Explore a truly astonishing range of interests, philosophies, religions, and cultures -- from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking, and accessible writing to each intriguing subject in these lavishly illustrated, large-format paperback books.

Alchemy: The Secret Art

Science & Math

Klossowski De Rola, Stanislas

Chemistry

Avon/Books

Translated into English for the very first time, the Hermetic Recreations is a uniquely lucid masterwork of French Hermetic philosophy. Set down in an anonymous hand at the turn of the Nineteenth Century, it provides critical insights into the operative arts of the western alchemical tradition. Illuminating both the traditional mediaeval practices which it inherited, and those of the Parisian alchemical revival which it would influence, this rare text forms an important bridge between alchemical epochs.Although the identity of the author remains a mystery, the text appears to have been composed sometime between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Preserved in the manuscript collection of Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, it was first brought to the attention of Bernard Husson by his friend, Eugène Canseliet (1899-1982), the French alchemist and only direct student of Fulcanelli. This eventually resulted in the first publication of Les Récréations hermétiques in 1964. Gilles Pasquier published a corrected edition in 1992, also in French, which included the Scholium or commentary. The text of the Scholium is a particularly revealing addition, for it presents 150 Hermetic "aphorisms" encapsulating the core principles of the alchemical process.Both texts, which clearly form a single work, are presented here in a handsome dual language edition, in French and in English, with copious scholarly annotations by Christer Böke, John Koopmans, Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, and Aaron Cheak.  A limited edition hardback version of this work, in a limited print run of 222 copies, is available exclusively through Rubedo Press.

Hermetic Recreations

Politics & Social Sciences

Böke, Christer

Koopmans, John

Philosophy

Rubedo Press

Physical description; 100p : chiefly col.ill ; 29cm. Subjects; Balthus (1908-2001) - Catalogs. French paintings - Balthus - Illustrations. Genres; Illustrated. text.

Balthus

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

Thames and Hudson

This book presents a selection of seventeenth century alchemical illustrations from the shelves of research libraries around the world, investigating the origins of this visual tradition and interpreting the symbols.

The Golden Game: Alchemical Engravings of the Seventeenth Century

Religion & Spirituality

Rola, Stanislas Klossowski De

Occult & Paranormal

Thames&Hudson

Balthus is one of the most elusive of living painters. This book offers an insight into the mind and work of the artist, bringing together a wide selection of his most important pictures from the 1930s to the present. Photographs include Balthus at work as a young artist in his studio.

Arts & Photography

Thames and Hudson Ltd.

Explore a truly astonishing range of interests, philosophies, religions, and cultures -- from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking, and accessible writing to each intriguing subject in these lavishly illustrated, large-format paperback books.

The Secret Art of Alchemy

New Age & Spirituality

With more than 2,000,000 copies sold in more than a dozen languages, the Art &amp; Imagination series provides illustrated introductions by distinguished writers and scholars to the worlds of mythology, symbols, and sacred traditions. Much more than the art of turning base metals into gold, alchemy is a system of cosmic symbolism which can best be understood as a means of achieving oneness with the world. The alchemist learns how to create a model of the universe or of human consciousness, in which the opposing complementary forces symbolized by Male and Female, Sulfur and Mercury, Earth and Air, Fire and Water, attain the perfect synthesis of which gold is the emblem. 152 illustrations, 34 in color

Alchemy (Art and Imagination)

Social Sciences

A comprehensive selection of alchemist emblems, brought together for the first time and reproduced to a standard that is close in quality and size to the originals contained in obscure works from research library shelves. Includes 533 illustrations, which are both intriguing and thought-provoking. Virtually all of the emblems date from the 17th century. A fine volume inexplicably and unforgivably printed on acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

History & Criticism

George Braziller

With the death of Balthus in February 2001, the world lost one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century. Born into an aristocratic Polish family in 1908, Balthus grew up amid the most cultivated and artistic circles of Geneva, Berlin, and Paris. Brilliantly precocious, he developed early his dual fascinations with the East and with Europe's old masters - inspirations that show in the poise and peculiar timelessness of his paintings. But his work is also suffused with an eroticism and a sense of mystery that betray more modern influences. Balthus was an artist of unflinching integrity. Out of step with the modern movement, he pursued his artistic vision in relative obscurity, hailed by only a tiny group of connoisseurs, until the 1960s. By the mid-1980s his work had achieved international renown, but he remained acutely wary of public scrutiny. He believed passionately that his paintings were to be looked at, not read about, or read into. As a result the enigmatic aura of his art came to envelop the man himself - even when, in his later years, he finally let down his guard and allowed journalists and scholars into his magnificent chalet home at Rossiniere in the Swiss Alps. Following his father's death, Stanislas Klossowski de Rola has written a new introduction to this book, which presents Balthus's most important paintings. New to this expanded edition are Balthus's last painting, The Waiting, and the controversial Guitar Lesson from 1934. Rare photographs show the young Balthus in his studio, while more recent images by the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, the artist's friend, complete this tribute to one of the great artists of recent times.

Individual Artists

Harry N. Abrams

Le jeu d'or: Figures hiéroglyphiques et emblèmes hermétiques dans la littérature alchimique du XVIIe siècle (Collection Art et spiritualité) (French Edition)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

HERSCHER

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Alchemy: The Secret Art

Hermetic Recreations

Balthus

The Golden Game: Alchemical Engravings of the Seventeenth Century

Balthus

The Secret Art of Alchemy

Alchemy (Art and Imagination)

The Golden Game: Alchemical Engravings of the Seventeenth Century

Balthus

Le jeu d'or: Figures hiéroglyphiques et emblèmes hermétiques dans la littérature alchimique du XVIIe siècle (Collection Art et spiritualité) (French Edition)