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Tag Archives: mythological

22
Jul 2017

Sun Enters Leo Tarot Strength and Bicameral Theory

Tarot Strength Bicameral Theory As an example of a bicameral archetype for this card, Achilles is opportune because of his reactionary fixed  automatic responses to phenomena.  We should note however that his character expresses wrath and anger but not hate. Is strength taking the fruit, or refusing the fruit? When presented with a phenomena outside of himself, Achilles responds to voices from within himself. He is, to all intense and purposes, a puppet  animated and manipulated by the strings of hallucinating voices of ancestors and Gods. These automatic responses are recurrent throughout the Iliad. However, when we examine the Odyssey, with […]

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19
Jul 2017

Watcher in the Wood

Watcher in the Wood Watcher in the Wood.  Rising out of the earth dryads answer the call of the piper. Watcher in the Wood, oil on wood, 72 inches by 36 inches, 2018. Original painting available from Saatchi Art It is rumored by aged locals of Asini, that in the lonely hills behind the village of Asini and the citadel of Ancient Asini / Kastraki, dryad, and daemon, spirits do appear. In shaded groves, protected from the heat of the mid–day sun these spirits perform their sacred dances. It is rumored by many that these spirits are manifestations of those […]

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Jun 2017

Tarot Artist Paintings

Roger Williamson Tarot Visual Artist Paintings Tarot visual artist Roger Williamson’s paintings creator of the Tarot of the Morning Star art tarot divination deck. The deck encourages users to discover insights into tarot cards from within themselves, evoked from the cards’ paintings. The tarot card images are a visual representation of the concepts he explores in his books Howling at the Sky, Black Book of the Jackal and Lucifer Diaries. The first edition was a major arcana deck of 22 cards in full colour, limited to 75 signed and hand-numbered copies. Cards measure 6 inches by 3.5 inches. Images designed and painted […]

Tarot deck as an inner voice is one of man’s techniques of attempting to put order and rhythm into what appears to be our chaotic and unpredictable lives.. Tarot artist, tarot card image
9
Jun 2017

Sphinx. Cryptic Mythological Being From Ancient Times

Cryptic Sphinx, Relevant in the Perpetual Present The cryptic mythological Sphinx epitomizes awareness of a possible  event. She is symptomatic of hazard, implying an appearance of a new situation or enterprise. As the enigmatic unknown She is the as yet to be revealed future. We are not initially cognizant of consequences resulting from our engagement in her speculative opportunity, not realizing the answer to her riddle will be through our life journey.  Our voyage of opportunity is revealed through oracular revelation, which through life experience, leads to interpretation of her initial cryptic emergence. Mystery is energy and when the sphinx […]

Cryptic sphinx, Symbolic mythological artist, williamson. Featured as Tarot Queen of Air in Tarot of the Morning Star by Minneapolis visual artist Roger Williamson
20
May 2017

Tarot Lovers Relative To Bicameral Mind Theory

Bicameral Mind Theory and tarot Major Arcana Card Lovers Tarot Lovers and the cards’ relationship to Bicameral Mind Theory, by  Julian Jaynes My rendition of The Lovers tarot card defines in its imagery the clash of modern consciousness rising within humankind, thus preempting the automatic responses of previous generations. Before 1000 BC, bicameral mind theory was of the opinion that humans responded robotically to the impulses of nature. Heard as ancestral voices, these impulses over time developed into the voices of gods. The serpent featured in the card is raw nature. It is the source of hallucinated ancestral voices that […]

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Apr 2017

Tarot Hierophant, Appearance of Awareness

Hierophant Major Arcana Tarot Divination Card Hierophant major arcana tarot card 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 […]

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13
Apr 2017

Odysseus

Odysseus Odysseus: A Man Becoming His Own God Odysseus a pictorial depiction of our journey through life.  Oil on canvas, 36 inches by 72 inches, 2008 refinished 2011. Buy Original Painting from Saatchi Art I originally finished The Odyssey in 2008, but then reworked it in the fall of 2011 for my show “God Factory”. In the Odyssey, one witnesses a move into human consciousness, a consciousness that is not present in the Iliad. The Odyssey shows man becoming accountable and introspective,  human traits not encountered in the Iliad. Philosophy Behind the Painting The Odyssey I believe is the greatest story […]

Odyssey, an original oil painting depicting events from Homers classic poem. Roger Williamson, Minneapolis artist.
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Apr 2017

Byzantine painting inspired by Museum of Argolis exhibit

Byzantine Byzantine Museum of Argos Byzantine painting, Oil on wood, 48 inches by 24 inches, 2015 Buy the original painting now from Saatchi Art My painting, Byzantine, is a rendition of a carving I first came across in the Archaeological Museum of Argos, Greece. It has since been moved and is now in the recently opened Byzantine Museum of Argolis.  Opened in March 2017. The original templon closure slab with a relief representation of a peacock pecking grapes is from the church of the Virgin Mary, Larissa Castle, Argos, 2nd half of the 12th century. Symbolism Byzantine sculptures often involved symbols, […]

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Mar 2017

Sun Enters Aries Tarot Emperor

Tarot Emperor Major Arcana Tarot Emperor, corresponding to astrological Aries, is Lord of both worlds, Upper and Lower Egypt, symbolised by the plants of these two regions, the lotus and the papyrus. From a metaphysical perspective, these two worlds are the seen and unseen, the conscious and the subconscious. For a deeper understanding of the cards, take time to consider what is occurring in the natural world when the Sun enters Aries. Translate this astrological phenomenon as a metaphor to discern its meaning regarding your question. Interpretation must come from within oneself through listening to one’s inner voice. Take time to read […]

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