The Hermetic Museum : Alchemy & Mysticism
by Alexander Roob

Paperback, 712 pages
Published by Taschen America Llc
Publication date: May 1, 1997
ISBN: 382288653X

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Reviews:

Remon, 7/15/98 It reads like a cartoon.

This book is probebly the best available recourse on the alchimical. Do not borrow it from your the libarary or your friends, buy it. It's worth every penny. Or, like me, get it from your sister for your birthday.

I've read the book and the first thing that came to my mind mind reading it was that is read like a cartoon written by Umberto Eco. Little text (just enough) with great depth (the Eco part) and lots of 'speaking' pictures (the cartoon part).

Great, absolutely great.

Dan from New York City , 10/06/97, An exquisite concrescence of alchemical art
There are lots of books where you can find reproduction of the occult woodcut illustrations that are some of our best records of Renaissance alchemical culture, but this book is the new contender: very clean reproductions, a broad range of history up to the present day, and great depth. I was lucky to buy a copy of this a few years ago during a trip to Heidelberg, and couldn't wait until Taschen put out the English-language edition. Great paper stock, well-written captions, and many rarely-reproduced images along with the classics.

A Reader from Oregon , 09/06/97, Our Mad Kingdom of Materia
And Lo, All things were made from the ONE... OMNIA AB UNO....This book is like a Peter Greenaway Movie made from the History of Alchemy. Every page is a gorgeous full color or true color representation of an original text or illustration. Taschen books are always colorful, but this one is profound... And try to find anything on the web about Hugo Hoeppner's Cubic Theosophical Temple.. ain't gonna happen... This book is nothing less than one of the finest paperback image and short quote encyclopedias on alchemy and mysticism produced in recent times. Do not miss it! It is fuel for your subconscious. This is the stuff that spawned Surrealism and is capable yet of producing revolutions... Alchemy is a vivification of being's materiality.. and matter's search for meaning in matter... and he followed the mercurial hare into the forrest.. mysterious old bones...

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