AURORA RESURGENS
AURORA RESURGENS
ANTHONY W JOHNSON
This book is an inédit presentation of three different texts. One discussing a Finnish sawmill in the form of a prose poem which brings the reader into a world of Sanskrit etymologies and the legend of ‘The Shining Ones.’
Another is a libretto for the Opera ‘The Clavis Magna of Giordano Bruno.’ In search of a lost text by a great Renaissance magus, the libretto offers an investigation of memory theatres, alchemy, religion and magic in the Sixteenth century: juxtaposing them against a contemporary story which closes on the cusp of the new millennium and the 400th anniversary of Bruno’s burning.
The third set of texts is a selection of poems, ‘Running with Dogs,’ including ‘Tangram,’ a seven-part work inspired by the Italian disaster at Seveso in 1976 and its aftermath. At the heart of the book is the idea that loss can be conceptualized not only in thaumaturgic terms but may also become a means of generating a redemptive alchemy of its own.
6×9” | B&W | 176 pp
ISBN 978-8792633057
CATEGORY
Poetry, Drama, Reflections
EDITION
Standard paperback 2011
NOTE
Title out of print
REVIEWS
Anthony Johnsons writes in manner that appeals to your dreams. But he is not merely fascinating, as he hands you the key to a cosmology you didn’t even know you shared with ‘the shinning ones.’ I call this the work of a true magician. — CAMELIA ELIAS, Editorial
