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The Mirror of Persephone
2001
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
Collection of the artist
11" x 8.5"
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTISTPersephone and Eros
The Eleusinian Mysteries were one of the principal religious systems
of ancient Greece. Other mystery schools existed, but the rites of
Delphi at Olympus were the most widely revered.
Originally the religious center at Delphi was maintained by the
matriarchal hierarchy. There was a huge serpent that lived on the
site, called the Python. This serpent was slain by the Achaen invaders
who entered Greece, establishing a patriarchal overseership of the
temple complex.
THE DESCENT OF PERSEPHONE
Persephone was the archetypical Initiate to spiritual wisdom. In the
fragments that come down to us from antiquity, there is the legend of
how she in her descent into the Abyssos, met Eros in the form of a flower.
The face in the golden flower in my painting above gives my own artistic
version of the vision of Eros.
In viewing this vision as a physical actuality, Persephone is said to have
failed her initiatory trials.
I depict Persephone as a mermaid, in keeping with the tradtions of the
Greek colonists of Calabria.
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Readers interested in reading more about Persephone's INITIATION should see my posts:
My posts on the topic of MERMAIDS can be accessed here:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/mermaids
BELOW IS A
FAUX POSTAGE STAMP
FEATURING MY ART
DEPICTING PERSEPHONE
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE
BELOW IS A
FAUX POSTAGE STAMP
FEATURING MY ART
DEPICTING PERSEPHONE
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE
THE DESCENT OF PERSEPHONE
Those interested in my posts of ABSTRACT PAINTINGS should check out:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/abstract%20paintings
FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS VIDEO
by Eric Whollem
FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS VIDEO
by Eric Whollem
My posts on MYTHOGRAPHIC ART are on this link:
See Wikipedia for more about Persephone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone
See this article on the ACHAENS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaens
See this article on the ACHAENS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaens
MYTHOLOGY
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