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Handbook of Visual Experience
This encyclopedia explores the hidden meanings of visual symbols across time and geography, from the sun to whales and the human hand. Spanning different eras and cultures, over 800 beautiful images combine with expert illuminations of symbol history, meanings, and psychic associations, offering readers a precious and fascinating resource for thoughtful interpretations of life, art, and spirituality.
An exploration of symbols and their meanings throughout history
The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. The highly readable texts and over 800 beautiful full-color images come together in a unique way to convey hidden dimensions of meaning. Each of the ca. 350 essays examines a given symbol’s psychic background, and how it evokes psychic processes and dynamics. Etymological roots, the play of opposites, paradox and shadow, the ways in which diverse cultures have engaged a symbolic image—all these factors are taken into consideration.
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Authored by writers from the fields of psychology, religion, art, literature, and comparative myth, the essays flow into each other in ways that mirror the psyche’s unexpected convergences. There are no pat definitions of the kind that tend to collapse a symbol; a still vital symbol remains partially unknown, compels our attention and unfolds in new meanings and manifestations over time. |
Rather than merely categorize, The Book of Symbols illuminates how to move from the visual experience of a symbolic image in art, religion, life, or dreams to directly experiencing its personal and psychological resonance. |
The Book of Symbols sets new standards for thoughtful exploration of symbols and their meanings, and will appeal to a wide range of readers: artists, designers, dreamers and dream interpreters, psychotherapists, self-helpers, gamers, comic book readers, religious and spiritual searchers, writers, students, and anyone curious about the power of archetypal images. |
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The book cover is damaged and splooged making it a far less lovely piece. I wish I could say it just doesn’t matter, and maybe if it were a beach novel that was destined to get read and passed around until it ended up in a donation bin or a yard sale, it wouldn’t, but this is not that kind of book. This is a reference book that can be left out as a beautifully illustrated conversation piece with accessible writing and thoughtful formatting that will be exactly the handy reference I had hoped it would be for my art and writing. The content seems perfect. I just received it today and have had only bites of time with it but as you can see from my pictures, there are organizational features and illustrations galore! I wish it didn’t matter to me that it looks this way because it seems a waste and fussy but is it really? I try not to be wasteful or frivolous in my life and this creates conflict in moments like these. We take the time to make careful choices, spend our dollars, our time...and what exactly IS that oily looking sploodge stain on the cover? Eeeeeeeeew.... just eeeeeeew... I don’t know if I want to know. Is it oil, sneeze, lunch? I know I didn’t make it, BUT SOMEHOW IT’S THERE. Ew. I just don’t know. The dented cover has crimped pages within. This book has been through something. The box it came in was perfect so whoever put it in the box, tell me, did you not notice? Are the reports I have read true about the pressure and overwork and my book got caught in some part of someone’s really bad day? If so, then you’re probably not the person to have any trouble for this. I hope your circumstances improve. I can’t photograph it as part of a blog or display, I’ll have to patch it in. Too bad. What will I or Amazon do about it? I don’t know yet. ACHOO... oh excuse me, can you please pass me the book.. thanks. I’ll just take it with my cheeseburger hand... ohh! (The last photo is my best attempt to show the actual HAND PRINT on the book) I got it stuck in a door... no one will notice that bent and broken cover corner, we’ll just stick it in this box over here... Ew. Not cool.
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Beck2524
Beautiful book but not fully as advertised
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2019
Beck2524
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2019
I will say though that as of the date I brought it, there's only one orange ribbon to bookmark with. So the current image is falsely advertising the 5 coloured ribbons and should be updated asap so other's know exactly what they're buying.
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Zanete
This is not a beginner-friendly book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2019Ian
I love this book. It's just what I was looking for in my research!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2019Sphiera
Beautiful book. Very well written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2019Kellie mcloughlin
Not what I expected
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