Mercury – Shaman of Avalon

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Gwyn ap Nudd – guide of souls into the afterlife

I have been where the warriors of Britain were slain, From the east to the north: I am the escort of the grave. I have been where the warriors of Britain were slain, From the east to the south: I am the escort of the dead! * While the faery midwife Brigit the Bright One‘s…

Quicksilver Messenger Service – the hidden messages in medieval and Renaissance art

By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut January 30, 2019January 30, 2019

Alchemy, Mystery Teachings, Mythologiesalchemical symbols, alchemy, cathedrals art, church art, Jupiter, Mars, meaning of alchemical symbols, Mercury, Renaissance painters, sacred geometry, Saturn, The Great Work, the marriage of the sun and the moon, Venus

Once we understand the codes in the great masterpieces preserved in the churches, abbeys and cathedrals, then it becomes clear that these symbols are a series of still-life tableaus forming a narrative about the alchemical process of the transformation of metals, with ourselves as the crude lead. Each metal is assigned a god or goddess…