Esoteric Secrets Of Surrealism

Origins, Magic, and Secret Societies

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21st century
Language: English
Content type: Fiction

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Description from Libris, National Library of Sweden

Explains how surrealist paintings and poems employed mythology, gnostic principles, tarot, voodoo, alchemy and other hermetic sciences to seek out unexplored regions of the mind and recover lost “psychic” and magical powersProvides many examples of esoteric influence in surrealism, such as how Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon was originally titled The Bath of the Philosophers.Not merely an artistic[Bokinfo]

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Divination and oracles, Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity, Initiatory orders and secret societies, Occultism and esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

Occultism and esotericism
Retained metadata contains “esoteric” in the title, “esoteric” in the description, and “esoteric” in the edition title.
- “esoteric”· in title
- “esoteric”· in description
- “esoteric”· in edition title
Ritual magic and grimoires
Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle and “Magic” in the edition subtitle.
- “Magic”· in subtitle
- “Magic”· in edition subtitle
Witchcraft and folk magic
Retained metadata contains “voodoo” in the description.
- “voodoo”· in description
Alchemy and Hermeticism
Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description and “hermetic” in the description.
- “Alchemy”· in description
- “hermetic”· in description
Divination and oracles
Retained metadata contains “Tarot” in the description.
- “Tarot”· in description
Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity
Retained metadata contains “gnostic” in the description.
- “gnostic”· in description
Initiatory orders and secret societies
Controlled discovery queries from libris matched “secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the subtitle and “Secret societies” in the edition subtitle.
- “secret societies”· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
- “Secret societies”· in subtitle
- “Secret societies”· in edition subtitle

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Origins, Magic, and Secret Societies Libris bibliographic record 23 cm; 512 sidor	2014	Inner Traditions	English	9781620551752 1620551756	Catalog record	Libris, National Library of Sweden (opens in a new tab) Libris, National Library of Sweden (opens in a new tab)