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A range of styles from abstract to surrealist, come together in the traditional media of oil painting, drawing, bronze and wood sculpture; to explore the individual and collective relationship to our friends on the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtists: \u003c\/strong\u003eZina Al Shukri, Marlene Seven Bremner, Gail Buono, Alexandra Catalina, Rachel Dawson, Daniel Martin Diaz, Anthony Gchachu, Sonia Florentino, Ginny Walden, R.A.L. 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Her head is the skull of an ibis, the sacred bird of the Egyptian god Thoth, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of wisdom, writing, alchemy, magic, and astrology, among many other attributes and gifts to humanity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe woman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been in state of deathly non-creativity, the ebb of life force and the death of soulful wisdom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. L\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eike \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe virgin mother \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary, it seems impossible that new life should come to grow inside of her. But the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaimōn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eintermediary spirit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that connects her with the Supreme and Absolute reality, which works in miraculous ways. As she is touched by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaimōn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, her body is transmuted into radiant gold, and her belly swells with new life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis generative moment is reflected in the rich, dense greenery of the surroundings. Like an alchemical fermentation, when divine consciousness descends upon the inert body and brings it back to life, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaimōn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the ferment enlivening and reanimating the inner world, transforming it from the inside out. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLarge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, trumpet-like flowers shoot up from the ground behind the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaimōn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with golden tongues that spread into waving banners, announcing the new life to come. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaimōn’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e body is a composite of alchemical themes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and colors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eit is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the agent and catalyst for the Great Work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of alchemy, the perfection of the soul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e into its immortal and golden true nature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e lower half \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaimōn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis goat-like and covered in black fur, signifying the blackening (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003enigredo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ephase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that begins the work, where we encounter the shadow and the darkness within ourselves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis lower half represents the lower, animal, and irrational part of the soul. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e torso is white, for after the blackening the matter takes on a white color (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ealbedo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) as it is cleansed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the darkness is washed away in the purifying processes of the next phase. Upon \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e crown, golden flowers signify the third phase of the yellowing (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ecitrinitas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and the golden consciousness that arrives at this point in the work. Above \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e crown a large red rose floats between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etwo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehorns, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esymbolizing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe reddening (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003erubedo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) of the final phase when the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eopposites are unified. As the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eheart is opened through transcendental love, the red tincture flows like sanguine joy through one\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es entire being. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaimōn’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wings are rainbow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecolored, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erepresenting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewholeness, completion, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe harmony of seven archetypal energies of life.\" - Marlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/strong\u003e is a self-taught oil painter, working in a surrealist and allegorical style. 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