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    <body><![CDATA[One of my all time favorite reference books -- full of underlining, highlighting, and ancient, curled, annotated Post-It notes. I went to this book yesterday and realized I should add it to my library.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A fantastic overview of the meaning behind symbols and their meanings.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An unapologetically Jungian-inspired dictionary of symbols. In limited space, covers a number of cultural manifestations of each symbol, with a latent argument for some sort of generalizable meaning. Well-written with interesting art pieces. Particularly helpful for those interested in mythology or ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8635975">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good basic reference for a &quot;collective unconscious&quot; version of symbolism. Can be applied toward art, literature, dreams and anything else that hits your radar. Good for reading more into children's and outsider art than probably necessary. Also fun just to open anywhere and read. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an awesome book. It's a part of the 25+ books i recieved for Christmas. It provides the knowledge which would enable someone to read pretty much anything. i don't understand why ben gates and riley didn't just buy this book instead of going to ben's mom.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have the second edition of this book and it's a wonderful resource of symbols and their meanings.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love books on symbols and so far, this one is my favorite.]]></body>
    
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