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Le chant sacré des énergies : musique, acupunture, tradition / Maela & Patrick Paul.
Paul, Maela.Date: [1983], ©1983- Pictures
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A crowned woman in red holding a rose-topped caduceus; she is suspended in a circle of water; a cherub blows wind from above; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38629i- Pictures
Doctrine of signatures : plant resembling a bee.
Etheridge, C., Miss, active 1904-1907Date: [1906]Reference: 524727i- Pictures
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A human body is consumed by a furnace; a woman holds a small red limbless effigy bearing a crown; a man holds a sheaf, and another a stick; below, by another furnace, a green and red dragon face each other, poised for combat; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38628i- Pictures
Cabbalistic diagram: table of the ten sephiroths. Engraving.
Reference: 34112i- Books
The sacred symbols and numbers of aboriginal America in ancient and modern times / [Francis Parry].
Parry, Francis.Date: 1894- Pictures
Love conquering time: Cupids seize Father Time's hourglass, break the blade of his scythe, and crown two hearts smouldering with the fire of love. Colour lithograph by E. Wattier after F. Boucher.
Boucher, François, 1703-1770.Date: [between 1855 and 1866]Reference: 2853397i- Pictures
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Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
Reference: 38032i- Pictures
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A queen in red is presented with dishes of blood on a hill; below, a man in a white robe gesticulates to the heavens; while another man stands next to alchemical apparatus, facing a man who is lying sick in bed; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38630i- Pictures
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Two peasants hold a red robe; cherubs blow wind and Mercury rests on water below; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38626i- Books
Amulets : sacred charms of power and protection / Sheila Paine.
Paine, Sheila (Expert on textiles)Date: [2004]- Pictures
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Two circular charts showing the configuration of the stars with the Hebrew alphabet. Engraving.
Reference: 33503i- Pictures
Uncle Sam as a registrar of babies. Colour lithograph attributed to R. Williams for the National Child Welfare Association.
Williams, Ray (Designer at the National Child Welfare Association, New York City)Date: [1920?]Reference: 2168635i- Pictures
Untitled.
Shrigley, DavidDate: [2020]Reference: 3272402iPart of: Wellcome Collection On Happiness Commision.- Books
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The Scripture account of the Shechinah. By Stephen Sewall, A.M. A.A.S. [One line from Numbers]
Sewall, Stephen, 1734-1804.Date: --1794- Books
Assembling bodies : art, science & imagination / Anita Herle, Mark Elliott, Rebecca Empson ; with contributions by Jim Bond [and 15 others].
Herle, Anita, 1956-Date: [2009]- Pictures
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A red-faced king stands in a red robe, flanked by a queen and the deity Mercury in green clothes; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
Reference: 38627i- Pictures
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A safety pin with the message in German: 'Symbol of security: Safer Sex''; an advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA and Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674974i- Pictures
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A Turkish oracle; the torture wheel of Pope Pius VI. Engraving.
Reference: 33635i- Pictures
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Four scenes all involving water: trial by water, people using divination rods, and different types of rods. Engraving.
Reference: 33977i- Pictures
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Franco-Prussian War: a nurse looking out of a window at the queues for bread during the siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by F. Betbeder, ca. 1871.
Faustin, 1847-Date: 1871Reference: 21930i- Books
The distortion of the symbolic process in neurosis and psychosis / Lawrence S. Kubie.
Kubie, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Schlesinger), 1896-1973.Date: [1953?]- Pictures
A man and a woman play stringed instruments; a stag looks on; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving after C. de Passe I, the elder.
Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637.Reference: 27161i- Pictures
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Boer War: the "Bourke" Mercantile Boer ambulance camp. Reproduction after a photograph by L. Weinthal.
Weinthal, Leo.Reference: 22323i- Archives and manuscripts
A symbolic scene (artwork)
Date: 1940sReference: PP/RSI/B/1/5/12/3Part of: Rita Simon Collection