Strange Fruit: Alchemy, Religion and Magic Foods, A Speculative History

Heinrich, Clark

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., 2 Soho Square, London, 1995

Beschreibung

First published 1995; full number-line. Fine black cloth boards, silver spine titles. Heavy stock coated pages fine. Large photo-plate sections of richly hued mushroom images and the related classical art. Pictorial dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 20 GBP, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel with cover titles features "The Nativity" by Petrus Christus, c. 1450. Very attractive. Near fine first and only edition in original wrapper. Contents: "A Brief Explanation of an Unusual Book; 1. Beating Around the Burning Bush; 2. The Soma Drinkers; The Fly Agaric; 4. Curious Evidence; 5. The Dwarf Sun-God; 6. The Red-Eyed Howler; 7. The Secrets of Eden; 8. The Prophets of Ancient Israel; 9. Living Water and the Bread of Life: The Story of Jesus; 10. The Knowers of God; 11. The Mysterious Grail; 12. Elixir: The Secret Stone of Alchemy; 13. An Artistic Conspiracy?; 14. Heaven and Hell; Last Word; Appendix: The Legend of Miskwedo; Notes; Illustrations; Index." Clark Heinrich presents an intriguing investigation into the elusive philosopher's stone of medieval alchemy. Carl Jung spent over half his life trying to indentify this mythic stone - the means of achieving nirvana, seeing God, and the path to all understanding. Jung ultimately concluded that no such stone or elixir existed. Clark Heinrich presents in "Strange Fruit" why Jung was wrong. In this wide ranging quest, Clark Heinrich reaches back thousands of years to ancient Inida and examines references, textual and visual, or artistic. Heinrich breaks down the Vedic and Puranic myths and icons explaining their arcane messages and interprets the symbology. He identifies similarities between Vedic and Tantric cults and then contemporaneous Jewish sects. An elixir is traced from its appearance in the Garden of Eden from Moses to the prophets up through to Jesus, and the Gnostics. The secrets were kept alive and passed through a shepherdic conspiracy. Heinrich proceeds to the cult of chivalry and the mystical quest for the Holy Grail; the cup said to have held Christ's blood, and finally, to the alchemists with Jesus as their stone. "Strange Fruit" is the result of many years of active research, field work and intuited reasoning. Many have sought meaning in the symbols, a key to it all, and truth beyond metaphor. Only now have the myths and religions been drawn together in a single mosaic providing a remarkable revelation. Printed in Great Britain by Butler and Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London. 212 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 016888

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Strange Fruit: Alchemy, Religion and Magic ...

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc., 2 Soho Square, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1995

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Rowinski, Fielding (Cover Design)

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: First Edition.

Art des Buches: Book