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The Eight Mountains
This post is an attempt at a symbolic reconstruction of a movie I have seen recently. After seeing it, I was so deeply moved that I immediately rewatched it and proceeded to jot down hurriedly ten pages of notes and … Continue reading
Posted in The Eight Mountains - movie
Tagged archetypes, Bruno, city, civilization, cosmic mountain, country, Dalai Lama, Enkidu, experience, father, father complex, friendship, Gilgamesh, growth, guru, intellect, Mount Meru, mountains, nature, peak, rock, Soul, Sumeru, summit book, symbolism, symbols, The Eight Mountains, Valley, wildness, World Axis
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Prague: A Threshold
You may have heard of two magical triangles, one of black, the other of white magic. The origins of that legend are impossible to fathom. The white magic triangle is said to include Lyon, Prague and Turin, while the black … Continue reading
Posted in Prague
Tagged alchemy, Alphonse Mucha, archetypes, art, Art Nouveau, astrology, Black Madonna, C.G. Jung, Cancer, city, Don Giovanni, Edward Kelley, goddess, Il Commendatore, Jaroslaw Rona, John Dee, Kafka, Kepler, literature, magic, magic triangle, Mother, mystery, Prague, Rudolf II, Secession, Soul, symbolism, symbols, Tycho Brahe
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Above and Below
Full Moon in Venice, via https://www.behance.net/gallery/Full-Moon-in-Venice/11204365 “Andria was built so artfully that its every street follows a planet’s orbit, and the buildings and the places of community life repeat the order of the constellations and the position of the most luminous … Continue reading
Posted in Quotations
Tagged city, correspondences, Invisible Cities Andria, Italo Calvino, literature, symbolism, symbols
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