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Ave Babalon
Month: February 2015
Keep thou not silent when evil is spoken for Truth
like the sunlight shines above all.
Franz Von Stuck – Pluto, 1909, oil on panel.
“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Great Lady Under Earth
Mesopotamian goddess Ereshkigal, older sister of Ishtar, Queen of Irkalla, the land of the dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f7TgEhiAvQ
I must say this is my favorite piece I did, I played a lot with details and shadows and I love how Ereshkigal looks.
“Ah Lilith! Lady of the Starry Heavens, and Mother of the Wise-blooded Cunning-folk sprung forth from the Seed of Cain. I call out to Thee in the Desolate Places of Wilderness: let Thy Spirit of Fire emanate from above and illuminate the Earthly Circle of mine own Arte!”
~ From Whisperings from the Void: The Amaranthine Arcanum of Holy Image and Revealed Exegesis.
Text and Image © Patrick John Larabee & Aeon Sophia Press
“Demeter on a chariot drawn by serpents” (Michelangelo Maestri, d. 1812 Rome. Now in a private collection…)