Binding: Hardcover
Description: With this beautifully illustrated compendium explore 100 diverse arcane tools and writings said to hold the key to the mysteries of the universe. Symbols carry weight and significance. Over time they grow as different cultures attribute new meanings to old signs. Did you know that the swastika widely known now to be the key symbol for Hitler's Nazi party used to be a Buddhist symbol for success? From the Aztec Calendar Stone and the Spear of Destiny to magic circles and Navaho sand paintings each relic symbol and depiction is presented and analyzed in detail to reveal the beliefs and practices of past civilizations from all around the globe. Philosophers astrologers prophets poets and artists from every age and culture have whispered secrets to pharaohs statesmen kings and queens. In Renaissance Europe two powerful women Catherine of Medici and later Elizabeth I of England patronized the most important magi of the time. John Dee's obsidian mirror revealed the future of the nation to Elizabeth while Nostradamus divulged spiritually inspired prophecies to Catherine at the Mus e du Louvre in Paris. Organized into three chapters The Art of Divination; Enchantments Symbols and Talismans; and In Search of Secret Knowledge the book's engaging and informative text brings to light the secrets and intrigues that surround each mysterious object and the obscure arts of the people who used them highlighting how to decode their signs and symbols.
Title: The Secrets Of The Universe In 100 Symbols
Author(s): Bartlett Sarah
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780785841425
Pages: 256 Pages, Color Illustrations
Publication Date: 10/18/2022
Category: Fortune-Telling & Divination