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Plant Magick. The Library of Esoterica; signed by author Jess Hundley

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Order your copy of Plant Magick from Taschen's Library of Esoterica signed by both author Jess Hundley and contributing artist Arrington De Dionyso. If you plan to pick up in store, please use code storepickup at checkout. 

 

The fourth volume in The Library of Esoterica explores the historic roots of plants in myth and magickal practices. Through essays, interviews, and more than 400 images—from ancient Egyptian stonework to Victorian botanical art, to contemporary works celebrating nature — Plant Magickchronicles the symbiotic relationship between plants and people.

Plant Magick

The power of plants throughout history

Celebrating the magick of the natural realm, Volume IV of The Library of Esoterica, delves into the symbolism, ceremony, and our ritual relationships with the botanical world. A visual journey through our interdependent evolution with nature, Plant Magickcelebrates botanicals as creative muse – from ancient Greek sculptures to Renaissance paintings to visionary art inspired by psychoactive plants, cacti, and mushrooms.

Our myths, beliefs, and shared stories are continually reflected in nature; purity represented by the white lily or spiritual awakening by the bloom of the lotus. Our joys and laments are mirrored in the cycle of the seasons, in the seed birthing sprout, or in the dead leaf falling softly from winter branches. Plants, trees, and flowers as signifiers of transition are also deeply embedded within rites of passage rituals across global cultures. Rose petals strewn along the wedding aisle mark the evolution into womanhood and marriage. A wreath of lilies stands sentinel over an open grave. A lover’s bouquet awaits on the doorstep. The wooden May Day pole is circled by girls wearing crowns of woven daisies, celebrating the coming of spring. Birth, unions, and burials – cycles of joyful celebration and deep grieving, all are marked symbolically with herbs, flowers or branches of a tree – the integration of nature into ceremony our method of signifying catharsis.

Since time immemorial, plants have also served as potent symbols within the religions of the world; Buddha attaining enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree, Eve plucking the Apple of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. From root to vibrant blossom, Plant Magick explores the fertile, interconnected history between plants and people, the multitude of ways in which we embrace plants in spiritual ceremony, as healing medicine, as creative muse and as gateways into deeper explorations of consciousness.
The designer

Thunderwing is a Los Angeles-based multi-disciplinary studio co-founded in 2007 by Nic & J. B. Taylor. Collaborating on a diverse array of projects, Thunderwing creates branding and design for film, publishing, fashion, food, music, and interior design.

The editor and author

Jessica Hundley is an author, filmmaker and journalist. She has written for the likes of Vogue, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times, and has authored books on artists including Dennis Hopper, David Lynch, and Gram Parsons. Hundley often explores the counterculture in her work, with a focus on metaphysics, psychedelia, and magic.

Plant Magick. The Library of Esoterica
Hardcover, quarter-bound, 17 x 24 cm, 1.77 kg, 520 pages

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FREEWAY collection 

_fits true-to-size for the average foot 

_ womens size range  5 - 10

_men’s size range 8 - 13

 

SIDEWALK collection 

_fits true-to-size for the average foot

_ womens size range 5 -12

 

CROSSWALK collection 

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_womens size range 5 -12

 

ALLEY collection - 

_fits true-to-size for the average foot 

_ womens size range 5 - 12

 

RUNWAY collection 

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_ womens size range 5 - 10

_men’s size range 8 - 13

 

TARMAC collection 

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_ womens size range 5 - 10

_men’s size range 8 - 13

 

TOLTECA collection 

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_ womens size range 5 -12

 

UNDERPASS collection 

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_ womens size range 5 -12

 

INTERCHANGE collection 

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_ unisex size range in mens sizes 3 -14. subtract two sizes for the womens equivalent

 

DETOUR collection 

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_ men’s size range 8 -13

_women’s size range 5 -10

 

ROADWAY collection  

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_ womens size range 5 - 10 

_men’s size range 8 -13

 

INTERSECTION collection  

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_ unisex size range in mens sizes. 3 -14 subtract two sizes for the womens equivalent

 

HIGHWAY collection  

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SIGNAL collection 

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