El Color de la Granada

The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars, by Greg Mort (1999)

gothic & lolita bible vol 5 sept 2002

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The Color of Pomegranates (1968) - dir. Sergei Parajanov

By Rose Sanderson

Elie Saab | Haute Couture Fall 2017

Salomon Trismosin - Splendor Solis (An Alchemical Treatise), 1582.

Chhinnamasta, c. 1885. Chhinnamasta (छिन्नमस्ता, “She whose head is severed”), is a Hindu goddess. She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten goddesses from the esoteric tradition of Tantra, and a ferocious aspect of Devi, the Hindu Mother goddess. The self-decapitated goddess, usually standing or seated on a divine copulating couple, holds her own severed head in one hand, a scimitar in another. Three jets of blood spurt out of her bleeding neck and are drunk by her severed head and two attendants. Chhinnamasta is a goddess of contradictions. She symbolizes both aspects of Devi: a life-giver and a life-taker. She is considered both a symbol of sexual self-control and an embodiment of sexual energy, depending upon interpretation. She represents death, temporality, and destruction as well as life, immortality, and recreation. The goddess conveys spiritual self-realization and the awakening of the kundalini – spiritual energy. The legends of Chhinnamasta emphasise her self-sacrifice – sometimes coupled with a maternal element – sexual dominance, and self-destructive fury.

Jan Sadeler I - Planetarum Effectus et Eorum in Signis Zodiaci (The Seven Planets), 1585. 1. Title Page 2. Sol 3. Luna 4. Mercurius 5. Venus 6. Mars 7. Jupiter 8. Saturnus

Etheric Body.

Geometric illustration of Galaxy Dynamics.

Michiel le Blon - Crowned Jupiter amid the Elements and Planets, c. 1597. The crowned Jupiter stands in a circle on a turtle and is surrounded by animals that symbolize the five senses: monkey (taste), dog (smell), deer (hearing), turtle (touch) and eagle (sight). Outside the circle are the four Elements, the Planets, the Winds and the Zodiac Signs.