Month: January 2018

Shattered Visions (March 2017)

I keep coming back to Tarot images. They were the first system of archetypes that I worked with in any real way. They were the motivation for and my start with this artistic path. Since then I have played in many fields but still those archetypes have a strong hold…
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The Shattered Tower (Redux) by GAR

 

Inside the Mind’s Dreams by GAR

 

Shamanic Vision by GAR

 

Unknown Hosts (March 2017)

“The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.”
 

— René Magritte

 

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Renewal (Redux) by GAR

 

Guided Flight by GAR

 

Healer by GAR

 

A Crack in the Shell (March 2017)

If we let go of the safety of the worlds we inhabit, there are constant new worlds, new paradigms and new forces willing to enter into our lives. Do we sit on this potential or do we break the shells confining us and let our new selves emerge?
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Zeper (Redux) by GAR

 

Spirit of Place, Place of Spirit by GAR

 

Within the Egg Forms a New Existence by GAR

 

Deepening Shadows (March 2017)

 The Shadows deepen. Something stirs in the depths underneath and we find ourselves responding on a primal level. A knowing arises that more exists outside our present paradigm? Do we avoid these depths out of fear or do we seek a deeper gnosis. I know what my choice will always be…
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Inner Search by GAR

 

Warrior of Shadows (redux) by GAR

 

Inner Discovery by GAR

 

Words and Visions (March 2017)

 
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“I say: “What you give, you give to yourself; what you do not give, you give up.” And this is to say that whatever you do in the world, you do to yourself; and whatever you do not give to the world, you lose. If I keep my knowledge, I lose it. (…) One receives knowledge and gives it. When you give knowledge, you enrich yourself. If you do not give love, you are detracting from yourself. If I begin to help people, if I begin to heal people, I begin to heal. Do you understand? To be a therapist, you have to be a patient. The first thing to do to heal yourself is to heal others. I have one more saying: “I do not want anything for myself that I do not want for others.”
— Alejandro Jodorowsky
 
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Truer Words Not Spoken by GAR

 

Chalice Projections by GAR

 

Night Vision by GAR

 

Different Paradigms (March 2017)

What separates an idea from a belief is the emotional force commited to upholding the belief. If something were really true for us, we would not have to make an effort to believe it.
–Peter J. Carroll

 
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Reaching a Different State by GAR

 

Life Passages (redux) by GAR

 

Wolf on the Mountain by GAR

 

Art and Magick (February 2017)

“Remember that when I say that magic and art are equivalent, you should not construe that I am saying that magic is only art; that I’m in some way attempting to downplay magic by conflating it with something everyone believes is commonplace and possible.
What I am actually saying is that art is only ever magic, that all of the spectacular rewards said to be achievable by magic are attainable through art, and all of the nightmarish horrors and dangers reputed to be implicit in magic are similarly attendant upon the artist or the writer.
Approach your work with as much awe, compassion, intelligence and practical caution as you would bring to an encounter with a supposed angel, god or demon. Art can kill you or can drive you mad as certainly as any of the six dozen performers in the Goetia of Solomon and if you doubt me then consider all the crushed or suicided artists, poets and performers, easily as long a list as that containing Edward Kelly or Jack Whiteside Parsons.
Art and magic are perhaps the greatest human works and are an interface with the eternal. Take them seriously; take yourself seriously and remember that your art and magic are as big, as powerful, as dangerous and beautiful as you yourself are able to conceive of them as being.
Don’t pursue them in the hope of wealth, power, fame or notoriety, or as a style accessory, but for their own sake. This is the meaning of devotion and if properly applied it can transform you and the world that you exist in.”
— Alan Moore: The Art of Magic
I know it’s a long quote… still he makes some fantastic points. The more art I create, the more I realize to what an extent art and magick are linked…

 

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The Bottom of the Crucible by GAR

 

Kali by GAR

 

Santa Muerte by GAR

 

With Our Words We Weave Reality (February 2017)

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Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts
–Patrick Rothfuss

 

 

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New Take on the Priestess by GAR

 

Arts and Letters by GAR

 

Agios by GAR

 

Reality Bubbles (February 2017)

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“One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.”
—Salvador Dali

How many realities are there? Which ones do you live in? Do you live in the same reality as even those closest to you?
The thinner the illusion of reality becomes, the easier it becomes to effect change in it…

Be Well, Be Strong, Become

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Lovecraftian Pokémon by GAR

 

Dragon by Design by GAR

 

Dream of a Dark Angel by GAR

 

Masques and Legacies (Happy 2018) (February 2017)

Another year falling by the wayside. Still it was a productive year all in all. My art got published in three different books with at least two more on the horizon. I have expanded in both knowledge and practice. The Goetia Gateway deck is now in its final form and will soon be published. My son graduated High School and my partner earned a doctorate. What more could you ask for?
2018 has arrived like a blank sheet of paper or a blank screen just waiting to be written in and drawn on. This entry is but my first mark. I intend this year to be a powerful one. My writing, my art and my practice will all continue to rise and my gnosis will grow. I will share love and loyalty and friendship and remove all obstacles that rise before me. I will have an amazing time doing it as well. May this be true of all of you as well.
May you all be well, be strong and become.

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Abstract Halls by GAR

 

Naga Masque by GAR

 

Qayin’s Legacy by GAR