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Category Archives: Art

22
May 2018

Orpheus Eurydice

Orpheus Eurydice: Don’t Look Back Orpheus Eurydice, Oil on canvas, 36 inches by 72 inches, 2011 Buy original painting from Saatchi Gallery The most famous story in which Orpheus figures is that of his wife Eurydice and her attempted return from the underworld. While walking in tall grass at her wedding, Eurydice was set upon by a satyr.  In her efforts to escape the satyr, Eurydice fell into a nest of vipers and suffered a fatal bite on her heel. Her body was discovered by Orpheus who, overcome with grief, played such sad and mournful songs that all the nymphs […]

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21
May 2018

Sun Enters Gemini, Tarot Card Lovers

Sun Enters Gemini, Tarot Card Lovers The Sun in Gemini, tarot card Lovers, represents the duality of our brain at the point of becoming conscious. The union of the Maiden and the Serpent illustrates the duality of the human brain. The figure descending from the sky represents the rise of human consciousness and self-awareness. Inspiration for my depiction of the Lovers card came from Paolo Uccello’s  painting of Saint George and the Dragon. The Influence of Paolo Uccello’s Painting Upon the Lovers On a first glance at Paolo Uccello’s painting, it seems the male hero rescues the maiden from the clutches of a […]

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15
May 2018

Princess Pentacles, Princess Earth

Princess Pentacles Princess Pentacles, Princess Earth, Princess, representing the Earth aspect of Earth. Taken from the Tarot of the Morning Star deck, Tarot Princess Earth Pentacles is the sixteenth and final Tarot Court Card and as such represents a hidden spirit or Goddess. She is the culmination and synthesis of the previous 15 Court Cards. Princess of Earth, Princess of Pentacles, representing the Earth aspect of Earth. Taken from the Tarot of the Morning Star deck, Tarot Princess Earth Pentacles is the sixteenth and final Tarot Court Card and as such represents a hidden spirit or Goddess. She is the […]

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Apr 2018

Tarot Six Pentacles Six Earth

Tarot Six Earth Six Pentacles, Second Decan Taurus Tarot card meaning of Six Earth, Six Pentacles, second decan Taurus. Each of the Minor Arcana cards numbered six expresses attributes of Tiphareth, whose title is Beauty, the sixth sphere corresponding with Sol on the QBL Tree of Life. Sephirothic Planetary Correspondence The planetary correspondence of Tiphareth is the Sun, and each of the minor arcana cards numbered “Six” expresses its quality colored by their elemental suit: fire, water, air and earth. These four suits correspond to the four worlds of the QBL. Fire Atziluth, Water Briah, Air Yetzirah and Earth Assiah. […]

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23
Apr 2018

Leda Zeus Trojan War

Leda Zeus root of the Trojan War Leda Zeus and the Swan, Trojan War, oil on canvas 72 inches by 48 inches 2012  Buy Original Painting from Saatchi Art Leda in Greek mythology, was the daughter of the Aetolian king Thestius, and wife of the king Tyndareus of Sparta. According to the myth, Zeus appeared to her 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, she is root of the “Time […]

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20
Apr 2018

Taurus Sun Hierophant

Taurus Sun Hierophant Taurus Sun Tarot Hierophant represents a quality within us that registers an awareness of phenomenon. It is not the elucidation of the phenomenon but the bringing to our attention that there is something of which we are not cognizant. Admitting we are in the dark about a subject is our door to learning about it. Overcoming fear to enter the dark is our next step on the path to cognition of the paradox. See Tarot Hermit and Tarot Devil In the foreground of the card the scroll of life unfolds and as it does so the Duat, symbolic of […]

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10
Apr 2018

The Origin of Human Consciousness

Origin of Human Consciousness Dramatised in Ancient Myth and Visual Art The origin of human consciousness dramatised in ancient myth and visual art I was prompted to create this post after reading The Origin of Consciousness in the Break Down of the Bicameral Mind by  Julian Jaynes and recognizing similarities to my theory of Dream Linguistics. Jaynes argues that the breakdown of the Bicameral Mind and the appearance of human consciousness can in a large part be attributed to writing. Because he could now read an individual no longer heard the words of gods or kings The once direct communication […]

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12
Mar 2018

Tarot Four Fire, Four Wands

Tarot Four Fire, Four Wands, Perfected Work Tarot Four Fire, Four Wands, and each of the Minor Arcana cards numbered Four exhibit attributes of Chesed. Chesed is the fourth sephira of the QBL. Planetary Correspondence The planetary correspondence of Chesed is Jupiter, and each of the Minor Arcana cards numbered “Four” expresses this planetary character, individualised by their specific elemental quality of either Fire, Water, Air or Earth, Wands, Cups, Swords, or Pentacles. Astrological attributes of Jupiter are summed up as representing a beneficial influence of nature. However, the expansive quality associated with Jupiter can result in excess and a […]

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9
Mar 2018

Spirit

A Spirit Spirit is a  painting by by Minneapolis visual artist Roger Williamson This modern symbolic painting is an, oil on canvas, 12 inches by 12 inches, 2010, $645 Purchase original painting from Saatchi Art MIA Foot in the Door 2010 featured A Spirit in their exhibition. I also featured it in my short movie Invitation to the Quest Spirits manifest into our realm through multiple vehicles, images seen in clouds, undergrowth, incense smoke and the artists canvas. There is an example of this phenomena in Lore of Prosperine by Maurice Hewlett chapter A Boy in the Wood. The following […]

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