4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American researcher who worked on the symbolic dimensions of colour — connected to the broader circle of Jungian-influenced artists and researchers in the early 20th century who explored the psychological meaning of visual imagery.
Jungian analyst who has written on colour symbolism from a Jungian perspective — connecting the analysis of visual imagery and colour to depth psychological interpretation.
Irish poet who wrote some of the greatest poems in the English language (The Second Coming, Sailing to Byzantium, Among School Children) — and who developed a complex private mythological system (A Vision) through automatic writing with his wife George — one of the few major poets whose mysticism was as serious as his art.
Matthieu Pageau's 2018 work arguing that the Bible uses a consistent symbolic language rooted in patterns of center and periphery, hierarchy, and sacrifice that structure all meaning-making. Proposes that Genesis, properly read symbolically, reveals a universal grammar of reality.