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Alchemy & mysticism : the hermetic museum

Roob, Alexander2014

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The Hermetic Museum takes readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the medieval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating world of alchemy to the art of the Romantic era.

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Main title:

Alchemy & mysticism : the hermetic museum / Alexander Roob ; [english translation: Shaun Whiteside].

Author:

Roob, Alexander, authorWhiteside, Shaun, translator

Work:

Alchemy & mysticism : the hermetic museum

Edition:

[New edition].

Imprint:

Collation:

575 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm

Notes:

Also published as Alchemy & mysticism : the hermetic cabinet.First published: [New York]: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, c1997.Includes index.Bibliography: page 574.Translated from the German.

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.

ISBN:

97838365493639783836549363 (hardback)

Dewey class:

540.112

Language:

EnglishGerman

Added title:

Alchemy and mysticism : the Hermetic MuseumHermetic MuseumAlchemy and mysticism : the hermetic museumHermetic museum

Subject:

Alchemy -- HistoryMysticism and artMysticism -- HistoryAlchemy -- Early works to 1800Mysticism -- Early works to 1800Alchemy in art

BRN:

41333