A Dictionary of Symbols

This classic book of symbols by Catalan polymath Joan Cirlot illuminates the symbolic underpinnings of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. “Guides us through what unites us across nations, religions, and literary and artistic traditions.” —Angelica Frey, Hyperallergic Juan Eduardo Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols is a feat of scholarship, an act of the imagination, and a tool for contemplation, as well as a work of literature—a reference book that is as indispensable as it is brilliant