#alberto abate

[jareckiworld]

Alberto Abate (1946-2012) — Portrait of the Artist with His Demon [oil on canvas, 1983]

[oldsardens]

Alberto Abate - Figura. 2007

[portraituresque]

SELF-PORTRAIT BY ALBERTO ABATE 1984

[lagaleriapopurri]

Alberto Abate

[krait-krait-krait]

Gorgon by Alberto Abate

[hekatecovenant]

"Hekate is the Anima Mundi, the fiery spark that fuels of all the universe. She is the river beneath the river. From her cave deep within the earth, she stirs her cauldron of stars that pour out to become the river which creates the ocean and then evaporates to become the stars that fall back to earth as rain. For centuries, long before the Greeks learned of her, she was known as Mother of All.

To the ancients what we now call witchcraft was medicine, thus Hekate who was Mother of All was the giver of healing. It can be challenging for our minds that are so programmed by society to see witchcraft as medicine and to understand Hekate as the bestower of this power. We also have been forced to understand medicine as only curative and disconnected from the natural world. Hekate restores the true knowledge that medicine is all that is good for the mind, body and soul. The source is the natural world, which we are part of."

Written by Cyndi Brannen on her patheos blog Keepingherkeys , exerpt of "Hekate: Goddess of Witches, Dark Mother And Keeper Of The Keys".

Painting : "Hecate" by Alberto Abate (1987)

Shared with the CoH Network by Laurie Bianciotto @les-energies, Devotee CoH

[ratatoskryggdrasil]

Alberto Abate, Delfica, 1984

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Alberto Abate