Monday, September 2, 2019

Serrabone

A new book on Serrabona is now available.

This book is the product of a year-long, in-depth examination of one of the most unique and unusual initiatory religious spaces in Northern Europe.

Dating from somewhere around 1150 A.D., Serrabonna (Serrabone, to English speakers)  features some of the most extraordinary and unusual Romanesque capitals anywhere.  Featuring a baffling bestiary and enigmatic characters, the space has defied modern attempts at interpretation.  Yet its spiritual power remains intact nearly a thousand years after its construction; its remote location and the undeniable beauty of its masterpieces still speak to us.

This groundbreaking monograph proposes a comprehensive, unifying esoteric meaning to the space, along with the manner in which initiates conducted processionals through it. It binds together classical understandings with traditional Christianity and undertones of Jungian psychology, and will be of great interest to any student of medieval religious symbolism mysticism, and the works of Gurdjieff.

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