MOTHER PHOENIX
AND HER FOUR GOLDEN EGGS
THE MANDALA
THE HIRONDELLES (SWALLOWS) CARRY THE NEW GOLDING THREAD
Regard this new-formed golden token
Replacing the old thread frayed then broken
Held in the beaks of golden swallows
A circle of unity all this follows
Omphali centered with beads of gold
Alchemy’s mystery: Golden tree to behold.
24" diameter
Cotton threads and beads on antique linen
12" Diameter
Cotton threads, beads and pearls on linen
Quoting CG Jung and his dismay of Europe's lockdown in WWII.
The swallows carry pearls of great price to our world
As even
"The spirit of the depths
have seized Mankind
demanding sacrifice..."
CG Jung
"...My mandalas were cryptograms concerning the state of the self-- that is my whole being--actively at work. Only gradually did I discover what the mandala really is: “Formation, Transformation, Eternal Mind’s eternal recreation."
...All the paths I had been following, all the steps I had taken, were leading back to a single point--namely to the mid-point. It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the center. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the center, to individuation."
CG Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections.