Magic and Alchemy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Magic and Alchemy write by Robert Michael Place. This book was released on 2009. Magic and Alchemy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy write by Rosemary Guiley. This book was released on 2006. The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive illustrated reference guide with more than 400 entries on the subjects of magic and alchemy.
Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy
Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy write by Grillot de Givry. This book was released on 1971-01-01. Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Prints, drawings, documents, and text illuminate the development of the occult sciences to the nineteenth century
Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art
Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art write by Matilde Battistini. This book was released on 2007. Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy
Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy write by Clark Heinrich. This book was released on 2002-09. Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An illustrated foray into the hidden truth about the use of psychoactive mushrooms to connect with the divine. • Draws parallels between Vedic beliefs and Judeo-Christian sects, showing the existence of a mushroom cult that crossed cultural boundaries. • Contends that the famed philosophers' stone of the alchemist was a metaphor for the mushroom. • Confirms and extends Robert Gordon Wasson's hypothesis of the role of the fly agaric mushroom in generating religious visions. Rejecting arguments that the elusive philosophers' stone of alchemy and the Hindu elixir of life were mere legend, Clark Heinrich provides a strong case that Amanita muscaria, the fly agaric mushroom, played this role in world religious history. Working under the assumption that this "magic mushroom" was the mysterious food and drink of the gods, Heinrich traces its use in Vedic and Puranic religion, illustrating how ancient cultures used the powerful psychedelic in esoteric rituals meant to bring them into direct contact with the divine. He then shows how the same mushroom symbols found in Hindu scriptures correspond perfectly to the symbols of ancient Judaism, Christianity, the Grail myths, and alchemy, arguing that miraculous stories as disparate as the burning bush of Moses and the raising of Lazarus from the dead can be easily explained by the use of this strange and powerful mushroom. While acknowledging the speculative nature of his work, Heinrich concludes that in many religious cultures and traditions the fly agaric mushroom--and in some cases ergot or psilocybin mushrooms--had a fundamental influence in teaching humans about the nature of God. His insightful book truly brings new light to the religious history of humanity.
