Alexandria. The Journal of Western Cosmological Traditions. Number 2.
Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 430pp + xpp adverts, b&w illustrations. Essays, book reviews, author bios, list of subscribers. The second issue of this important periodical. "Alexandria explores the relationships between philosophy, cosmology, myth and culture; the spiritual, philosophical, and intellectual heritage of the Western world; and what the humanities have to contribute to the world today." Much on hermetica and kindred fields. Contents of this issue: Introduction: Cosmopolis, or the New Alexandria by David Fideler, The Museum at Alexandria by Edward Parsons, A Note on the Muses by Adam McLean, Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Revival of the First Universal Library. A Report from UNESCO, Alexandria: Past, Present, and Future by Eric Mueller, Hypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher by Nancy Nietupski, The Life of Hypatia from The Suda. Translated by Jeremiah Reedy, The Life of Hypatia by Socrates Scholasticus, The Life of Hypatia by John, Bishop of Nikiu, Psychedelic Effects and the Eleusinian Mysteries by Shawn Eyer The Science and Art of Animating Statues by David Fideler, The Alchemical Harp of Mechtild of Hackeborn by Therese Schroeder-Sheker, The Fish Bride by Jane Thigpen, An Introduction to the Monochord by Siemen Terpstra, A Note on Ptolemy's Polychord and the Contemporary Relevance of Harmonic Science by David Fideler, Mysticism and Spiritual Harmonics in Eighteenth-Century England by Arthur Versluis, Mentalism and the Cosmological Fallacy by Joscelyn Godwin, Printing, Memory, and the Loss of the Celestial by Arthur Versluis, Gerhard Dorn's Monarchy of the Ternary in Union Versus the Monomachia of the Dyad in Confusion. Translated by Daniel Willens, Imago Magia, Virgin Mother of Eternity: Imagination and Phantasy in the Philosophy of Jacob Boehme by Hugh Urban, The Castle of Heroes: W. B. Yeats' Celtic Mystical Order by Peter Cawley, The Availability of the One: An Interpretive Essay by Michael Hornum, The Magic of Romance: The Cultivation of Eros from Sappho to the Troubadours by Christopher Bamford, Seating Arrangements in Plato's Symposium by Robin Waterfield, All Religions are One by William Blake, The Dolphin in Greek Legend and Myth by Melitta Rabinovitch Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks by Christine Rhone, The Cosmological Rorschach by David Fideler, Psalm by Carolyn North, Orphic Hymn to Artemis. Translated by Shawn Eyer and Reports from Hyperborea by John Henry. A bit of light edgewear else a tight, clean near Fine copy. Item #68980
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