Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Thames & Hudson Ltd (1978), Edition: First Edition, 256 pages
Description
In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironictexts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbolsextending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, andcoming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism,Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, thePre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cultsof Brazil and West Africa.
User reviews
LibraryThing member gibbon
With a glossary, extensive bibliography and 210 illustrations, some small, it covers many cultures, religions and esoteric doctrines with a fine impartiality.
LibraryThing member ChrisWildman
This is the only "dream" reference book I have ever found useful because you can discover the diiferences between say Celtic, Christian, Judaic. Buddhist meanings and allow your unconscious to pick up on these. Also some facinating, if small, illustraions. A reference must.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1978
Physical description
208 p.; 9.7 inches
ISBN
0500012016 / 9780500012017