"The whole visible universe is but a storehouse of images and signs to which the imagination will give a relative place and value."

Charles Bandelaire

A Dictionary of Symbols, by J. E. Cirlot
"Using a comparative method, this book specifies the precise sources of information taken from a great number of widely varying fields."

A Dictionary of Symbols: A Penguin Book, by Jean Chevalier, Alan Gheerbrant
This remarkable dictionary explores the huge variety of interpretations - sexual and spiritual, official and subversive, analytical and emotional - different cultures have given to the fundamental symbols of human kind.

Dictionary of Sacred Myth, by Tom Chetwynd
The author has drawn from the collective wisdom of the great psychologists, particularly Jung, to create a comprehensive and thought-provoking guide to the language of symbols.

All About Symbols, by Andrew T. Cummings
This book presents a detailed list of the most common symbols, organized into sections according to topics such as plants, animals and so on.

The Dictionary of the Esoteric, by Neville Drury
From this book, one can read extracts from religious and esoteric texts such as the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Zohar, with profiles of characters both human and divine in the great legends and myths of the world.

The Secret Language of Symbols, by David Fontana
This book will be your guide through a labyrinth of myth, history and psychology that lies behind every symbolic system.

Man and His Symbols, by C.G. Jung
Illustrated throughout with revealing images, this is the first and only work in which the world-famous Swiss psychologist explains to the layperson his enormously influential theory of symbolism as revealed in dreams.

Dictionary of Symbols, Myths & Legends, by Didier Colin
"This book is an invaluable in researching the meanings in art literature and classic texts as well as for understanding and interpreting dreams and the customs of our lives."