Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum
| Book | Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum |
| Illustrator | William Blake, Michael Maier (2), Jacbous Typotius, Basilius Valentius, Joseph Beuys, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Klein |
| Copyright Holder | Taschen GmbH, Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH |
| Copyright Holder (Illustrations) | VG Bild-Kunst |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Sense/Net, Andy Disl, Birgit Reber |
| Translated by | Shaun Whiteside |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Germany, Köln |
| Copyright | 2006 |
| Copyright | 1997 |
| Copyright | 2006 |
| Pages / Font | 575 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 3-8228-5038-1 |
| Barcode | 9 783822 850381 |
| Chapters | Introduction Macrocosm The world Ptolemy, Brahe, Copernicus · Sun · Moon · Cosmic time · Lower astronomy · Stars · Music of the spheres · Genesis · Eye · Cosmic egg Opus magnum Genesis in the retort Elementa chemicae · Purification · Fall of Adam · Chaos · Saturnine night · Torment of the metals · Resurrection · Aurora · Light & Darkness Jacob Böhme's system · Ladder Ramon Lull's system · Philosophical tree · Sephiroth · Ab uno · Fortress · Animal riddles · Oedipus chimicus · Dew Mute book · Women's work & child's play · Vegetable chemistry · Serpent · Return Theosophical Society · Conjunctio Rosarium philosophorum · Androgyny · Separatio · Hermetic Yantras · Trinity · Fire · Philosophical egg · Matrix · Fountain · Christ-Lapis · Blood Microcosm Human Form Divine · Brain & memory · Signatures · Script & seal · Apparitions Rotation Whirl & magnet · Divine Geometry · Wheel Winds, Gurdjieff's enneagramm, Colour wheel · Rose · Pilgrim Index |
| Notes | Taschen's 25th anniversary special edition Front cover: De Sphaera, Italian manuscript, 15th century (cf. p. 205) Back cover: Michael Maier, Atalanta fugiens, Oppenheim, 1618 (cf. p. 399) Illustrations: p. 2, from: William Blake: Jerusalem, 1804-1820; p. 6, from: Michael Maier; Viatorium, Oppenheim, 1618; p. 34, 110, 492, from: J. Typotius: Symbola divina et humana, Prague, 1601-1603; p. 428, from: Basilius Valentius: Chymische Schriften, Leipzig, 1769 © 2006 TASCHEN GmbH Original edition: © 1997 Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH © BG Bild-Kunst for the illustrations of Joseph Beuys, Marchel Duchamp and Yves Klein Printed in China |
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