metazoa-etcetera: The African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) was a symbol of the god Thoth in Ancient Egyptian culture.
[Photo by Craig Adam.]
Month: August 2012
“Tower of the Magi”
Andrew Schmidt
20123.5’ x 1.5’ x 1.5’
Wood, Paint, Wheatpaste, Glue, Marker, Crystal Clear Enamel, Paper, POSCA Paint Marker, Pen and InkThe “Tower of the Magi” is a sculpture representative of many of the arcane arts. On the first tier we have the Aristotelian Elements, Metatron’s Cube, my personal symbol for a universe, and a Crystal Grid in the formation of a symbol for the Earth. On the second tier we have a Pyramid, the Sumerian symbol for Temple, Two Obelisks protecting the Universe, and the Vegvisir. On the third tier we have the Ouroboros, The Golden Ratio chart, a symbol for Mercury, and Bricks. On the fourth and final tier we have a Primitive Symbol for the Four Elements, a Bind Rune for a Rune Wizard, the cube of the Adulruna, the Greek symbol for the Golden Ratio, and on top is a Pentagram. Finally, the cube’s dimensions all follow the scale of the Golden Ratio.
The Hermetic Library Tumblr: In Nomine Babalon, LXIX
The Hermetic Library Tumblr: In Nomine Babalon, LXIX
LXIX
Your alabaster skin, Your hair is aflame,
In passionate orgy I call out Your name;
Entangled in sexual bliss until dawn
I raise up the cup and adore Babalon!
— In Nomine Babalon: 156 Adorations to the Scarlet Goddess
It is not storms, not thunder and lightning, not rain and cloud that remain as images in the psyche, but the fantasies caused by the affects they arouse. I once experienced a violent earthquake, and my first, immediate feeling was that I no longer stood on the solid and familiar earth, but on the skin of a gigantic animal that was heaving under my feet. It was this image that impressed itself on me, not the physical fact. Mans curses against devastating thunderstorms, his terror of the unchained elements – these affects anthropomorphize the passion of nature, and the purely physical element becomes an angry god.
Carl Jung
ANTHOMANCY [aka ANTHROMANCY]
[noun]
divination through flowers by interpreting their colours, petals, the time in which they were planted, etc. Seeing omens in flowers.
