Creation myths

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Every culture, no matter how simple, has left us some framework designed to account for the origin and nature of the world's life-structures (even if it is not explicitly titled a creation myth). Myths are not as unlike our sciences as they seem - they too have to account, not only for the 'laws of nature', but for the laws and customs of men. They describe the cosmos in human, and man in cosmic terms. In fact, they point back to the moment before such distinctions existed: through words and images they point to a 'past' which is always present, a creative process
which is life itself.
With 149 illustrations, 19 in colour
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola Alchemy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror Stanislav and Christina Grot Beyond Death The Gates of Consciousness John Sharkey Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion David H/laclagan Creation Myths Man's Introduction to the World Francis Huxley The Dragon... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Every culture, no matter how simple, has left us some framework designed to account for the origin and nature of the world's life-structures (even if it is not explicitly titled a creation myth). Myths are not as unlike our sciences as they seem - they too have to account, not only for the 'laws of nature', but for the laws and customs of men. They describe the cosmos in human, and man in cosmic terms. In fact, they point back to the moment before such distinctions existed: through words and images they point to a 'past' which is always present, a creative process
which is life itself.
With 149 illustrations, 19 in colour
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola Alchemy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror Stanislav and Christina Grot Beyond Death The Gates of Consciousness John Sharkey Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion David H/laclagan Creation Myths Man's Introduction to the World Francis Huxley The Dragon Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature David Coxhead and Susan Hiller DrOamS Visions of the Night
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