Roger Williamson

Art is an externalization of inner pain and irritation. The artist, like the oyster, is driven to externalize this inner pain and irritation into the image of a pearl.

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(via Sun Enters Gemini, Tarot Card Lovers)

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Pisces Sun, Tarot Moon

Tarot Moon Pisces Sun Moon from Tarot of the Morning Star Mysterious Moon, Tarot Moon, Pisces Sun, corresponding to the major arcana tarot card Moon. This card represents a period of dissolution, depicting the end of a cycle. When referring to a cycle within the context of the following description, we must remember that we are the cycle within what appears to be the sphere of the cosmos. Because…

Pisces Sun, Tarot Moon

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(via Sun in Taurus, Tarot Hierophant) Sensation, Sun in Taurus and Tarot Hierophant represent a quality within ourselves that registers an awareness of a phenomenon. It is not the elucidation of the phenomenon but directing our attention that there is something of which we are not cognizant.

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Dark Fantasy, On the Arrival of the Machine – Roger Williamson Art

Dark Fantasy, On the Arrival of the Machine – Roger Williamson Art – https://rogerwilliamsonart.com/haunts-horrors-on-the-arrival-of-the-machine/ – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist

Haunts Horrors The Second Haunts and Horrors Magapack a collection of dark fantasy and horror stories includes my short story On the Arrival of the Machine and its Mode of Operation.  

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(via Awakening Fire: Sun Aries) Awakening Fire is a concept realised by the Sun in Aries and depicted in the image of the major arcana tarot card Emperor.

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Glain Nadredd Serpent Stone of Celtic mythology – Roger Williamson Art

Glain Nadredd Serpent Stone of Celtic mythology – Roger Williamson Art – https://rogerwilliamsonart.com/serpent-stone-glain-nadredd/ – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist

This picture is dedicated to Arthur Machen and his novel The White People

Glain Nadredd is the Serpent Stone of Celtic mythology, sometimes called Adder Stone, which was believed to be created by a coming together of snakes, normally occurring in Spring, but more auspicious on May Eve.

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Punishment of Prometheus, and the Eagle of Zeus – Roger Williamson Art

Punishment of Prometheus, and the Eagle of Zeus – Roger Williamson Art – https://rogerwilliamsonart.com/punishment-of-prometheus-and-the-eagle-of-zeus/ – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist

Punishment of Prometheus, by the Eagle of Zeus, from Ancient Greek mythology. This painting, highlights the intense conflict between the Titan Prometheus and Zeus.

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(via Hanged Man Explained) Consciousness is given up to sleep and our nocturnal eidolon in the image of a bat is released to hunt through our dreams.

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(via Mysterious Moon)

Pisces in Sun, corresponding to the major arcana tarot card Moon. This card represents a period of dissolution, depicting the end of a cycle.

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Qlippoth and the Nightside An Alternative View – Roger Williamson Art – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist

Qlippoth and the Nightside An Alternative View – Roger Williamson Art – https://rogerwilliamsonart.com/magick-philosophy/qlippoth/ – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist

In this discussion on the Lightside QBL Tree and its relation to the Nightside Tree, also known as the Qlippoth  Tree. I argue that there is only one QBL Tree. This tree consists of four worlds, organised into a circular, self-sustaining machine.

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(via Sun in Aquarius, Tarot Star) Sun Enters Aquarius Aquarius Sun, tarot card Star; meaning and symbolism Tarot Star corresponds to the astrological Sun in Aquarius. The female figure at the centre of the card symbolically illustrates the subconscious influence at work behind the Key.

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Pomegranate, The Feminine Journey – Roger Williamson Art – https://rogerwilliamsonart.com/feminine-journey/ – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist

Inside, the pomegranate does not offer a single, simple truth. It presents a chaotic, jewelled, bloody interior. This mirrors the complex inner world now awakened: emotional depth, intuition, cyclic wisdom, and the literal potential to bear life (the seeds). The crimson juice, like blood, signifies both life and sacrifice.

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From Cocoon to Eternity – Roger Williamson Art – https://rogerwilliamsonart.com/from-cocoon-to-eternity/ – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist

The Insect Metaphor in Egyptian Afterlife Beliefs

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Draconian Magick, Howling at the Sky – Roger Williamson Art –

Draconian Magick, Howling at the Sky – Roger Williamson Art – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist – https://rogerwilliamsonart.com/magick/

Howling is therapeutic.

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(via The Goat God Cometh, Sun in Capricorn, Tarot Devil)

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Black Book of the Jackal Grimoire – Roger Williamson Art – Books

Black Book of the Jackal Grimoire – Roger Williamson Art – https://rogerwilliamsonart.com/black-book-jackal/ – Art as Magick, Minneapolis visual artist

Come and visit the other side.

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In the Lair of Tiresias

In the Lair of Tiresias “In the Lair of Tiresias”, an original oil on plywood painting, 48 x 48 inches, 2024. The painting is an allegory of the soul’s journey after death, set within a personalised mythological framework: The Realm: The setting is the underworld, referred to as “the realm of Tiresias.” In this mythology, Tiresias is not just a blind prophet but appears to be the sovereign or…

In the Lair of Tiresias