This has to be an illustration by Robert Fludd, the alchemist. I don't think I've ever seen this particular one, but I recognize Fludd's unmistakable style.
Often I incorporate elements of his illustrations into the collages and assemblage boxes that I create. I don't know very much about alchemy – nothing really – but I am fascinated by the artwork that is an integral part of its historical development.
When I used to attended the University of Miami, the library there housed a large collection of alchemical texts in its special collections department. This meant that the books could not be checked out, and some could only be viewed under close supervision by an attending librarian. I liked very much to go there when I had a few hours free, and look through the pages of these unusual documents – some were huge, almost as large as the table itself, and many were filled with amazing illustrations, similar to the one posted here.
I'm still going to see if I can find this particular illustration online, as I am now curious as to its interpretation.
Dear Paulo,
This looks like a collage, the type you do in a Kindy-garten. It is also a bit like playing the game “Hide and Seek” or the game “I am blind 1,2,3″.’
When I was very young , we used to play that game in the hall, with the shutters closed, and the dog, Ali, who was very old and blind. Ali, was our guide that helped us to find where the others were hiding.:)
There is in the picture, like a passage to go through and the light appears. It is the right of passage, the one where the “dosis of madness” comes to light to guide us through the realm of consciousness…..the place where our intuition guides us…and our inner-voice and that little flame that slowly makes a come back.
It is a step forward reaching towards the beyond…
I think I am getting closer, Paulo, Hou,hou,hou.
I know this might seem like a childish explanation, I think the spool represents the 3rd eye “and that is when the magic happens, when the reality kicks in” no?
In any case, I am very excited. I believe, I am heading in the right direction.
Can you help me with that please Paulo? Thank you.
With love,
Bonjour Paulo,
Je sais que ca va peut etre paraitre enfantin, je crois que la bobine represente le 3eme oeil -
“et c’est a ce moment la que la magie arrive
lorsque la realite entre en jeu.” Non?
En tout cas, cela me rend tres enthousiaste.Je suis sur la bonne voie.
J’ai besoin d’une reponse s’il vous plait?
Avec amour
I have never seen that before..
Yes, dear Savita, I made a search about Robert Fludd in the Google. Very interesting information.. He was an .. Alchemist!
The image brings to my mind the .. Hourglass, The Zero point and the .. Silence of the Senses in order to achieve illumination, through the Lotus and the Sword, the Female and Male forces of the Creation, Adam and EVE.
An explanation is needed, please..
LOVE,
Thelma
I have been reading your comments to the posts.You have an interesting veiw of things.do you blog /write and if so i would love to read more of your thoughts.
It’s like the process of attument to Reiki.
Knowledege and strenght become inside man from the seventh chakra up to his head, to the back part of his spine.
have a nice day
Once again thanks, dear Savita Vega.I guess you explained it completely. I know about Jungs theory, and in our country we have several writers and poets who developed similar theories, or used them with success in their writings.One is Lucian Blaga, the other Mircea Eliade.
Cela ressemble a un collage, le genre que l’on fait dans un jardin d’enfants. Un peu comme si on jouait a cache cache. ou le jeu de
“Je suis aveugle 1,2,3.” Quand j’etais jeune, on jouait dans le couloir,les fenetres fermees et le chien Ali, nous suivait. Ali etait aveugle, c’etait notre guide pour trouver les autres.
The sacrificial lamb( depicted by a similar picture of a blindfolded & bound Isaac being offered by Abraham) was born from an immaculate conception who too will be offered by the Mother. Though tragic, it nonetheless bridges Heaven and Earth.
Thanks, Alexandra, for the compliment, but intelligence has nothing to do with it – chance maybe, luck, even synchronicity – but certainly not any degree of intelligence beyond the norm. My own memory is like a rusty machine that I forever have to crank, or kick-start, or otherwise coax into working.
I never did succeed at finding the image online – though I’m still convinced it is Fludd – but I rather think that Carolena Sabah has it right – transformation by imagination.
When I look at this image, it just makes me think of the tree in my back yard – a mysterious oak, two trees actually, but sprouted from the same root and intertwined so tightly around one another that the trunks have fused to become one. About a year or so ago, I took some bricks and laid a circular border around it, just at the drip-line of the tree’s canopy. In my mind, that tree, like the double-headed lily in the illustration, exists in some other realm, removed from the rules and limits applied to our material world. It is more than just a tree, greater even than a symbol, more like an archetype (in the Jungian sense) – a carrier of meaning, rooted in the individual mind, but reaching its full potential only in the Collective Unconscious.
As Jung himself wrote (CW8:388), in reference to archetypes: “[For the alchemists] they were seeds of light broadcast in the chaos…the seed plot of a world to come…One would have to conclude from these alchemical visions that the archetypes have about them a certain effulgence or quasi-consciousness, and that numinosity entails luminosity.” In a sense, archetypes are like doorways that allow us to enter upon Sacred Ground – like that circle I framed out beneath the tree – a place which exists beyond time and space, and in which all things are thus possible. One theory, related to archetypes and the Universal Mind, states that, if one is able to access the Collective Unconscious then one is able to “see” beyond what is perceptible to the eye or retrievable by the individual memory. “When one Technical Remote Views, one is training the mind to recognize and bypass the logical and analytical conscious thinking, and instead work directly with the unconscious mind to retrieve information from the collective unconscious which contains all of the information on everything that ever was, is and will be. Thus, Technical Remote Viewing is referred to as a mind development technique that anyone can learn. Everyone has the innate ability to access the collective.” (The Matrix, Vol 1, Issue 5, Kimberly Snow). But this gets far too academic!
In the legends of the Holy Grail, in “Parzival,” there is a place called the Castle of Wonders, into which the Knight, Gawan, stumbles, rather unaware. In that castle is a tower, and in center of the tower, a pillar, called the Pillar of Marvels, which reflects in its shiny marble surface, everything that happens in the land, within a circumference of six miles. One could say that the Collective Unconscious is such a pillar. In it, one can see, or at least be connected with, everything that ever was, is or will be. Of course, these are sights, not seen “with the eyes” – thus, the blindfold on the figure in the illustration above. When I look at this illustration, I see that same sort of “pillar” – the connection between the individual mind (in the square below) and the Universal Mind (in the square above).
Still, it reminds me of that tree in my back yard – to me, more than “just a tree”: a promise of something more, a promise of the impossible, a promise of a miracle yet to unfold, yet to fully open like the double-headed lily in this illustration.
Thank you for sharing this interesting, if enigmatic, illustration with us, Paulo. I’ve had fun pondering it.
This has to be an illustration by Robert Fludd, the alchemist. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this particular one, but I recognize Fludd’s unmistakable style.
Often I incorporate elements of his illustrations into the collages and assemblage boxes that I create. I don’t know very much about alchemy – nothing really – but I am fascinated by the artwork that is an integral part of its historical development.
When I used to attended the University of Miami, the library there housed a large collection of alchemical texts in its special collections department. This meant that the books could not be checked out, and some could only be viewed under close supervision by an attending librarian. I liked very much to go there when I had a few hours free, and look through the pages of these unusual documents – some were huge, almost as large as the table itself, and many were filled with amazing illustrations, similar to the one posted here.
I’m still going to see if I can find this particular illustration online, as I am now curious as to its interpretation.
Thats a challenge.Is possible a hint? May I call a friend? I love it, but cant figure out the meaning.The eyes covered, means to close the eyes and to open the eyes of our souls, as you say in your novel,Brida? I need help…
This has to be an illustration by Robert Fludd, the alchemist. I don't think I've ever seen this particular one, but I recognize Fludd's unmistakable style.
Often I incorporate elements of his illustrations into the collages and assemblage boxes that I create. I don't know very much about alchemy – nothing really – but I am fascinated by the artwork that is an integral part of its historical development.
When I used to attended the University of Miami, the library there housed a large collection of alchemical texts in its special collections department. This meant that the books could not be checked out, and some could only be viewed under close supervision by an attending librarian. I liked very much to go there when I had a few hours free, and look through the pages of these unusual documents – some were huge, almost as large as the table itself, and many were filled with amazing illustrations, similar to the one posted here.
I'm still going to see if I can find this particular illustration online, as I am now curious as to its interpretation.
Hi Paulo! Atma Namaste!
- Meditation: The Beginner –
Interesting figure!
Beijos and blessings to you!
Kisses and blessings to all!
Marta From Brazil
Thank you Cristina for your explanation :-)
Love Jessica
I think that’s it.
Love you.
“Blinded by the light!”
Dear Paulo,
This looks like a collage, the type you do in a Kindy-garten. It is also a bit like playing the game “Hide and Seek” or the game “I am blind 1,2,3″.’
When I was very young , we used to play that game in the hall, with the shutters closed, and the dog, Ali, who was very old and blind. Ali, was our guide that helped us to find where the others were hiding.:)
There is in the picture, like a passage to go through and the light appears. It is the right of passage, the one where the “dosis of madness” comes to light to guide us through the realm of consciousness…..the place where our intuition guides us…and our inner-voice and that little flame that slowly makes a come back.
It is a step forward reaching towards the beyond…
I think I am getting closer, Paulo, Hou,hou,hou.
I know this might seem like a childish explanation, I think the spool represents the 3rd eye “and that is when the magic happens, when the reality kicks in” no?
In any case, I am very excited. I believe, I am heading in the right direction.
Can you help me with that please Paulo? Thank you.
With love,
Bonjour Paulo,
Je sais que ca va peut etre paraitre enfantin, je crois que la bobine represente le 3eme oeil -
“et c’est a ce moment la que la magie arrive
lorsque la realite entre en jeu.” Non?
En tout cas, cela me rend tres enthousiaste.Je suis sur la bonne voie.
J’ai besoin d’une reponse s’il vous plait?
Avec amour
Dreams are part of faith.
Faith is something we cannot see, only feel through our heart. It is unknown.
Dreams create flowers upon this earth. Within flower there is always a new possibility, new seed of dream and the wheel of life continues in eternity.
Eternity is inside us, we are all one.
Not through our eyes but through our heart and soul we can build bridge over the worlds.
I have never seen that before..
Yes, dear Savita, I made a search about Robert Fludd in the Google. Very interesting information.. He was an .. Alchemist!
The image brings to my mind the .. Hourglass, The Zero point and the .. Silence of the Senses in order to achieve illumination, through the Lotus and the Sword, the Female and Male forces of the Creation, Adam and EVE.
An explanation is needed, please..
LOVE,
Thelma
Savita Vega,
I have been reading your comments to the posts.You have an interesting veiw of things.do you blog /write and if so i would love to read more of your thoughts.
It’s like the process of attument to Reiki.
Knowledege and strenght become inside man from the seventh chakra up to his head, to the back part of his spine.
have a nice day
J’ai besoin d’un interlude a present. Je vais marcher.
Beijos.
c’est un pas en avant, a la rencontre de l’au-dela.
Je crois que je me rapproche, Paulo. Hou hou hou
et la petite voix a l’interieur, et cette petite flamme qui revient tout doucement.
ou il faut se laisser guider par son intuition.
c’est le droit de passage, celui ou la dose de folie apparait pour se laisser guider dans le royaume de l’inconscient.
Once again thanks, dear Savita Vega.I guess you explained it completely. I know about Jungs theory, and in our country we have several writers and poets who developed similar theories, or used them with success in their writings.One is Lucian Blaga, the other Mircea Eliade.
That’s interesting, I’ve seen a picture of such a tree, it’s quite amazing… Thank you Savita!
The Trinity?? how do you interpret that onlinedoctor?
Paulo, we’re going to need your help on this one!!!!!!
Il y a comme un passage a traverser et la lumiere se fait.
Cela ressemble a un collage, le genre que l’on fait dans un jardin d’enfants. Un peu comme si on jouait a cache cache. ou le jeu de
“Je suis aveugle 1,2,3.” Quand j’etais jeune, on jouait dans le couloir,les fenetres fermees et le chien Ali, nous suivait. Ali etait aveugle, c’etait notre guide pour trouver les autres.
Las dos ramas de los Caballeros.
However,the above image seems to hold a healing effect..
Breda
The image reminds me of something I learned about being criticised -and the devasting affect this has on our sences : (
Breda
The sacrificial lamb( depicted by a similar picture of a blindfolded & bound Isaac being offered by Abraham) was born from an immaculate conception who too will be offered by the Mother. Though tragic, it nonetheless bridges Heaven and Earth.
It’s the Trinity with the Immaculate Mother
Thanks, Alexandra, for the compliment, but intelligence has nothing to do with it – chance maybe, luck, even synchronicity – but certainly not any degree of intelligence beyond the norm. My own memory is like a rusty machine that I forever have to crank, or kick-start, or otherwise coax into working.
I never did succeed at finding the image online – though I’m still convinced it is Fludd – but I rather think that Carolena Sabah has it right – transformation by imagination.
When I look at this image, it just makes me think of the tree in my back yard – a mysterious oak, two trees actually, but sprouted from the same root and intertwined so tightly around one another that the trunks have fused to become one. About a year or so ago, I took some bricks and laid a circular border around it, just at the drip-line of the tree’s canopy. In my mind, that tree, like the double-headed lily in the illustration, exists in some other realm, removed from the rules and limits applied to our material world. It is more than just a tree, greater even than a symbol, more like an archetype (in the Jungian sense) – a carrier of meaning, rooted in the individual mind, but reaching its full potential only in the Collective Unconscious.
As Jung himself wrote (CW8:388), in reference to archetypes: “[For the alchemists] they were seeds of light broadcast in the chaos…the seed plot of a world to come…One would have to conclude from these alchemical visions that the archetypes have about them a certain effulgence or quasi-consciousness, and that numinosity entails luminosity.” In a sense, archetypes are like doorways that allow us to enter upon Sacred Ground – like that circle I framed out beneath the tree – a place which exists beyond time and space, and in which all things are thus possible. One theory, related to archetypes and the Universal Mind, states that, if one is able to access the Collective Unconscious then one is able to “see” beyond what is perceptible to the eye or retrievable by the individual memory. “When one Technical Remote Views, one is training the mind to recognize and bypass the logical and analytical conscious thinking, and instead work directly with the unconscious mind to retrieve information from the collective unconscious which contains all of the information on everything that ever was, is and will be. Thus, Technical Remote Viewing is referred to as a mind development technique that anyone can learn. Everyone has the innate ability to access the collective.” (The Matrix, Vol 1, Issue 5, Kimberly Snow). But this gets far too academic!
In the legends of the Holy Grail, in “Parzival,” there is a place called the Castle of Wonders, into which the Knight, Gawan, stumbles, rather unaware. In that castle is a tower, and in center of the tower, a pillar, called the Pillar of Marvels, which reflects in its shiny marble surface, everything that happens in the land, within a circumference of six miles. One could say that the Collective Unconscious is such a pillar. In it, one can see, or at least be connected with, everything that ever was, is or will be. Of course, these are sights, not seen “with the eyes” – thus, the blindfold on the figure in the illustration above. When I look at this illustration, I see that same sort of “pillar” – the connection between the individual mind (in the square below) and the Universal Mind (in the square above).
Still, it reminds me of that tree in my back yard – to me, more than “just a tree”: a promise of something more, a promise of the impossible, a promise of a miracle yet to unfold, yet to fully open like the double-headed lily in this illustration.
Thank you for sharing this interesting, if enigmatic, illustration with us, Paulo. I’ve had fun pondering it.
Sincerely,
Savvita
Wow, that’s interesting, I’d also like to know the interpretation… Thanks Savita.
Maybe he is creating and transforming his world, by his imagination.
Wow,Savita Vega, you are so smart…You know so many things.Thanks for sharing the information.
This has to be an illustration by Robert Fludd, the alchemist. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this particular one, but I recognize Fludd’s unmistakable style.
Often I incorporate elements of his illustrations into the collages and assemblage boxes that I create. I don’t know very much about alchemy – nothing really – but I am fascinated by the artwork that is an integral part of its historical development.
When I used to attended the University of Miami, the library there housed a large collection of alchemical texts in its special collections department. This meant that the books could not be checked out, and some could only be viewed under close supervision by an attending librarian. I liked very much to go there when I had a few hours free, and look through the pages of these unusual documents – some were huge, almost as large as the table itself, and many were filled with amazing illustrations, similar to the one posted here.
I’m still going to see if I can find this particular illustration online, as I am now curious as to its interpretation.
“I’ve been in the world and the world didn’t get me.”(Socratus)
Thats a challenge.Is possible a hint? May I call a friend? I love it, but cant figure out the meaning.The eyes covered, means to close the eyes and to open the eyes of our souls, as you say in your novel,Brida? I need help…