On the Animation of Statues by Brian Cotnoir Comics Fully illustrated with evocative black

Fully illustrated with evocative black and white line art

ended up in the possession of his customer the publisher Melchior Trechsel in Lyon

and religious orders

Paperback: 62 pages

The book concludes with a series of non-denominational rituals and revised Antichrist workings

On the Animation of Statues by Brian Cotnoir Comics Fully illustrated with evocative blackIs a collection of quotes, primary sources, notes and comments on the late antiquity practice of ensouling statues in order to commune with the gods. Drawing from Iamblichus, Proclus, Greek Magical Papyri, Corpus Hermeticum, hymns, poetry and music, although the practice is never explicitly described, a hazy outline emerges. One thing, the composition of statues and talismans is, like alchemy, a hieratic art. Included is a translation Michal Psellos