The Golden Fleece and Alchemy

This book traces the Golden Fleece myth from late paganism through medieval and Renaissance alchemical and masonic interpretations. We follow the changing fashions in the history of initiation as well as in mythology. Faivre connects politics, chivalry, the age of exploration, Renaissance architecture and iconography, the hermeneutics of eighteenth century Germany and France, and modern practitioners of alchemy.
This book will be welcomed by modern practitioners of alchemy and the occult as well as by scholars of esotericism.

About the author

Antoine Faivre is Directeur d'Etudes a l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Section des Sciences Religieuse), Sorbonne, Paris.

Product details

• Authors: Antoine Faivre
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.03.1993
• EAN: 9780791414101
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1410-1
• No. of pages: 140
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 213 g
• Series: SUNY Series in Western Esoteri; SUNY Series in Western Esoteri; Suny Western Esoteric Traditio
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works