The Devils Atlas: An Explorers Guide to Heavens, Hells and Afterworlds | 誠品線上

地獄地圖: 天堂、煉獄、生命交界, 靈魂歸處的終極解答

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內容簡介 🔱Amazon讀者★★★★★好評人類靈魂該歸於何處？天堂和地獄是否真實存在？收錄珍貴歷史圖畫、古地圖、神話、史蹟、聖典、祕密手記揭開死後世界的神秘面紗！本書將指引你探尋世界各地信仰文化的天堂、地獄和死後世界，藉由精緻華美且富有想像力的畫作、地圖與史料，帶領你一同踏上未知的後世旅程，一窺裡頭那神祕的地理環境、神話傳說，以及超自然界的住民及生物們。古埃及的死後審判、希臘神話的冥界黑帝斯、阿茲特克文明的十三層天堂、中國道教的餓鬼、日本佛教神話的噴火公雞地獄、維京文化的諸神黃昏、伊斯蘭的天國樂園……《地獄地圖》收集了人類歷史上，對於另一個不可視世界的各種新奇想像和表現，包羅萬象且難得一見，包含罪人所受的虐刑手法、善人所享的夢幻樂園，以及古怪離奇的魔鬼、天使和死神，是一份精彩豐富的深度文化研究，亦是眾多幻想與恐懼的紀錄圖冊。🔱各界震撼推薦《地獄地圖》趣味地匯集了數個時代和信仰流派的地獄和冥界，連同靈薄獄和滌罪所，以及天堂、樂園和烏托邦。這是本妙趣橫生的學術研究，裡面充斥著精彩的細節、豐富的知識和駭人的圖像。──《Strong Words》雜誌來自世界各地、歷經歲月的華麗藝術收藏，描繪了天堂和地獄的景象。──《Booktime》雜誌令人驚嘆，且完全著迷。──Podcast節目《No Such Thing As A Fish》主持人Dan Schreiber一場有關人類試圖探索死後世界、有趣而魔幻的旅程，包括天堂和地獄。如果你想知道是哪位作者在著作中探討了地獄中的妓院，或是哪裡可以找到長著惡魔頭顱的樹，又或是天使的房子聞起來像什麼，那麼這本書正適合你。──《Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses》作者Bess Lovejoy本中文書介出自《地獄地圖: 天堂、煉獄、生命交界, 靈魂歸處的終極解答》創意市集出版Packed with strange stories and spectacular illustrations, The Devil's Atlasleads you on an adventure through the afterlife, exploring the supernatural worlds of global cultures to form a fascinating traveler's guide quite unlike any other.From the author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers The Phantom Atlas, The Sky Atlas, and The Madman's Library comes a unique and beautifully illustrated guide to the heavens, hells, and lands of the dead as imagined throughout history by cultures and religions around the world. Packed with colorful maps, paintings, and captivating stories, The Devil's Atlas is a compelling tour of the geography, history, and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of cultures around the globe. Whether it's the thirteen heavens of the Aztecs, the Chinese Taoist netherworld of "hungry ghosts, " Islamic depictions of Paradise, or the mysteries of the Viking mirror world, each is conjured through astonishing images and a highly readable trove of surprising facts and narratives, stories of places you'd hope to go, and those you definitely would not. A traveler's guide to worlds unseen, here is a fascinating visual chronicle of our hopes, fears, and fantasies of what lies beyond.DISCOVER THE BEYOND: From the depths of underworlds to the heights of heavens and everywhere else a life after death may be spent, this atlas explores the geography, history, and supernatural populations of the afterworlds of global mythologies.A GLOBAL SURVEY: From the demon parliament of the ancient Maya, to the eternal globe-spanning quest to find the Earthly Paradise, to the "Hell of the Flaming Rooster " of Japanese Buddhist mythology (in which sinners are tormented by an enormous fire-breathing cockerel), The Devil's Atlas gathers together a wonderful variety of beliefs and representations of life after death.UNUSUAL AND UNSEEN: These afterworlds are illustrated with an unprecedented collection of images. They range from the marvelous "infernal cartography " of the European Renaissance artists attempting to map the structured Hell described by Dante and the decorative Islamic depictions of Paradise to the various efforts to map the Garden of Eden and the spiritual vision paintings of nineteenth-century mediums.EXPERT AUTHOR: Edward Brooke-Hitching is a master of taking visually–driven deep dives into unusual historical subjects, such as the maps of imaginary geography in The Phantom Atlas, ancient pathways through the stars in The Sky Atlas, and the literary oddities lining the metaphorical shelves of The Madman's Library.Perfect for:Obscure history and mythology enthusiastsAnyone with an interest in the occultSpiritual curiosity seekersMap lovers"

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作者介紹 Edward Brooke-HitchingEdward Brooke-Hitching is the author of The Madman’s Library, The Sky Atlas, The Golden Atlas The Phantom Atlas and Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling And Other Forgotten Sports, an award-winning documentary director, and writer for the BBC’s QI. The son of an antiquarian book dealer, he graduated from the University of Exeter with a distinction in filmmaking before entering independent documentary production. He lives in a dusty heap of old maps and books in London.

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