- The Hand of the Mysteries" by J. Augustus Knapp, commissioned for the 1928 book, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. The Latin phrase "Solve et Coagula" at the bottom translates to
"dissolve and coagulate."
I remember clapping to save Tinkerbell on Broadway. I also remember playing Mustard Seed in Titania’s court of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fairy tale and illusion have been a part of me always.
When the imagination is lighthearted, there’s nothing better. Of course, the darkness sneaks in. Beauty and the Beast personifies this. Who is the Beauty? When she examines her reactions it becomes apparent, there is work to be done.
There’s nothing better than old time rock and roll. From Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Cher, Janis, Carole King, Lesley Gore—they all provide so many goosebumps. Syncopated rhythms and drums cause movement and healing.
The smells of popcorn, perfume, the compost heap, and cleaning supplies provides our unconscious with insight of past experiences.
Our eyes love symmetry, but also color and shades. Pair of chairs, in cockney, becomes stairs.
How often do you stare at your hands?
Memories loom large with time passing. We seem to recall the early years with ease. It may have to do with something being the first time. Your first kiss, your first lobster, your first ride in an airplane. Traumas, too, stay with the first, accident or painful moment of betrayal.
Taurus remembers pleasure. Its opposite, Scorpio, remembers pain. We are in a new moment of perceiving this. The new moon.
With all of the drama in the world we must remember that like our planet, roundedness is key. Cyclical changes are never changing. The delight of the merry-go-round is all about moving circles. Fashion is the infinitesimal nature of its polarity. Today’s beauty becomes scarred with wrinkles. Each line has a memory of a life well-lived.
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