Statuette of the goddess Hecate.
Hecate was associated with boundaries, both physical (such as gateways) and symbolic (such as the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead). This dedication shows her as a triple goddess to emphasise her connection with crossroads.…

Seen on my walk today…

From Europe a Prophecy by William Blake 1794. Personal photos

WILLIAM BLAKE as a young man, by his wife Catherine Blake c1850.
Here, she imagines her late husband in his youth with hair emanating like flames from his head, the source of his visions. Personal photo

HEAD OF A PROPHET- William Blake’s life mask

Happy #Satyrday . Deep drinking cup (skyphos): a dancing satyr
The satyr prances in front of a drinking horn Made in Athens about 480-470 BC;

Seen on my walk today…punting on the Cam is jolly fun

Seen on my walk today…

HARPIES and SIRENS
from a bookcase designed by William Burges, 1859-1862

Meister Eckhart: “Nothing within us should be hidden: we should reveal it all to God.”

Carl Jung: “Man’s task is… to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious. Neither should he persist in his unconsciousness,

“It’s always prophets…who know the language of the birds…Inside their prophetic bones they carry the memory of older days when birds and animals and humans all spoke the same language; when humans could turn into birds and birds would change into humans”

PETER KINGSLEY…

Babalon

Seen on my walk today…
Pratima of Durga as Mahishasuramardini
Made by Mintu Paul, Atindra Arts, 2007 Kumartuli, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

There’s a rule, either you do spiritual practices, or the unconscious will force you to act them out in pseudo-ritual ways. I really believe that a lot of the addictions and compulsive behaviors are unconscious rituals.~ Robert Moore

Seen on my walk today…reflections

'The Ship of Ishtar' (1949) by Virgil Finlay

1/ Robert Fludd theorized the Cosmos as a Divine 'Monochord' and by controlling the tension of the strings, God can change the density of all material things therein; the Monochord is divided into an ideal upper half, or active octave, and the lower, passive material octave.

“I can imagine that if there existed a God who loved, the devil would be driven to destroy even the weakest, the most faulty imitation of love. Wouldn't he be afraid that the habit of love might grow, and wouldn't he try to trap us all into being traitors, into helping him…

PRAYER TO SOPHIA

“Our Mother thou who art in the darkness of the underworld, May the holiness of thy name shine anew in our remembering.
May the breath of thy awakening kingdom warm the hearts of all who wander homeless. May the resurrection of thy will renew eternal faith even…