Magiczna bogini ciała
The Magic Goddess of the Body

Summary/Abstract: This sketch develops athesis proposed in the book Bru- no Schulz, issued in 2006, which tries to prove that Schulz’ series of graphic works entitled Xięga bałwo- chwalcza illustrate apseudo-mythical tale about the- ophanies in the phantasmagorical Drohobycz of the Phoenician goddess Astarte. According to this concep- tion, the young Schulz devised, together with agroup of friends, aunique experimental religion of ecstasy. The presented study attempts to seek evidence in favo- ur of this concept in the „scandalizing” backdrops of Schulz’ portraits and self-portraits. The reconstruction of the erotic rituals of the ancient Middle East could have referred to Les Mystères des Dieux, Vénus (1909) by the eminent French occultist Pierre Piobb, which appeared in Poland already ayear after its publication.

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