Alchemy - The Secret Art (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Thames and Hudson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Art and Imagination
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Stanislas Klossowski De Rola
Dimensions:	210 x 150 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-500-81055-2
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > The Occult > Magic, spells & alchemy Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > The Occult > Magic, spells & alchemy
LSN:	0-500-81055-9
Barcode:	9780500810552

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