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Category Archives: Art
Carl Larsson’s Amor Mercurius
Swedish Painter Carl Olof Larsson (1853-1919) reimagined the little god Eros, assimilating him with Hermes (on the right). Already, in Hellenistic and Renaissance art, there was a recurring motif of Eros borrowing the attributes of other gods to show that … Continue reading
The Five Thresholds of Desire
I. The Descent into Matter When the uncorrupted desire of the gods penetrates matter, it becomes ensnared in time and space with only one hope of ever escaping. That hope rests with the human soul. Allegorically, this is Eros having … Continue reading
The Gaze that Bridged Earth and Heaven: Sufism and the “Beloved” in Poetry
Have you ever looked at something breathtakingly beautiful and felt a quiet longing in your soul? A sense that there is something more behind that fleeting spark of awe? For centuries, many Sufis, the mystics of Islam, found that spark … Continue reading
Desire and Longings
Though “desire” and “longing” are often used interchangeably in the English language, for the purpose of this blog, I would like to make a distinction. “Desire” was borrowed from the Old French desirier (from the Latin desiderare) following the Norman … Continue reading
A Gift of Scandinavian Fairy Tales
A Christmas in the early 1970s I received from my uncle a book that I cherished for many years until, sadly, I “put the ways of childhood behind me” and lost my gift. It was an illustrated collection of Scandinavian … Continue reading
