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Close your eyes and imagine Sweden. What do you see? Miles of green pine forests and deep blue lakes or a snowy white wilderness, interrupted only by the dark contours of rocks and reindeer? Perhaps you see an ultra-modern society, all steel girders and eco-materials? Sweden is all of those things and more Like a painting inspired by the palette of an artist s favourite location, this book will immerse you in the colours of Sweden, from its deepest blues to its richest reds. Join me on a visual exploration of all this country has to offer, and perhaps also sample a flavour or two along the way!

During the latter part of the nineteenth century, so-called esoteric movements became increasingly popular in cultural and intellectual circles in Europe, not least in Sweden. Secret teachings, rituals and practices in alchemy, astrology, occultism and theosophy were predominant, with a belief in correspondences in the cosmos, living nature and transmutations. But esotericism goes back much further in time in Swedish history. Although such esoteric ideas were long considered heresy by the Church and thus driven underground, they have had a significant impact on Swedish culture.<br/><br/>In this anthology, we bring together some of Sweden s foremost experts on the subject to explore the history of esotericism in Sweden and how its rituals, practices and traditions came to influence writers and artists such as August Strindberg, Selma Lagerlöf, Viktor Rydberg, Hilma af Klint, Tyra Kleen and Carl Milles.

En morgon upptäcker Plupp en jättestor fågel utanför kåtan. Det är tranan Guorga som kommit för att berätta att han sett Plupps flotte flyta omkring i en älv på andra sidan blåfjället. Plupp skyndar dit för att hämta den. Men på vägen tillbaka måste Plupp förbi myrlandet för att hämta hem sina blårandiga strumpor som Guorga lånat av honom. Det blir en riktig långfärd för Plupp.<br/>På engelska

THIS MAXIM has been believed by the Japanese for centuries, and explains why bathing in everything from volcanic springs to sitting bathtubs is such a fundamental and indispensible part of Japanese culture. <br/><br/>Much of the mystique of the bath and its salubrious effects lies in its setting and the temperature of the water. Ideally, the former should echo nature and the seasons, while the latter should be hot enough to attain a genuine state of relaxation or catharsis SACRED WATERS. <br/><br/>A guide to Japanese hot springs is a richly photographed presentation of Japan s fascinating, millennia-old bathing culture and how it can enrich the life of everyone who partakes of it. It chronicles the origins and history of bathing, its social value, its spiritual effects and its reputation as the fountain of youth. The book also includes a guide to Japan s hottest and most secluded springs, and instructions on how to take a healing bath in the Japanese manner: immersed in a hot spring surrounded by blossoming cherry trees or at home, in your own bathtub. <br/><br/>Swedish edition: Heligt vatten : En guide till Japans heta källor

Fotografen Christer Löfgren vill att hans bilder ska förmedla det känsloläge han själv hade vid fototillfället. Han har på sina resor över hela världen alltid minst två kameror med sig. Bilderna blir på detta sätt mycket spontana och ambitionen är att de ska bli så naturliga som möjligt, aldrig arrangerade eller ordnade. Christer använder inte stativ eller blixt utan bilderna är ögonblickliga, för att vi som tittar på bilderna ska kunna känna stämningen. Hans ambition är sedan att göra så lite som möjligt i efterbehandlingen, endast lättare ljus-färgkorrigeringar och beskärningar. Här har han samlat en mängd bilder från sina resor som närgånget berättar om gatulivet världen över. Förord skrivet av Niclas Östlind, curator och doktorand vid Akademien Valand, Göteborg.

English edition of <i>Kunskap i rörelse</i> (ISBN 978-91-7061-262-6).<br/><br/><br/>The Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences in Stockholm has been a knowledge organisation of central importance to Swedish society for almost three centuries. Its institutions and members have gathered data and created new knowledge in laboratories, observatories and the outdoors, sometimes during expeditions to distant lands. However, the Academy has not only produced, but also collected, distributed and popularised knowledge. Through publications, correspondence, meetings, medals and rewards, the Academy has brought together a multitude of different actors researchers, politicians, patrons, engineers, instrument makers and book printers, to name just a few not only in Sweden, but around the world. And, through a continual stream of consultation statements, papers and research policy measures, the Academy has worked to emphasise the value of knowledge and its utilisation.<br/><br/><br/>In <i>Knowledge in Motion</i>, a dozen Swedish historians of science, medicine and technology depict the long history of the Academy of Sciences. The first section follows the institutional evolution of the Academy, from its founding in 1739 to our own times. This birds-eye perspective vanishes in the second section in which, through almost forty picture essays, we become acquainted with some of the myriad elements that also comprise this history.<br/><br/><br/>Contribution to the History of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, no. 48 (ISSN 0081-9956).

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