... Never before have people felt the need to believe so strongly in their hearts... "These words Dm. Merezhkovsky, written in the late 19th century, is relevant for all times and peoples. The desire to believe and hope, in spite of everything, the desire to comprehend what is hidden from everyday vision, and to open the veil of secrecy - does not this explain the birth in human life of so many symbols and signs? "Symbols, signs, emblems. Encyclopedia" is a unique edition containing on its pages a multi-colored world of symbols and signs, in which the past and the present, the real and mystical, the objective and the fantastic, are surprisingly intertwined. Rich illustrative material (black-and-white and color illustrations) will help the reader to get the most complete understanding of mysterious, mysterious and ambiguous phenomena and objects.