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The Serpent Symbol in Tradition

The Serpent Symbol in Tradition

Dailey, Charles William

Paperback

General World History

ISBN10: 1914208684
ISBN13: 9781914208683
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Jan 20 2022
Pages: 644
Weight: 1.78
Height: 1.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

A study of traditional serpent and dragon symbolism, based in part upon the concepts and observations of René Guénon, Mircea Eliade, and various other relevant researchers.

Serpent and dragon symbolism is ubiquitous in the art and mythology of premodern cultures around the world. Over the centuries, conflicting hypotheses have been proposed to interpret this symbolism which, while illuminating, have proved insufficient to the task of revealing a singular meaning for the vast majority of examples. In The Serpent Symbol in Tradition, Dr. Dailey argues that, in what the symbolist René Guénon and the historian of religions Mircea Eliade have called 'traditional' or 'archaic' societies, the serpent/dragon transculturally symbolizes matter, a state of being that is constituted by the perception of the physical world as chaotic in comparison to what traditional peoples believed to be the 'higher' meta-physical source of 'nature.'

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