Occult: Decoding the visual culture of mysticism, magic and divination | Author: Peter Forshaw
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A clear, concise and detailed historical analysis of the eclectic and arcane visual and material culture of the occult.
For hundreds of years, occult - or hidden - knowledge has been recorded in esoteric manuscripts, enshrined in illustrated grimoires, inscribed in stelae, incorporated in cryptic paintings and embodied in arcane ritual objects. Delve within these pages and pore over myriad intricate images, ornate manuscripts and intriguing ritual objects, and discover the meaning concealed within the secret ciphers, mysterious symbols and covert rituals of the occult.
Hardcover
24.5 x 18 cm
256 Pages
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