The Astonishing
Young Woman
Young Woman
She appears in the first eve of Samhain, when she confronts the chief wizard of celtic myth. She threatens to smother him with her wild woolly tresses until he soothes her with the Great Comb that he conjures.
Swansea
The Goose is a symbol of the Sun or the Soul. This painting accompanies the verse: “Taking the light, he returns to his place — the Golden Person! The Single Goose!" from the Upanishads.
Netheria
This was principle goddess of the early Anglo-Saxons in the form of a serpent. Her shrine was an island, possibly in the area of Holstein and the Frisland Islands; hence, Netherland.
Samhain
The Celtic metempsychosis. The two owls are Lugh and Nialwen who guide souls into “Sean-ar” (the underworld), where the soul emerges from the “Tur” (womb) as an ant called “Sean-ag.” Samhain is the culmination of the Celtic year.
Woi Pahko’ola-Hupa Makara
Coyote Pascola and Skunk Mask. Yaqui Myth: Coyote guards sacred borders. Skunk is the midnight sun of the nadir. “Skunk farts stinkingly [huuva], Coyote smells it as a rose [winhuva].”
