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Margarete Petersen : Ten of Flames
Here is a link to the image: Zehn der Flammen
As though born of scrying in flames, the image of a dove flies towards the viewer, beating transparent wings. The dove – or phoenix, rises in snaking white flame, above a red skeleton, in which we see the symbol Ankh, and a woman dressed in black.
I actually see many more than one dove, there are possibly three - or it might be the three stages of movement of one dove/phoenix, arriving from the distance and moving to the foreground. I showed the image to my mother and she saw a figure of a woman in white embracing the dove. In addition to the symbolism of rebirth, rising from the ashes, as suggested both by the ankh and the phoenix or the dove and all that those symbolise, there is the sense of release, a freeing of the spirit from the bonds of its carcass, and of transformation, as in alchemical transformation of ashes into gold- snatching victory from the jaws of defeat type of thing.
Here is the translation of MP’s text:
Here is a link to the image: Zehn der Flammen
As though born of scrying in flames, the image of a dove flies towards the viewer, beating transparent wings. The dove – or phoenix, rises in snaking white flame, above a red skeleton, in which we see the symbol Ankh, and a woman dressed in black.
I actually see many more than one dove, there are possibly three - or it might be the three stages of movement of one dove/phoenix, arriving from the distance and moving to the foreground. I showed the image to my mother and she saw a figure of a woman in white embracing the dove. In addition to the symbolism of rebirth, rising from the ashes, as suggested both by the ankh and the phoenix or the dove and all that those symbolise, there is the sense of release, a freeing of the spirit from the bonds of its carcass, and of transformation, as in alchemical transformation of ashes into gold- snatching victory from the jaws of defeat type of thing.
Here is the translation of MP’s text:
- The Ten of Flames
The fire of cleaning and purification. The purifying fire. Hate, grudges and animosity fuel the flames. You will be purified to the bones. You have shed compulsive ideas, fixations and obsessions like old clothes. Strengthened you turn defeat to triumph and open yourself for each situation. The flames bring resolution and enlightenment.