Forwarded from æncient sōul
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This symbolic representation offers a layered vision of the afterlife, where the upper and lower worlds merge into a complex spiritual hierarchy. At the top, a fortified city symbolizes spiritual stability and salvation. It is the realm of light and purity, inhabited by the elect who have found inner peace. This city, built upon solid rock, represents the soul's aspiration for a state of beatitude, a place of elevation far from the darkness and earthly temptations. The structure evokes the idea of paradise or a higher state of consciousness, inaccessible to those who have not undergone a path of purification.
Below, the various infernal levels unfold, each corresponding to a different form of torment for specific sins, recalling the medieval and Renaissance depictions of hell, as in Dante's Divine Comedy. In each layer, souls face punishments proportionate to their transgressions, representing the various spiritual trials that a soul may encounter on its journey. At the very bottom, a winged demonic figure emerges from the darkness, next to a sphere of light that could symbolize the core of hell or eternal damnation. This scene invites reflection on the inner journey and the alchemical transformations of the soul: to rise toward the light, an individual must confront their dark sides and overcome their shadows, a path of evolution and purification that, through pain and self-knowledge, leads to true enlightenment.
#Symbols #Catholicism #Demonology
Below, the various infernal levels unfold, each corresponding to a different form of torment for specific sins, recalling the medieval and Renaissance depictions of hell, as in Dante's Divine Comedy. In each layer, souls face punishments proportionate to their transgressions, representing the various spiritual trials that a soul may encounter on its journey. At the very bottom, a winged demonic figure emerges from the darkness, next to a sphere of light that could symbolize the core of hell or eternal damnation. This scene invites reflection on the inner journey and the alchemical transformations of the soul: to rise toward the light, an individual must confront their dark sides and overcome their shadows, a path of evolution and purification that, through pain and self-knowledge, leads to true enlightenment.
#Symbols #Catholicism #Demonology
Forwarded from Druidposting
Hear golden Titan, whose eternal eye with broad survey, illumines all the sky.
Self-born, unwearied in diffusing light, and to all eyes the mirrour of delight:
Lord of the seasons, with thy fiery car and leaping coursers, beaming light from far:
With thy right hand the source of morning light, and with thy left the father of the night.
Agile and vig'rous, venerable Sun, fiery and bright around the heav'ns you run.
Foe to the wicked, but the good man's guide, o'er all his steps propitious you preside:
With various founding, golden lyre, 'tis mine to fill the world with harmony divine.
Father of ages, guide of prosp'rous deeds, the world's commander, borne by lucid steeds,
Immortal Jove, all-searching, bearing light, source of existence, pure and fiery bright
Bearer of fruit, almighty lord of years, agil and warm, whom ev'ry pow'r reveres.
Great eye of Nature and the starry skies, doom'd with immortal flames to set and rise
Dispensing justice, lover of the stream, the world's great despot, and o'er all supreme.
Faithful defender, and the eye of right, of steeds the ruler, and of life the light:
With founding whip four fiery steeds you guide, when in the car of day you glorious ride.
Propitious on these mystic labours shine, and bless thy suppliants with a life divine.
-Orphic Hymn to the Sun
Self-born, unwearied in diffusing light, and to all eyes the mirrour of delight:
Lord of the seasons, with thy fiery car and leaping coursers, beaming light from far:
With thy right hand the source of morning light, and with thy left the father of the night.
Agile and vig'rous, venerable Sun, fiery and bright around the heav'ns you run.
Foe to the wicked, but the good man's guide, o'er all his steps propitious you preside:
With various founding, golden lyre, 'tis mine to fill the world with harmony divine.
Father of ages, guide of prosp'rous deeds, the world's commander, borne by lucid steeds,
Immortal Jove, all-searching, bearing light, source of existence, pure and fiery bright
Bearer of fruit, almighty lord of years, agil and warm, whom ev'ry pow'r reveres.
Great eye of Nature and the starry skies, doom'd with immortal flames to set and rise
Dispensing justice, lover of the stream, the world's great despot, and o'er all supreme.
Faithful defender, and the eye of right, of steeds the ruler, and of life the light:
With founding whip four fiery steeds you guide, when in the car of day you glorious ride.
Propitious on these mystic labours shine, and bless thy suppliants with a life divine.
-Orphic Hymn to the Sun