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[dark-water-siren]

mermaid by sans-art

[dark-water-siren]

mermaid by sans-art

[bluexmornings-blog]

☥ Thoth: The self- created God of wisdom, knowledge, and learning that has existed since the beginning. Thoth is the all knowing scribe and official courtier of the Underworld; he is credited for being the one who wrote the ancient book of the dead. Also believed to be written by Thoth himself was The book of Thoth, which includes chapters of many magical and hermetic arts. It is said this collection contains every secret of the universe.  Anyone who reads it would become the most powerful magician in the world, but would also be cursed by the knowledge. In the magical arts, he is also thought to have created the Tarot, which goes by the same name. Thoth and his wife, the Goddess Ma'at, birthed 8 children, and together stands on either side of Ra in his boat as it travels across the sky, directing the course of the sun boat. Thoth also held the ultimate task of translating the will of Ra into speech. As master of time, Thoth is credited with creating the 365-day calendar (which replaced the inaccurate 360 day calendar).  He earned the extra days by gambling with the Moon. CORRESPONDENCE & ASSOCIATIONS ☽ ☾ The sacred Ibis is the most common animal association for Thoth as well as baboons. Element: Air...and air signs of Gemini & Libra Color: white, silver...as that of the Moon Planets: The Moon and Mercury Sacred Days: The month of July; July 19th being the feast of Thoth...the sabbat of Mabon....October 23rd, ceremony of Thoth... Thoth rules the equinoxes Day of the week: Monday...and any day at dawn For altars, moon imagery and white candles should adorn the setting. Moon shaped candles and lunar like charms would be a nice addition. Burn incense of frankencense and myrrh. If you are a writer, you may leave writing materials in honor of him. (pen & ink or your Book of Shadows) Placing the Moon tarot upon your altar can represent Thoth if you do not or choose not to have another figure form.

[a4rizm]

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D'une part, en effet, il appert que la profusion exponentielle des images produits par l'industrie de masse, des images-sans-art, ait pour conséquence le renoncement de nombreux artistes au projet même de l'art moderne : la production de nouvelles images. Tout se passe dorénavant pour beaucoup comme s'il y avait déjà suffisamment d'images du monde en circulation, comme si, le monde étant déjà saturé d'images — de quelque nature qu'elles soient — il semblant inutile d'en ajouter de nouvelles. Reste alors la possibilité d'un geste artistique minimal, proche du degré zéro : amasser, regrouper, recycler le répertoire des images pré-existantes.

Dominique Baqué, La photographie plasticienne, Regard, Paris, 1998, p. 269-270.