{"title":"MARLENE SEVEN BREMNER","description":"\u003cp\u003eOil paintings in a surreal\/realist style featuring mystical and alchemical symbolism. Large and small works available.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"annunciation-of-the-daimon","title":"\"The Annunciation of the Daimon\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eoil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24\"Hx18\"W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSigned\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Started as an automatic painting in the Spring of 2023, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Annunciation of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDaimōn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e portrays the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eaimōn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eguardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e spirit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand guide \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat has come to announce the birth of a new, miraculous, divine child within the woman in the painting. 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. Her work explores esoteric themes arising from her study and practice of Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, astrology, and mythology. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy: The Emerald Tablet, the Corpus Hermeticum, and the Journey Through the Seven Spheres\u003c\/em\u003e (Inner Traditions, 2022), and \u003cem\u003eThe Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy: Imagination, Creativity, and the Great Work (Inner Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e, 2023).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlene Seven Bremner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46220448891035,"sku":"","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/5398\/9531\/files\/MarleneSevenBremner_TheAnnunciationoftheDaimon_2024_MedRes.jpg?v=1743257206"},{"product_id":"creative-alchemy-workshop-with-marlene-seven-bremner-july-12th-1pm","title":"Creative Alchemy Workshop with Marlene Seven Bremner - July 12th, 1pm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCreative Practice, Art, Alchemy. Join us for a unique opportunity to learn from author, artist, and alchemical scholar Marlene Seven Bremner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ethree-hour workshop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e will explore Hermetic Alchemy as the practice of bringing something\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eto its final perfection. Students will learn how this royal art unifies the inner and outer worlds and provides a process to integrate spirit and matter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSaturday, July 12th, 1-4pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e$125 - materials included\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWorkshop Limit: 8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eKnown as the “Royal Art,” alchemy teaches us how to transmute our life into a masterpiece through the profound interplay of consciousness and matter. Whether we are working with materials in an alchemical laboratory, writing poetry, composing music, painting, or simply wanting to live a more creative life, alchemy is the key to unlocking the vast potential and unlimited imagination that lives within us. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWe will begin with the legendary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eEmerald Tablet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eof Hermes Trismegistus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e and developing an understanding of alchemical creation, and the miraculous transmutations of the “One Thing.” From here we will cover alchemical theory and cosmology, including the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eprima \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003emateria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e or mysterious “first matter,” the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eanima mundi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eor “world soul,” the four elements, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003etria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e prima \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eor “three principles,” the seven planetary metals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e, and the legendary philosopher’s stone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e. We will discuss the principle of correspondence and the relationships between the macrocosm and microcosm, and how to work with these relationships in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ea creative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ealchemical practice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFinally, we’ll look at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003efour color\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e phases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e of the Great Work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e (black, white, yellow, red)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e and how they can be understood and navigated for spiritual growth, deeper self-knowledge, reconciliation of the opposites, and the liberation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eour full creative potential. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"docx_normalweb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"docx_strong\"\u003eIn this course you will learn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe basic philosophies and theories of Hermetic Alchemy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe 4 stages of the Great Work as a spiritual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecreative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprocess\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for self-transformation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe qualities and influences of the 7 traditional planets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHow to integrate alchemy into your life and artistic process\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTools for personal empowerment \u0026amp; transmutation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner is a self-taught oil painter, working in a surrealist and allegorical style. Her work explores esoteric themes arising from her study and practice of Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, astrology, and mythology. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy: The Emerald Tablet, the Corpus Hermeticum, and the Journey Through the Seven Spheres\u003c\/em\u003e (Inner Traditions, 2022), and \u003cem\u003eThe Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy: Imagination, Creativity, and the Great Work (Inner Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e, 2023).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlene Seven Bremner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729972121755,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/5398\/9531\/files\/MarleneSevenBremner_Kirtimukha-Med_Res.jpg?v=1756794731"},{"product_id":"concordia-oppositorum-harmony-of-the-opposites","title":"“Concordia Oppositorum” (Harmony of the Opposites)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOil on panel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11”x14\"x2\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSigned\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\"Concordia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eOppositorum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emeans “harmony of opposites,” here depicted as a swan and crocodile held in perfect balance. However, unlike the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003econiunctio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eoppositorum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the alchemical conjunction of opposites, the swan and crocodile have not yet fully merged. They are each in their own individual ouroboros of completion, interlocked, but still capable of separating at any moment. For the time being, the conflict of opposing energies is at peace, and the work of conjunction remains the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eultimate goal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe duality of love and fear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Above and Below,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are embodied by the swan and crocodile. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e swan inhabits the liminal space between water and air, floating along the glassy surface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, head bowed in silent deference to the spirit of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeep stillness of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elake. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove is soft, graceful, and oriented toward the higher realms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, just as the swan is considered a solar bird of consciousness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It alights on resplendent wings and takes to the heavens, drawing the chariot of Aphrodite through the vast open skies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe crocodile swims below the surface in unconscious depths. Like the alchemical dragon, the crocodile epitomizes the dark, primordial fears that lurk beneath our conscious awareness, ready to pull us under into turbid waters. It is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eprima \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003emateria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the first matter, a confused mass of undifferentiated consciousness that must be broken open at the beginning of the alchemical Great Work. Often symbolized as the beheading of the dragon and the separation of its parts, the work is to separate the elements from their undifferentiated state and bring them to order and harmony. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a great danger in opening this dark reservoir, and much fear in the process. But this is the work of coming to know the Self. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe cannot live solely as the white-feathered superficial bird of the Above, nor solely as the scaly, cold-blooded reptile of the Below. Ideally, we learn to inhabit both worlds, Above and Below, honoring both the conscious and unconscious sides of our being. Only through understanding both sides can we hope to bring them to the ultimate union of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003econiunctio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Part of this process is brin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eing these two opposing sides of our nature into harmony—a truce that allows us to objectively assess who \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewe are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebove and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eelow, and deepen our understanding of Self.\" - Marlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/span\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. Her work explores esoteric themes arising from her study and practice of Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, astrology, and mythology. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy: The Emerald Tablet, the Corpus Hermeticum, and the Journey Through the Seven Spheres\u003c\/em\u003e (Inner Traditions, 2022), and \u003cem\u003eThe Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy: Imagination, Creativity, and the Great Work (Inner Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e, 2023).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlene Seven Bremner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46934418948251,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/5398\/9531\/files\/MarleneSevenBremner_ConcordiaOppositorum_2017_372dpi_11x14in_018bdc51-a285-400c-b6ed-22b529da0bd3.jpg?v=1754314253"},{"product_id":"fructus-mortis","title":"\"Fructus Mortis\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eOil and acrylic on panel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\"x12\"x2\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSigned\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\"There is hardly a more enchanting tree than the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eawthorn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e Growing up to 40 feet high, the hawthorn is in the rose family and has sharp thorns and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003edeeply-lobed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e leaves, with a profusion of small white blossoms that appear in early summer. These five-petaled, rose-like flowers form in clusters and mature into bright red berries, called “haws,” in late summer. Also known as May, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eQuickthorn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eMotherdie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e, Whitethorn, May-tree, Thornapple, and Haw, the hawthorn can grow up to 400 years old and exudes a holy, ethereal radiance. Whether it’s growing in thick and tangled groves, planted as hedgerows, or standing alone in a woodland meadow, the elegant long limbs of the May tree command attention and respect. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe hawthorn was an entrance to the Underworld in Gaelic folklore, and the Irish know the hawthorn as “the fairy tree.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eWhitethorn is one of the trees suggested to be the source of the crown of thorns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e, and these trees are o\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eften found growing near holy wells\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e where \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003epeople decorate them with ribbons and offerings. The sanctified nature of hawthorn, and its association with faeries, has led to a general belief that it is unlucky to cut or uproot. In Medieval times the mayflowers were said to smell just like the Great Plague. It was later discovered that hawthorn flowers produce the chemical trimethylamine, which is also produced in decaying flesh. This explains why bringing the flowers into the house was thought to invite death and illness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eIf the hawthorn is the gateway to the Underworld, then the owl is the gatekeeper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e, and the red haws are the fruit of death (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eFructus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003emortis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eBoth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e considered to be unlucky, the owl and the hawthorn carry death’s signatures and help us to let go, while also providing the medicine to heal from the process. This bird of the night flies in to tear us away from false securities, those ways in which we avoid our own shadows. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e owl is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003esymbolic messenger of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e preparedness to transform \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e consciousness, working as a guide into the Underworld. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe owl is the sacred bird of Athena and representative of wisdom, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eoon, and psychic vision. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eAs a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e messenger of death, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eit flies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e into our lives to help us transition as we learn to accept the impermanence inherent in material reality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe inspiration for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003ethis painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003ea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003esurreal experience involving an owl perched in a hawthorn tree, that dove down to catch a snake right in front of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003emy feet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e, and then returned to the tree to eat it. As I have personally experienced, the owl in its wisdom flies into my life as a harbinger of heartbreak and death, with an undeniable consistency. I have witnessed the owl as a clear messenger of great change and upheaval, which is terrifying, but ultimately liberating. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eBoth the serpent and the owl are powerful symbols of transformation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eMother May\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e is the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e nurse of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e heart that has lost its rhythm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e, offering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e her ripe haws as sacred vessels of the Philosopher’s Stone, reminding us that the object of our desire is already within us. She readies us for the alchemical marriage that results in our own journey into the Underworld, our rebirth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eand a return to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003ewholeness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e. Hawthorn works on the emotional level for broken hearts and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eenergetic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e it helps to cleanse the heart and the blood of unhealthy attachments. Just like the hedgerows of Hawthorn that were planted in the European countryside to demarcate property lines, Hawthorn acts to protect the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eeart \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003ehakra \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003ewhile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e supporting healthy emotional boundaries. As a Mars plant, Hawthorn is associated with fire and the metal Iron, which is incidentally a crucial mineral in the production of hemoglobin, the compound that carries oxygen through the blood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003enot a surprising correspondence considering the tree’s beneficial effects on oxygenating the blood and improving blood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e flow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eAs oxygen carries \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eprana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e (life energy), the life force is strengthened by Hawthorn, as is the heart.\" - Marlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 1;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/strong\u003e is a self-taught oil painter, working in a surrealist and allegorical style. Her work explores esoteric themes arising from her study and practice of Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, astrology, and mythology. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy: The Emerald Tablet, the Corpus Hermeticum, and the Journey Through the Seven Spheres\u003c\/em\u003e (Inner Traditions, 2022), and \u003cem\u003eThe Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy: Imagination, Creativity, and the Great Work (Inner Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e, 2023).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlene Seven Bremner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46934486384795,"sku":null,"price":3800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/5398\/9531\/files\/MSevenBremner_FructusMortis_2018_med.jpg?v=1756795033"},{"product_id":"iovis-de-somnio-coniunctio-solis-et-lunae-jupiter-s-dream-conjunction-of-the-sun-and-moon","title":"Iovis de Somnio: Coniunctio Solis et Lunae (“Jupiter’s Dream: Conjunction of the Sun and Moon”)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eoil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e56 x 72”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e2018-2020 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSigned\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\"The sigil for the planet Jupiter (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Segoe UI Symbol;\"\u003e♃\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e) combines the lunar crescent and the cross of matter, symbolizing the power of the imagination to form reality. Jupiter is a planet of possibilities, expansion, fortune, and big dreams. Here, Jupiter is dreaming of the reconciliation of opposites, and the expanded awareness that comes with it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eThe opposites are most often signified alchemically by the Sun and Moon, King and Queen, sulfur and mercury, or the colors red and white. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic;\"\u003ehieros\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic;\"\u003egamos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e, or sacred marriage, is the union of these opposites, which we experience as the active and passive energies of life, or masculine and feminine, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003elight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e and dark, fire and water. Their conjunction results in a return to unity and the birth of the divine child that carries the qualities of both yet transcends them altogether. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eWhat this painting attempts to capture is the moment when the inner battle comes to an end, and the dream of conjunction is becoming a reality. The unicorn, with its crescent horn, is the lunar creature of the mind, spirit, and imagination. On the other hand, the lion represents the solar nature, the fiery passion of the soul. Both have been wounded by the other, and both are transforming and taking on aspects of their opposite. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eThe unicorn’s phallic horn resides in the middle of the forehead, energetic center of the third eye. It is a symbol of a fertile imagination and unified vision toward the Above, the divine or macrocosmic world. The tip of the horn, or lunar crescent, drips with the blood of the lion, who sustained an injury upon its arm in the fight. From this wound, the inner darkness is released in the form of two ravens ready to fly into the distance. The unicorn’s heart has been ripped open, but now blossoms forth in a red rose, opened by transcendent love. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eWaters of spirit, the elixir of immortality, flow from the unicorn’s mane as union brings remembrance of eternal essence. In turn the fierce lion sheds tears that emerge in streams of Jupiterian clouds. Its mane is flowing with autumn-gold oak leaves, a tree sacred to Jupiter. Through the union of the lion and unicorn, the fountain at the foot of the oak flows, bringing life and renewal to the parched landscape of the inner world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eA golden serpent emerges from the lion’s tale and ascends the cross. Blood spills like the red tincture from a wound on its side, flowing down and merging with the water. The roots of red and white roses are thus nurtured, growing over and through the royal pair. As the serpent ascends, like the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic;\"\u003ekundalini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e energy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003erising up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e the spine, it receives the acorn of truth and is thereby reborn.\" - Marlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; min-height: 12pt; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/strong\u003e is a self-taught oil painter, working in a surrealist and allegorical style. Her work explores esoteric themes arising from her study and practice of Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, astrology, and mythology. 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Like his Greek and Roman counterparts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eHermes and Mercury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e, he was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ea psychopomp, guiding souls into the Underworld.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e As such, Thoth fac\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eilitate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e heal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eing of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e trauma by reconnecting the conscious mind (Above) with the unconscious mind (Below), to establish a harmony between them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eHe guides us into the underworld to discover hidden parts of the self, so that we can bring them into our conscious awareness and integrate them for greater wholeness and self-knowledge (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic;\"\u003egnosis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eIn this painting, Thoth is in the process of overcoming a dark force emerging from the unconscious. Crocodiles in ancient Egypt played the role of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e alchemical dragon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e. Essentially, this powerful creature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e is that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e which\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e binds our thoughts in tumbling rotations and disturbs the mind’s clarity with emotional turbidity. It is the conditioned reaction that takes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e into the swamps of forgetting and putrefaction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eAs a symbol of the shadow, the crocodile becomes sublimated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e into an ally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e through acknowledgment and acceptance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eUnifying the Above and Below is the way of truth and justice that sways not to extremes but finds resolution in equanimity. Cyclical patterns of the mind \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ereturn with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e new opportunities to be courageous and recognize the crocodile for what it is: an invitation to see what's really going on below. So long as we avoid this confrontation, we will not progress in the work. Neither will we progress if we \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003estay submerged\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e in the watery depths. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eThrough integration \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ethe crocodile becomes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003etransfigured into its opposite. T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ehe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ewan knows when to dive for sustenance, but then it returns to the surface and the skies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e of transcendent freedom. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003es the archetype of equilibrium, wisdom, and magic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e, Thoth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e is being transfigured as they pierce the scales of the crocodile with an artistic variation of the Phoenix Wand. Three aspects of Thoth are depicted: the Egyptian ibis-headed god, the Greek Hermes (Roman Mercury), and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ecynocephalic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e (dog-headed) baboon. Pictured in hermaphroditic form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e (half male, half female)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e, their body opens and reveals crystals forming within their vessel, the inner results of the work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eIn their left-hand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eThoth bears the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e Ankh, the ancient Egyptian symbol of life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eimmortality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e, and the integration of opposites. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eThoth \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eholds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eankh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e over the state capitol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e building of Olympia in a gesture intimating the supremacy of divine justice over human justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eankh is made of copper (metal of Venus) and covered in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ebeautiful green patina, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic;\"\u003everdigris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e, that forms when the metal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eexposed to the elements or acetic acid. This splendid green color is significant on account of its imperfection, for the “corruption” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003eis how\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e the soul is purified and redeemed. It is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic;\"\u003eenantiodromia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e or transformation of the natural reddish metal into its opposite green by the process of corrosion. This idea of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003ebeauty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e attained through corruption is the necessity of exposing the external, or superficial divinity, to the corrosive action of spirit, so that the true, latent divinity can be born out of it.\" - Marlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/strong\u003e is a self-taught oil painter, working in a surrealist and allegorical style. Her work explores esoteric themes arising from her study and practice of Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, astrology, and mythology. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy: The Emerald Tablet, the Corpus Hermeticum, and the Journey Through the Seven Spheres\u003c\/em\u003e (Inner Traditions, 2022), and \u003cem\u003eThe Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy: Imagination, Creativity, and the Great Work (Inner Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e, 2023).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlene Seven Bremner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46958264320155,"sku":null,"price":16640.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/5398\/9531\/files\/MarleneSevenBremner_Thoth_300dpi_1800pix_f4b9d75d-ed49-4a7f-8dc4-48576d72857f.jpg?v=1756956664"},{"product_id":"creative-alchemy-workshop-with-marlene-seven-bremner-september-27th","title":"Creative Alchemy Workshop with Marlene Seven Bremner - September 27th, 1-5pm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCreative Practice, Art, Alchemy. Join us for a unique opportunity to learn from author, artist, and alchemical scholar Marlene Seven Bremner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTheory meets practice in this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003efour hour intensive workshop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e that will explore Hermetic Alchemy as the practice of bringing a project \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eto its final perfection. Students will learn how this royal art unifies the inner and outer worlds and provides a process to integrate spirit and matter. Suitable for the artist and intellectual alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSaturday, September 27th, 1-5pm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e$125 - materials included\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWorkshop Limit: 8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eKnown as the “Royal Art,” alchemy teaches us how to transmute our life into a masterpiece through the profound interplay of consciousness and matter. Whether we are working with materials in an alchemical laboratory, writing poetry, composing music, painting, or simply wanting to live a more creative life, alchemy is the key to unlocking the vast potential and unlimited imagination that lives within us. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWe will begin with the legendary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eEmerald Tablet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eof Hermes Trismegistus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e and developing an understanding of alchemical creation, and the miraculous transmutations of the “One Thing.” From here we will cover alchemical theory and cosmology, including the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eprima \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003emateria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e or mysterious “first matter,” the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eanima mundi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eor “world soul,” the four elements, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003etria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e prima \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eor “three principles,” the seven planetary metals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e, and the legendary philosopher’s stone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e. We will discuss the principle of correspondence and the relationships between the macrocosm and microcosm, and how to work with these relationships in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ea creative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ealchemical practice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFinally, we’ll look at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003efour color\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e phases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e of the Great Work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e (black, white, yellow, red)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e and how they can be understood and navigated for spiritual growth, deeper self-knowledge, reconciliation of the opposites, and the liberation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eour full creative potential. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis workshop will include a slideshow and presentation, as well as group discussion, and introduction to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ea creative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003epractice to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eopen the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eprima \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003emateria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eof the imagination\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"docx_normalweb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"docx_strong\"\u003eIn this course you will learn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe basic philosophies and theories of Hermetic Alchemy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe 4 stages of the Great Work as a spiritual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecreative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprocess\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for self-transformation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe qualities and influences of the 7 traditional planets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHow to integrate alchemy into your life and artistic process\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"docx_normalweb docx-num-3-0\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTools for personal empowerment \u0026amp; transmutation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner is a self-taught oil painter, working in a surrealist and allegorical style. Her work explores esoteric themes arising from her study and practice of Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, astrology, and mythology. 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Offering examples from traditional alchemical art and her own intricate esoteric paintings, Bremner examines the foundational principles of Hermeticism and alchemy and shows how these traditions are a direct means for accessing higher consciousness and true self-knowledge, or gnosis, as well as a way to extract the essence of one’s own creative gifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003eThe author takes the reader on a Hermetic journey through each of the seven traditional planets—Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon—exploring their mythological, philosophical, alchemical, qabalistic, magical, astrological, and energetic natures and offering meditative discourses that reach past the rational mind to speak directly to the intuitive soul. She relates the seven planets to the esoteric anatomy of the human body, specifically the seven chakras, and shows how the planets can offer understanding and experience of archetypal energies and patterns in the body, in one’s life, and in the creative process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003eA profound synthesis of magical and occult teachings as well as an initiation into the alchemical opus, this book reveals how to integrate and apply Hermetic and alchemical principles to awaken inner knowing, liberate the imagination, and live a mystical, creative, and truly inspired life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ePraise for\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“This life-changing book will take you on an amazing, enlightening, soul-filled journey into the wisdom and profound insights of Hermeticism, alchemy, and the occult arts. It gracefully reveals universal truths, cosmic secrets, and hidden mysteries through the author’s immense knowledge on the subject matter as well as her own brilliant creative process. I highly recommend this book to all those who would like to spark their own healing process and spiritual awakening.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—PHILIP M. BERK, author of \u003cem\u003eMountain’s Stillness, River’s Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Single Flower: Meditations and Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Marlene Seven Bremner has blessed contemporary readers with a comprehensive book on the history and practice of Hermeticism. Well-researched and approached from the experience of the creative process itself, \u003c\/em\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy\u003cem\u003e offers valuable insight into the transmutative path of the Great Work. As an artist and true daughter of Hermes, the author adeptly shows us why Hermeticism is referred to as the Royal Art. An absolutely pleasurable and edifying read.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—WILLIAM KIESEL, publisher at Ouroboros Press, instructor at 22 Teachings School of Hermetic Sciences and Magical Arts, and author of \u003cem\u003eMagic Circles in the Grimoire Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Bremner guides us on a transformative journey of the energetics of change that bridges ancient wisdom with new scholarship. She illuminates the alchemical arts brilliantly and unforgettably, both textually and visually. Her complex paintings reveal her vision and unfold their meaning only upon the reader’s resonant, meditative gaze. This book invites us to enter into the cauldron of our mystical transformation and awaken our creative forces.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—LESLIE KORN, PH.D., MPH, author of \u003cem\u003eRhythms of Recovery: Trauma, Nature, and the Body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy \u003cem\u003eis an important and necessary work, especially for anyone involved in art and art making who wishes to use their making as a spiritual practice. Alchemy is an art; in fact, it has been called ‘the Art’ of arts in that all creation, according to alchemical theory, flows from the same principles. Implied in this is that any art practice may be used in the alchemical work of making change. In Hermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy, firmly grounded in primary texts and enriched through her own practice, Bremner provides a remarkably varied and thorough foundation in Hermetic philosophy, cosmology, and practice with leads for deeper study. With this foundation established, Bremner then sets before us another rich feast in her word-portraits of each of the planetary spheres—each portrait an incredible array of myth, poetry, science, philosophy, and magic. Understanding these spheres is critical, as they are the stages of ‘the old, old path’ of the soul’s journey to the One. \u003c\/em\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy\u003cem\u003e provides the maps and tools for this journey. It is all here. 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She explains how to work with and transmute alchemical energies for increased levels of insight, intuition, and imaginative expression and explores the rich and complicated symbolism of alchemical art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ePraise for \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hermetic Marriage of Art \u0026amp; Alchemy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“When people use terms like “magical” to describe the work of the imagination they are straying much closer than they know to some of the deepest secrets of human existence. Those secrets are the alchemical prima materia of Marlene Seven Bremner’s latest book. Capably researched, vividly illustrated, and trenchantly argued, this is a treat for those who know their way around the realm of the magical imagination, and a revelation for those who are just setting foot on that potent and life-affirming path.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e—John Michael Greer, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight of Pluto\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Druid Path\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“In 2022 her first book \u003c\/em\u003eHermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy\u003cem\u003e was one of the great discoveries of the year for me. And this new volume makes me all excited again! I would not call it a sequel, but a way of going deeper into that magical realm, where alchemical thinking and practice meets the Art World. And what she tells us here—again with astonishing clarity for such a complex matter—is true for the Visual Arts, but also for the Performing Arts, Writing and other forms of creativity. Well, it is true for each and every creative expression of the human mind. Another gem from Marlene Seven Bremner, including the wonderful paintings that accompany the book.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Rudolf Berger, Performing Arts Professional and Creator of the Thoth Hermes Podcast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Marlene Bremner’s \u003c\/em\u003eHermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy\u003cem\u003e is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in the fascinating intersection of art and the occult. 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