Deadly Nightshade
Deadly Nightshade
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Il Riccio, detail from The Rape of Europa
Il Riccio, detail from The Rape of Europa
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Antonio de Pereda y Salgado, Vanitas, 1635
Antonio de Pereda y Salgado, Vanitas, 1635
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Light before me, light behind me, Light to the right of me,...
Light before me, light behind me, Light to the right of me, Light to the Left of me, Light above me, Light beneath me. Forever into all directions O God, strenghten my light and give me the greatest light of all, The light of your Darkness.
Carving from an ancient tomb depicts the Serpent Apep, Osiris’...
Carving from an ancient tomb depicts the Serpent Apep, Osiris’ eternal foe. Here, a deceased and his three sons attempts to placate Apep, who eats the souls of the dead in the Underworld.
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"Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything."
- John Grossmann
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Vishnu as the Cosmic Man (Vishvarupa) Opaque watercolour on...
Vishnu as the Cosmic Man (Vishvarupa)
Opaque watercolour on paper
Jaipur, Rajasthan
c. 1800-50
The blue-skinned Hindu god Vishnu is shown with four arms, each holding one of his attributes: a conch shell, a lotus flower, a mace and his circular wand, called Sudarshana chakra (meaning ‘beautiful disc’). The small figures all over his body refer to his role as the Universal Man who encompasses all of creation: the Vishvarupa (literally ‘all forms’).
"There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in..."
- Carl Jung
"Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure."
- Rumi