchemical writers, Garstin details this process of purification. Students who are curious about alchemy but daunted by the body of its literature and its strange allegories will find this book to be an excellent introduction. Garstin discusses source alchemical works and clearly explains what their esoteric symbolism means. With the information in this book, students of alchemy can then proceed to make a more informed exploration of the alchemical works and other writings of the Western Mystery Tradition.
Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
ISBN: 0892545704
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Theurgy means "the science or art of divine works." In alchemy, this process is called the "Great Work," which is the purification and exaltation of our "lower" nature by the proper application of esoteric principles, so that it may become united with its higher counterparts, whereby we may attain spiritual, and ultimately divine, consciousness. Drawing on the teachings of the Egyptian, Greek, and Hebrew mystery schools and quoting extensively from important alchemical writers, Garstin details this process of purification. Students who are curious about alchemy but daunted by the body of its literature and its strange allegories will find this book to be an excellent introduction. Garstin discusses source alchemical works and clearly explains what their esoteric symbolism means. With the information in this book, students of alchemy can then proceed to make a more informed exploration of the alchemical works and other writings of the Western Mystery Tradition.