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Mundus Imaginalis, or the Imaginary and the Imaginal
A seminal text introducing the terms <strong><em>Imaginal</em></strong> and Mundus Imaginalis, and their distinction from the merely imaginary or utopian.
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Principles and Criteria of Art
Man by his theomorphism is at the same time a work of art and also an artist; a work of art because he is an “image'', and an artist because this image is that of the Divine Artist.
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The Universality of Sacred Art
It must be borne in mind that a sacred symbol is not merely a conventional sign; it manifests its archetype by virtue of a certain ontological law. As Ananda Coomaraswamy has observed, a sacred symbol is, in a sense, that which it expresses. For this very reason, traditional symbolism is never devoid of beauty.
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