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Tag Archives: Eros
WHISPERINGS OF THE PROTOGENOS
Six interweaving tales of the soul’s return from exile, reclaiming the numinous inheritance that we lost. Get the book The Silent God: A Pagan boy in remote antiquity awakens to the mysteries of a forsaken god, tearing the veil between … Continue reading
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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
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
Twilight of the Divine Boy
There was a time when the face of the divine wasn’t a bearded patriarch, a pregnant goddess, an abstract force or a nebulous consciousness. Instead, it was a boy. In the ancient world, the Divine Boy—puer aeternus—could as readily be … Continue reading
