Time

Fülszöveg

The forms of time give shape to human experience. Traditional thought, from China to ancient Greece, embodies time not only in gods and goddesses but also in the various devices which measure and grasp it. Time as flux is apparent in the flow of grains in an hourglass; time as eternal return, in the circling aeons of the Indian and Maya calendars or the tail-eating Serpent Ouroboros; time as a universal pattern of synchronous events, in the I Ching or the astrologers' intricate figure-work. The paradoxes inherent in these parallel ways of conceiving time reveal the mysterious Coincidence of Opposites which underlies the cosmos.
With 143 illustrations, 16 in colour
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola Alchemy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror John Sharkey Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion David Maclagan Creation Myths Man's Introduction to the World David Coxhead and Susan Hiller Dreams Visions of the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The forms of time give shape to human experience. Traditional thought, from China to ancient Greece, embodies time not only in gods and goddesses but also in the various devices which measure and grasp it. Time as flux is apparent in the flow of grains in an hourglass; time as eternal return, in the circling aeons of the Indian and Maya calendars or the tail-eating Serpent Ouroboros; time as a universal pattern of synchronous events, in the I Ching or the astrologers' intricate figure-work. The paradoxes inherent in these parallel ways of conceiving time reveal the mysterious Coincidence of Opposites which underlies the cosmos.
With 143 illustrations, 16 in colour
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowski de Rola Alchemy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror John Sharkey Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion David Maclagan Creation Myths Man's Introduction to the World David Coxhead and Susan Hiller Dreams Visions of the Night
John Michel! The Earth Spirit its ways, shrines and Mysteries Francis King Magic The Western Tradition Jill Puree The Mystic Spiral Journey of the Soul Maria-Cabriele Wosien Sacred Dance Encounter with the Cods David V. Tansley Subtle Body Essence and Shadow
Laleh Bakhtiar Sufi Expressions of the Mystic Quest Philip Rawson Tantra The Indian Cult of Ecstasy Philip Rawson and Laszlo Legeza Tao The Chinese Philosophy of Time and Change Roger Cook The Tree of Life symbol of the Centre Vissza