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The essential Paul Laffoley : works from the Boston visionary cell

by Douglas Walla, Paul Laffoley

This volume features ninety-four colour plates of visionary mandala paintings and ninety-one accompanying commentaries. It explores themes of mysticism, time, and consciousness through symbolic art, supplemented by biographical information and scholarly essays.

Accession 12210 ISBN 9780226315416 Publisher University of Chicago Press
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