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Surrealism and Operative Alchemy: The Secret Language at the Origins of the Surrealist Movement

Surrealism and Operative Alchemy: The Secret Language at the Origins of the Surrealist Movement - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Patrick LepetitPublish date:2/17/2026Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:Inner Traditions InternationalISBN-13:9798888501672UPC:9798888501672Book Category:Body, Mind & Spirit, ArtBook Subcategory:Mysticism, Occultism, MovementsBook Topic:ModernismSize:8.70 x 5.70 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCVMXRVYH1

Surrealism and Operative Alchemy: The Secret Language at the Origins of the Surrealist Movement

Discover the links between European surrealism and the alchemical tradition

- Draws on rare primary documents to reveal the connections between surrealism, 20th century alchemy, and 19th century occultism

- Explores Éliphas Lévi, Jewish and Christian Kabbalah, and Hermeticism to show how surrealist symbology contained an initiatory dimension or "secret teaching"

- Details collaborations between...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Inner Traditions InternationalISBN-13:9798888501672UPC:9798888501672Book Category:Body, Mind & Spirit, ArtBook Subcategory:Mysticism, Occultism, MovementsBook Topic:ModernismSize:8.70 x 5.70 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCVMXRVYH1
Patrick Lepetit is the author of The Esoteric Secrets of Surrealism and has written several books in French on surrealism and esoteric traditions. He is a member of the Grand Orient de France and of the Mélusine Network of scholars interested in surrealism. He lives in Mons en Baroeul, France.
Publisher: Inner Traditions International

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