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Adriaen Collaert: Avditvs ─‘the hearing’─

Avditvs ─‘the hearing’─
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Avditvs ─‘the hearing’─ 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

To enter into the subject matter, I have to tell you that on this occasion the artist wanted to refer to the auditory faculty, once again indicated as a human quality and therefore represented in the form of a beautiful woman.

Warminiaen, 1618 - Rijksmuseum: The contradictions of the animal Ego

The contradictions of the animal Ego
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The contradictions of the animal Ego 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

To study this magnificent engraving, first of all we have to say that it was created between the years 1575-1618 and is found in the Rijksmuseum, located in the city of Amsterdam ─Holland─.

The God Phanes

The God Phanes
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The God Phanes 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Esteemed readers, I show you here two images: a 16th century drawing by Francesco de Rossi ─Italian painter, 1510-1563─, in which Phanes appears as a hermaphrodite deity, as described by ancient Roman texts, and a Roman high relief.

Old age - night / Hieronymus Wierix

Old age – night
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Old age – night 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Certainly, companions, our life is comparable to the hours of the day: at dawn we could say that we are in our childhood, when we are at midday ─zenith─ we could say that we have reached youth, when the afternoon begins we can compare that phenomenon with adulthood, our maturity, and when the night arrives we enter our old age.

Childhood - Dawn. Hieronymus Wierix

Childhood
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Childhood 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving was made by an artist named Hieronymus Wierix, who lived in Antwerp ─Belgium. The harshest reality tells us that our life is a pilgrimage that begins precisely in our childhood…

Through me the way among the people lost, Torquato Della Torre

Per me se va tra la perduta gente
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Per me se va tra la perduta gente 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I hasten to send you this curious sculpture whose creator is Torquato Della Torre. The sculpture was made between 1851 and 1854. This sculptural representation has a profoundly esoteric and theological-philosophical content.

Why do symbols exist?

Why do symbols exist?
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Why do symbols exist? 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

It is important to develop the INTUITION so as not to be overshadowed by the enigmas presented to us, in a given moment, by a series of symbols that want to tell us about our spiritual progress. WATCH OUT BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!

Four ages of man, Hieronymus Jerome Wierix, The adult age

The adult age – the twilight of our life
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The adult age – the twilight of our life 1300 932 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I take the pen to write you some words related to the present engraving that we found INTERESTING to reveal in order to increase our knowledge about ourselves. The “Four ages of man”

Aphrodite, Pan and Eros

Aphrodite, Pan and Eros
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Aphrodite, Pan and Eros 860 528 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I am pleased to send you a few words on the topic of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros.
To delve deeply into this Greek mythological theme it is necessary to know the Gnostic mysteries, because otherwise everything remains insubstantial verbiage of ambiguous talk.

Drawings of Sabazius, Museum Carrafa.

The hand as divine representation
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The hand as divine representation 540 319 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Today I intend to show you a very ancient artistic piece with esoteric connotations: The hand as divine representation, God Sabazius

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