Discover historical illustrations by subject, artist and book.
Creation and rebellion in Blake’s illuminated plates.
Norwegian fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Four colour drawings from a 1908 Gnostic text.
From the dark wood to Paradise with Gustave Doré.
Ethelwynne Quail’s visions of the spirit world.
Art Deco studies of fear by John Vassos.
13 illustrations
A circular design encloses a triangle, three small rings, crosses and a central sign.
A small square labelled Being stands between Spirit and Force above, Matter and Form below.
Solid and outlined blocks distinguish an officer’s cavalry, infantry and Danton’s infantry.
Nested circular bands surround an antechamber of hell and expand through numbered astral divisions towards fairyland and paradise.
Two simplified human forms appear above circular diagrams marked C and D, with dots and rays indicating their internal arrangements.
A seated practitioner faces a small table bearing a crystal within a circular diagram.
Lines descend from the Logos through its three aspects towards the Lord of the World, the Buddha, Bodhisattva and Mahachohan.
A roughly oblong ceremonial ground is marked with an altar, the Bodhisattva, groups of people and tents.
Fine rays spread outward from a pale circle containing the words Love, Will and Wisdom.
A sun marked God stands above successive levels named Ideas, Principles, Laws and Essences.
The upper diagram overlaps three vertical circles while the lower places a dark sphere within several larger circular fields.
A standing human figure is enclosed by a broad oval field of dense curved lines.
A series of enclosing forms carries labels for soul, ego, personality, memory, body and aura.
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