The illustrated encyclopedia of signs, symbols & dream interpretation : the visual vocabulary and secret language that shape our thoughts and dreams and dictate our reactions to the world, with more than 2200 vivid images
Title:
The illustrated encyclopedia of signs, symbols & dream interpretation : the visual vocabulary and secret language that shape our thoughts and dreams and dictate our reactions to the world, with more than 2200 vivid images
Author:
O'Connell, Mark (Psychologist), author.
Personal Author:
ISBN:
9780754835301
Physical Description:
512 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Place of publication from the publisher's website.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: UNDERSTANDING SIGNS & SYMBOLS -- Ancient Symbols -- Symbols Of Spirituality -- Symbols In Society -- SYMBOLS WE LIVE BY -- Everday Living -- Patterns And Graphics -- Myth And The Cosmos -- Connecting With Spirit -- Life Processes -- Flora And Fauna -- The Living Planet -- ALL ABOUT DREAMING -- Dreaming Through History -- The Nature Of Dreams -- The Sense And Substance Of Dreams -- Working With Dreams -- THE DREAM LEXICON -- Abstract Qualities -- Nature Dreams -- The Cycle Of Life -- Mind, Body And Spirit -- Engaging With People -- Living In The World -- Movement, Machines And Structures -- Magic And Fantasy -- DIRECTORY OF SIGNS.
Abstract:
"The visual vocabulary and secret language that shape our thoughts and dreams and dictate our reactions to the world, with more than 2200 vivid images. Many symbols carry an elemental power that transcends boundaries and holds significance for other cultures. This comprehensive and beautiful book discusses and illustrates thousands of these symbols and assesses their position in language, art, literature, mythology, magic, religion and psychology. In the second half of the book, how we dream and how we interpret dreams is analysed as a way of accessing our subconscious fears, desires and preoccupations. The erudite text provides a wealth of cultural background to primal metaphors that are part of mankind's universal language. The book is both a journey of discovery into the importance of symbolism and dreaming and a vast visual resource of signs and symbols."--Amazon.
Summary:
"The visual vocabulary and secret language that shape our thoughts and dreams and dictate our reactions to the world, with more than 2200 vivid images. Many symbols carry an elemental power that transcends boundaries and holds significance for other cultures. This comprehensive and beautiful book discusses and illustrates thousands of these symbols and assesses their position in language, art, literature, mythology, magic, religion and psychology. In the second half of the book, how we dream and how we interpret dreams is analysed as a way of accessing our subconscious fears, desires and preoccupations. The erudite text provides a wealth of cultural background to primal metaphors that are part of mankind's universal language. The book is both a journey of discovery into the importance of symbolism and dreaming and a vast visual resource of signs and symbols."--Amazon.
