The Mystic Spiral : Journey of the Soul Paperback / softback
by Jill Purce
Part of the Art and Imagination series
Paperback / softback
Description
The spiral is the natural form of growth, and has become, in every culture and in every age, man’s symbol of the progress of the soul towards eternal life. As the inward-winding labyrinth, it constitutes the hero’s journey to the still centre where the secret of life is found.
As the spherical vortex, spiralling through its own centre, it combines the inward and outward directions of movement. In this original and engrossing book, Jill Purce traces the significance of one man’s central symbols from the double spirals of Stone Age art and the interlocking spirals of the Chinese Yin Yang symbol to the whorls of Celtic crosses, Maori tattoos and the Islamic arabesque.
Many of the superb images here were intended as objects of contemplation; for the spiral is a cosmic symbol.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages, 142 Illustrations, black and white; 32 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication Date:24/06/1974
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- ISBN:9780500810057
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages, 142 Illustrations, black and white; 32 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication Date:24/06/1974
- Category:
- ISBN:9780500810057
