Goethe's Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily

  • Hardcover
  • Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1993
By Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von; Translated by Donald Maclean; Commentary by Adam McLean
Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1993. First Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 86pp. Slim octavo [22 cm] Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Boards just a hair cocked. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks #14. An allegory of transformation based on the symbolism of alchemy. Contains an extensive commentary on the Hermetic meaning of the story.

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