S. Elizabeth

The Art of the Occult

A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artwork (from the late-nineteenth century to today)Â inspired and informed by the mystical, esoteric and occult.

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Produktdetails

• Art in the Margins
• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 175mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 836g
• ISBN-13: 9780711248830
• ISBN-10: 0711248834
• Artikelnr.: 58532483

Autorenporträt

S. Elizabeth (aka Mlle Ghoul) is a Florida-based writer specialising in art, the macabre and the supernatural. She is a staff writer at Haute Macabre and has written for Coilhouse, Dirge and the blog Death & the Maiden. S. Elizabeth was also the co-creator of The Occult Activity Book (vol 1 and 2) and runs two successful blogs: Ghoul Next Door (ghoulnextdoor.tumblr.com) and These Unquiet Things (unquietthings.com).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
 
Part I The Cosmos
 
i. The Very Shape of Things: Sacred Geometry in Art
ii. Gazing at the Stars: Astrology and the Zodiac in Art
iii. The Imagery and Inspiration of the Elements
iv. Alchemy and the Artistic Spirit
 
Part II Higher Beings
 
v. Gods and Immortals: Divine Expression Through the Arts
vi. The Kabbalah as a Source of Artistic Expression
vii. Theosophical Thought Manifested Through Art
viii. The Hermetic Tradition and the Arts
 
Part III Practitioners
 
ix. Potions, Persecutions and Power: Witches and Witchcraft in Art
x. Spirit Art and Spiritualism
xi. Emblems of Insight and Divine Inspiration: Divination in the Arts
xii. Ceremonial Magic: Invoking the Artistic Spirit
 
Index
Further Reading
Picture Credits
Thanks/About the Author