Once a woman had a strange dream. She dreamt that a new, big, beautiful store had opened in the main square of her town. She entered to look around at the goods offered. To her amazement, she saw God standing behind the counter, waiting for customers. “You!?” the woman croaked. “How come You, Lord God, … Read more
Only a human can appreciate symbols and see with inner eyes what outwardly stirs within them. The ability of imagination enables a person to ascend to levels of reality that range from the visible to the invisible, from the superficial to the essential, and to connect, by analogy, things of this world, revealing the small … Read more
Art represents an exciting world to contemplate, with a plethora of nuances, suggestive and simultaneously profound, yet due to its nature, this world is difficult to grasp from a rational and logical perspective. What to say to someone who excitedly observes the work of the sculptor Antonio Canova, elevated by the sound of a flute … Read more
Fairies, elves, gnomes, goblins, dwarves, invisible and magical creatures of the forest, along with other unusual characters from stories and fairy tales, come to life on paper before the reader’s eyes thanks to the imaginative illustrator and painter Arthur Rackham. Rackham belonged to the narrow circle of the most significant representatives of the Golden Age … Read more
Experiences gained before puberty are deeply ingrained in our personality and stay with us for a lifetime, while imagination and dreams are the invisible fabric of our being and often the main drivers of our actions. That is why children’s literature plays a significant role in shaping character and attitudes towards value systems. Great writers … Read more
“When something from our imagination becomes reality, it seems ‘normal’ and ‘natural’ to us afterwards that it happened exactly as it did. However, countless examples throughout history prove that conservative and spiritually narrow-minded environments rejected creative projects – in any field – if they were extremely new and unconventional. The construction of St. James Cathedral … Read more
In an effort to avoid everything incomprehensible to the mind at any cost, and by resorting to reductionist methods, man is now suffering the consequences: Homo sapiens has paradoxically produced Homo barbaricusa and has become a victim of the return to barbarism. Technology, comfort, material prosperity, and all achievements in that regard cannot create a … Read more
In a traditional sense, alchemy is a spiritual discipline. With its particular, mostly confusing procedures, it tries and succeeds in exploring the inner laws of human nature. Understanding man as a complex being of nature composed of multiple aspects (material and more subtle ones), alchemy seeks to connect and harmonize them. Although the alchemist deals … Read more
Vibration is motion trapped in form. Juan Llongueras In nature, there is a principle connected to the old axiom of hermetism: As above, so below. This is the principle of correspondence. The same laws that are expressed on a grand scale also appear on a small scale, transcending all levels of manifestation and allowing us, … Read more
“The Stolen Attention” is the title of a book by British investigative journalist Johann Hari, in which he addresses the issue of the increasing inability to concentrate and focus, a problem affecting a growing number of people in contemporary civilization. Inspired by personal experience, Hari converses with numerous scientists and researchers from various social science … Read more
