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"This book is highly recommended to researchers and students of the occult as an immensely valuable survey of symbols from an author with sophisticated spiritual insights and an invaluable multi-disciplinary approach to his subject. Kudos!" * Facing North, Elizabeth Hazel, July 2014 * "Solidly referenced and carefully illustrated, The Book of Primal Signs seems to travel everywhere and touch everything . . ." * RICHARD HEATH, author of Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization and Sacred Number and the Lor * "Symbols are like signposts directing us into the realm of the subconscious and the spiritual; they are flashpoints that stir emotions and trigger deeper--even divine--connections. But they also take on lives of their own, twining across times and cultures, and Nigel Pennick has always had his finger on their pulse. The Book of Primal Signs is a veritable thesaurus of traditional symbolism, spanning from prehistory to today. This is a vital guidebook to a hidden world that is, most thankfully and wondrously, still in plain view." * Michael Moynihan, coauthor of Lords of Chaos *
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From ancient rock and cave art to the contemporary brand logos of politics and business, human beings have always created symbols to denote specific ideas, groups, or important objects as well as to convey deeper information than can be communicated in words. Many glyphs have retained their meanings over millennia whereas some have modern meanings vastly different from the original connotation. In this study of symbols, Nigel Pennick explores glyphs as agents of higher consciousness and ports of access to the collective unconscious, acknowledging the continuity of tradition, both deliberate and not, as well as how interpretations of some symbols, such as the swastika, have changed dramatically. With more than 300 unique woodcuts, drawings, calligraphy, and photographs--many never before reproduced--Pennick examines ancient and enduring glyphs in detail, such as the circle, cross, eye, pentagram, fleur de lis, tree of life, and horseshoe, as well as several families of symbols, such as craftsmen's marks, runes, symbolic beasts, human heads and skulls, and the sigils of Mammon. The author explains the multiple forms and uses of each from ancient times to the present day, reflecting their roots in the Western Mystery tradition. He explores the symbols of high magic such as the glyph of John Dee's monad, those of folk magic such as the traditional cock on the weather vane, and the creation of modern glyphs such as the peace sign and the anarchy symbol. Contrasting the hi-jacked use of power symbols in modern advertising with the vital role of symbols in traditional arts and crafts, Pennick reveals how symbols link the cosmic with the terrestrial and allow us to infuse the mundane with the numinous.
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- VerlagDestiny Books,U.S.
- Erscheinungsdatum2014
- ISBN 10 1620553155
- ISBN 13 9781620553152
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Auflage2
- Anzahl der Seiten240
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The Book of Primal Signs : The High Magic of Symbols
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Inner Traditions/Bear & Company Jun 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 1620553155
ISBN 13: 9781620553152
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An in-depth study of the sacred meanings behind ancient and enduring symbols. Artikel-Nr. 9781620553152
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Zustand: NEW. An in-depth study of the sacred meanings behind ancient and enduring symbols.Über den AutorNigel Pennick is an authority on ancient belief systems, traditions, runes, and geomancy and has traveled and lectured extensively in Eur. Artikel-Nr. 350907040
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