The Gift of Magic

No one can really possess a symbolic object since the prime function of symbolism is not accumulation and retention, but communication by way of exchange. ~ de Riencourt, Amaury. Woman and Power in History . ~ Honeyglen Publishing Limited. Kindle Edition. A reading and understanding from both of Carl Jung’s Red and Black Books… A … Continue reading The Gift of Magic

Something’s a foot and I am not talking a rabbit charm!

I am on a journey with Rabbit or Hare. She appeared last night on the kitchen table. A large shadow in her shape. "Light in the darkness, concealed wisdom, arcane information, intuition and the Goddess" ~ The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols / Adele Nozedar Earlier, I remember looking up into the night … Continue reading Something’s a foot and I am not talking a rabbit charm!

How to Anchor This Energy in Your Psyche?

“I examined the natal planetary positions for many other similar Promethean figures. For example, I checked at once the case of Percy Bysshe Shelley, since he was so explicitly associated—even identified—with Prometheus, his Prometheus Unbound being the preeminent work on that figure in modern literature. If the thesis that Uranus was actually Prometheus had any … Continue reading How to Anchor This Energy in Your Psyche?

Chi Chi Hawa Harmony

"Hello, baby, helloOpen up your heart and let your feelings flowYou're not unlucky knowing meKeeping the speed real slowIn any case I set my own pace by stealing the showSay hello, hello." Chi Chi Hawa Harmony Chato from Painted Women / The Mustanger and the Lady (The Brandiron) ~ Dusty Richards You don’t catch a … Continue reading Chi Chi Hawa Harmony

a niche for the conscious feminine

Sunflowers and pomegranates by Hudley "But now women need to create structures in their lives and in society which ensure a niche for the conscious feminine. It is time to explode the fallacy that men and women are the same. Being equal does not mean having to be similar. Perhaps the time has come when … Continue reading a niche for the conscious feminine

Existentialism and turning 60…

“…individual’s starting point is characterized by what has been called “the existential attitude,” or a sense of disorientation, confusion, or dread in the face of an apparently meaningless or absurd. Many existentialists have also regarded traditional systematic or academic philosophies, in both style and content, as too abstract and remote from concrete human experience.” Ageing … Continue reading Existentialism and turning 60…

Sunday Random pick, The Mysterium Coniunctionis

I reluctantly picked up a book that seemed to urge me to open it, and despite my hesitation, I obeyed its call. "This investigation was rounded out by the Mysterium Coniunctionis, in which I once again took up the problem of the transference, but primarily followed my original intention of representing the whole range of … Continue reading Sunday Random pick, The Mysterium Coniunctionis

A feminine soul to be precise

3/10/2023 I have taken my pearl watercolor and moved the painting into the living room near to the right of my hearth. Today I was reading some interesting words that brought to life this image. It is amazing to me that sometimes one is inspired to create an image from a narrative and finds this … Continue reading A feminine soul to be precise

glorious shameless orgy

Spring Equinox The story of Persephone eating pomegranate seeds was related like a fairy tale in place of the original myth; Ovid speaks once of three, once of seven, pomegranate seeds and related that the tree grew in the garden of the king of the underworld. Pg.134, A Hermetical Essay on the Mysteries, Eleusis ~ … Continue reading glorious shameless orgy

Her Bidding…

Mom's rose by Hudley Walking through the fear of standing tall is how karma kicked me in the butt. Now I can do it. She did not want me to stop writing, or painting or being strong! A few years ago, before my parents passed, we tried to get them to use cell phones and … Continue reading Her Bidding…

Wheat And Moon

Vincent Van Gogh ` Wheat and Moon " ...The moon in this case is not a primum movems (first moving one); she suffers just like man or plant. It is rather a question of some occurrence in our cosmos which mythology expresses equally in the symbol of the moon, the woman, and the grain. In … Continue reading Wheat And Moon

Fay don’t have their say ??

Children are still told Grimm's fairy tale of "The Spirit in the Bottle," which is ever-living like all fairy tales, and moreover contains the quintessence and deepest meaning of the Hermetic mystery as it has come down to us today: ~ Jung on Alchemy Yes it seems that Mercury is gonna move forward. I know … Continue reading Fay don’t have their say ??

Two Dresses

Two dreams I had last week were very similar. They both were set in an environment of celebration. Everything was vague. I knew the people but they were also unrecognizable. A thread I pulled from both dreams that I remember clearly focused on dresses made just for me. The First dream there was a green 1940s backless … Continue reading Two Dresses

Animus with the Wind !

Ancient Egyptian human-headed ba-bird, gessoed and painted wood, Ptolemaic period,332-330 BC. H. 5 inches. (12.5cm) "The wind is in truth the ALL-Devourer, for when the fire dies out it goes into the wind, when the sun sets, it goes into the wind, when the moon sets, it goes into the wind, when the waters dry … Continue reading Animus with the Wind !

Yellow

Ancient Greek pottery c.330 BCE in British Museum – Delphic Tripod and the Pythia. The worst of times bearing grief and betrayal looking down towards the earth... walking slowly in duty... Comes up a spring bubbling and fresh female voices from the past speak of hope and inspiration... Images & symbols in my mind and … Continue reading Yellow

Comrades who whisper from the dead. Tall Drinks!!

Holly ready to send her laser... by Shyane Part one: Reading a few introductory books before entering The Red Book by CG Jung is a wise thing for me to do. Current historians and psychologists with a depth psychology twist are a nice tall drink. Understanding that Jung had a hard time deciding, in his … Continue reading Comrades who whisper from the dead. Tall Drinks!!