A profound understanding of the surrealists' connections with alchemists and secret societies and the hermetic aspirations revealed in their works.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Bernard Roger
Introduction: Tolerance and Acceptance of Difference
1 Under the Sign of the Goose: Surrealism and Liberation of the Mind
2 Surrealism and the Sacred
3 Surrealism and the Labyrinth of the Mind
4 Surrealism and Divination
5 Surrealism and Astrology
6 Surrealism and Dark Romanticism: “In the Closed Palace”
7 The Unappeasable Shadow of Arthur’s Companions: Surrealism and Celticism
8 Surrealism and Alchemy: “You with Lead in the Head, Melt It Down to Make Surrealist Gold”
9 Surrealism and Magic
10 Surrealism, Freemasonry, and Voodoo: Ogun Ferraille, the Elect Cohen, and the Great Tradition
11 Surrealism and Gnosticism
12 Surrealism and Tradition: Occult Sources, Histories of Orders and Churches
13 Surrealism and Myth
14 Keeping a Level Head?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
