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With more than 2,000,000 copies sold in more than a dozen languages, the Art & Imagination series provides illustrated introductions by distinguished writers and scholars to the worlds of mythology, symbols, and sacred traditions.
Much more than the art of turning base metals into gold, alchemy is a system of cosmic symbolism which can best be understood as a means of achieving oneness with the world. The alchemist learns how to create a model of the universe or of human consciousness, in which the opposing complementary forces symbolized by Male and Female, Sulfur and Mercury, Earth and Air, Fire and Water, attain the perfect synthesis of which gold is the emblem.152 illustrations, 34 in color
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Stanislas Klossowskide Rola is the author of The Golden Game. He lives in Europe.
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Alchemy: The Secret Art (Art and Imagination)
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ISBN 10: 0500810559
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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 alchemists dream-poem, and five richly illustrated Themes sections, reproducing full sequences of alchemical thought, art and paraphernalia. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR006423399
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Alchemy: The Secret Art
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0500810559I3N00
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Alchemy (Art and Imagination)
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Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A delightful and arcane study of Alchemy illuminating archetypes, cosmology, sacred traditions and rare imagery. Seller Inventory # ABE-1587501665321
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Arcane Doctrine of Alchemy opposing forces attain the perfect synthesis of which gold is the emblem. Seller Inventory # 2024482
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