Tag Archives: divine feminine

The Black Madonna

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Symbol Reader

A striking poster advertises an exhibition dedicated to the history of 1000 years of pilgrimage to Einsiedeln Abbey, the seat of the Black Madonna. We see her red robe and the crown but the statue is not there. A veil … Continue reading →

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Poetry and Mystery: “Women” by Evelyn Scott

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Symbol Reader

“Crystal columns, When they bend they crack; Brittle souls, Conforming, yet not conforming– Mirrors. Masculine souls pass across the mirrors: Whirling, gliding ecstasies– Retreating, retreating, Dimly, dimly, Like dreams fading across the mirrors. Then the mirrors, Stark and brilliant in … Continue reading →

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“The Gazelle” by Reiner Maria Rilke

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Symbol Reader

Enchanted one: how shall the harmony of two perfect words attain that rhyme which ripples through you like a spell? From your forehead rise leaf and lyre, and all you are already moves in simile through love-songs whose words, softly … Continue reading →

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Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Pisces

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Johfra Bosschart, “Pisces” One of the best novels I have read in my whole life is without any shadow of a doubt Gould’s Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish by Richard Flanagan. Its narrator, William Buelow Gould, is … Continue reading →