Beginning with an overview of the symbolism of creative forces in general, The Phallus first examines the representation of male fertility in such forms as the menhirs or standing stones of prehistoric Europe; the Mahalinga and Svayambhu of India; and the ancient Greek Omphalos. The second part of the book surveys the presence of ithyphallic gods in archaic shamanistic religions...
Author: Joseph Campbell
Finally available in a popularly priced,non-illustrated, smaller-format edition, which is ideal for the college market and general reader alike,this extraordinary best-seller is a brilliant evocation of the noted scholar’s teachings on mythology.
Author; Snorri Sturluson "King Gylfe was a wise man and skilled in the black art. He wondered much that the asa-folk was so mighty in knowledge, that all things went after their will. He thought to himself whether this could come from their own nature, or whether the cause must be sought for among the gods whom they worshiped. He...
Richly painted, at times fantastical, fine art images of plants, animals, and people co-inhabit a dream-like world guiding tarot readers down a radiant path of awakening creativity and personal growth.The creation of The Radiant Tarot deck was born from the author and artist’s years of working with archetypal images, the universal symbolic language. Sentient animal and plant kingdoms animate the artwork, honoring...
A rich and creative deck, a lush tapestry of mythology and dreams. This deck-originally created for readers of The Raven Cycle-helps us use our skills and our intuition as guides for living. Maggie brilliantly plays with the idea of cunning (the raven) and the idea of intuition (the moon) through traditional tarot card meanings and symbolism.
