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Jung on Alchemy (4): Prima Materia – The One, Who Art All

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Symbol Reader

In this vignette found in Michael’s Maier’s Tripus Aureus Jung saw “the double face of alchemy.“ On the right hand side, a man is busy at a furnace, engaged full on in the physical and transformative experience, while in the library three … Continue reading →

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The Phoenix

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Symbol Reader

1.“When I comprehended my darkness, a truly magnificent night came over me and my dream plunged me into the depths of the millennia, and from it my phoenix ascended.” C.G. Jung, “The Red Book” 2.”At the beginning there was only … Continue reading →

Posted in The Phoenix | Tagged alchemy, androgyne, archetypes, benu, bird goddess, birth, blood, Carol Heffeman, conception, creation myth, depth psychology, Egyptian myth, fountain, goddess, Heliopolis, initiation rites, isis, Lactantius, Marija Gimbutas, menstruation, Mircea Eliade, phoenix, purificaton, rebirth, regeneration, Sirius, Sothis, symbolism, symbols | 25 Comments

The All-Seeing Eye

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Symbol Reader

1.“Illumination comes to those who hear the song of Light unchanged, unflickering, eternal — Light that is one though the lamps be many.” Dane Rudhyar 2.”The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, … Continue reading →

Posted in The All-Seeing Eye | Tagged alchemy, All Seeing Eye, ancient Egypt, archetypes, Blavatsky, caduceus, cone, esoteric knowledge, esoterism, eye, Eye of Horus, Eye of Re, Hermes, Hermes Trismegistus, Horus, isis, Isis Unveiled, Juno, kundalini, Moon, myth, mythology, Osiris, peacock, peacock’s tail, pineal gland, Plotinus, psychology, putrefation, sun, symbolism, symbols, third eye, Vatican | 34 Comments

Your Golden Hair Margeurite: Hair as a Symbol

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Symbol Reader

Rapanzel, via http://haleys-comet.deviantart.com/art/Rapunzel-Let-Down-Your-Hair-110501671 In an old pagan ritual known as the Maypole dance, on the Eve of May Day, female dancers circled the pole the counter-clockwise direction, which is sacred to women and associated with the moon while male dancers … Continue reading →

Posted in Hair | Tagged Apollo, archetypes, Auschwitz, Berenice, braids, Coma Berenices, Death Fugue, hair, holocaust, isis, Louis XIV, maypole, mythology, Osiris, Paul Celan, plaits, Samson, Shiva, symbolism, symbols, wigs | 23 Comments

Images of the Zodiac: Contemplating Virgo

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Symbol Reader

Johfra Bosschart, Virgo I adore this image. It reminds me of a precious and delicate porcelain figurine that you hold delicately between your fingers, marveling at its fragile beauty. I like to spend a longer time looking at the Zodiac … Continue reading →

Posted in Johfra Bosschart | Tagged archetypes, Astraea, astrology, Atargatis, Christ, Dike, ear of corn, four Evangelists, grain, Hermes, initiation, isis, Osiris, priestesses, rituals, sacred prostitution, symbolism, symbols, tetramorph, Thoth, Virgin, Virgin archetype, Virgin Mary, Virgo | 46 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 →