Paperback. Pub Date :2002-09-16 Pages: 528 Language: English Publisher: Dover Publications Humans. its said. are symbolizing animals At every stage of civilization. people have relied on symbolic expression. and advances in science and technology have only. . increased our dependence on symbols The language of symbols is considered a science. and this informative volume offers an indispensable tool in the study of symbology It can be used as a reference or simply browsed for pleasure Many of its entries -.. those on architecture .. mandala. numbers. serpent. water. and zodiac. for example - can be read as independent essays The vitality of symbology has never been greater: An essential part of the ancient arts of the Orient and of the Western medieval traditions. symbolism underwent a 20th-century revival with the study of the unconscious. both directly in the field of dream...