Visio Smaragdina
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In this episode of Rupert, our cuddly bear receives instruction in sorcery from Baphomet; he eats the magic berries and thus obtains a vision of PAN.
PUTREFACTIO - “When you see your matter going black, rejoice, for this is the beginning of the work” Rosarium Philosophorum, a 16th century alchemical treatise. The matter going black or putrefying is a reference to the Nigredo stage of the alchemical process, also known as the…
Can Pan and Christ be reconciled? Of course the dogmatists, both pagan and Christian, will say no. It’s always the mystics, visionaries, artists and depth psychologists who point the way forward. Here’s a vision from the Occult diaries of R Ogilvie Crombie, (1899-1975): “I felt…
‘Io Pan! Io Pan! Come over the sea From Sicily and from Arcady! Roaming as Bacchus, with fauns and pards And nymphs and satyrs for thy guards, On a milk-white ass, come over the sea To me, to me!’ — Aleister Crowley, ‘Hymn to Pan’ (1919)
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 ~ 1973) 1928 'Halls of Manwë - Taniquetil' illustration for 'The Silmarillion Book II'.
"Fairy tales don't teach children that monsters exist--they already know that they do. Instead, fairy tales teach children that monsters can be defeated." G. K. Chesterton
“Thus Adam became a victim of Magic, and now his magnificence was gone. Sleep signifies death and surrender. The terrestrial realm had conquered him and ruled over him." (Menschwerdung, i. 5.) JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624) ‘The Teutonic Theosopher’ Art: William Blake, The Expulsion…
‘Life is born in the midst of death, and light in the midst of darkness’ JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
“Disciple: But how am I to wait for the rising of this glorious Sun, and how am I to seek in the center, this fountain of Light, which may enlighten me throughout, and bring all my properties into perfect harmony? I am in nature as I said before; and which way shall I pass…
Rescuing the earth from disaster. Vishnu has many different avatars. These are the bodily forms he adopts on earth. Varaha, the boar-headed deity, is his third avatar. Here, Varaha is shown with the goddess Bhu - the personification of earth - on his shoulder, having rescued her…
Just a reminder I’m also in bluer skies, if this place stinks too much.
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today." /G\