Ursi's Eso Garden

The following chapters examine each of the main Celtic patterns in turn: knots, spirals, key patterns, animals and beasts, and Celtic lettering.

Each chapter opens with a large colour illustration to inspire readers in ways of incorporating the design into their own work. This is followed by a short introduction to the range of patterns that fall into this design category, along with photos of Celtic artefacts.

The rest of the chapter consists of 16 design pages, each containing a specially commissioned step-by-step artwork for readers to follow.

These stations were painted by artists from Turkana, Kenya around 1995 and are housed in Lodwar Cathedral in Kenya.

The stations reflect the life and environment of the Turkana people. Faces, dress and places are authentically Turkana. Soldiers are Kenyan, not Roman. Pilate wears the traditional dress of a Turkana chief and the cross is a rough piece of a local tree. Lodwar's shops and houses are the background in many of the stations.

Set of stations from Kenya: Through Nomadic Eyes

The Stations of the Cross in the chapel at the University of Central America, a Jesuit college in San Salvador, El Salvador, are especially graphic. They portray in unflinching detail, the torture visited upon Salvadorans by right wing death squads and the U. S. backed government during that country's civil war in the 1980s.

Trying to explain or talking about beings not considered spirits, angels, or human beings is rather difficult. They, however, share something in common, and more. We could give them the generic name of elemental creatures, nature spirits. They all inhabit the Magic World of Fairies.

Is is true that we can communicate with those tiny beings?
In spite of the fact that nature has been devastated by man, and that they were compelled to hide in the jungle or in the woods, many of them live with human beings and are willing to serve them. To communicate with them, we should love everything that surrounds us.

Spirits & Elements overview

Would your children like to colour or trace these images by Myrea of Fairies World?
There are four pages of them:
Black & White Drawings to Colour.

Here is an abundance of interesting information on Fairy Facts, Fairy Folklore, Fairy Names and all things Faery.
Find details easily of authors, poetry, festivals and music, of fairy books based on their work, artists famed worldwide, whose drawings and pictures of Fairies, Gnomes, Goblins, Elves and other little people will enthrall, inform and delight, bringing pleasure to young and old.

Fairies World by Myrea Pettit.

I like this one:
The Bodhisattva

And this one:
Reason Behind Your Birth

"Reverence for the natural environment, and experiencing the interconnectedness between all things has long guided me to create watercolor paintings of beauty and spirit. Life's continuing adventure has led me into an exciting exploration into the wisdom and symbolic imagery of Sacred Geometry. These paintings act as a bridge between this reality and a metaphorical world of healing, continuity, and transformation. I use multiple transparent watercolor glazes coupled with image overlapping techniques, and sacred geometry to produce visions of a multi-dimensional reality. It is my intention to create art that embodies the vibration of Universal Love and expresses the joy and gratitude I feel for the honor of being part of this earthwalk."

At the heart of pre-historic Avebury is the henge. Compared with other henges it is massive and though erosion and vandalism have reduced it considerably it still remains an impressive spectacle. Its construction was spread over several centuries beginning about 3000 BC when the Cove and the earliest stage of the Sanctuary were built. It would be another 600 years before the final form was achieved when the avenues were added about 2400 BC. It consists of a circle of land surrounded by a ditch and bank, the bank being outermost. The area covered by the circle is about 28.5 acres and the circumference is approximately 0.8 of a mile.

Around the outside of the circle once stood 98 large sarsen stones some of which weighed as much as 60 tons and perhaps more. Within this large outer ring are the remains of two smaller stone circles one of which originally consisted of 27 stones and was about 320 feet in diameter (northern circle) and the other which was about 340 feet in diameter and consisted of 29 stones (southern circle).

In this narrative, the events which took place in the Garden of Eden defined the rest of the course of human history. The outline of the story related in the opening three chapters of Genesis can be given relatively briefly. God had created the first man (Adam) and woman (Eve), and placed them in paradise, where it was their task to look after the Garden. They lived in an environment of pristine natural fertility and peace. All this was altered when the man and the woman sinned (the Fall), by disobeying God and eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
As a consequence of the Fall, Adam and Eve were expelled from paradise and forced to fend for themselves. The earth became corrupted and harder to till for food. Women were punished by the pains of childbirth, and death overshadowed all people. At the same time, God promised future redemption for humanity through Christ.

'And the Lord said unto Noah come thou and all thy house into the Ark'. The plate is by van Hove and follows Matthaeus Merian's design for the Ark. Genesis 7:1.

The second part of that instruction promised that human beings would eventually establish mastery over nature, a prophecy which Samuel Hartlib and his contemporaries hoped to see fulfilled in their own times. As well as being a monument to the fallen state of human knowledge, the Tower was therefore a tantalizing symbol of what might be preserved and achieved if people were able to co-operate with God's plans.

Hieronymo Prado and Juan Bautista Villalpando

This book is past the beginner stage, but defnitely appropriate for those that have the basic understanding of the planets, their energy in signs and in houses.

What distinguishes Donna Cunningham's work is her ability to accurately measure a chart. That is kind of like baking a cake with a cup of all ingredients. Not all things inside the chart are weighted equal and it is the complex blend of aspects and their degree of orb, and the patterns created within the chart that define more fully the bigger picture. Donna Cunningham teaches you in her astrological "cookbook" to respect that and to utilize a multi-textured process to refine your understanding of the chart.