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A different take on the Golden Dawn's Rosy Cross in Taschen's Library of Esoterica.
Rosy Cross Blue by Jesse Bransford
#Golden Dawn#hermeticism#hermetic order of the golden dawn#occult#art#occultism#occult art#magic#ceremonial magick#magick#Jesse Bransford#rosy cross#esoterica#esoteric art
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“Rosy Cross Blue” by Jesse Bransford (2009).
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WEEK 2: Cosmology
Self directed tasks
Task 3: Artist cold review
Review one drawing made by the one artist.
It must be a drawing. This is a cold review. Other than the name, date and material DO NOT READ anything about the drawing. Start by describing the drawing, is figurative or abstract, the compositional elements, the colour scheme, the marks made, any identifiable motifs or texts. From this description, what do you think the drawing is about. There is no right or wrong answer here.
Chosen artist: Jesse Bransford
The Fourth Pyramid
Below are my initial thoughts on the artwork:
Snakes & ladders - could symbolise the obstacles in life?
Maze in the background - metaphor > life is like a maze
Red - usually represents evil or bad things
Two suns - one is big and red, one is small with yellow/orange streaks > could represent good and evil. The yellow sun is not as recognisable which could be a way of saying that there is a large presence of evil in the world
7 pointed star - looks similar to the star of David > could have a religious meaning
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Jesse Bransford, “To Stop a Dart of Malice (5)” (2014), watercolor and graphite on paper, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, from A Book of Staves (courtesy the artist and Fulgur)
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The Mahavidyas and Fields of Ice, Jesse Bransford
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www.organic-geometry.com Staves for High One by Jesse Bransford Art magus, Jesse Bransford, has been involved in a heavy and heady exploration of Icelandic magic, creating a series of 18 Ljóðatal (staves) - essentially sigils for protection or conjuration that correspond to Odin’s teachings as... #organicgeometry #mandala #art #sacredgeometry #sacred #geometry #fineart #visionaryart #visionary #drawing #onlyblackart #kaleidoscope #fractal #tattoo #digital #digitalart #love #black #instagood #pattern #mirrorlab #alchemy #goldenratio
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This artist was interesting in the ancient Sigil. The Sigil was an encryption method in ancient Europe ‘Dark magic’ system. This system was invented by Heinrich Agrippa. He believed that people can communicate with Ghost and Gods by this cypher.
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Installation shots of “The Venusians” at Come Again in Berlin, pt. 2
The Venusians
9 Sept—22 Oct 2022
Artists: Jesse Bransford, Elijah Burgher, Oliver Coran, Keturah Cummings,
Frank Haines, Sholem Krishtalka, Anwar Mahdi, David Anaya Maya, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Ryan M. Pfeiffer + Rebecca Walz, Timothy Wyllie
Organized by Berlin-based artists Elijah Burgher and carrick bell, The Venusians is presented by New Discretions, New York + Sean Horton (Presents), New York + Wester Exhibitions, Chicago.
Venus is thought by astrologers to influence those zones of human experience over which the planet’s namesake Goddess is sovereign: love, intimacy, attraction, beauty, pleasure, luxury and the good life. Alchemically, Venus corresponds to copper, which was used for mirrors in the ancient world for its high reflectiveness when polished. Indeed, the goddess is frequently depicted at her toilette, gazing at her reflection while tending her appearance. A mixture of self-care and vanity are amongst her attributes, as well then. The roman goddess and her Greek counterpart, Aphrodite, are not the only goddesses of antiquity identified with the planet: Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte and other Queens of Heaven preceded them. The Sumerian goddess Inanna’s journey into the underworld was a mythic translation of a visible, celestial fact: periodically Venus goes retrograde and appears to be moving backwards in the sky. (Interestingly, Venus spins in an opposite direction to the other planets in our solar system, so it could be said she rotates in a retrograde manner.) Inanna’s descent is not only instructive in terms of the planet’s rich history of religious symbolism, but also implicates the negative valence of these goddesses’ principal attribute. Love is not only a matter of joy, romance and sex but also jealousy, infidelity, grief and even murderous rage.
In bringing together this sundry group of artists and dubbing them “Venusians,” we highlight certain threads that connect them and to which the goddess holds the reigns: sexuality, beauty and magick. Venusians, as we define them, draw out the electrical potentials of the sexual body. Elements of sex magick and other rituals, both self-invented and received, find the body unfurling as a tether between cosmic and terrestrial spheres, fellow humans, and non-human and natural participants. Some works represent these practices. Others actively function as elements of ongoing ritual, or are remnants of previously performed ritual acts. Beauty is paramount whether it is a matter of esoteric order, aesthetic expertise or reconceived through challenge or negation. In any case, those electrical potentials must be circulated through an object that conducts those energies to viewers, recasting them as candidates for seduction or religious conversion or taunting them as suspiciously disinterested anthropologists. Those are the stakes. Venusians seek connection that goes beyond mere discourse.
#venusians#venus#aphrodite#venus cazimi#come again#elijah burgher#ghost vomit#sholem krishtalka#genesis breyer p-orridge#annie sprinkle#beth stephens#rebecca walz#ryan m. pfeiffer#rebecca walz + ryan m. pfeiffer#carrick bell#keturah cummings#frank haines#anwar mahdi#david anaya maya#oliver coran#timothy wyllie#jesse bransford
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Jesse Bransford, Artist, Professor, and Department Chair of Art and Art Professions at NYU/Steinhardt leads a conversation with Eric Dever about his current exhibition at Berry Campbell. Thanks to @stefanietuder @jessebransford and the entire @nyusteinhardt Alumni Association for a wonderful event. #ericdever #gallerytour #steinhardt #nyu #artistlife #galleryevent #soloexhibition #inconversation #chelseagalleries #berrycampbell (at Berry Campbell) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUzZVQlP2l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11e4h7ov19g8d
#ericdever#gallerytour#steinhardt#nyu#artistlife#galleryevent#soloexhibition#inconversation#chelseagalleries#berrycampbell
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Man carjacked at gunpoint in Phelan shopping center; Police searching for 2nd suspect
Man carjacked at gunpoint in Phelan shopping center; Police searching for 2nd suspect
PHELAN, Calif. (VVNG.com) — Police are searching for a suspect wanted in a carjacking in the parking lot of a busy shopping center in Phelan.
It happened on Monday, April 22, 2019, at 11:55 pm, in the parking lot of the Stater Brothers shopping center located at 4059 Phelan Road.
According to the victim, a 48-year-old male, he was approached by the two suspects who asked him for a ride and…
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JB: “I have had moments where understanding of the work was transparent, where people have been open and receptive to it. On the other hand I think a lot of people are unwilling to engage when they see certain signs or symbols they think they understand. That’s the blessing and the curse of symbols, they are only as open as the viewer seeing them … Right now there seems to be a real calibration going on in the work between my legibility to the viewer and the self-knowledge and understanding I get from the work.”
Abraxas Journal of Esoteric Studies – Issue 3 Spring 2013, Fulgur Esoterica pg 28, Interviewed by Pam Grossman.
JB: “I’ve made a very careful point to keep my practice moving, to use the way I make things as much as an exploration and experiment as the research I’ve done. It’s made me realise how much effect the trace of the body can project. For example most talismanic magic seems to want to happen at a desk, sitting down. I would guess it’s because the objects tend to be hand-held and more intimate. Other forms need more of the body involved, and some of the application processes I’ve used probably have more in common with dance than with painting.”
https://marymacgregorreid.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/jesse-bransford/
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