The Value of the Study of Dante (by Elizabeth Harrison)
“Behold then in this little play
A world-wide truth set free !
Easily may a symbol teach
What thy reason cannot reach.”
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InLibroVeritas
- 15 févr. 2022
- 7 Min
Alchemy and Introversion
"Introversion accordingly presents two possibilities, either to gain what the mystic work seeks, or to lose oneself."
InLibroVeritas
- 20 juil. 2021
- 7 Min
Mircea Eliade : "Sleep and Death"
"In Greek mythology, Sleep and Death, Hypnos and Thanatos, are twin brothers."
InLibroVeritas
- 12 juin 2021
- 8 Min
"Icare ou la folie des grandeurs", par Paul Diel
"Se fiant vaniteusement à ses ailes qui ne sont qu’artifice, .. l’intellect ne connaît plus de mesure, il se propose d’atteindre le soleil."
InLibroVeritas
- 8 juin 2021
- 7 Min
The Poet and The Magic of Orpheus
"The achievement of this Orphic poetry is to create the peace, trust, and sensitivity in which man can listen to this music of nature..."
InLibroVeritas
- 30 mars 2021
- 5 Min
Giordano Bruno and the Virtues of the Zodiac
"May the Dragon of Envy be far from us, and the Swan of Imprudence, the Cassiopeia of Vanity, the Andromeda of Laziness..."
InLibroVeritas
- 19 mars 2021
- 7 Min
The Cat in Mythology, by Marie-Louise von Franz
"The white cat was a healer and a nurse. She destroyed poison, counteracted irritation and strengthened people's powers of recuperation."
InLibroVeritas
- 13 mars 2021
- 1 Min
Botticelli et Ficin : Les Mystères du Tarot de Marseille
Extraits de : Les Mystères du Tarot de Marseille ; Documentaire de Philippe Truffault et Christophe Poncet (Arte, 2015)
InLibroVeritas
- 13 mars 2021
- 5 Min
Marie Louise Von Franz : Alchemy and Individuation
"The same processes the alchemists employed in contemplation of the transmutation of metals can be used to bring union to the self."
InLibroVeritas
- 25 févr. 2021
- 5 Min
La symbolique de l'abeille dans l'antiquité
"Le lien entre abeilles et nymphes nous conduit naturellement au mythe d’Aristée, narré au livre IV des Géorgiques par Virgile."
InLibroVeritas
- 23 févr. 2021
- 6 Min
John Keats : Endymion or The Quest for Beauty
"The shepherd prince's pursuit stands for the human heart's pursuit of Beauty, or Truth, Happiness, Love, Light."
InLibroVeritas
- 20 févr. 2021
- 2 Min
The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch
[Essays and documentaries on Hieronymus Bosch's work]
InLibroVeritas
- 9 févr. 2021
- 1 Min
Gérard de Nerval: Les "quatre épreuves" de la pyramide de Gizeh
"Il vaut mieux nous en rapporter à l’opinion des anciens Grecs qui n’ont vu dans les pyramides que des monuments consacrés aux initiations."
InLibroVeritas
- 31 janv. 2021
- 1 Min
Jérôme Bosch, touché par le diable
[Documentaire par Pieter van Huystee (2015)]
InLibroVeritas
- 29 janv. 2021
- 3 Min
Ancient Sculptures of Goddesses
Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos, c. 1600 BC
InLibroVeritas
- 23 janv. 2021
- 4 Min
The Goddess as Cat
Statue of the Goddess Bastet, 26th Dynasty, Egypt "It is in Ancient Egypt where the cat flourished..."
InLibroVeritas
- 17 janv. 2021
- 4 Min
Albrecht Dürer's Melencolia: The "Gateway to Heaven"
[Essay] "The Dürer coat-of-arms is both an ideogram for “Gateway in Heaven” and a rebus for “I engrave the gateway”..."
InLibroVeritas
- 27 déc. 2020
- 7 Min
Ernst Jünger: La Forêt Symbolique
[Extrait] "La doctrine des forêts est antique comme l’histoire des hommes, et même plus vieille qu’elle...."
InLibroVeritas
- 21 déc. 2020
- 5 Min
Saturnalia Festival: The Origins of Christmas Lore
[Focus] "The ancient Romans honored the god Saturn in a midwinter festival known as Saturnalia."
InLibroVeritas
- 10 déc. 2020
- 6 Min
The God Thoth and the Invention of Writing
[Focus] "Thoth, the "excellent of understanding", observed and wrote down everything that happened and reported it to Ra every morning."
InLibroVeritas
- 14 nov. 2022
