Deel van de The Library of Esoterica-serie.

Auteurs: Jessica Hundley (red.) & Pam Montgomery

Jaar: 2023

Druk: niet genoemd

ISBN: 9783836585644 / 3836585642

Taal: Engels

520 pagina's

Uitgeverij: Taschen

Hardcover, nieuw.

Achterflaptekst:

Through interviews, essays, and more than 400 images, Plant Magick is a vibrant journey through the roots of botanicals in myth, religion, and art. From ancient Egyptian stonework to modern paintings, this encyclopedic overview chronicles the rich, symbiotic relationship between plants and people.

Plant Magick is the fourth volume of The Library of Esoterica, a series exploring how centuries of artists have reimagined timeless mystical traditions, translating the arcane into enduring, visionary works of art.

Celebrating the magick of the natural realm, this book delves into the symbolism, ceremony, and our ritual relationships with the botanical world. A visual journey through our interdependent evolution with nature, Plant Magick celebrates botanicals as creative muse – from ancient Greek sculptures to Renaissance paintings to visionary art inspired by psychoactive plants, cacti, and mushrooms.

Our myths, beliefs, and shared stories are continually reflected in nature; purity represented by the white lily or spiritual awakening by the bloom of the lotus. Our joys and laments are mirrored in the cycle of the seasons, in the seed birthing sprout, or in the dead leaf falling softly from winter branches. Plants, trees, and flowers as signifiers of transition are also deeply embedded within rites of passage rituals across global cultures. Rose petals strewn along the wedding aisle mark the evolution into womanhood and marriage. A wreath of lilies stands sentinel over an open grave. A lover’s bouquet awaits on the doorstep. The wooden May Day pole is circled by girls wearing crowns of woven daisies, celebrating the coming of spring. Birth, unions, and burials – cycles of joyful celebration and deep grieving, all are marked symbolically with herbs, flowers or branches of a tree – the integration of nature into ceremony our method of signifying catharsis.

Since time immemorial, plants have also served as potent symbols within the religions of the world; Buddha attaining enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree, Eve plucking the Apple of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. From root to vibrant blossom, Plant Magick explores the fertile, interconnected history between plants and people, the multitude of ways in which we embrace plants in spiritual ceremony, as healing medicine, as creative muse and as gateways into deeper explorations of consciousness.

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