{"id":17680,"date":"2016-01-27T01:04:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T01:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=17680"},"modified":"2025-06-07T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:44:32","slug":"cosmic-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2016\/01\/27\/cosmic-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1: <em>The Metamorphosis of Narcissus<\/em> (1937) by Salvador Dal\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dali1.jpg\" alt=\"dali1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dali2.jpg\" alt=\"dali2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>2: <em>Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man<\/em> (1943) by Salvador Dal\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dali3.jpg\" alt=\"dali3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>3: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/403735.The_Crack_in_the_Cosmic_Egg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Crack in the Cosmic Egg<\/a>: Challenging Constructs of Mind and Reality<\/em> (1971) by Joseph Chilton Pearce.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pearce.jpg\" alt=\"pearce.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>4: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Karthago-Karthago\/master\/298057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Karthago<\/em><\/a> (1971) by Karthago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/viewimages?release=2464078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/karthago.jpg\" alt=\"karthago.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Cover design by JH L\u00f6ffler.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/master\/277529-Norma-Winstone-Edge-Of-Time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Edge Of Time<\/em><\/a> (1972) by Norma Winstone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/winstone.jpg\" alt=\"winstone.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cover art by Terry Eden.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>6: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/525843.Supernature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Supernature<\/em><\/a> (1973) by Lyall Watson.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/watson.jpg\" alt=\"watson.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cover art by Jerry Pinkney.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/735236.A_Cosmic_Book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Cosmic Book<\/em><\/a> (1988) by Itzhak Bentov.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bentov.jpg\" alt=\"bentov.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>8: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1155643.The_Crack_in_the_Cosmic_Egg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Crack in the Cosmic Egg<\/em><\/a> (1996) by Steven Freeman &amp; Alan Freeman.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/freeman.jpg\" alt=\"freeman.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>9: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Wolfmother-Cosmic-Egg\/master\/192934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Cosmic Egg<\/em><\/a> (2009) by Wolfmother.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wolfmother.jpg\" alt=\"wolfmother.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cover by Invisible Creature.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>10: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6784482-krautrock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and Its Legacy<\/em><\/a> (2012) edited by Nikos Kotsopoulos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/krautrock.jpg\" alt=\"krautrock.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1: The Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937) by Salvador Dal\u00ed. 2: Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man (1943) by Salvador Dal\u00ed. 3: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: Challenging Constructs of Mind and Reality (1971) by Joseph Chilton Pearce. 4: Karthago (1971) by Karthago. 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