From my Icon and Woodwork Workshop
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My small apartment (my "Hermit Cave") is lying in the attic of The Rose Farm, a former retirement home in the middle of Rold Forest in Denmark.
Other parts of the attic are filled with secret doors, looking-glasses and wardrobes. So here you can meet Farm Nisser (English: Brownie) of all kinds, of course the Attic Nisse and Christmas Nisse. If you are very quiet they will tell you stories from The Old Denmark. As I say in my pop culture file on The Lord of the Rings: “When you stand still you´ll meet Tom Bombadil!” One of the secret doors of the attic is mine. It leads into my icon and woodwork workshop. My icons are partly handmade.
The procedure is: I import the Icon-reproductions (Icon prints) from Greece (with Mount Athos and Patmos being the main and continuous source in prototypes). Hereafter I attach the image on wood, grind the edges, paint, lacquer, and, on the back of the Icon, I write a Sûnyatâ Sutra emphatically with the heart. It is all handicraft. The idea with the Sûnyatâ Sutra written on the back, comes from the Tantric Buddhist yogini, and artist, Sangchen Tsomo, who in the same way as I, lives in the forests in deep spiritual practice. All of Sangchen’s art and painting are part and parcel of her Tantric spiritual work. The back of each of Sangchen’s paintings is blessed with diagrams of the sun or moon and/or bits of secret script and/or English. The secret script is a form of the Dakini writing which spontaneously emerged from years of writing mantra during every free moment, between formal sessions in solitary retreat. As described in my article. Seiðr Shamanism and the Art of Song Healing, the Dakinis are similar to the Scandinavian Disir (of whom Freyja is the most known). I have experienced these in my dreams. And my Sûnyatâ Sutras are written in the same way. Read more about my own Inner Tantra practice in my booklet: The Runes of Rold Forest. Read more about Sangchen in my article: My Friend in the Woods. I work with a collection of six Icons with six themes, and a Sûnyatâ Sutra written on the back. The six classical themes of the Icons I present on this page are: The Virgin and Child, Christ the Merciful, The Transfiguration, The Crucifixion, The Resurrection, and Archangel Michael. See photos below. Prizes for the Icons shown on this page (exclusive package and posting): 10 x 14: $ 25 20 x 26: $ 75 Contact me on Facebook. In my article The Spiritual Practice of Icons, you can read more about my own spiritual practice in combination with Icons and their mysticism. In that connection: note the concept of the Virgin Mary Embryo - see my article: The Compass - The Forgotten Secret of Hara Healing. Also Virgin Mary is a part of my Inner Tantra practice - again: see my booklet, The Runes of Rold Forest. And, as a continuation of that line: in my article, Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth (a Shamanic Ritual), you can read about how Christian mysticism in Greece (still practiced on Mount Athos) was developed out of Greek philosophy (which was a shamanic practice), and how you therefore can use Meditation as an Art of Life, both in combination with shamanic services, and as a foundation for the spiritual practice of Icons. Also see the page, Meditation as an Art of Life, for information about this connection. The below photos were taken with my mobile phone, and I´ll need to have some better photos taken. However, here you can get an impression: |
The Virgin and Child (20 x 26)Christ the Merciful (10 x 14)The Transfiguration (10 x 14)The Crucifixion (10 x 14)The Resurrection (10 x 14)Archangel Michael (version 1 - 20 x 26 and 10 x 14)Archangel Michael (version 2 - 20 x 26 and 10 x 14)Archangel Michael (version 3 - 10 x 24) |
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