I have been working on this painting now for almost a year and it took me so long to complete because of procrastination, major life events and lack of time. If this canvas could talk, it would tell tales of major losses in my life, additions, new people, new projects and lost friends.
I immediately knew what I wanted to paint on this rectangular canvas, but as I continued painting, I felt it right to add the paths and Left and Right Pillars of the Qabalic Tree of Life. Further more, I decided to take the term ‘tree’ literally and liberally added leaves, vines and branches to the Tree itself.
From Wikipedia:
The Tree of Life is a tool used to categorize and organize various mystical concepts, and is central to the teachings of Aleister Crowley and the Qabalah. At its most simple level, it is composed of ten spheres, or emanations, called sephiroth (sing. “sephira”) which are connected by twenty two paths.
This piece is acrylic on canvas. It measures 4 x 2 feet and was finished with Liquitex glaze.
Related articles
- September Doodle: Henna Box (crystiology.com)
- The Knowledge of the Universe, Part 3: What is Qabalah? (crystiology.com)
- The Hermetic Library at Hermetic.com (hermetic.com)
I did make a version of chakra in the tree of life in the past, I worked with ”levels”:
root (red) : malkuth
hara/sex (orange) : yesod
plexus (yellow) : hod and netzach
heart (green) : Tiphareth
troath (blue) : geburah and chesed
third eye (indigo) : binah and chokmah, (and implicitly Daath)
Crown (violet gold white) : Keter
This system is working for me, but I like yours too, a lot actualy, it makes a lot of sense that plexus chakra is corresponding with yesod, the astral… and sumerian tree of life has a lot more than 10 spheres as well so It is not important to stick with the Kabbalistic version 😉
Yes, I am hoping to make prints soon hopefully. Possibly around income tax time.
Gorgeous! I don’t suppose you are going to make prints of this for sale.Are you?