Since time immemorial, people have been each awed and guided by the ability of the unknown. A foundation of religious beliefs the world over is the abiding query, why?—a probing wonderment typically adopted carefully by, what occurs once we die?
Human perception methods present construction that assist us to make sense of the world, and but the character of our existence—and the way we match into the context of the cosmos—includes a few of the most beguiling mysteries of all. It’s no shock that throughout cultures and all through millennia, our seek for which means and reference to different worlds has impressed unimaginable creativity.
Spirit Worlds, forthcoming from TASCHEN on September 15, celebrates artwork’s relationship to different realms. Greater than 400 works spanning hundreds of years, paired with essays and interviews with students and practitioners, illustrate our fascination with supernatural, from angels and celestial beings to darker forces like ghosts and demons.
The title marks the sixth installment in The Library of Esoterica sequence, which additionally consists of titles like Plant Magick and Sacred Websites. Spirit Worlds clocks in at greater than 500 pages, surveying demise rites, altars, sacred temples, the messages of prophets, hyperlinks mediums make with the opposite aspect, symbolic statuary, and extra.
“In this expansive volume, we board the ferry across the storied river and enter the gloomy passages between lands, stepping across the threshold—to part the most sacred of veils,” the writer says.
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