{"title":"Mythic Alchemy Exhibition","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaintings by Marlene Seven Bremner - On View October 2 - November 21\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"annunciation-of-the-daimon","title":"\"The Annunciation of the Daimon\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Annunciation of the Daimon\" by Marlene Seven Bremner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eoil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24\"x18\"\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","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":"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. 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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. 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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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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\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\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. 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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. 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Hyper-realistic flora, imagined creatures, and mythological beings cavort in these vibrant and technically accomplished surrealistic paintings by self-taught artist and author, Marlene Seven Bremner. Bremner strives to bridge the conscious and sub-conscious through her creative process which is informed by her study of alchemy as a blueprint for creativity, transformation and refinement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1983. She is a self-taught oil painter, author, and teacher whose work explores mythical and spiritual themes. Both her art and writing are deeply inspired and informed by the Hermetic arts of alchemy, magic, and astrology. Seven has taught classes, given lectures, and appeared on various podcasts to discuss her work. She developed her painting career in the Pacific Northwest, showing her work in both group and solo exhibitions along the West Coast and internationally. 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Prepare for an engaging and informative afternoon!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003eThis FREE event is not to be missed by anyone interested in mythology, alchemy, painting, the subconscious, folklore, magic, and the language of symbols.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1983. She is a self-taught oil painter, author, and teacher whose work explores mythical and spiritual themes. Both her art and writing are deeply inspired and informed by the Hermetic arts of alchemy, magic, and astrology. Seven has taught classes, given lectures, and appeared on various podcasts to discuss her work. 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Seven is the author of Hermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy (Inner Traditions, 2022), and The Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy (Inner Traditions, 2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marlene Seven Bremner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49707995070619,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/5398\/9531\/files\/Marlene_Seven_Bremner_Headshot.jpg?v=1756956601"},{"product_id":"special-guest-tarot-readings-with-seven-11-14-12-5pm","title":"Special Guest: Tarot Readings with Seven - Saturday 11\/14, 12 - 5pm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs\"\u003eExhibiting artist Marlene Seven Bremner, who goes by \"Seven\", will be offering 4 1 hour tarot readings at Electra on Saturday, November 14th from 12 - 5pm. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003eSeven will interpret your cards and guide you through the many layers of symbolism from her unique perspective as a hermetic transformation coach, and the author of two books on creativity and alchemy.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003eOnly 4 appointments available. Book yours today!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1983. She is a self-taught oil painter, author, and teacher whose work explores mythical and spiritual themes. Both her art and writing are deeply inspired and informed by the Hermetic arts of alchemy, magic, and astrology. Seven has taught classes, given lectures, and appeared on various podcasts to discuss her work. She developed her painting career in the Pacific Northwest, showing her work in both group and solo exhibitions along the West Coast and internationally. She now resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she continues painting and writing. 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New life emerges from the ashes of death, as seeds that germinate in the soil, nurtured by decaying organic matter. We see this reflected in the macrocosm in the explosive death of a star. Some stars explode at the end of their lives, becoming supernovae in a huge release of energy and light that can outshine entire galaxies. Elements that formed within the star and some that formed in the heat of its explosion are propelled long distances into interstellar space, becoming the building blocks for entire worlds to form, like our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" class=\"gmail-\" style=\"font-family: 'Sorts Mill Goudy'; line-height: 2em; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 2em; color: rgb(92,92,92);\"\u003eIn life, we experience “little deaths” on a microcosmic level that have the same potential to release large amounts of life energy. 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While ultimately we come to learn that there is no difference between the sacred and profane, between life and death, for a time we must differentiate in order to understand the full spectrum of who and what we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" class=\"gmail-\" style=\"font-family: 'Sorts Mill Goudy'; line-height: 2em; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 2em; color: rgb(92,92,92);\"\u003eThis intentional limitation that we impose on ourselves is a kind of death. We shed our old skin and awaken to the truth of our eternal being, which is like a spiritual fertilization into the dark matter of death that gives birth to the unification of mind, body, and soul. Anytime we consciously let go of an outworn pattern in our lives, we experience a “little death.” There is a period of time for grieving, while the new pattern emerges into being. Just like the supernova, there is a release of energy that occurs, providing the elements we need to form a new relationship to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" class=\"gmail-\" style=\"font-family: 'Sorts Mill Goudy'; line-height: 2em; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 2em; color: rgb(92,92,92);\"\u003eThe raven ascends to heaven, and heaven descends into the body through the nape of the neck, moving through the throat chakra, which is governed by Mercury, to reach the lower \u003cem style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003echakras\u003c\/em\u003e and penetrate the material world\u003cem style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eMercury, the Roman messenger of the gods, resides between the upper and lower chakras to convey information from the Above to the Below. This merging of heaven and earth, seen in the interlaced triangles of Fire (up) and Water (down), is possible because the polarities of the Sun and Moon have come to a balanced state. Until we have learned to reconcile our opposites, the gates of heaven will remain closed to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" class=\"gmail-\" style=\"font-family: 'Sorts Mill Goudy'; line-height: 2em; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(92,92,92);\"\u003ePhysical death is the ultimate transformation and journey into the unknown—we can’t know what will happen, but we can prepare ourselves for the experience by recognizing death as a part of life. There are many “little deaths” that we experience throughout our life, and even throughout the day. We could say that the ending of any experience is a sort of death, whether that’s the end of your cup of coffee or the end of a relationship. It is an experience that you were having, that is no more. 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Filled with excruciating hunger, he consumed himself blindly until only his face remained.\u003cbr\u003eThe destructive aspect of the Supreme Lord gazed upon the demon as his beloved child, and named him Kirtimukha, “the Face of Glory.” Thus, Kirtimukha is a projected manifestation of Shiva’s wrath, and has become an apotropaic symbol to ward off the evil forces.\u003cbr\u003eMy intention is that this painting may serve as a talisman to protect the sacred generative powers of the creative process, as well as for protection from the dangers encountered during the dark passages of life. Through meditation upon this figure, we can align with the Absolute reality and the presence of pure awareness, awakening the Shakti-Kundalini energy within and encouraging unitive knowledge and inner transformation.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Marlene Seven Bremner\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. 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Hyper-realistic flora, imagined creatures, and mythological beings cavort in these vibrant and technically accomplished surrealistic paintings by self-taught artist and author, Marlene Seven Bremner. Bremner strives to bridge the conscious and sub-conscious through her creative process which is informed by her study of alchemy as a blueprint for creativity, transformation and refinement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis full color catalog will feature all 14 paintings that are featured in the exhibition MYTHIC ALCHEMY, along with individual writings by Marlene Seven Bremner for each painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in house by Electra Gallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanta Fe, New Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1983. She is a self-taught oil painter, author, and teacher whose work explores mythical and spiritual themes. 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