The Book of Symbols (Taschen) [Esoteric Look-at-the-Book]

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  • Опубліковано 2 січ 2021
  • My review of The Book of Symbols, Reflections on Archetypal Images, published by Taschen.
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  • @Hard2Find
    @Hard2Find 3 роки тому +31

    I just started reading this for my dream interpretations

  • @marykatie186
    @marykatie186 3 роки тому +18

    Just the sort of thing that's neat to have on hand. Thank you for showing us!

    • @FoolishFishBooks
      @FoolishFishBooks  3 роки тому +5

      Exactly!
      One of the few reference books that can't be reliably replaced by a quick Google search.
      How many times have I seached for a symbolic or architypal meaning online only to be met with page after page of superficial filler results... Yes, this one's a keeper :)

  • @callen607
    @callen607 Місяць тому

    Looking at getting this for my boyfriend for his birthday. This video sold me, thank you!

  • @SW-zx3op
    @SW-zx3op 3 роки тому +2

    Many thanks for the review/recommendation. My copy just arrived!

  • @According2kai
    @According2kai 3 роки тому +1

    I got my copy a few days ago and... it is everything you described and sooo much more! Thank You D.

  • @craigallen1237
    @craigallen1237 3 роки тому +10

    I also had this book bought for me from my Mum for Christmas... wierd.

  • @lihtan
    @lihtan 3 роки тому +5

    I managed to find a used copy of this at a thrift store more than a year ago. As soon as I grabbed it off the shelf, I knew I needed to buy it. The copy I have has multiple colored ribbons attached to the spine for use as bookmarks. It seems to be well put together for research use.

  • @whelan0kkult141
    @whelan0kkult141 3 роки тому +4

    This book is amazing, thank you fot sharing. As an artist I am always thinking about the symbolism I put into some of my work. Its not always easy, but when I do it is often very rewarding.

  • @SlowPersuit
    @SlowPersuit 3 роки тому

    You are right that is excellent at that price point.
    Good find - added to my wish list.
    &thanks for finding a book I can afford!

  • @jsinmcc92
    @jsinmcc92 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve been in the search for just such a thing thanks a lot

  • @chaedwin
    @chaedwin 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this share! Happy New Year. Also just purchased this book!!🙏

    • @FoolishFishBooks
      @FoolishFishBooks  3 роки тому +2

      Happy New year! I hope you enjoy the new acquisition! 😁

  • @MsGnor
    @MsGnor Рік тому

    Glorious! 🤩

  • @cepolt
    @cepolt 3 роки тому +1

    Great channel! I however just realized that this entire time I've imagined you looking like the actor who plays" The Blue Raja" in the movie Mystery Men.

  • @sillywilly123
    @sillywilly123 3 роки тому +1

    You showcased this book excellent, I would be happy if this was my book.

  • @claramartin613
    @claramartin613 3 роки тому

    I brought the book a year ago, excellent !!

  • @hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda
    @hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda 3 роки тому +1

    I had dismissed this based from reviews on Amazon but once again I ha to reconsider it

  • @gracefulservice
    @gracefulservice 3 роки тому

    Had me worried you wasn't gonna drop a video; Now I can whoo-sah 🙏🏽.

  • @poetic444
    @poetic444 3 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful book.

  • @Acidtriptamo
    @Acidtriptamo 3 роки тому

    One of my favorite Symbology Books

  • @Misteraitch1967
    @Misteraitch1967 3 роки тому +3

    One loves it when one already has the tome you are reviewing. or at least ones wallet does.

  • @DanielMartins-og2gj
    @DanielMartins-og2gj 3 роки тому +1

    1 of my Favorite books!!

  • @IamHeather23
    @IamHeather23 3 роки тому +2

    I have Taschen’s book of tarot. It’s beautiful. I’ve been eyeing their astrology book too. You might want to check them out if you haven’t already. Love your channel

  • @celestialarkon5634
    @celestialarkon5634 3 роки тому

    Oh my that book is wondrous!
    Judging the contents (shown in this video) indicating how the author meticulously and conscientiously made the book; it truly is a treasure trove, for anyone interested in decoding symbolism, as stated in this video.

  • @TempestGarden
    @TempestGarden 3 роки тому

    This looks like a really nice book and I decided to check it out on Amazon. Sifting through some of the reviews there, it seems that there are a number of people that weren’t really happy with the content of the book. Many of them said in their reviews that despite it being a nice looking book, content wise it wasn’t very informative about each of the symbols.

  • @saulorocha3755
    @saulorocha3755 Рік тому

    To get a deeper understanding of the meaning of symbols is extremely important to read semiotics books, specially Umberto Eco ones. Then and only you realize how the use and interpretation of symbols is so tricky, it always involves conventions and context.

  • @alhassani626
    @alhassani626 3 роки тому

    I'd love to live in your library.

  • @oseremenokooboh110
    @oseremenokooboh110 3 роки тому

    nice update

  • @gemineyethenine7480
    @gemineyethenine7480 3 роки тому

    The Secret Life of Symbols commercial ad played before this video started. I like Jordan Maxwell

  • @TheJoolz81
    @TheJoolz81 2 роки тому +2

    true detective , lead me here.

  • @ambrosemorningstar2025
    @ambrosemorningstar2025 3 роки тому +3

    Its official this year I will be a hermit and probably just go on a book crunch lmao

  • @josefj8440
    @josefj8440 5 місяців тому

    Just came across this bookbout to dig in

  • @Drawingtillthecasketdrops
    @Drawingtillthecasketdrops Рік тому

    The hole in the pages is in actuality a bonus free symbol that you get to define yourself.

  • @Project5am
    @Project5am 3 роки тому +1

    Great book had it for years was my poor man version of the red book which I later got.
    I used the book as a tarot card when I come across a reoccurring symbol on my travels

    • @simon20002
      @simon20002 3 роки тому

      are you referring to jung's Red Book?

    • @Project5am
      @Project5am 3 роки тому +2

      @@simon20002 yes Jung's red book

  • @TheJudgeandtheJury
    @TheJudgeandtheJury 3 роки тому +7

    I’ve been meaning to read this from my shelf for a while now.

    • @Jairus_365
      @Jairus_365 3 роки тому

      Hi my. Jairus I was wondering if I could talk to you an possibly get some advice

    • @TheJudgeandtheJury
      @TheJudgeandtheJury 3 роки тому

      @@Jairus_365 Yeah I’m willing to help.

    • @Jairus_365
      @Jairus_365 3 роки тому

      @@TheJudgeandtheJury do you have a preferred private medium that you like to use or just in the comments cuz I'm not really sure if this is related to anything you know about or not

    • @Jairus_365
      @Jairus_365 3 роки тому

      ????

    • @TheJudgeandtheJury
      @TheJudgeandtheJury 3 роки тому

      @@Jairus_365 Sorry I didn’t understand your question do you mind re wording it?

  • @martinwilliams9866
    @martinwilliams9866 10 місяців тому

    I would recommend "An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols", by J.C. Cooper, which also has a multi-traditional approach. "The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols" by Jean Chevalier & Alain Gheerbrant, also "The Wordsworth Dictionary of Symbolism" is surprising good too.

    • @FoolishFishBooks
      @FoolishFishBooks  9 місяців тому

      Great suggestions! Thank you for taking the time to share! 🙏

  • @chompachangas
    @chompachangas 3 роки тому

    Taschen books seem to be gorgeous as a general rule. I have one titled A Garden Eden and it's full of lovely botanical art.

    • @hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda
      @hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda 3 роки тому

      As the owner of 14 Taschen titles, 2 of them posterbooks that are almost my age and other 2 that I got in both available sizes I can assure you that they are

  • @susandoerr3896
    @susandoerr3896 3 роки тому

    i looked in the usual place on ebay and found a copy for 50 dollars. thanks. interesting.

  • @john1107
    @john1107 3 роки тому

    Nice.

  • @norocomgt
    @norocomgt 2 роки тому +2

    For a couple of years, I’ve been studying the patterns in life before something big is revealed to me. Apparently, there is a smaller sequence of symbols embedded in the patterns that can be understood - if you know the meanings of the individual symbols. Thank you for this review!

    • @Johan-ke8sv
      @Johan-ke8sv Рік тому +1

      Would you mind explaining this a bit further and / or referring any literature or videos you've used to study these topics? I feel myself on this personal quest and would love some direction! Very intrigued! Thank you!

    • @norocomgt
      @norocomgt Рік тому

      @@Johan-ke8sv Typically, I have a chemicalization (almost any book from Catherine Ponder describes this phenomenon). But I bought the “Book of Symbols” above as well as some dream interpretation books and a few “spiritual meaning of _____” dictionaries. Most of this stuff is available for free on the web. I was interested in trying to see if everyone who saw a cardinal flying then dreamed about a snake eating its tail and then suddenly heard from a long lost friend went on to win the lottery…or got a CEO job…or wrote a bestselling book. I’ve gotten sidetracked since I made the comment above, but I believe I’ll soon have more info on what particular combinations of signs/symbols/signals mean.

  • @Hannibhaal777
    @Hannibhaal777 3 роки тому

    Can you do a video on the Bible??

  • @sundayakindele8538
    @sundayakindele8538 3 роки тому

    I want to contact the foolish producer. The link to make direct contact not there

  • @dialecticalspectacle
    @dialecticalspectacle 3 роки тому +4

    Damn, I ordered this book a week ago and would’ve rather gone through you...

    • @FoolishFishBooks
      @FoolishFishBooks  3 роки тому +1

      Haha! It's a kind thought 😜 Very excited for you, it's a beauty!

  • @rosyloveslearning3013
    @rosyloveslearning3013 3 роки тому

    Foolish Fish - I love your channel. What is your name? Who are you? Thank you.

  • @Ancin47
    @Ancin47 3 роки тому +1

    I have that book!

    • @FoolishFishBooks
      @FoolishFishBooks  3 роки тому +1

      I think it's going to become one of my indispensibles! :D

    • @Ancin47
      @Ancin47 3 роки тому

      @@FoolishFishBooks I am looking for mentor in the Golden Damn Tradition located in Chicago. I figured I’d put it out into the universe and see what comes back...

  • @neoskeptic
    @neoskeptic 2 роки тому

    The whole book reads like a lengthy work of poetry.

  • @Frahamen
    @Frahamen 2 роки тому

    you should have told me, I've got two of them lol.

  • @chopperbison8298
    @chopperbison8298 3 роки тому

    🕯️😁🕯️🌄🕯️

  • @richardconstance461
    @richardconstance461 3 роки тому +2

    anyone here seen the emoji movie?

  • @lauradill1447
    @lauradill1447 Рік тому

    love your walk through.. very entertaining. love your sexxy voice too

  • @arielshikoba1857
    @arielshikoba1857 3 роки тому

    I could never understand the meaning of "Goat" or having sex with one 😐

    • @BeingRising
      @BeingRising 3 роки тому

      Baphomet. Beastiality. It's sickening.

    • @arielshikoba1857
      @arielshikoba1857 3 роки тому

      @@BeingRising Yeah, but what does it mean? Its esoteric so it doesn't mean what it looks like so what does it mean? 😐