| An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols Contributor(s): Cooper, J. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0500271259 ISBN-13: 9780500271254 Publisher: Thames & Hudson OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Reference - Social Science |
| Dewey: 302.222 |
| LCCN: 78055429 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.24" W x 9.46" (1.21 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooper, J. C.: - Jean C. Cooper (1905-1999) was born in China where she spent much of her childhood. Informed by the perspective of the Perennial Philosophy, she wrote and lectured extensively on the subjects of philosophy, comparative religion, and symbolism. He other books include Taoism, the Way of the Mystic, Yin and Yang, Chinese Alchemy, Fairy Tales: Allegories of the Inner Life, Symbolism, the Universal Language, and Symbolic and Mythological Animals. |