Alchemical Imagination

• Utgivningsdatum: 2026-06-04
• Mått: 225 x 35 x 157 mm
• Vikt: 2 225 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 256
• Förlag: Red Wheel/Weiser
• Medarbetare: Susan L. Aberth
• ISBN: 9781578639014

• Minnesteknik & tanketräning
• Självhjälp och inspiration
• Mystik, magi och det ockulta
• Genusvetenskap

Eliza Swann is an interdisciplinary artist, intuitive, writer, and educator based in New York City. They are the author of The Anatomy of the Aura, which bestselling author Yumi Sakugawa called “beautiful and life-affirming,” and the founder of the Golden Dome School, an alternative school that explores the mystical dimensions of art. The Alchemical Imagination draws on Eliza’s ten years of teaching alchemy in universities and cultural institutions, including a long-standing popular interdisciplinary art and alchemy course at the Pratt Institute. Eliza received a BA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from Central St. Martins in London. In 2023, they were selected as lecturer-in-residence at the Philosophical Research Society and have also been an invited lecturer at Central St. Martins, the San Francisco Art Institute, the Hammer Museum, te Pratt Institute, and the New School. Their writing has appeared in BOMB, Arthur, Contemporary Art Review LA, Momus, and Perfect Wave. They contributed essays to Taschen’s Witchcraft and A Confluence of Witches. Their work has been supported by PEN America, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Pratt Faculty Development Fund, the Feminist Center for Creative Work, and the Wassaic Project. As a visual artist, Eliza has exhibited artwork internationally, most recently at the University of California Santa Cruz, and the Feminist Center for Creative Work in Los Angeles, California.

“Do not hesitate. Read this book. Study this book. Do the practices. The volume in your hands is not about alchemy; it is an alchemical book. It is all here, alchemical theory and practice beautifully, clearly, and expertly explained, but more importantly, Eliza Swann uncovers the alchemical underpinnings within the work of contemporary artists. From their words and creations, she develops a series of truly alchemical exercises and practices for a radical transformation.”—Brian Cotnoir, author of Practical Alchemy and Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter“Eliza Swann’s The Alchemical Imagination is going to be your golden key, not only to unlocking a fundamental knowledge of alchemy’s history and processes, but also to harnessing its spiritual lessons.”—from the foreword by Susan L. Aberth, professor of art history, Bard“A humane and engaging artist’s guide, The Alchemical Imagination suggests that creativity rooted in an esoteric spirituality can purify, refine, and elevate both art and the human spirit.”—Kristine Morris, Foreword Reviews

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