"Pan"
Lemurian Postal Service
2001
by Eric Whollem
edition of 100, plus ten artist's proofs
81 x 52 mm.
Copyright by the artist.
PAN, GOD OF THE FAIRIES
This stamp features a collage of cut paper and photos of Mt. Shasta
by the artist. Included is an image of my ceramic sculpture of Pan,
now in a private collection in Mendocino.
BELOW IS A STAMP VIDEO ABOUT LEMURIA
by Eric Whollem
It was a time of fairylike reality, ruled by archangelic spirits that
imaginatively guided evolution.
Pan in Greek lore is said to have had legs of a goat. But in Greece
the dolphins were called the goats of the sea. A prototype for Pan
is the Mesopotamian god, Ea, (Wisdom), born of the Starwhale,
Derceto. He is shown with goat's legs and a fish tale. Ea was very
beneficent, being a noble teacher of humane laws. Aristotle noted
that Ea was among the first to bring civilization to mankind.
Ea could be described as a merman shaman. His named is
transcribed as Oannes by some. Many have seen the story of
Oannes as a prototypical legend which is reflected in the
Biblical story of Jonah and the Whale.
Thus Pan may have a link to the dolphins. His famous pipe evokes
the sonic melodies of the cetaceans (whales and dolphins).
Ea's mother, Derceto's name breaks down into der for Star
and ceto for Whale. In later Syriac and Nabatean lore Atargatis
is the Starwhale. The Buddhist Goddess Tara, meaning star,
is said to have dwelled in the ocean rather like a mermaid.
Students of mythology may enjoy these cross-cultural
observations.
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