Hypnos
Oil on wood
34 X 48 X 2 inch
The Labyrinthine Domain of Hypnos
Dream Weaver, oil on wood, 34 x 48 inches, 2021
Dreaming sleep, the realm of Hypnos, whose influence upon us is to release healing vibrations, stimulating the resolution of our conflicts.
This consequence is symbolically represented in the foreground of the painting by poppy pods whose exhaling breath of lustrous trance-inducing vibrations is the vehicle of restitution.
The poppies symbolize the healing balm of natural pharmaceuticals. When controlled, they provide relief from pain and suffering in contradiction to our loss of will through falling victim to their addictive qualities.
The dream weaver background landscape depicts the electromagnetic soup of the universe. A vibrational chromatic spectrum of color, sound, time, and emotion, a sea through which we are compelled to navigate.
Here we build our relationships with forces of the infinite that are outside the dichotomy of good and evil. In this theatrical stage of magickal technique¹, we communicate with influences regarded as alien to conventional thinking..
Negative consequences we can experience here are the result of being dominated by the magically induced schizophrenic current. It’s a fine line between conversing with our daemons and being abducted by them. Should the latter occur we become entangled in the addictive labyrinthine skein of the Dreaming God. This is the consequence of the protective machines of the magickal technique being ignored.
Failure in successful navigation and interaction with these realms results in our being sucked dry so that we become little more than withered shells, soulless automatons, devoid of any sense of personal identity. We become drone-like vehicles of what we do not understand or even desire to know, constructs compelled by alien influences.
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IO Tells Her Story
oil on canvas
24 X 48 X 2 inch
Zeus and Io in Greek Mythology
Io was, in Greek classical mythology, a priestess of Hera in Argos who was seduced by Zeus. He then changed her into a heifer to escape detection by his wife.
Hera sent ever-watchful Argus with 100 eyes to guard her against any future advances by Zeus, but Hermes was dispatched by Zeus to distract the guardian and slay him.
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