Author Archives: Symbol Reader

The Eight-Point Star to My Wandering Bark

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Symbol Reader

I never wanted my blog to be an encyclopedia of symbols. First of all, I am not an expert and encyclopedias are written by experts. But more importantly, I think talking about symbols should rather resemble telling stories, showing images, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Eight-Point Star | Tagged 8-point star, Anthony Aveni, archetypes, astrology, Cirlot, images, Inanna, Ishtar, Jung, Margate Shell Grotto, numerology, pagan wheel of the year, symbolism, symbols, Venus, Venus evening star | 38 Comments

The One Divine Highway

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Symbol Reader

I looked at the following aims and ideals of Self-Realization Fellowship as set forth by Paramahansa Yogananda, its founder, and realized how deeply I identify with all of them and how I have always wanted to make number 3 my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged consciousness, God, higher Self, self realization, Self-Realization Fellowship, spirituality, unity, wholeness, Yogananda | 18 Comments

In Heraclitus’ River: The Mystery of Time

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Symbol Reader

1. Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes … Continue reading →

Posted in Time | Tagged A Sense of an Ending, a union of opposites, Alain de Botton, archetypes, art, astrology, Beckett, clocks, Eliade, eternal return, Heraclitus, illusion of time, In Search of Lost Time, Julian Barnes, literature, Macbeth, memory, novels, painting, Proust, quantum physics, Shakespeare, Switzerland, symbols, Szymborska, the collective unconscious, the unconscious, Time, time and memory, time symbolism, Virgo, Waiting for Godot, watches, Yacek Yerka | 35 Comments

Archetype Lupus and Astronomy – the Sirius Case

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Originally posted on stOttilien:
This is an extension of the last post: the archetype of the wolf. I am a hobby astronomer and fond of its older sister Astrology. So lets look to the Wolf from that perspective. The wolf…

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Posts in Threes (2). Where Eternity Closes Its Eyes

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Glory Window, Thanksgiving Square Chapel in Dallas, Texas I have seen three blog posts in the last week that seem to touch on the same phenomenon or which seem to have sprung from the same source of wisdom. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, movement, poetry, Spiral, spirituality, stillness, symbolism, symbols, tao, Upanishads | 19 Comments

Heart Sutra For the Balsamic Moon

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Allow your judgments their own silent, undisturbed development, which, like all progress, must come from deep within and cannot be forced or hastened. Everything is gestation and then birthing. To let each impression and each embryo of a feeling come … Continue reading →

Posted in The Balsamic Moon | Tagged astrology, balsamic moon, cycles of nature, Dana Gerhardt, Ecclesiastes, gestation, Grimm brothers, growth, hair symbolism, individuation, lunation, lunation phases, moon cycles, Rapunzel, Rudhyar, Soul, spirituality, symbolism, the feminine, the heart sutra, transition | 36 Comments

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Taurus

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Posted in Johfra Bosschart | Tagged archetypes, art, Buddha, Freud, Johfra Bosschart, Krishnamurti, libido, Mars, myth, mythology, psychoanalysis, Shakespeare, spirituality, spring, symbolism, symbols, Taurus, The Tempest, Venus, Zodiac | 48 Comments

Posts in Pairs (1). Out of Many One.

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Symbol Reader

As an ever curious Gemini woman (with Mercury, the messenger of the gods and their intermediary, in conjunction with my Sun) I am always on the lookout for connections, links and associations. I have been paying attention to quite a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston tragedy, C.G. Jung, dismemberment, diversity, Egyptian mythology, healing, isis, Osiris, terrorism, unity, wholeness | 18 Comments

The Crossroads of Time

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Symbol Reader

The Selkie, via here The song featured below captured my mood today with the dark skies and decisively non-Spring weather. Loreena McKennitt’s voice just wraps around me and carries me far away. She was born in Canada but her music … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, Celtic mythology, Celts, impossible love, Irish folklore, Irish myth, Loreena McKennitt, mythology, Neil Jordan, Ondine, selkie, spirituality, symbolism, symbols, the sea | 18 Comments

Dragons and Princesses

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Fear of the Inexplicable But fear of the inexplicable has not alone impoverished the existence of the individual; the relationship between one human being and another has also been cramped by it, as though it had been lifted out of … Continue reading →