#angelus silesius

[derangedrhythms]

Epigraph from 'Kairos' by Jenny Erpenbeck

[thepersonalwords]

All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning. You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning

Angelus Silesius

[philippebresson]

La rose est sans pourquoi

Elle fleurit parce qu'elle fleurit

N'a pour elle-même aucun soin

Ne se demande pas :

"Suis-je regardée ?"

Johannes Scheffler alias Angelus Silesius, XVIIe siècle

[dk-thrive]

Nothing exists but you and I And if we two be not Then god is no more god And down must fall the sky

–Angelus Silesius, 17th-century German mystic and poet with poem believed to be published in "The Cherubinic Wanderer," first published in 1657.

[ossifican]

"I am like God, and God like me. I am as large as God, He is as small as I. He cannot above me, nor I beneath Him be."

[krupapatelreads]

Nothing exists but you and I

And if we two be not

Then god is no more god

And down must fall the sky

- Angelus Silesius

[quotelr]

All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning. You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning

Angelus Silesius

[1five1two]

I myself must be the sun, I must paint with my rays

The colorless sea of ​​all divinity.

Angelus Silesius

[philippequeau]

D’yeux

“D’yeux” ©Philippe Quéau (Art Κέω) 2024 De l’œil, Eckhart a fameusement dit, dans l’un de ses Sermons allemands, que le sien était le même que celui de Dieu : « Das Auge, in dem ich Gott sehe, das ist dasselbe Auge, darin mich Gott sieht; mein Auge und Gottes Auge, das ist ein Auge und ein Sehen und ein Erkennen und ein Liebeni », ce que l’on pourrait traduire ainsi : « L’œil dans lequel je vois…

[justwatchmyeyes]

Der Reiche dieser Welt, was hat er für Gewinn? Daß er muss mit Verlust von seinem Reichtum ziehn.

Angelus Silesius

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Reference: 5 Symbols

for your next poem/story (pt. 5)

EGG

The egg is as powerful in its symbolism as it is potent as a life-force.

The World Egg is a ubiquitous symbol for the egg from which the Universe is said to have hatched, an idea that appears in creation myths from all parts of the world: The Celts, Hindus, Egyptians, Greeks, Phoenicians, and many more all agree about this idea.

The form this cosmic hatching takes is variable though:

Often, the egg rises from primeval waters and is incubated by a bird; in Hindu belief, this is the Hamsa, a goose.

When the egg hatches, the yolk and the white become Heaven and Earth.

The Shinto tradition says that the Universe resembled a giant hen’s egg that broke open, with the heavier parts becoming the Earth and the lighter, the Heavens.

There is also a theory that the entire Universe is contained in a huge egg that stands upright.

The egg is a symbol of new life, and this idea is borne out with chocolate eggs at Easter, which in itself is a celebration of the pre-Christian fertility Goddess, Eostre, who also gives her name to the hormone estrogen.

The subsequent celebration of Christ’s death and resurrection meant that the egg kept its significance as a symbol of new life and hope.

Archeologists have found clay eggs in Russian burial sites, reinforcing the belief in the egg as a symbol of immortality and of rebirth.

In alchemy, the Philosopher’s Egg symbolizes the seed of spiritual life, and depicts the place wherein a great transformation takes place.

The ancient riddle of what came first, chicken or egg, was deftly if disappointingly answered by Angelus Silesius, who said: The chicken was in the egg and the egg was in the chicken.

FEATHER

The Egyptian Goddess of truth, Ma’at, has the ostrich feather as her attribute. There is a very specific reason for this:

Because the ostrich is a flightless bird, the design of its feathers is different to those of other birds where one side is larger than the other.

The ostrich feather, however, is perfectly balanced and symmetrical, and so is a fitting emblem of justice.

Its symbolism is closely aligned to that of wings and birds. They stand for ascendance, flight, communication with the spirit realms and the element of air.

Shamanistic use of feathers is for all these reasons;

the feathers enable the soul to become as light as the feather and transcend the boundaries of gravity, time, and space.

Shamans of all nationalities wear feathers as a part of their ritual apparel.

The eagle feather is the most valuable of all feathers:

In some parts of the world, this feather, synonymous with all the power of the bird, is considered so sacred that only card-carrying Native American tribal members may own them. Those found in the wrong hands are the cause of heavy fines.

The swan’s feather appears in the cloaks of druids; because the swan is the bird of poetry, its feathers magically confer these powers on the bard.

Used at the end of the arrow as a “flight,” feathers have a practical as well as symbolic use.

Additionally, feathers are a symbol of sacrifice:

This is because, when chickens and other birds were ritually slaughtered, all they left behind was a few feathers, fluttering to the ground.

The other major symbolic meaning of the feather associates it with vegetation and with hair, primarily because of a similarity in appearance.

HOURGLASS

The function of the hourglass is to mark the passing of time, as sand trickles through the narrow waist in the middle of the transparent glass container that is the same shape as a figure of eight.

Therefore, it is often used as a motif to show the inevitability of death.

However, the shape of the hourglass, as well as being a visual symbol and a word used to describe the figure of a shapely woman, is a lemniscate, or infinity sign.

That the hourglass can be turned upside down to start the cycle all over again makes it an optimistic symbol of rebirth.

PHURBA

This is a sacred knife, used only in ritual practices by Tibetan Buddhists.

Like the Athame of the Western tradition, it is employed to create the sacred spaces that are used for rites and ceremonies.

Its design is based on a stake used in ancient times to tether sacrificial animals, and it is used to describe a magic circle in the same way as a compass.

Can only be owned or handled by initiates.

THYRSUS

The thyrsus was a sacred implement used in rituals and festivals during the time of the Ancient Greeks.

It was a staff, standing about as high as its owner, made from a giant fennel stalk topped with a pine cone and wrapped with vine leaves.

As a phallic symbol, it was combined with a goblet or chalice, symbolic of female energy and used to counterbalance the staff.

As well as being a symbol of male energy, though, staffs or long poles of some description have a universal use as a sacred instrument to connect the Heavens to the Earth, a conductor for the divine spirit.

Source ⚜ More: On Symbols ⚜ Writing Notes & References

[thepersonalwords]

All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning. You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning

Angelus Silesius

[occhietti]

La rosa è senza perché:

fiorisce perché fiorisce,

non bada a se stessa,

non chiede se la si vede.

- Angelus Silesius

[poesiablog60]

Fermati, dove corri?

Il cielo è dentro di te;

Se altrove tu lo cerchi

In eterno lo perdi.

Angelus Silesius

[lunamagicablu]

Ho cercato Dio con la mia lampada così brillante che tutti me la invidiavano. Ho cercato Dio negli altri. Ho cercato Dio nelle piccolissime tane dei topi. Ho cercato Dio nelle biblioteche. Ho cercato Dio nelle università. Ho cercato Dio col telescopio e con microscopio. Finché mi accorsi che avevo dimenticato quello che cercavo. Allora, spegnendo la mia lampada, gettai le chiavi, e mi misi a piangere... e subito, la Sua Luce fu in me... (Angelus Silesius) art by_priestessoflight777 ************************ I sought God with my lamp so bright that everyone envied me. I looked for God in others. I sought God in the very small holes of mice. I looked for God in libraries. I looked for God in universities. I sought God with the telescope and microscope. Until I realized that I had forgotten what I was looking for. Then, turning off my lamp, I threw away the keys, and started crying... and immediately, his Light was in me... (Angelus Silesius) art by_priestessoflight777 

[waltfrasescazadordepalabras]

Quién ha escogido el centro por morada, ve de una ojeada lo que está en la periferia.

(Angelus Silesius)