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Blake’s Book of Urizen

Creation and rebellion in Blake’s illuminated plates.

22 plates

Nielsen’s East of the Sun

Norwegian fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen.

4 plates

Gnostic Spirit Drawings

Four colour drawings from a 1908 Gnostic text.

24 plates

Doré’s Dante

From the dark wood to Paradise with Gustave Doré.

10 plates

The Kingdom of the Gods

Ethelwynne Quail’s visions of the spirit world.

10 plates

Vassos’s Phobia

Art Deco studies of fear by John Vassos.

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SubjectAll subjectsMasks & Performance (20)Philosophic Diagrams (2)Historical Maps (6)Monuments & Inscriptions (4)Scientific Illustration (2)The Art of Book Illustration (71)Mythology & Religion (100)Biblical Stories (98)Literary & Visionary Worlds (444)Fairy Tales & Folklore (99)Tarot (78)Thought-Forms & Colour (26)Magic & Symbolism (44)Alchemy (56)

ArtistAll artistsA. C. Choudry, as credited in the source (1)A. C. Michael (8)A. G. Peck (3)A. L. Rawson (10)Abanindro Nath Tagore (4)Adolphe Willette (1)After Bernard Picart’s Religious Ceremonials (1)After Cesare Cesariano’s edition of Vitruvius (2)After Éliphas Lévi (1)After Jiwan Ram (portrait, 1831) (1)After Sir Henry Raeburn (1)Albert von Schrenck-Notzing (2)Alexander King (6)Alexander Martin (1)Andrea Orcagna (source attribution); Alinari (1)Anna Kingsford (1)Arthur Rackham (50)Arthur Severn (5)Asit Kumar Haldar (1)Asit Kumar Haldar (reproduction) (1)Aubrey Beardsley (31)Augustus John (1)Augustus Le Plongeon (source photographs and drawings); F. A. Ringler & Co. (reproduction) (7)Austin Osman Spare (35)Ben Kutcher (10)Bonfils (2)Boris Artzybasheff (5)C. Piazzi Smyth (1)Charles Demuth (2)Charles Robinson (12)Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson (7)Cheiro (signed illustration) (3)Chodensu, as credited in the source (1)Claude Bragdon (13)Conder and Mantell: source squeeze (1)D. Bridgman-Metchim (10)Dan Beard (6)De Fontenay (1)Diagram maker not identified (2)Dorothy P. Lathrop (8)Dr. Waddell (copy after a monastery fresco) (1)Dudley Hardy (1)Dugald Stewart Walker (10)Dugald Stuart Walker (as credited in the source) (6)E. Boyd Smith (6)E. d’Espérance (2)E. Molyneux (10)E. O. Hoppé (1)E. Potthast (1)Eberlein (design); Van der Gucht (engraving) (1)Edmund Dulac (64)Edward Penfield (1)Edward Wilson (source photograph) (1)Éliphas Lévi (signed illustration) (1)Ella du Cane (10)Elliott & Fry (3)Emily Noyes Vanderpoel (10)Engraver not identified (1)Enos B. Comstock (1)Ernest Griset (6)Ernest Prater (signed illustration) (7)Ethelwynne M. Quail (10)Eugène Grasset (1)Evelyn Paul (31)Fernand Le Quesne (source painting) (1)Fra Angelico (1)Francesco Bartolozzi (engraving) (1)Francis Barrett (design); R. Griffith (engraving) (5)Francisco Goya (original print) (1)Frank E. Schoonover (4)Fred Hyland (signed illustration) (1)Fred Walker (1)G. Mora after Adolf Hohenstein (1)Genjiro Yeto (10)George W. Hood (5)George Wharton Edwards (10)Gilbert Gaul (10)Giotto (attributed in the source) (1)Giovanni Biliverti (source painting) (1)Giovanni Schiaparelli (map) (1)Gordon Grant (9)Guido Reni (painting); Anderson (1)Gustave Doré (276)H. Granville Fell (1)H. Julien and R. G. Mathews (book illustration credits) (9)H. K. Challoner (8)H. M. Brock (5)H. M. Saunders (1)H. P. Lovecraft (2)H. R. Millar (8)Harry Clarke (35)Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source) (5)Hélène Smith (source drawings) (5)Henry Justice Ford (29)Herman Rosse (1)Hervey Minns (2)Hirst and Co. (1)Howard Pyle (14)Hubert von Herkomer (1)Illustrator not identified (933)Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald (4)J. A. Knapp (5)J. Augustus Knapp (8)J. Russell & Sons (1)James Fagan (3)Japanese artists; individual maker not identified (10)Jean de Bosschere (41)Jean de Bosschère (6)Jean-Louis Forain (1)Jean-Paul Laurens (2)John A. Williams (6)John Fulleylove (10)John H. Bacon (10)John Vassos (30)John Williamson (3)Jules Chéret (1)Jules Girardet (1)Juliette Bisson (1)K. Venkatappa (7)K. Watkins (reproduction) (1)Kay Nielsen (22)Keith Henderson (6)Khitindra Nath Mazumdar (7)L. Chalon (source painting) (1)L. Raven Hill (1)Latimer J. Wilson (5)Laurence Housman (12)Louis Chalon (5)Louis J. Rhead (1)Lynd Ward (10)Mackenzie (as credited on the title page) (10)Madame Lacombe (1)Mahlon Blaine (10)Maker or photographer not identified (32)Man Ray (1)Map maker not identified (7)Maria L. Kirk (10)Marshall (signed engraving) (1)Martin Droeshout (engraving) (1)Martin Schongauer (original engraving) (1)Mary J. Newill (1)Matthaeus Merian (50)Maud Gonne (6)Maurice Greiffenhagen (11)Michelangelo (fresco); Anderson (1)Mo-No-Yuki (after sketches by R. Gordon Smith) (10)Mortimer Menpes (10)Mount Wilson Solar Observatory (1)Nanda Lal Bose (9)Nanda Lall Bose (reproduction) (2)O. Guillonnet (1)Ottaviano Nelli (source painting) (1)Otto Nuckel (10)Ozawa Nankoku (drawing); Henry W. Troy (engraving) (9)Pamela Colman Smith (78)Paul Hardy (10)Philip Burne-Jones (5)Philip Henry Wynne (2)Photographer not identified (133)Pierre Bonnard (1)R. Talbot Kelly (10)Raphael (source painting) (1)Reginald Machell (5)Reproduced from Chambers’s Astronomy (1)Richard Wallwork (10)Robert Anning Bell (1)Robert Fludd (1)Robert Halls (1)Romedius Knoll (1)S. H. Sime (39)Saphier (signed portrait) (1)Surendra Nath Kar (2)T. H. Thomas (6)Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (20)Underwood & Underwood (2)Unnamed woman, 1908 (source foreword) (4)Victorien Sardou (2)Virgil Finlay (signed illustrations) (7)W. A. Mansell and Co. (1)W. B. Seabrook (4)W. Dittmer (10)W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn (edition credits) (10)W. Heath Robinson (10)W. Justyne (1)W. T. Horton (23)W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1)Wallace Smith (7)Walter Russell (10)Warwick Goble (49)Will Carqueville (1)Will H. Bradley (2)Will Paget (1)William Blake (67)William John Hennessy (8)William M. Timlin (10)William Marshall (engraving) (1)William Mortensen (10)William Thomas Pavitt (signed illustration) (10)Willy Pogany (29)Willy Pogány (40)Zacher, Chicago (signed illustration) (1)Artist not recorded (128)

Source bookAll booksA Bit of AtlantisA Book of ImagesA Book of SatyrsA Compleat System of MagickA Dreamer's TalesA House of PomegranatesA Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the FutureA Magician Among the SpiritsA Manual of CheirosophyA Primer of Higher SpaceA Princess of MarsA Song of the EnglishA Stellar Key to the Summer Land, Part IA Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper CylinderA Subaltern in Spirit Land: A Sequel to Gone WestA VisionA Walk in Other Worlds with DanteAdventures in ArabiaAladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in RhymeAlchemy: Ancient and ModernAlrauneAmerica: A ProphecyAmong the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the UntersbergAmulets and SuperstitionsAnatomy in ArtAncient Magic, Magnetism and Psychic ForcesAncient Symbol Worship: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of AntiquityAncient Tales and Folk-lore of JapanAngel WhispersAntiquities of the Orient UnveiledAt the Back of the North WindAtalanta FugiensAtlantis: An InterpretationAtlantis: The Antediluvian WorldAtlantis: The Book of the AngelsBeasts and MenBeasts, Men and GodsBritish GoblinsBurma: Painted and DescribedBurn Witch BurnCarnacki the Ghost-FinderCeltic Wonder TalesCheiro’s Language of the HandChildren's Books and Their IllustratorsChronicles of Spirit PhotographyClairvoyance and Thought-TransferenceClothed with the Sun: The Book of the Illuminations of Anna KingsfordColor ProblemsConfessions of an English Opium-Eater, and Kindred PapersContempoCosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human MindCosmic SymbolismCrystal-Gazing and Spiritual ClairvoyanceCubes and Spheres in Human LifeDante's InfernoDeathDeath Defeated: The Psychic Secret of How to Keep YoungDestinyDream Boats and Other StoriesEarth InfernoEarth: Its Parentage, Its Rounds and Its RacesEarthologyEast of the Sun and West of the MoonEdmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red CrossEgyptian SecretsEurope: A ProphecyEvolution of ImmortalityFairies I Have MetFantazius Mallare: A Mysterious OathFaustFrancis Bacon and His Secret SocietyFresh Light from the Ancient MonumentsFrom India to the Planet MarsFrom India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with GlossolaliaGlands—Our Invisible GuardiansGod, the Bible, Truth and Christian TheologyGone WestGreen Willow and Other Japanese Fairy TalesGulliver's Travels into Lilliput and BrobdingnagHandbook of InsanityHindu MysticismHistory of Freemasonry and Concordant OrdersHow to Read Faces, or Practical Physiognomy Made EasyHypnotism: Its Facts, Theories and Related PhenomenaHypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic HealingIn Ghostly JapanIn the Days of GiantsIn the Pronaos of the TempleIndian Myth and LegendInitiation and Its ResultsIntra MurosIrish Fairy TalesIsis Very Much UnveiledJapan a Record in ColourJapanese Fairy WorldJerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant AlbionJourneys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to EntoKarma YogaKashmirKoreaKottōKwaidanLater MagicLavius Egyptus: Lectures in the Pythagorean Senate, in the Temple of the Oracle of DodonaLegend in Japanese ArtLemuria—The Lost Continent of the PacificLetters from the Spirit WorldLife and Experiences of Edmund Dawson RogersLife Beyond Death with EvidenceLife in a Thousand WorldsMadman's DrumMagic: Black and White Charms and Counter CharmsMagica SexualisMagician's Book of ConjuringMan the Grand Symbol of the MysteriesMan Visible and InvisibleMansions of the SoulMasks and DemonsMetaphysical Astrology (Astrosophia)Migration of SymbolsMonsters and MadonnasMonsters of the SeaMorals and DogmaMount Sinai Temple: Nobles of the Mystic ShrineMysterious Psychic ForcesMyths and Legends of Ancient EgyptMyths and Legends of Babylonia and AssyriaMyths and Legends of JapanMyths and Legends of the PolynesiansMyths of the Hindus and BuddhistsNeedlework as ArtNightmare TalesOahspe: A New BibleOccult Chemistry: A Series of Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical ElementsOccult Japan; or, The Way of the GodsOccultism Simplified, or The Mystic ThesaurusOld Deccan DaysOmega: The Last Days of the WorldOne Hundred Aspects of the MoonOracles from the PoetsOriental AlchemyParadise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave DoréParsifalPeter Pan in Kensington GardensPharos, the EgyptianPhenomena of MaterialisationPhobiaPrincess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian NightsProjective OrnamentPurgatory and Paradise: The Vision of DanteQueen Moo and the Egyptian SphinxQueen Móo’s TalismanRagnarok: The Age of Fire and GravelRaphael's Ancient Manuscript of Talismanic MagicRealms of the Living DeadReincarnationRoumanian Fairy Tales and LegendsRubaiyat of Omar KhayyamSalomeSatan’s Invisible World DisplayedSecret Shakespearean SealsSecret Societies of All Ages and CountriesSeeing the InvisibleSelected LettersSéraphîtaSermons by the DevilShadow and Substance: An Exposition of the Tabernacle TypesShadow LandSome ReminiscencesSongs of Innocence and Other PoemsSons of the Fire-Mist: A Study of ManSplendor SolisStanzas of Dzyan TheogenesisStar Groups: A Student's Guide to the ConstellationsStories from the Arabian NightsStories from the PentameroneSubmerged Atlantis Restored, or Links and CyclesSun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its WorshipTales of Mystery and ImaginationTales of Old JapanTalks with the DeadTannhäuserTe Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the MaorisThe Amber WitchThe Ancient AllanThe Ancient WisdomThe Aquarian AgeThe Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the ChristThe Art of MagicThe Arthur Rackham Fairy BookThe Ballad of Reading GaolThe BeetleThe Bells and Other PoemsThe Bible GalleryThe Blue Island: Experiences of a New Arrival Beyond the VeilThe Book of Black Magic and of PactsThe Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic ShrineThe Book of Ceremonial MagicThe Book of Dreams and GhostsThe Book of Fairy PoetryThe Book of PleasureThe Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal GemsThe Book of the DeadThe Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the MageThe Book of the Simple WayThe Book of ThelThe Book of UrizenThe Boy Apprenticed to an EnchanterThe Brotherhood of the Rosy CrossThe Cave of the Oracle: The Great White BrotherhoodThe ChakrasThe Chaldean Account of GenesisThe Children of OdinThe Chinese DragonThe Chinese Fairy BookThe Chymical Wedding of Christian RosenkreutzThe City CuriousThe Closed DoorThe Collected Poems of W. B. YeatsThe Crucible of DreamsThe Curious Lore of Precious StonesThe Decameron, Volume IThe Demonism of the Ages: Spirit ObsessionsThe Devil WorshipperThe Devil's Motor: A FantasyThe Divine MysteryThe Dreamer of DreamsThe Dwellers in the MirageThe Egyptian Book of the DeadThe Egyptian Heaven and HellThe Eleusinian and Bacchic MysteriesThe Encyclopaedia of Death and Life in the Spirit-World, Volume IThe Esoteric Teaching of the GnosticsThe Evil EyeThe Fairy-Faith in Celtic CountriesThe Flowers and Gardens of JapanThe Focus of LifeThe Forest of ArdenThe Garden Behind the MoonThe Ghost KingsThe Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and MediaevalThe Gods of Northern BuddhismThe Gods of PegānaThe Golden Ladder; or, The Stolen JewelThe Graven Palm: A Manual of the Science of PalmistryThe Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian OccultismThe Great Red Dragon; or, The Master-Key to PoperyThe Happy Prince and Other TalesThe Harlot’s House and Other PoemsThe Hermetic ArtThe Hidden Life in FreemasonryThe Hindu-Aryan Theory on Evolution and InvolutionThe History of MagicThe History of the Devil and the Idea of EvilThe Holy LandThe House of JoyThe Human AtmosphereThe Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of DivinationThe Indo-Sumerian Seals DecipheredThe Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World LoreThe Inner Life and the Tao-Teh-KingThe Kabala of NumbersThe Key of Solomon the KingThe Kingdom of the GodsThe Last Book of WonderThe Legends and Myths of HawaiiThe Lesser Key of Solomon: GoetiaThe Light of EgyptThe Little Review, Volume VI, No. 2The Little Review, Volume VII, No. 3The Lost ContinentThe Lost Continent of MuThe Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume IThe MabinogionThe MadmanThe Magic IslandThe Magic of Jewels and CharmsThe Magic WorldThe Magus; or, Celestial IntelligencerThe Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream StoryThe Maker of MoonsThe Marriage of Heaven and HellThe Masters and the PathThe Modern PosterThe Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and PharmacyThe Mystic Test Book of the Hindu Occult ChambersThe Obelisk and FreemasonryThe Occult Review, Volume VIIThe Occult Review, Volume VIIIThe Odd-Fellows' Offering for 1852The Old Book of MagicThe Origin and Evolution of FreemasonryThe Origin of Freemasonry and Knights TemplarThe ParasiteThe Phantom of the PolesThe Philosophy of Natural MagicThe Phoenician Origin of Britons, Scots & Anglo-SaxonsThe PhoenixThe Poetical Works of John MiltonThe Principles of Astrological GeomancyThe Principles of Light and ColorThe Rape of the LockThe Real History of the RosicruciansThe Reign of the Princess NaskaThe Revelations of a SquareThe Ring of the NiblungThe Rosicrucian Cosmo-ConceptionThe Sacred Book of Death: Hindu Spiritism, Soul Transition and Soul ReincarnationThe Scarlet PlagueThe Science of Sex RegenerationThe Science of the SacramentsThe Secret of the Golden FlowerThe Secret Tradition in FreemasonryThe Serpent PowerThe Seven Principles of ManThe Ship That Sailed to MarsThe Sixth and Seventh Books of MosesThe Smoky GodThe Solar LogosThe Songs of BilitisThe Sorcerer's ApprenticeThe Sorcery ClubThe Spirit WorldThe Star in the WestThe Star RoverThe Stealers of LightThe Story of Atlantis and The Lost LemuriaThe Story of the HeavensThe Story of the Sun, Moon, and StarsThe Sun and the SerpentThe Supernatural?The Sword of Welleran and Other StoriesThe Tale of LohengrinThe Tarot of the BohemiansThe TempestThe Three Mulla-MulgarsThe Truth About SpiritualismThe Undertaker's GarlandThe Universal OneThe Use and Abuse of FreemasonryThe Water BabiesThe Ways of the Lonely OnesThe Were-WolfThe Witch of PragueThe Works of Aleister Crowley, Volume IThe World's DesireThe Worm OuroborosThe Year's at the SpringThe Yellow Fairy BookThe Yotsuya Kwaidan; or, O'Iwa InariThought-FormsTime and the GodsTranscendental MagicTwo Thousand Years in Celestial LifeUncanny TalesUnder the Hill and Other Essays in Prose and VerseUnder the SunsetUndineUnveiled MysteriesUraniaVampireVikram and the VampireWatchers of the Seven SpheresWatching SpiritsWeather Lore: A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the WeatherWeird IslandsWitchcraft IllustratedWitchcraft Magic and AlchemyYermah the Dorado

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Four Early Tarot Cards: Fool, Juggler, Fortune and Death