zetetic0void
23-10-2009, 07:05 PM
Here are pics of a large commissioned painting I worked on over quite a long time. I included a ton of symbolisms from various things I have learned.
full painting
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8653/dk2009oct8a.jpg
close-ups with descriptions
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9651/dk2009oct8adetail1k.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1950/dk2009oct8adetail1j.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5397/dk2009oct8adetail1h.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4397/dk2009oct8adetail1g.jpg
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/6548/dk2009oct8adetail1e.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2228/dk2009oct8adetail1d.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9729/dk2009oct8adetail1c.jpg
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9124/dk2009oct8adetail1b.jpg
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/238/dk2009oct8adetail1a.jpg
A major theme is the line running from the water scorpion (representing the lower chakras and also the constellation Scorpius in the real sky ... not in the sky on this painting), up through the snake holder on the bridge (grappling with the energy represented by Ophiuchus in the real sky), up to the little ship going towards the temple island (the ship could be Argo of Jason and the argonauts fame ... that myth also had Heracles <original Greek name of Romans' Hercules> in the crew and this constellation is above Ophiuchus in the sky (so the boat being above the serpent handler is correct) ... his foot standing on the head of Draco - at least the star in Hercules [Rasalgethi = head of the kneeling one] would have him upside down and kneeling on Draco even if modern outlines tend to show him the other way.
Perhaps the "Golden Fleece" they were travelling to get was a symbol of the goal of the spiritual journey ... the top of the chakras.
The Greeks' had knowledge similar to what the Indian's called chakras
http://www.greekmedicine.net/b_p/Greek_Chakras.html
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~Mclennan/BA/JO-TEP.html
full painting
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8653/dk2009oct8a.jpg
close-ups with descriptions
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9651/dk2009oct8adetail1k.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1950/dk2009oct8adetail1j.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5397/dk2009oct8adetail1h.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4397/dk2009oct8adetail1g.jpg
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/6548/dk2009oct8adetail1e.jpg
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2228/dk2009oct8adetail1d.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9729/dk2009oct8adetail1c.jpg
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9124/dk2009oct8adetail1b.jpg
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/238/dk2009oct8adetail1a.jpg
A major theme is the line running from the water scorpion (representing the lower chakras and also the constellation Scorpius in the real sky ... not in the sky on this painting), up through the snake holder on the bridge (grappling with the energy represented by Ophiuchus in the real sky), up to the little ship going towards the temple island (the ship could be Argo of Jason and the argonauts fame ... that myth also had Heracles <original Greek name of Romans' Hercules> in the crew and this constellation is above Ophiuchus in the sky (so the boat being above the serpent handler is correct) ... his foot standing on the head of Draco - at least the star in Hercules [Rasalgethi = head of the kneeling one] would have him upside down and kneeling on Draco even if modern outlines tend to show him the other way.
Perhaps the "Golden Fleece" they were travelling to get was a symbol of the goal of the spiritual journey ... the top of the chakras.
The Greeks' had knowledge similar to what the Indian's called chakras
http://www.greekmedicine.net/b_p/Greek_Chakras.html
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~Mclennan/BA/JO-TEP.html