Guest guest Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Dear Fire-Sitters, On p.16 Alice writes about the fact that synchronicity played a significant role in her Sophia experience. This is true for me also and I later read in von Franz that this is typical of the way Sophia " speaks " to us. On p.21 she mentions The Road of the Dead. Glastonbury was found to have a similar processional feature called The Avenue of the Yews. Arthur, like St. Columba, was considered a figure who brought the essential aspects of the past (symbolized by the Grail in the Aurthurian legends) forward to the present. This essential aspect was symbolized by the stone representing " matter " . The Grail, in some texts, was said to be a stone - a meterorite. Alice talks about Arthur in this context. On p.22 Alice compares Pegasus to the valuable element concealed in the stone. My vision Mother had Pegasus as her steed and we would ride on him in order to visit the orchard which I associate with Avalon, the Isle of Apples. Now, in my adult life, you could say that Pegasus, inspiration, takes me to Avalon, the unconscious. On p.23 the holy stone of Mecca is mentioned, which is also a meteroite. On p.25 Alice stresses the importance of finding the sacred in the commonplace. This is the meaning behind most of my paintings. I simply look aournd me until I have the feeling of being " grabbed " by an object, then I know it wants to be included in a painting, In chapter IV Alice talks about the tree as a symbol of the individuation process. I have a painting called The Sower (www.carolspicuzza.com) that reflects this idea. The woman in the painting plants the seed of the Self that her tree of spiritual development might flourish. The seed is planted on bedrock representing the archetypes, the bedrock of the psyche. The action occurs under the auspices of the bear (formed by the opening of the cave). The name Arthur means bear-man and shows his link to Wotan and the animal energy we are trying to restore contact with. The name is also thought to come from the Celtic word for " stone " - " art " . The bear is our most ancient symbol of the feminine, the spirit that connects the past with the present, giving new expression to essential things that must be carried forward. The figure is green showing her connection to the Holy Ghost-Sophia. Ths figure is in a cave representing the place where we are initated into the mysteries. more later, Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 In a message dated 7/16/2004 4:54:37 PM Central Daylight Time, caspicuzza@... writes: >Think you might post it when it's finished or do you have a website? No, no website and no way to post it here. :>( Of course, it's not anywhere near finished yet, only sketches. Maybe I won't be able to translate my vision to paper. " A [woman's] reach should exceed [her] grasp, else what's a heaven for? " *G* > Any fantasies surrounding this painting? It came as a result of a guided imagery session from Soul Journeys II. The tape is not a very good example of guided imagery but it did at least bring me this visual. The other times I've listened to it and to the other one on the tape all I did was fall asleep! LOL The first piece of art I submitted for this course turned into a sort of combination of labyrinth and Yggdrasil. Looked at another way, it could resemble a human ovum with mitochondria. It was an interesting experience. The last piece was a huge indigo eye on an indigo background that I saw as a part of a meditation and in the pupil was an image of a meditator. I called the watercolor version " The I of the Beholder. " The pastel version was " Eye Am. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 ----- Original Message ----- From: sampatron@... In a message dated 7/16/2004 11:57:45 AM Central Daylight Time, caspicuzza@... writes: >In chapter IV Alice talks about the tree as a symbol of the individuation >process. The latest art piece I'm working on shows the figure of a human with feet buried deeply in the earth, roots growing from the feet, while the trunk is in " middle earth, " and the head is in the night sky with the flowing hair having reached among the stars. At least that's my vision. Getting it down on paper is another story! Namasté Sam in Texas §(ô¿ô)§ Sam, This sounds beautiful. Think you might post it when it's finished or do you have a website? This theme of the tree-woman seems to be appearing in the art of others as well and of course it goes back to the Minoans and who knows how far. I've been working on such a painting myself. But she seems to be making a resurgence. The Aurora Consurgens speaks of Wisdom-Sophia as a tree of life. Any fantasies surrounding this painting? Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 In a message dated 7/17/2004 9:57:47 AM Central Daylight Time, caspicuzza@... writes: >I like the connection to the mother archetype shared by Ydddrasil and >mitochondria. What I also found interesting about this is that by the time I was finished with it, it was a mandala, and I didn't even realize it until I said, " There! " and then really looked at it.The center was a sort of nucleus with 3 Cs in it and that was interesting, too. Three for trinity, of course, and C is the third letter of the alphabet, so 3 x 3 = 9. Around that was the labyrinth/maze/mitochondria and then the boundary and outside that a rainbow halo. The resemblance to Yggdrasil came when I turned it 90 degrees and discovered that the entrance to the maze which had been on the right now was on the bottom and resembled a tree trunk. No doubt in my mind that my unconscious was working big time on this since I really didn't recognize a lot of the symbolism until it was finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Thanks for sharing Sam. If the unconscious sends you any bits of mythology about these artworks I'd really like to hear about it. I like the connection to the mother archetype shared by Ydddrasil and mitochondria. Carol Re: The Dove in the Stone In a message dated 7/16/2004 4:54:37 PM Central Daylight Time, caspicuzza@... writes: >Think you might post it when it's finished or do you have a website? No, no website and no way to post it here. :>( Of course, it's not anywhere near finished yet, only sketches. Maybe I won't be able to translate my vision to paper. " A [woman's] reach should exceed [her] grasp, else what's a heaven for? " *G* > Any fantasies surrounding this painting? It came as a result of a guided imagery session from Soul Journeys II. The tape is not a very good example of guided imagery but it did at least bring me this visual. The other times I've listened to it and to the other one on the tape all I did was fall asleep! LOL The first piece of art I submitted for this course turned into a sort of combination of labyrinth and Yggdrasil. Looked at another way, it could resemble a human ovum with mitochondria. It was an interesting experience. The last piece was a huge indigo eye on an indigo background that I saw as a part of a meditation and in the pupil was an image of a meditator. I called the watercolor version " The I of the Beholder. " The pastel version was " Eye Am. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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