ALCHEMY

Sensitivity and magic

Posted on May 25, 2022 at 10:35 am by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, MAGIC

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”Roald Dahl Sir Frank Dicksee – The Sensitive Plant, 1820.

Magic

Posted on May 3, 2022 at 3:52 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, MAGIC

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” W.B. Yeats Konstantin Makovsky – 1839-1915.

Winter’s Evening

Posted on January 23, 2022 at 5:28 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, AWAKENING, MIDNIGHT, MOON

“Never are voices so beautiful as on a winter’s evening, when dusk almost hides the body, and they seem to issue from nothingness with a note of intimacy seldom heard by day. ” Virginia Woolf -Night and Day, 1919. Harald Sohlberg – Winter Night in the Mountains, 1914.

Mysteries

Posted on January 17, 2022 at 5:30 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, AWAKENING, BEAUTY

“Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.” Theodore Roethke – Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke. Joan Brull – Crepuscle, 1899.

Beginnings

Posted on January 3, 2022 at 12:37 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, AWAKENING, BEGINNINGS

“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been…”Rainer Maria Rilke – Letter to Clara Rilke, 1 Jan 1907. George Henry and Edward Atkinson Hornel – The Druids Bringing in the Mistletoe, 1890.

Wisdom

Posted on December 5, 2021 at 4:52 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, ANIMALS, AWAKENING, BECOMING, POETRY

“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.”Langston Hughes – Dreams, 1923. Jan Mankes – Big Owl on Screen, 1913.

Goddess

Posted on November 10, 2021 at 1:44 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, AUTUMN, AWAKENING, EARTHLY DELIGHTS, GODDESS

“You will have memoriesBecause of what we did back thenWhen we were new at this, Yes, we did many things, then – allBeautiful…” Sappho – Come Close. Frantisek Kupka – Autumn Sun, Three Goddesses, 1906.

Confident

Posted on October 14, 2021 at 8:48 am by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ALCHEMY, BEGINNINGS, CONFIDENCE

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” Bernard M. Baruch Ferdinand Max Bredt – Confidence, 1868–1921.

Wisdom

Posted on October 8, 2021 at 10:47 am by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ALCHEMY, AWAKENING, EARTH, WISDOM

“Be still and the earth will speak to you…”Navajo wisdom Carl Moon – Navajo boy ,1904.

Botany

Posted on October 7, 2021 at 9:44 am by Lisa Azarmi / ALCHEMY, AWAKENING, BECOMING, BOTANICAL, CLASSIC LITERATURE

“The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the…

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