l'm a finder, sharer, and maker of liminal, numinous, and esoteric things. Areas of interest include #alchemy #hermeticism #tarot #folklore #forteana #paganism #gnosticism #trickster #folkhorror #psychedelia #outsiderart #esotericart
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| Location | Cowley, UK |
The Hermetic Androgyne
#alchemy #hermeticism #occultism #androgyne #esotericism #occult
#tarotcardoftheday
The Eight of Cups: Indolence
"Fast by her Side a listless Maiden pin'd,
With aching Head, and squeamish Heart-Burnings;
Pale, bloated, cold, she seem'd to hate Mankind,
Yet lov'd in Secret all forbidden Things."
— from The Castle of Indolence by James Thomson
Artwork by Lady Frieda Harris for the Thoth Tarot deck.
#tarot #thothtarot #bookofthoth #LadyFreidaHarris #Crowley #AleisterCrowley #minorarcana #occultism #esotericart #occult #esotericism
Thought Forms
The influence of #theosophy and other forms of occultism on modern abstract art is a subject very much close to my heart. Though unlike Mondrian, Kandinsky was never a member of the theosophical society, but he was very much conversant with the works of #Blavatsky, #AnnieBesant, #Leadbetter, and #Steiner.
This Gary Lachman article gives a good introduction: https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1405-kandinskys-thought-forms-and-the-occult-roots-of-modern-art
#modernart #abstractart #esotericart #occultism #kandinsky #mondrian #garylachman #thoughtforms
IN RECENT YEARS, the contribution that occult or mystical ideas have made to the evolution of art—or to culture in general—has been increasingly recognized. But this was not always the case. For a long time, the notion that belief systems like Theosophy, founded in 1875 by Madame Blavatsky and her companion Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, were anything more than a disreputable side-show to the mainstream of cultural development was scandalous...
"Adocentyn" or "The City and the Stars" by Julian Dourado. Oil on board, 2022
#JulianDourado #art #painting #oilpainting #esotericart #esotericartists #visionaryart #hermeticism #esotericism #adocentyn
Python Mercurius #illustration from the anonymous "Alchemical and Rosicrucian Compendium", Rhineland, ca 1760.
This image is a hand-painted copy of a woodcut from the book "Three Dreams on the Transmutation of Metals," printed in 1599 — an allegorical narrative by the alchemist Giovanni Battista Nazari.
Read what this ungainly, fleet-footed creature has to say to Nazari's hero on Adam McLean's website
https://www.alchemywebsite.com/Alchemical_Symbolism_Triple_headed_snakes.html
#alchemy #rosicrucianism #occult #esotericism #AdamMcLean
#monsters
"The Sixth Palace of Hell" by Fay Pomerance, 1945
I first saw this striking painting of Lilith at a dying man's bedside in the book "Secret Symbolism in Occult Art" by Fred Gettings (aka Mark Hedsel aka Frederick Goodman)
#art #painting #esotericart #lilith #occultart #mysticart #FayPomerance #Pomerance #esotericartists #FredGettings #demons
Detail of "Blue Angel" by #JulianDourado
#art #painting #oilpainting #esotericart #angels #JulianDouradoArt
An engraving by Cornelis Galle the Elder showing Dante's encounter with Lucifer.
Illustration from the mysterious Clavis Artis, a book purported to have been originally written by Zoroaster on dragon skin.
#alchemy #alchemicalart #alchemicalmanuscripts #esotericism #esotericart #dragon #serpent #comet
"Scissors Cuts Paper" by #JulianDourado
#art #painting #esotericart #angels #devils #JulianDouradoArt
