Filtering by Genre / Topic: symbolism in books gave 23 results.
René Guénon’s foundational study of Hindu doctrines, presenting them as expressions of an immutable metaphysical tradition while challenging Western interpretations of Indian religion and philosophy.
Maarten Vermaseren, qui a publié un corpus des inscriptions et des monuments de la religion mithriaque et un certain nombre d'études savantes sur le même sujet est certainement l'un des meilleurs spécialistes de la question.
In their groundbreaking new book, Mushrooms, Myths & Mithras, classics scholar Carl Ruck and friends reveal compelling evidence suggesting that psychedelic mushroom use was equally influential in early Europe, where it was central to initiation cerem
René Guénon’s study of the “King of the World” and the hidden spiritual centre said to underlie the sacred geography, symbols and traditional order of different civilisations.
Five tales of ancient gods and hidden traditions in the Roman countryside, where Mithraism, Shivaism and the sacred landscape challenge the certainties of the modern world.
Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae (or CIMRM) is a two volume collection of inscriptions and monuments relating primarily to the Mithraic Mysteries.
The links between Egypt and Greece are strong and far-reaching, and although the zoomorphic gods frightened Herodotus, the fact remains that the two cultures continued to influence each other.
It is only when the penis stands up straight, that it emits semen, the source of life. It is then called the phallus and has been considered, since earliest prehistory the image of the creative principle, a symbol of the process by which the Supreme
Manly P. Hall’s monumental 1928 survey of the ancient Mysteries, occult philosophy and esoteric symbolism, including an influential modern interpretation of the rites and symbolism of Mithras.
Peter Mark Adams’ The Game of Saturn: Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarot.
A conversation between Peter Mark Adams and Christophe Poncet on the esoteric tarot, in relation to the elite and Saturnian Sola-Busca tarocchi and the popular and luminous Tarot de Marseille.