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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
As war raged across the jagged Afghan countryside, the staff of the Afghan National Museum spirited away, piece by piece, to hiding places all over the Kabul region, each time risking their lives, sworn to silence, it was a secret they kept until the…
Modernist Alchemy: Poetry and the Occult
The occult has been a source of both ideas and images for modern poets from W.B. Yeats to James Merrill. Poets as diverse as Ezra Pound, H.D., Sylvia Plath, Robert Duncan, and Ted Hughes were both fascinated by, and skeptical of, such phenomena as…
The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt
The temples of ancient Egypt include the largest and perhaps most impressive religious monuments the world has ever known. Mansions of the gods, models of Egypt and of the universe, focal points of worship, great treasure houses and islands of order…
Art and Symbols of the Occult
Presents 150 examples of symbols and images from alchemy, astrology and other occult traditions.
Restoring Paradise: Western Esotericism, Literature, Art, and Consciousness
"Focusing on how spiritual initiation takes place in Western esoteric religious, literary, and artistic traditions from antiquity to the present, Restoring Paradise provides an introduction to Western esotericism, including early modern esoteric…
The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, The Tomb, The Royal Treasure
An account of the discovery of the tomb in the Valley of the Kings with diagrams, drawings, and reconstructions.
The Magic Circle of Rudolph II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague
"Rudolf II-Habsburg heir, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary, Germany, and the Romans-is one of history's great characters, and yet he remains largely an unknown figure. His reign (1576-1612) roughly mirrored that of Queen Elizabeth I of England,…
