The Waterless Sea: A Curious History of Mirages by Christopher Pinney

The Waterless Sea: A Curious History of Mirages

Christopher Pinney

184 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

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The Waterless Sea: A Curious History of Mirages by Christopher Pinney is a captivating read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of culture, history, and the human experience, as it probes the mystical and symbolic significance of mirages across various traditions, revealing the profound ways in which these enigmatic phenomena have shaped our understanding of the world and ourselves.

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Mirages have long astonished travelers of the sea and beguiled thirsty desert voyagers. Traditional Chinese and Japanese poetry and art depict the above-horizon, superior mirage, or fata morgana, as exhalations of clam-monsters. Indian sources rel...

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