"The expanded paperback edition of "Le Pater: Alphonse Mucha's Symbolist Masterpiece and the Lineage of Mysticism" presents Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater artworks in their entirety, along with the artist's original sketches and theories, and a thorough historical narrative outlining mystical symbolism from Albrecht Dürer and Wiliam Blake to the 19th century occult artworks of the Salon Rose+Croix. The codings of sacred geometry and Hermeticism, explained within, provide the language necessary to interpret Mucha's symbols and imagery. Also covered are the artworks and theories of Jacob Böhme, Robert Fludd, and the Invisible College. This edition features a new introduction from legendary author Michael Moorcock, and 16 pages of previously unpublished material"--