On Alchemy

Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Alchemy is the art of transmuting base metal into gold - a material process that also functions as a metaphor for spiritual transformation and creativity. This book contains all the information and skills you need to start practising alchemy - to unite your inner spiritual work with your outer work, to decode the most complex alchemical texts and also, if you wish, to take up practical laboratory alchemy. The book is aimed at all those who are excited about alchemy's potential for spiritually enriching their lives and art, as well as practising alchemists who want key to the difficult texts and to explore how inner work can be united with their outer practice. Mind-blowing exercises include:The practice of geometry to purify the inner eyeThe meditative practice of rehearsing a process from beginning to end to solve a problemObservation exercises using alchemical images and processesDreamwork to question the godsOn Alchemy puts the conceptual tools and practices of alchemy into the hands of readers and show creators of all types how to use art-making as a spiritual path.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-06-13
Mått130 x 185 x 20 mm
Vikt276 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor120
FörlagWatkins Media Limited
ISBN9781786787705

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"This wise, lucidly-written book is his canonical distillation: here, in concentrated but lucid fashion, he offers explanations and exercises that will be of immeasurable help to anyone hoping to navigate this enormous field." - Sukhdev Sandhu directs the Colloquium for Unpopular Culture at New York University"Magister Cotnoir distills and multiplies his ideas and sources with easy and unforced erudition. Finally, a book on Alchemy that tells us what to do." - Bill Breeze (known as Hymenaeus Beta), Frater Superior, O.T.O."Brian Cotnoir’s study of the Royal Art is here distilled in a form perfect for the student of alchemy and for those seeking to use the ideas, concepts and discipline of alchemy in their own creative practice." - Jesse Bransford, artist, Clinical Associate Professor of Art, NYU Steinhardt, and author of A Book of Staves"Well-organized, clear and concise, this study provides an understandable framework for students of all levels to enter into this notoriously complex and difficult terrain." - Susan L. Aberth, Edith C. Blum Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Bard College and author of The Tarot of Leonora Carrington.