On Magic & The Occult - W. B. Yeats

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Edited by Claudio RocchettiCover Design by Alice WinklerScholars of poetry dont often follow Yeats out onto the treacherous ground of his esotericism, and yet doing so is one of th e main interpretative keys to the Yeatsian worldview. Images arising from its symbolism are still too often read as personally subjective, while the poet himself constructs a path of knowledge grounded in Kabbalistic and Hermetic tradition, and in particular the Rosicrucian renaissance of alchemy and magic, as practised by Maier in Germany, and Fludd and Ashmole in England.Those who have approached the magical side of the poet have often stopped on the threshold of A Vision; here, we try to provide an overview of the work that led to that vision, a small compendium mapping the poets thought.This selection comprises: Wanderings of Oisin (1889), Magic (1901), Rosa Alchemica (1913), The Mountain Tomb (1914), Ego Dominus Tuus (1919) and many more.Hardcover bound in Yellow GeltexMeasures 100x160 mm120-gram black EndpapersPrinted on 115 g wood-free, age resistant Cream paper250 PagesSewn Book BlockBlack Bookmark and Headbands Show more