Patrick Lepetit

The Esoteric Secrets of Surrealism

Origins, Magic, and Secret Societies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A profound understanding of the surrealists' connections with alchemists and secret societies and the hermetic aspirations revealed in their works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9781620551752
• ISBN-10: 1620551756
• Artikelnr.: 37228378

Autorenporträt

Patrick Lepetit has written several books in French on esoteric traditions and surrealism. He is a member of the Grand Orient de France and of the Mélusine Network of scholars interested in surrealism. He lives in Mons en Baroeul, France.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Bernard Roger
Introduction: Tolerance and Acceptance of Difference
1 Under the Sign of the Goose: Surrealism and Liberation of the Mind
2 Surrealism and the Sacred
3 Surrealism and the Labyrinth of the Mind
4 Surrealism and Divination
5 Surrealism and Astrology
6 Surrealism and Dark Romanticism: “In the Closed Palace”
7 The Unappeasable Shadow of Arthur’s Companions: Surrealism and Celticism
8 Surrealism and Alchemy: “You with Lead in the Head, Melt It Down to Make
Surrealist Gold”
9 Surrealism and Magic
10 Surrealism, Freemasonry, and Voodoo: Ogun Ferraille, the Elect Cohen,
and the Great Tradition
11 Surrealism and Gnosticism
12 Surrealism and Tradition: Occult Sources, Histories of Orders and
Churches
13 Surrealism and Myth
14 Keeping a Level Head?
Notes
Bibliography
Index