E inutil, probabil, s\u0103 amintesc c\u0103 toate acele volume \u015fi voluma\u015fe erau de fapt ni\u015fte expediente, ni\u015fte c\u0103i lesnicioase de a ajunge la sufletul, dar mai ales la buzunarul at\u00e2t de frustratului cititor rom\u00e2n. Nu doar traducerile aveau de suferit de pe urma “goanei dup\u0103 aur”, ci \u015fi, cu prec\u0103dere, condi\u0163iile de publicare: h\u00e2rtie proast\u0103, coper\u0163i a\u015fijderea, ilustra\u0163ii cvasi-inexistente.<\/p>\n
\u00centre timp, pofta de mister \u015fi ocultism s-a mai domolit, publicul a devenit mai sever \u015fi mai selectiv, iar sectorul tematic pomenit a \u00eenceput s\u0103 fie tratat cum se cuvine, cu seriozitate, ajung\u00e2nd s\u0103 fie scos de sub aura de “fruct oprit”.<\/p>\n
De cur\u00e2nd, Editura Art – o institu\u0163ie care se ocup\u0103 constant de tip\u0103rirea unor “c\u0103r\u0163i frumoase” (sintagma chiar exist\u0103 \u00een spa\u0163iul francez – “beaux livres” – \u015fi denume\u015fte albumele ilustrate \u015fi edi\u0163iile de lux) – a publicat un album coordonat de Robert Adkinson \u015fi dedicat simbolurilor sacre. Chiar dac\u0103, dup\u0103 cum spuneam, subiectul a fost harnic exploatat \u00een spa\u0163iul editorial rom\u00e2nesc, poate c\u0103 niciodat\u0103 nu a fost at\u00e2t de profesionist “pus \u00een pagin\u0103” ca \u00een acest compediu vizual. Textul, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 aduc\u0103 lumini noi asupra problemei simbolului, simbolismului \u015fi simboliz\u0103rii, este onest \u015fi exact, documentat cu rigoare \u015fi articulat didactic, f\u0103r\u0103 elanuri eseistice fastidioase. Acoper\u0103 trei categorii de manifestare a simbolului (popoare, religii \u015fi mistere) \u015fi eviden\u0163iaz\u0103 elemente ritualice, mitice \u015fi de spiritualitate, at\u00e2t din tradi\u0163ia oriental\u0103, c\u00e2t \u015fi din cea occidental\u0103.<\/p>\n
Dar calitatea num\u0103rul unu a volumului st\u0103 \u00een for\u0163a de impact a ilustra\u0163iilor sale (770 de plan\u015fe, dintre care 595 color), \u00een calitatea reproducerilor \u015fi \u00een layout-ul aerisit, care fac din lectur\u0103 un exerci\u0163iu delectant, nu doar instructiv. E o c\u0103l\u0103torie \u00een infinita lume a simbolurilor, dar \u015fi \u00een arta tradi\u0163ional\u0103, o c\u0103l\u0103torie care \u00eencepe \u00een vremea Egiptului, a Chinei \u015fi a budismului antic \u015fi se ispr\u0103ve\u015fte \u00eentre arcanele enigmatice ale Tarotului.<\/p>\n
Robert Adkinson (coordonator), “Simboluri sacre”, Editura Art, Bucure\u015fti, 2012<\/u>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imediat dup\u0103 1900, \u00een plin\u0103 efervescen\u0163\u0103 editorial\u0103, pe vremea c\u00e2nd Fran\u0163a, uluit\u0103 de ardentul spirit revolu\u0163ionar rom\u00e2nesc, ne-a acordat o perioad\u0103 de gra\u0163ie de circa \u015fase luni \u00een privin\u0163a copyright-urilor \u015fi c\u00e2nd, \u00een general, achizi\u0163ia legal\u0103 a drepturilor de autor era, pentru editorul rom\u00e2n, doar un moft, s-au publicat \u00een avalan\u015f\u0103 nu doar romane de gar\u0103 (de la Sandra Brown la Joan Collins) sau policier-uri de tip SAS, ci \u015fi rafturi \u00eentregi de texte despre ocultism, ermetism, gnoz\u0103, kabbal\u0103, simboluri \u015fi mistere, chiroman\u0163ie, cartoman\u0163ie, criptestezie \u015fi precogni\u0163ie, conspira\u0163ionism \u015fi societ\u0103\u0163i secrete. Adic\u0103 toate acele domenii care fuseser\u0103 interzise \u00een practica editorial\u0103 din timpul vechiului regim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7194],"tags":[7193,26223,29383,29384],"class_list":["post-57719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-carte","tag-carte","tag-editura-art","tag-robert-adkinson","tag-simboluri-sacre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73909,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57719\/revisions\/73909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}