Cult of the Cat (Art and Imagination Series)

By Nicholas J. Saunders

Book Overview

Explore a truly astonishing range of interests, philosophies, religions, and cultures -- from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500810362
• ISBN13: 9780500810361
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 11.0"

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Mystical Cats

Cats belong to a supernatural world of poetency and prowess. They are the survivors, the creatures most at home in their environment, the fastest and most successful predators on earth. Since Alexander, kings have hunted them; Hercules and David conquered them and wore their skins. The Egyptians worshipped them as goddesses; the shamans and sorcerers of Central Africa and South America took on their shapes to gain entry to the spirit realm; the the dark cicrcle of witchcraft they are the envoys of Satan. Tamed, they remain free, our link with the superhuman in the wild. Between the feline and the human worlds has developed a mysterious rapport expressed in magic, in folk belief, and in the continuing presence of countless millions of pet cats as the objects of everyday worship. Wonderful color photos.