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Allegory of transience or allegory of what is ephemeral

Allegory of transience or allegory of what is ephemeral
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Allegory of transience or allegory of what is ephemeral 1400 1150 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

I approach you on this occasion to make you take part of the content of the present engraving that bears the title…
…ALLEGORY OF TRANSIENCE OR ALLEGORY OF WHAT IS EPHEMERAL

Pia Desideria, The soul, tied to a yoke, moving the stone of a mill or oil mill

The soul, tied to a yoke, moving the stone of a mill or oil mill
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The soul, tied to a yoke, moving the stone of a mill or oil mill 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Tomo la pluma para dirigirme a vosotros y, en esta oportunidad, para hablaros de dos grabados ─similares─ y que son originarios del libro Pia Desideria. En ambos se trata del alma, atada a un yugo, moviendo la piedra de un molino o almazara

Angel chained to the world, Pia Desideria

Angel chained to the world
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Angel chained to the world 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

On this occasion we enter into this engraving that was made in Antwerp ─Belgium─ in the year 1624. It was entitled: Angel chained to the world

Child with bow and arrow and all-seeing eye of God, Pia Desideria

Child with bow and arrow and all-seeing eye of God
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Child with bow and arrow and all-seeing eye of God 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

It was one of the most pious works known in seventeenth-century Europe. The central theme of these works was always divine love and the human soul, and many authors claim that the artist always liked to represent these virtues in childlike forms, whether associating their engravings with Eros Cupid or with the baby Jesus.

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, Dome of Milan

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Saint Bartholomew the Apostle 1134 1019 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

One of those men whom history now calls Apostles was, precisely, a disciple of the Great Kabir of Galilee who is remembered as Saint Bartholomew the Apostle…

The great column, Albrecht Durero

The great column
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The great column 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

First of all, allow me to make a brief review of the artist of this magnificent engraving, The great column, and which has been none other than Albrecht Dürer.

The sense of taste, Adriaen Collaert

The sense of taste
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The sense of taste 1142 942 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The present artistic work is in direct relation to one of the five senses of our organic machine. First we see in it a beautiful lady who carries in her right hand the horn of the goddess Amalthea, which means material or spiritual abundance.

The sense of touch

The sense of touch
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The sense of touch 1181 989 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

In the main scene we can see a lady reclining on the tree of life ─the BEING─ and pointing with her right hand to a spider’s web, while with her left she holds a bird. This lady is sitting on a rock representative of the stone of stumbling and rock of scandal ─sexuality─ as Saint Paul so well described it.

The sense of smell

Odoratvs- The sense of smell
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
Odoratvs- The sense of smell 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

The sense of smell [Olfaction], dear friends, also has a profound significance in the mysteries. In addition to allowing us to grasp the smells of Mother Nature, it would moreover allow us to perceive other fragrances that correspond to the superior worlds, once we have been properly educated.

The sight, Adriaen Collaert

The transcendence of the sense of sight
V.M. Kwen Khan Khu
The transcendence of the sense of sight 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

With immense pleasure I send you one of the five engravings that I am sending you gradually and that are related to the five senses that our organic machine possesses.

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