Alchemy & mysticism : the hermetic museum

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Takes readers on a magical mystery tour from the medieval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating world of alchemy to the art of the Romantic era. The enigmatic hieroglyphs of cabalists, Rosicrucians, and freemasons are shown to be closely linked with the early scientifi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roob, Alexander (Author)
Other Authors: Whiteside, Shaun (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Köln : Taschen, 2019.
Edition:[New edition].
Series:Bibliotheca universalis (Taschen (Firm))
Subjects:
Alchemy > Early works to 1800.
Mysticism > Early works to 1800.
Alchemy in art.
Alchemy.
Mysticism.
Early works.
Table of Contents:
  • Macrocosm
  • The world Ptolemy, Brahe, Copernicus
  • Sun
  • Moon
  • Cosmic time
  • Lower astronomy
  • Stars
  • Music of the spheres
  • Genesis
  • Eye
  • Cosmic egg
  • Opus magnum
  • Genesis in the retort Elementa chemicae
  • Purification
  • Fall of Adam
  • Chaos
  • Saturnine night
  • Torment of the metals
  • Resurrection
  • Aurora Light & Darkness Jacob Bohme's system
  • Ladder
  • Ramon Lull's system
  • Philosophical tree
  • Sephiroth
  • Ab uno
  • Fortress
  • Animal riddles
  • Oedipus chimicus
  • Dew Mute book
  • Women's work & child's play
  • Vegetable chemistry
  • Serpent
  • Return Theosophical Society
  • Conjunctio Rosarium philosophorum
  • Androgyny
  • Separatio
  • Hermetic Yantras
  • Trinity
  • Fire Philosophical egg
  • Matrix
  • Fountain
  • Christ-Lapis
  • Blood
  • Microcosm
  • Human Form Divine
  • Brain & memory
  • Signatures
  • Script & seal
  • Apparitions
  • Rotation
  • Whirl & magnet
  • Divine Geometry
  • Wheel Winds, Gurdjieff's eneagramm, Colour wheel
  • Rose
  • Pilgrim.

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