Title: A Dictionary of Symbols
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Language: English
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Delimitation of the Symbolic On entering the realms of symbolism, whether byway of systematized artistic forms or the living, dynamic forms of dreams andvisions, we have constantly kept in mind the essential need to mark out the fieldof symbolic action, in order to prevent confusion between phenomena whichmight appear to be identical when they are merely similar or externally related.The temptation to over-substantiate an argument is one which is difficult toresist. It is necessary to be on one’s guard against this danger, even if full compli-ance with the ideals of scholarship is not always feasible; for we believe withMarius Schneider that there is no such thing as ‘ideas or beliefs’, only ‘ideas andbeliefs’, that is to say that in the one there is always at least something of theother—quite apart from the fact that, as far as symbolism is concerned, otherphenomena of a spiritual kind play an important part.Download:
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