Invert The Tree So That The Underworld Is Above And Heaven Below, The Reason For This Is That The Apparent

“Invert the tree so that the Underworld is above and Heaven below, the reason for this is that the apparent paradox reveals a mystery, which is often referred to as ‘the stars reflected in the water’.” Peter Paddon

Kurt Russell as R.J. Macready in THE THING (1982) Dir. John Carpenter

Michel Tcherevkoff

rohini // mrigashira

purva bhadrapada // uttara bhadrapada

from rohini to mrigashira the snake travels thru soul and body and leaves a trail of cosmic essence — rohana shakti (growth; power of creation, giving form to the formless) and prinana shakti (fulfilment; weaving threads of joy, a full cup about to spill)

from p.bhadrapada to u.bhadrapada the snake is granted its own body an existence outside of the realm of the senses — yajamana udyamana shakti (awakening spirituality; the giver, the hand that feeds) and varshodyamana shakti (the rain; the cleansing, the renewal of life)

Andrea Solario, Salome with the head of John the Baptist (c. 1520)

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Itsuki Kaito — Scheme-Orange Amazones Hand (oil and charcoal on canvas, 2022)