Alchemy: The Secret Art (Art and Imagination)

Thisnewandcompletelyredesignededitioncreatesacolourfulandvibrantguidetothesecretart.KlossowskideRolaelucidatesthemysteriouslanguageandpolyvalentsymbolismfromavarietyofperspectivespractical,spiritual,elementalandhistoricalandexplainshowthetruealchemistdiffersfromthemodernchemistandthefalsepractitioner.Goldisonlyaby-productandemblemoftheGreatWorkofthealchemist.Thelatterpartofthebookcomprisesthefulltextofaseventeenth-centuryexpositionuponanalchemistsdream-poem,andfiverichlyillustratedThemessections,reproducingfullsequencesofalchemicalthought,artandparaphernalia.