{"product_id":"mirror-of-the-marvelous-the-surrealist-reimagining-of-myth","title":"Mirror of the Marvelous","description":"A surrealist exploration of the marvelous in ancient, classic, and modern works from around the world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • Reveals the “marvelous” in works from William Blake, Edgar Allen Poe, William Shakespeare, Chrétien de Troyes, and Arthur Rimbaud; legends and folktales from around the world; classics from Ovid, Plato, and Apuleius; Masonic ritual texts, Mesopotamia’s \u003ci\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003ePopol-Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e, Lewis Caroll’s \u003ci\u003eAlice through the Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, Solomon’s \u003ci\u003eSong of Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, and Goethe’s \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in French as \u003ci\u003eMiroir du merveilleux\u003c\/i\u003e in 1940, \u003ci\u003eMirror of the Marvelous\u003c\/i\u003e has long been considered one of the most significant and original books to have come out of the surrealist movement and Anaïs Nin suggested it as a source of inspiration, far ahead of its time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pierre Mabille defines “the marvelous” as the point at which inner and outer realities are joined and the individual is simultaneously one with himself and with the world, thus recovering the true sense of the sacred. He shows how “the marvelous” goes beyond simply being a synonym for “the fantastic” to engage the entire emotional realm. Mabille cites a far-reaching range of texts, from the classic to the obscure, from Egyptian myth to Voodoo initiation ceremonies, from the ancient epic to the modern poem, from the creation myth to more contemporary visions of apocalypse. He includes surrealist analyses of works from William Blake, Edgar Allen Poe, William Shakespeare, Chrétien de Troyes, and Arthur Rimbaud; legends and folktales from Egypt, Iceland, Mexico, Africa, India, and other cultures; classics from Ovid, Plato, and Apuleius; Masonic ritual texts, Mesopotamia’s \u003ci\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003ePopol-Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e, Lewis Caroll’s \u003ci\u003eAlice through the Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, Solomon’s \u003ci\u003eSong of Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, and selections from Goethe’s \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Inner Traditions Bear and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32115827277907,"sku":"9781620557334","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781620557334_9c948f65-baa8-4664-9111-20d794c0a8f3.jpg?v=1778323518","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mirror-of-the-marvelous-the-surrealist-reimagining-of-myth","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}