The Cult of the Cat

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Cats belong to a supernatural world of potency and prowess. They are the survivors, the creatures most at home In their environment, the fastest and most successful predators on earth. Since Alexander, kings have hunted them; Heracles and David conquered them and wore their skins. The Egyptians worshipped them as goddesses; the shamans and sorcerers of Central Africa and South America took on their shapes to gain entry to the spirit realm; in the dark circle of witchcraft they are the envoys of Satan. Tamed, they remain free, our link with the superhuman in the wild. Between the feline and the human worlds has developed a mysterious rapport expressed in magic, in folk belief, and in the continuing presence of countless millions of pet cats as the objects of everyday worship.
With 130 illustrations, 16 In colour
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola AlChCmy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror Stanislav and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Cats belong to a supernatural world of potency and prowess. They are the survivors, the creatures most at home In their environment, the fastest and most successful predators on earth. Since Alexander, kings have hunted them; Heracles and David conquered them and wore their skins. The Egyptians worshipped them as goddesses; the shamans and sorcerers of Central Africa and South America took on their shapes to gain entry to the spirit realm; in the dark circle of witchcraft they are the envoys of Satan. Tamed, they remain free, our link with the superhuman in the wild. Between the feline and the human worlds has developed a mysterious rapport expressed in magic, in folk belief, and in the continuing presence of countless millions of pet cats as the objects of everyday worship.
With 130 illustrations, 16 In colour
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola AlChCmy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror Stanislav and Christina Grof Beyond Death The Gates of Consciousness John Sharkey Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion David Maclagan Creation Myths Man's Introduction to the World Francis Huxley ThG DragOPI Natureof Spirit, Spirit of Nature David Coxhead and Susan Hiller Dreams Visions ofthe Night
John Michell The Earth Spirit Its Ways, Shrines and Mysteries Lucie Lamy Egyptian Mysteries New Light on Ancient Knowledge
Francis Huxley The Eye Ttie Seer and the Seen Joscelyn Godwin Robett Fludd Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds Adele Getty Goddess Mother of Living Nature John Matthews The Gfail Quest for the Eternal Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi Kabbalah Tradition of Hidden Knowledge Geoffrey Ashe King Arthur The Dream of a Golden Age Joscelyn Godwin Athanasius Kircher A Renaissance Man and the Quest for the Lost Knowledge Francis King Magic The Western Tradition Peter Payne Martial Arts The Spiritual Dimension Jill Puree The Mystic Spiral Journey of the Soul Painton Cowen Rose Windows
Marla-Gabriele Woslen SaCted DanCO Encounter with the Gods
Robert Lawlor Sacred Geometry Philosophy and Practice Joan Halifax Shaman The Wounded Healer David V.Tansley Subtle Body Essence and Stiadow
Laieh Bakhtiar Sufi Expressions of the Mystic Quest Philip Rawson Tantra The Indian Cult of Ecstasy Philip Rawson and Laszio Legeza TaO The Chinese Philosophy-of Time and Change Marie-Louise von Franz Time Rhythm and Repose RogerCook The Tree of Life image for the cosmos Anne Bancroft Zen Direct Pointing to Reality Vissza