Clouds And Their Symbolism - jacqueline kelen

Our perception of clouds is too often limited to the field of meteorology. Their presence is felt in a negative way, to the point that many metaphors depict them in a derogatory sense. However, clouds have long been the very images of reverie, of the journey of the mind, while in certain religious beliefs, they constitute the support of meditation and are considered as places of vision.
Poets, painters, philosophers and mystics, whether from the East or the West, have all encountered this motif at one time or another. Symbols of fertility and gentleness through the rain they contain, calls to the invisible, clouds inspire as much melancholy in the face of the fleetingness of all things as a feeling of joy in the face of their lightness and their metamorphoses. They invite us to quest as much as to contemplation.
At the initiative of Jacqueline Kelen, high-level specialists such as Christian Jacq, Catherine Despeux, Charles Mopsik, Marie-Madeleine Davy and Jean Markale, pay tribute to the clouds that are their due. Combining rigor and sensitivity, this book that leads from ancient Egypt to China, from Hinduism to Islam, from Judaism to the beliefs of the Celts and the Germans, from Platonic philosophy to Christianity and alchemy, and from Chinese calligraphy to Western painting, is a magnificent invitation to travel into the realm of meditation and reverie.