The Eye is the window of the soul. The eye sees light, but it is by its own light that it knows what it looks at.

The eye is a fire, is the sun, the centre of origination and the light of reason; and again it is the evil eye, full of jealousy, cunning and menace.

Francis Huxley here tells, with the help of over 100 illustrations, of the myths that abound that tell of eyes being exchanged or lost, of an eye being sacrificed in order to gain second sight, and of the owners of vision, knowledge and command coming together in the Third Eye. In nature, in dreams, in art, in legends from around the world and in many forms of mysticism, the eye reflects our gaze inwards…