When Raven Calls Mischief ~ Dug Stanat
Month: April 2015
Ave Babalon
Magic Power Figure (Nkisi), before 1892 Kongo Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France
Diagrams from the “Philosophus Lecture” of the Golden Dawn. The numbered green text in the second image refers to each diagram.
“Whatever the etymological origin of the word ‘magic’ may be, the mage is the finder and founder of images. Magic consists in fathoming the great Imagination”.
Images and text from “Mage and Image: An Essay on Hermetic Mutation with Coloured Reconstructions of G. … D. … Wands and Sceptres“ by Steffi Grant (1963). Reprinted in “Hidden Lore: Hermetic Glyphs” by Kenneth and Steffi Grant (2006).
see the light ram through the gaps in the land
forget my name | go astray | killer whale trapped in a bay
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Oh me oh my, do I love crazy witch ladies. 2014 wasn’t as productive a year art-wise as I’d hoped, but I think this piece makes up for the dry spells.
Watercolours, colour pencil, ink, and metallic watercolours on hot press watercolour paper. Characters © GRRM; Art © myself.
Reblogging for the third dang time because I only just realized I originally tagged it with Melisandre’s name misspelt. Eep!