Surrealism and the occult: shamanism, magic, alchemy, and the birth of an artistic movement, paperback/nadia choucha

An art historian shows how many surrealists and their predecessors were steeped in magical ideas that were expressed in their art: the sorcery of Dali, the alchemy of Picasso, the Theosophy of Kandinsky, and the shamanism of Ernst and Carrington.

About the Author: A writer and frequent lecturer on art and magic, Nadia Choucha holds a masters degree in art history from Edinburgh University and is currently researching the surrealists for her Ph.

at Essex University.