SPIRITVS INTELLECTVS ─'The Spirit of Comprehension'─

Spiritvs intellectvs

Spiritvs intellectvs 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This engraving shows a lady, which is representative of understanding, as one of the mental faculties that should be present in our lives.

VII - The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Maarten de Vos (1532-1603)

VII Dona Spiritvs S.

VII Dona Spiritvs S. 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts that were first found in the book of the Prophet Isaiah.

PACIENTIA ─‘Patience’─

PACIENTIA

PACIENTIA 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Our Venerable Patriarch, V.M. Samael Aun Weor, emphasizes to us: “Patience is the ladder of the Gnostic and humility is the door to his garden.”

SYLVAE SACRAE ─'Sacred Forests'─

Sylvae sacrae

Sylvae sacrae 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

This beautiful engraving shows us that our redemption is only possible through the help of the cross.

Hercules gallicum, Attila Bocchi, (1488 - 1562)

Hercules gallicum

Hercules gallicum 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

These engravings represent the Gallic God Hercules, who is the parallel of the Greek Heracles and the Roman Hercules.

Friendship is extinguished by ingratitude, Jean Jacques Boissard

Ingratitudine languet amicitia

Ingratitudine languet amicitia 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

‘The ungrateful man who pays for a service without any interest does not have the favor of the Goddesses of Orchomenus, rather he is like a sieve: between their open holes, if whole rivers are poured, they will flow out immediately.’

Cultura Christi, las cuatro formas de vivir en la Tierra.

Cultura Christi

Cultura Christi 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Este hermoso grabado nos muestra ante todo la grandeza de buscar el camino del Cristo íntimo. Al mismo lo vemos dentro de una nube enseñando a un devoto el globo, que representa el caos espermático, coronado por una rama de laurel, símbolo, asimismo, del triunfo hermético.

Cultura diaboli, The Four Ways of Living on Earth

Cultura diaboli

Cultura diaboli 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

To begin our description, we will say that, if we look at the center of this artistic engraving, we will immediately see the figure of Satan seated on the sphere that represents our world, and this is to show us that, indeed, it is he who, unfortunately, governs the destinies of this human anthill.

Cultura mundi, The Four Ways of Living on Earth

Cultura mundi

Cultura mundi 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I now send you the second engraving of the sequence of four in total made by the Flemish artist Gérard Van Groeningen in 1573. This is the series of engravings encompassed under the title The Four Ways of Living on Earth.

Las cuatro formas de vivir en la tierra, Grabado 1, Gérard Van Groeningen (1550-1599)

Cultura carnis

Cultura carnis 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Muy entrañables amigos y amigas lectores/as: Me apresuro a enviaros, en las próximas entregas, cuatro grabados hechos aproximadamente en el año 1573 por Gérard Van…