| The Golden Fleece and Alchemy Contributor(s): Faivre, Antoine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791414094 ISBN-13: 9780791414095 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology |
| Dewey: 292.13 |
| LCCN: 92-5770 |
| Series: Suny Western Esoteric Traditions |
| Physical Information: 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book traces the Golden Fleece myth from late paganism through medieval and Renaissance alchemical and masonic interpretations. We follow the changing fashions in the history of initiation as well as in mythology. Faivre connects politics, chivalry, the age of exploration, Renaissance architecture and iconography, the hermeneutics of eighteenth century Germany and France, and modern practitioners of alchemy. This book will be welcomed by modern practitioners of alchemy and the occult as well as by scholars of esotericism. |