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This is a book that examines how our environment interacts with our psyche and how we make sense of the world. It starts with the most fundamental and ancient symbols like the Universal egg and expands further towards modernity passing through the symbolism of the plant world, the animal kingdom, an Leggi tutto

So I haven't actually read the book cover to cover, but I have used it as a reference book a number of times, and have absolutely loved this book. It's a great reference for philosophy, literature, art, art history, mythology, etc. One of my professors recommended this book. So I bought a copy. It wa Leggi tutto

A great book to browse through at leisure, if you are interested in myth, art and literature - though you will never finish reading this! See my whimsical blog post , inspired by this book.

I'm not gonna say there is nothing interesting in the book, but the vast majority seems very superficial. You can find most of it in a short google search or by thinking yourself for two minutes. Also, if your looking for some reflection on the triangle for example, you'll have a hard time finding i Leggi tutto

Definitely not a "reading" book. More like a "sit and peruse" book. Phenomenal reference book on the archetypal and historical symbolism of a huge variety of objects that, while seemingly mundane, reach deep into the origin myths and the deep spiritual aspects of human psychology and symbolic meanin Leggi tutto

I chipped away at this tome for fourteen months and finally finished today. If you wish to delve into the symbolism of the fourteen months, the beginning of such a reading endeavor, the text itself, what it means to finish a text, etc., etc., I would recommend this book to you. Be warned, however: I Leggi tutto

Semplicemente perfetto, una vera mappa per meglio comprendere quanto l'inconscio cerca di comunicarci. Apparato iconografico magnifico, curato nell'edizione, e faccenda che ha il suo peso il costo è di soli 30 euro. La pubblicazione la si deve anche al sito http://aras.org The Archive for Research in Leggi tutto

While this book is rich in images, symbols, art and their significance, it also lacks some elementary parts in the world of symbols, rendering it practically useless in some fields. Numbers, fruits, animals and holidays are lacking in their coverage, references that are often made in literature. It