Orphic Inscendenceさんのイラストまとめ

“Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven. ”
― Novalis, Philosophical Writings

Art by Gustaf Adolf Tenggren (November 3, 1896 – April 9, 1970), Swedish-American illustrator.

If you are interested in Ibn Arabi's astrology, you can read about it in a book written Titus Burckhardt, a Swiss metaphysician & initiate of a Sufi Tariqa Darqawiyya.

Here is the link for the book (not a download, opens a page): https://t.co/3U8rc3SaLI

The bull or cow is generally associated with fertility, growth, abundance & vegetation. So, Ibn Arabi also, assigns it the divine attribution of "Universal Substance" or prima materia, the very first matter. It is the starting material from which all others grow & develop.

"Mercury Escorting Psyche to Mount Olympus and Her Marriage with Amor", Anonymous

Slavic gods in the art of Andrey Shishkin:
1. Veles - god of earth, water & the underworld.
2. Stribog - god of the wind & the distribution of wealth.
3. Zorya Utrennyaya / Zarenica - personification of the morning star.
4. Živa - goddess of life & fertility. Živa means "living".

Ibn Arabi appoints the attribute of "The Universal Soul" or "The Tablet" to this mansion. The Universal Soul is that which receives the Breath of the First Intellect. This soul is the Tablet on which the Pen writes. The Moon receives the Sun's light, hence it being the ruler.

- Al - Butain - The Belly of the Ram -

The second mansion within the constellation of Aries is Al Butain. This lunar mansion ranges from 12°51' to 25°42', fully within a sign of Aries. The planetary ruler of this mansion is considered the Moon.

Dinka People // Photos by Sebastio Salgado & Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher

Dinka are a Nilotic ethnic group & they practice traditional agriculture & pastoralism, relying on cattle husbandry as a matter of cultural pride.

https://t.co/996yQgA40y

"The Birth of Aphrodite" & "Travel of Poseidon by the Sea", Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 – 1900), Russian.

Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, he was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea and was mostly based there.

Five things I love:

🌙 Metaphysics
🌙 Linguistics
🌙 Psychoanalytic Dream analysis
🌙 Ethnography
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