This book offers fascinating insights into the world of symbols, exploring the history, culture and psychology that lie behind images from all traditions, East and West.
The book offers a pictorial compendium of symbols and symbol systems, and reveals how an understanding of the message conveyed by symbols can enrich our lives. At the heart of the book is a stimulating visual directory that covers all types of meaningful images, including: mazes; creatures of land, sea and air; dragons; flowers and gemstones; heaven and hell; and many more. The author also looks in detail at the great symbol systems from I Ching to the Zodiac.
