Novaliss Hymns to the Night is not only one of the seminal documents of German Romanticism as well as of modern poetry and poetic experimentation, it is also one of the landmarks of Sophiology. The poem, which shifts from poetic forms to prose, from biography to the realm of the spirit, and from the historical to the transcendent, discloses to the reader a world ever new, as the poet scales the he...

Novaliss Hymns to the Night is not only one of the seminal documents of German Romanticism as well as of modern poetry and poetic experimentation, it is also one of the landmarks of Sophiology. The poem, which shifts from poetic forms to prose, from biography to the realm of the spirit, and from the historical to the transcendent, discloses to the reader a world ever new, as the poet scales the he...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

That sacred art scarcely exists today is all too clear. We can perhaps speak of a religious, but certainly not a sacred art. True sacred art is not sentimental or psychological, but ontological and cosmological in nature. Sacred art cannot be the result of the feelings, fantasies, or even thought of the artistas with most modern artbut rather the translation of a reality largely surpassing the lim...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was one of the few authorities of our time competent to interpret the doctrines and arts of the worlds great religious traditions. The Bugbear of Literacy was first printed in England in 1949. This enlarged edition includes an article later found among the authors papers, entitled The Bugbear of Democracy, Freedom, and Equality. It can be said that this book, tog...

As the title suggests, we are here addressing the most fundamental questions: Who is man? What is art? What is the bond that unites man, nature and art? The argument at the heart of this book is that what should be common to all men and women-a natural affinity with the sacred that holds out the promise of spiritual experience in everyday life- is in fact made all but impossible by the very nature...

As the title suggests, we are here addressing the most fundamental questions: Who is man? What is art? What is the bond that unites man, nature and art? The argument at the heart of this book is that what should be common to all men and women-a natural affinity with the sacred that holds out the promise of spiritual experience in everyday life- is in fact made all but impossible by the very nature...

This work, the third panel of a triptych dedicated by the author to thenotion of illness derived from the patristic and hagiographic texts of theChristian East from the first to the fourteenth centuries, makes anessential contribution to the history of mental illnesses and theirtherapies in a domain very little studied until now.Confronted by the numerous problems still posed today in understandin...

Combined here in one volume are two books, The Crisis of Religious Symbolism and Symbolism and Reality. Although published seven years apart, these two works are integral to one another. Symbolism and Reality represents a kind of sabbath rest--its subtitle says reflection--after the mighty works of The Crisis of Religious Symbolism, where the deep structures of three hundred years of Western philo...