Capricorn: Goat Mother of the Sun The Goat is the mother of the Sun, for it is in the constellation of Capricorn, whose zoomorph is a goat, that the Sun is reborn, Meaning that the Sun begins to rise again from is lowest point. Adversity is overcome by humour. The central figure displays the personality required for facing adversity, a sense of humor. This is also emphasized by the figure’s horns resembling a medieval fools cap. The spiral beard symbolizes time. The blocks below illustrate the challenges that need to be overcome so that they become the stairs to achievement. The […]
Category Archives: Mythology
Tarot Tower Explained The tarot Tower card signifies destruction, but it is important to recognize that this destruction comes from within rather than from outside forces. The Tower represents the moment in our journey when we gather the courage to transcend the false self-image we have constructed—the Tower itself. By breaking free from this illusion, we are able to unleash our true selves and perceive the Tower for what it truly is: a mere eidolon (an unsubstantial image or phantom). This card suggests liberation, awakening, and the courage required to shed old beliefs and embrace authenticity. Tarot of the Morning […]
Qlippoth An Alternative View Of The Nightside There is a common belief in certain circles that there are two QBL Trees of Life: the Light or Dayside Tree and the Dark or Qlippoth Nightside Tree. The Light Tree, fig 1, and the Dark Tree, fig 2 (fig 1 inverted). When displayed together they are often arranged as in fig 3. There is an argument for this, but, we might also consider that when we understand all is perspective, we then realize there is only one Tree. When a body is alive, the four worlds of the QBL are engaged together like […]
The Shaman The Shaman, oil on canvas, 72 inches by 24 inches, 2009 Presently on display at Magus Books & Herbs in Minneapolis, MN The Anima Daemon Spirit
Leda Zeus Leda Zeus, oil on canvas 72 inches by 48 inches 2012 Buy Original Painting from Saatchi Art In Greek mythology, Leda was daughter of the Aetolian king Thestius, and wife of the king Tyndareus of Sparta. According to the myth, Zeus appeared to Leda in the form of a swan, seducing and impregnating her. Leda produced four offspring from two eggs: Castor and Clytemnestra from one egg, and Helen and Polydeuces from the other. As the mother of Helen of Troy, Leda is the root of the “Time of hero’s”, the Trojan War. Zeus in this tale is demonstrated to […]
Draconian Magick Howling at the Sky, Draconian Architecture and the Sabian Keys Howling at the Sky, Draconian Architecture and the Sabian Keys, a handbook, grimoire, of Draconian Magick was first published in 2002 and has been long out of print. It has been republished and is available again. ISBN 978-1440434143 $19.95 A theory and practice manual of ceremonial magick. Using natural phenomena as symbolic representations of inner processes, we are provided a bridge to integrate ourselves back into the fabric of the universe from which we have exiled ourselves. Once integrated, we will again be able to understand the music […]
Cernunnos or Herne The Hunter Cernunnos or Herne. The arrival of Celtic Herne the Hunter, Oil on canvas, 2013 Sometimes a keeper here in Windsor Forest, Doth all the winter-time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg’d horns; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle, And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain Most hideously and dreadfully. You have heard of such a spirit, and well you know The superstitious, idle-headed eld Receiv’d, and did deliver to our age, This tale of Herne the Hunter for a truth. — William Shakespeare, The […]
Some of my new paintings completed in 2013 All these paintings premiered in the Chimera exhibition at Stevens Squared Center For The Arts in August 2013 Fall Herne The Hunter Flamenco Spanish Fire The Green Witch The Sphinx Dreams Her Incarnations Dream
Falling: Fall Of Man Falling: Fall of Man is an occult inspired triptych of three 8 foot by 4 foot oil on wood panels, 2012/2013 Presently on display at Stevens Square Center For The Arts until Sunday August 25th, 2013. Left Panel Fall: Paradise is for those who do what they are told Reaching for the serpent of wisdom and knowledge the seeker awakens the suppressed aspects of the self. Fall from paradise. The awakened individual becomes alert to all the previously suppressed potentials. We wake up through escaping from the prison of religion and societies values. At the bottom […]