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A R T S  &  W I T C H C R A F T S
Symbolism and the Occult Aesthetic

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T h e  H U M A N  K i n g d o m
continued

Fig. 1.

Veil; future fate. Fear of;
the desire to look.

Fig. 2.

Helmet; wisdom and magic.

Fig. 3.

Juno; Roman.
Queen of Heaven.

Fig. 4.

Feather; a measure of truth. Light as, free of sin.

Fig. 5.

Tanit Astarte; Phoenician.
Moon goddess.
Roman queen of the stars.

Fig. 6.

Menat; male & female conjunction.
Symbol for joyful sex relations.
Hathor; Egypt.

Fig. 7.

Yoni; Hindu, feminist greeting.
The goddess Shakti. Female power.
Invocation and benediction.

Fig. 8.

Chrismon; sign of God.
Christmas.

Fig. 9.

Broomstick; wise women.
Removal of evil from
mothers and babies.

Fig. 10.

Hobgoblin; hearth spirit.
A minor demon.

Fig. 11.

MARS

Fig. 12.

Sige; Roman.
Goddess of Silence. Pre-speak.
Birth of the universe.

Fig. 13.

Charm; microcosmic Man.
Mankind is the world.
The world is Mankind.

Fig. 14.

Love charm; Norse.
Male & female union.

Fig. 15.

Sma; Egypt.
Upper and Lower Kingdoms.
Fidelity and genitalia.

Fig. 16.

Triad

Fig. 17.

Triton; counterpart to mermaids.
A sea god and storm raiser.

Fig. 18.

Lyre; Horns.
Music of the spheres.
Mother goddesses.

Fig. 19.

Astarte Tanit;
Goddess of languages.
Of all Bibles.

Fig. 20.

Classic Angel

Fig. 21.

Zurvan; male & female in one body.
God & Devil, yin & yang. Persian.

Fig. 22.

Chakras.

Fig. 23.

Olive branches (with olives).

Fig. 24.

Shibboleth; Hebrew.
Rites of fertility. Antiquated.
Group hierarchies.

Figure 25.

Thumb; Hindu.
Thumb-size souls.
Lord of time, past and future.

Fig. 26.

Juno; fleur-de-lis. Lily.
Self-fertilization. Many meanings.

Fig. 27.

Cauldron; prime female symbol.
Pre-Christian era.

Fig. 28.

Candle; preserving the soul.

Fig. 29.

VENUS

Fig. 30.

Mano Pantea; Roman blessing.
Hand of the All Goddess.
Middle God, Index Goddess.

Fig. 31.

Lotus; womb of nature.
Symbol of the Four Elements.

Fig. 32.

Wine.
Nectar of the gods.

Fig. 33.

Wizards & wizardry.

Fig. 34.

Siren; mermaid, sheela-na-gig.
Revealer of nature's secrets.

Fig. 34.

Masks; impersonating deities and divinities.

Fig. 35.

Imp; a junior demon.
Citizen of Hell.
Animal and human.

Fig. 36.

Tree of Life; the all-giving mother.
Eden, death and resurrection. Martyrdom.

Fig. 37.

Om; mother of all sound. Hindu.
First sound of the creation.

Fig. 38.

Fingernails.

Fig. 39.

Osiris; savior of the world.
Suffer, die, rise again.
Awakened by Isis.
The Christian ethos.

Fig. 40.

Witches' dagger; alchemy.
Witchcraft. A ritual athame.

Fig. 41.

Sul, Sol, Sunna; Norse.
Sun goddess.

Fig. 42.

Orb; model of the Earth.
Counterpart to scepters.

Fig. 43.

Osiris; Egypt.

Fig. 44.

Alpha & Omega; Christian.

Fig. 45.

Phoenix; exact origin unknown.

Fig. 46.

Trisula; Greek symbol for law.
Hermes. Also trident.
Hindu, Buddhist.

Fig. 47.

Virility; unity.
The triple arrow.

Fig. 48.

Centaur; Greek.

Fig. 49.

Tjet; Egypt. Pre-ankh.
Life blood.
The menstruation of Isis.

Fig. 50.

Utchat; Egypt. Moon and Sun.
Eye of Ra. Protection from evil.

Fig. 51.

SAGITTARIUS

Fig. 52.

Vesta, Hestia; Roman.
Goddess of prayer.
Hearth center of the Earth.

Fig. 53.

AUTUMN

Fig. 54.

Spiders and worms.

Fig. 55.

AIR

Fig. 56.

EARTH

Fig. 57.

FIRE

Fig. 58.

WATER

    So is it just another coincidence that ancient peoples described nature as being composed of the four elements shown above, while modern astrophysicists describe the universe in terms of the four forces of physics? The forces in question are, in no particular order, electro-magnetism, gravity, plus the strong and the weak nuclear forces. Presently, no single theory or formula unifies the individual forces into a coherent, solitary whole. Such a unifying principle would explain the roles of these constituent parts and why we perceive them as individual events. When in fact, the four forces are simply the physical manifestations of what is otherwise singular in nature. By the way, I'm not even going to try to answer the question posed. Be my guest if you should want to give it a shot.

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 Sail Aweigh

    Except for future error corrections and the inclusion of an additional essay here and there, the completion of this last section of both art and text represents an informal conclusion to the website as a whole. The site has essentially reached its limit, given the limitations of the Weebly program that was used to create it. I hope some visitors will return over and over again, and discover most or all of what there is to see and read. In addition, the site now contains the full extent of the artworks at my personal disposal, many of which were individually photographed by me, then resized, cropped, enhanced, repaired, and otherwise prepped for display. One of the more interesting things I learned (at least in Weebly) is how we always want our uploaded images to be larger in pixel size, than what we envision as their final size once embedded. You can always resize smaller, but any larger results in a blurred graphic. 

    The bulk of my time and attention from this point forward, for those interested, will be spent on book and website promotion, plus some new original art when circumstances permit. I didn't want to make a big deal out of this, hence my placement of this notification at the end of this section, where I pretty much concluded the whole business once and for all. It's been quite a journey and I'm very grateful for having the opportunity to finally, after all these years, leave a visual and literary legacy for all the world to see and read. The internet allows one's delusions of grandeur to be slightly less deluded.

    In a certain sense, the website now serves as my personal memoirs. I feel as though one door is closing and that Monty Hall's ghost (from the show, Let's Make A Deal) is now presenting me with three new curtains from which to choose one or more new directions. The scary part is that I just know there's a booby prize (a goat, maybe) waiting behind one of those curtains, while the other two are likely pretty safe. Well, we'll just have to plow ahead and see what the morrow brings. I keep hoping someone will stumble across this site one day soon and pass me around among their friends. Deluded thinking? Probably.

    So for now, I'm off to cross some errant tee's and dot a few still-undotted eye's. That ought to keep me busy for several more days. I'm guessing that in about another week or two, I can cut the lines and set this boat adrift. After that, and like the Flying Dutchman ghost ship, my fate and future will depend on fair winds and quiet seas. Wish me luck.

    Bob (Bobby) Anton, September, 2K14

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