Daimonic imagination : uncanny intelligence / edited by Angela Voss and William Rowlandson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Voss, Angela.

Rowlandson, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Imagination.

Intellect.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, Neb. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the artistic genius to the tarot reader, a sense of communication with another order of reality is commonly affirmed; this 'other' may be termed god, angel, spirit, muse, daimon or alien, or it may be seen as an aspect of the human imagination or the 'unconscious' in a psychological sense. This volume of essays celebrates the daimonic presence in a diversity of manifestations, presenting new insights into inspired creativity and human beings' relationship with mysterious and numinous dimensions of reality. In art and literature, many visual and poetic forms have been given to the daimonic

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART II; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; PART III; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; PART IV; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 16, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4438-5012-8

OCLC:

855505128