Description: This remarkable and groundbreaking study explores the author's view that there is a close correspondence between the basic tenets of alchemy and those of Jewish esoteric tradition, generally known as Kabbalah. The author, Arturo Schwarz, points out that both alchemy and Kabbalah are frequently distorted in popular as well as scholarly literature. The real concern of alchemy is not to transmute lead into gold, but rather, through the investigation of the self, to evolve from the state of ignorance (symbolized by lead) to that of awareness (symbolized by gold). As Schwarz points out, "this drive toward self-awareness is also basic in the teachings of the major kabbalists." Schwarz goes on to explain that in both systems "one of the major instruments of understanding our inner self is love, both physical and spiritual." Through a careful analysis of the use of sexual imagery in both systems, Schwarz builds his fascinating and eye-opening thesis that alchemy and kabbalistic tradition share profound similarities.
Price: 180 USD
Location: Martinez, California
End Time: 2024-11-16T02:53:40.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Book Title: Kabbalah and Alchemy : an Essay ON Common Archetypes
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
Item Length: 9in
Edition: First Printing
Publication Year: 2001
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1.1in
Author: Arturo Schwarz
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Psychology, Religion
Topic: Movements / Psychoanalysis, Judaism / General, Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, Judaism / Orthodox
Item Width: 6in
Item Weight: 16.4 Oz
