Archive for 2010

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Judith Albert

Sunday, December 26th, 2010

Sunday, December 26th, 2010


Barbara Ellmerer

Nature presides over the divine marriage … suddenly two deities are mated in secret union. What hidden warmth infuses mutual sympathy into these twin metals? What harmony makes one their stubborn souls? The stone sighs and burns, and smitten with love recognizes in the iron the object of its desire, while the iron experiences a gentle attraction for the stone. It is thus that Venus often holds the fierce god of war in check and softens his fiercy glance when the angry blood boils within him …

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Barbara Ellmerer

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Judith Albert

Venus, without quitting her station, attracts her husband Mars to her …

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

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Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Mars, who strikes cities with his bloody spear, and Venus, who changes human cares to ease, share a common shrine and temple built of gold. Each deity has his own image; Mars, a polished iron statue, Venus, one fashioned of the loadstone.

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

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