Forwarded from Gnostic Intel
“The landscape of Middle-earth England was both geographical and mystical. The hidden history reveals, for example, their belief in the existence of dragons. A creature of fantasy to us, the dragon is shown to embody philosophical views for them about the dark side of wealth, and the inevitable life-cycle of civilizations. Dealing death to dragons turns out to be a deep and subtle element of their understanding of life.”
―Brian Bates, The Real Middle Earth, Magic and Mysteries in the Dark Age
Image: Conversations with Smaug by J.R.R Tolkien
―Brian Bates, The Real Middle Earth, Magic and Mysteries in the Dark Age
Image: Conversations with Smaug by J.R.R Tolkien
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Forwarded from Gnostic Intel
“I believe that most of what was said of God was in reality said of that spirit whose body is the Earth.”
―Æ (George William Russell), The Candle of Vision
Notes: George William Russell (1867–1935), known by his pen name Æ, a name he coined when he first encountered the word Aeon, a gnostic designation for god or divinity. Russell was a writer, painter, and social visionary who played a significant role alongside his close friends William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory in the Celtic Revival, a cultural and spiritual movement that emerged as part of the broader European occult revival.
Russell was known for his mysticism and exceptional clairvoyant abilities, coupled with his profound spiritual insight. One of his most salient contributions was the observation that the rigid dichotomy of good and evil serves to constrain human consciousness and perception, thereby precluding the full and authentic appreciation of beauty.
Image: The Spirit of the Pool by George William Russell
―Æ (George William Russell), The Candle of Vision
Notes: George William Russell (1867–1935), known by his pen name Æ, a name he coined when he first encountered the word Aeon, a gnostic designation for god or divinity. Russell was a writer, painter, and social visionary who played a significant role alongside his close friends William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory in the Celtic Revival, a cultural and spiritual movement that emerged as part of the broader European occult revival.
Russell was known for his mysticism and exceptional clairvoyant abilities, coupled with his profound spiritual insight. One of his most salient contributions was the observation that the rigid dichotomy of good and evil serves to constrain human consciousness and perception, thereby precluding the full and authentic appreciation of beauty.
Image: The Spirit of the Pool by George William Russell
Forwarded from Gnostic Intel
“For more than 99 percent of human history, the world was enchanted and man saw himself as an integral part of it. The complete reversal of this perception in a mere four hundred years or so has destroyed the continuity of the human experience and the integrity of the human psyche. It has very nearly wrecked the planet as well. The only hope, or so it seems to me, lies in a reenchantment of the world.”
― Morris Berman, The Reenchantment of the World
Image: Psyche Entering Cupid’s Garden by John William Waterhouse
― Morris Berman, The Reenchantment of the World
Image: Psyche Entering Cupid’s Garden by John William Waterhouse