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“Water is sufficient…the spirit moves over water.”
Quote ― Friedrich Nietzsche
On the right site I see a smiling whitish spirit ;-))
And there are more if you look at this image for a while …….
Kamikochi (上高地, Kamikōchi) is a popular resort in the Northern Japan Alps of Nagano Prefecture.
My long-exposure capture of Montana's Ousel Falls captured the mist trail nicely as it floated downstream. Truly an enchanting waterfall.
Enjoy a wonderful Sunday!
Been awhile since I posted a monochrome image. Sometimes b/w works as good or better than technicolor presentations.
My long-exposure capture of Montana's Ousel Falls captured the mist trail nicely as it floated downstream. Truly an enchanting waterfall.
Enjoy a wonderful Tuesday!
The Kelpies are 30-metre-high (98 ft) horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland.
The sculptures were opened to the public in April 2014. As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
shooting some rapids on the Lofoten islands with extreme short exposure (1/6000s), which is sort of fun when you are used to seeing all the lovely silken smooth long exposures. I just love to question routines sometimes and this is the result :)
No mortal ear could have heard the kelpie passing through the night, for the great black hooves of it were as soundless in their stride as feathers falling.
The Ellbachsee is the lake of the elves and water spirits. It is a relict from the last Ice Age and is located at 770 meters above sea level in a glacier boiler. You can find the lake near Freudenstadt in the Black Forest.
Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
The kelpies standing at 30 meters high they the world's largest horse statues. To find out more please visit www.flickr.com/photos/upload/
No mortal ear could have heard the kelpie passing through the night, for the great black hooves of it were as soundless in their stride as feathers falling.
The kelpies standing at 30 meters high they the world's largest horse statues. To find out more please visit www.flickr.com/photos/upload/
(Original background photograph by Andreas N. on Pixabay!)
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Apple Box Label
from the renowned apple connoisseur, jamica1
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In 1926 Joseph Egbert Montague started his shipping company under the name of J.E. Montague Ltd. The firm was enlarged in 1928 and became known as British Columbia Fruit Shippers Ltd.
-- Memory BC. CA
The kelpies standing at 30 meters high they the world's largest horse statues. To find out more please visit www.flickr.com/photos/upload/
Is it just me or is there a face above the starfish? If you look horizontally, the eyes are on the top right. I didn't notice it until I had it enlarged on-screen.
I've always felt like swimming underwater is what it would feel like to be able to fly, and soar around in the sky..
(Original background picture by "FUTC" on Unsplash!)
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Sam as the mysterious and beautiful Goldberry, wife of Tom Bombadil in LOTR. Tom is one of my favorite characters in the story, and his wife has an enchanting backstory of her own.
This shoot was a long time in the planning, and I'm still not sure I've got the edits exactly as I want them.
Shot using faux blue hour settings suggested on the Fuji X Weekly website, with additional tweaks in camera and in post. While it was shot during the morning hours, hopefully I managed to infuse it with the mystical dusk feeling I'd envisioned.
Water Spirit - Mystic Elements by Daniel Arrhakis (2019)
With the music : Colossal Trailer Music - Submersive (Extended Version)
youtu.be/hJbWdA-BZvA?list=RDKFx_d3tlpdQ
The Mystic Symbolism Of Water
Water is a symbol of purity and source of life, and thus plays a central role in various religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism; also in rituals of Spiritism, Afro, Indigenous Religions, Shinto and Wicca.
We are all made of water, and so we can liken to our own existence and we can incorporate the symbolism of circulation, life and birth by associating the creative waters of the earth with the fluids found in our own body.
In the ancient Egypt the Milky Way was considered a celestial mirror of the Nile and it was believed the sun god Ra drove his ship across it. The river's annual floods which deposited the fertile black soil along the arid banks were important to the crops for their survival.
In Taoist tradition, water is considered an aspect of wisdom. The concept here is that water takes on the form in which it is held and moves in the path of least resistance.
The ancient Greeks understood the power of transition water holds. From liquid, to solid, to vapor. Therefore water incorporate the symbolism of metamorphosis and philosophical recycling.
For the Celts, water was a primeval source of everything living; it was mysterious and as such it was the fount of many magical-mystical phenomena. The world erupts from water and also returns to water, as when the city Ys is swallowed by the sea.
Water has long played a key role in Celtic mysticism and spirituality. Springs, lakes and wells, rivers and the ocean are important touchstones in the Celtic quest for Wisdom. Faery Mistresses and heroes often come from water - from the ocean, from rivers and haunted springs - and then return to them.
Excalibur was the wondrous sword of Arthur and was given to him by the Lady of the Lake.
As water is essential to our very existence, it is no wonder the symbolism of water is so far-reaching: Life, Motion, Renewal, Blessing, Intuition, Self-Reflection, Subconscious, Fertilization, Purity, Clarity, Purification, Transformation.
In Christianity water is intrinsically linked to baptism. When baptized, a person is partially or totally immersed in water that can alternatively be poured or sprinkled on his head. The sacrament has its origins in the Bible, where it is written that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. In baptism, water symbolizes purification (the rejection of original sin) or the spirit of God, that is, eternal life.
In Hinduism water is imbued with powers of spiritual purification, morning water cleansing being a daily obligation. All temples are situated near a source of water, and believers have to bathe before entering the temple. On the other hand, many places of pilgrimage are found on the banks of a river, and places of confluence of two or even three rivers are considered particularly sacred. On the other hand it is also present in funerary rituals.
There are 7 sacred rivers, according to Hinduism: the Ganges, the Godavari, the Kaveri, the Narmada, the Saravasti, the Sindhu and the Yamuna.
Manu, the first Man, was saved from a flood by a fish (the god Brahma or Vishnu in several Hindu texts ), who took him to the Himalayas until the waters receded. The story of Manu and the flood also has parallels with the biblical stories of Noah's Ark and Adam and Eve.
In Jewish Law, water is symbolic of life. The importance of water quality and the dangers of drinking polluted water appear from the earliest period of Jewish history.
A mikve has played a crucial role in Judaism for thousands of years, beginning in the Second Temple Period. The Mikve is a pool of natural fresh water used to spiritual purify the body for very specific reasons. It is written in Jewish law, or halakhah, what the size and dimensions of the Mikve should be.
It was a very important part of Jewish society during that time, as Jews were coming to the Temple throughout the year.
Today, they use the mikve not in preparation for the Temple, but rather for family purity and preparation for Shabbat.
For Muslims, water serves, more than anything, for purification. There are three types of ablutions, or washes: the first and most important involves the washing of the body - it is obligatory after sexual intercourse and recommended before prayers on Friday and before touching the Koran. The second occurs before each of the five daily prayers, with believers having to bathe their heads, wash their hands, forearms, and feet.
Buddhists retain traditions that relate water and lunar cycle. Water is used in Buddhist funerals. It is poured and overflows into a bowl placed before the monks and the dead body. As it fills and pours over the edge, the monks recite, 'As the rains fill the rivers and overflow into the ocean, so likewise may what is given here reach the departed.'
In the Wicca religion, water is regarded as one of the symbols of the Great Goddess, just like the cauldron and the chalice.
In Spiritism the water that people use in the study (worship) of the gospel in the home has the purpose of water fluidification, that is, its magnetization with purer fluids (energies). In this case the water receives the energies donated by the spiritual friends and helps in the balance of the physical and spiritual body of those who ingest it.
Model: Kelly Sucio
Makeup: Josephine Caspari
Photo: Thomas Ohlsson Photography
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Alright if you want to go get a pencil & paper
now would be a good time to do just that ;-)
Digging through the archives I ran across
this photo and it brought back memories.
The monkeys of course are obvious but take
note of the small little colored objects in the
water. That my friends is a bazillion guppies.
Maybe even more then that ! One of the many
chores I would do at the monkey temple is feed
these fish. There's other fish ponds here but this
one was always fun as the monkeys tried 2 grab
some of the floating dog kibble that the guppies
would bounce around on their nose causing the
kibble to fall apart making smaller pieces 4 them.
OK, so far so good.
But what about the pointy head dude ?
Now remember I'm simply a young monkey boy with
no brain for thinking so I ran to no# 1 wife for her help.
She studied it for awhile and then confirmed that
I was indeed a young monkey boy with absolutely
no brain for thinking. Then she told me to google
it as there's just way to many gods and angels and
spirts to remember each and every one of them,
then I was dismissed ;-0-
Tomorrow being Wednesday the 12th
no# 1 is being taken out to the temple
by one of our nieces. Plan is to see the
nuns and give them special medication
for Ms Yo-Yo, Rocky's jailbait girlfriend ;-)
I'm being left alone with the dogs 2
chaperone me in no# 1's absence.
If all goes as planned no-one will need
any medical assistance by the time
no# 1 wife has returned from
the temple. Life is good.
Thank You.
Jon&Crew.
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Another "Mermay" is over, and this mermaid has finally found her home..
(Original background picture by Mat Reding)
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As it is now the last day of May, I'm saying goodbye to this year´s "Mermay" with this little sleeping mermaid..
I guess she could be a representation of the challenge taking a rest until next year!
(Those of you who know me though; know my love for mermaids, so I'll definitely still create more mermaid art throughout the year, don't worry! ;))
My shower essentials at the moment!
Considering how long Lush's products normally last, I can only imagine how long they would last for someone of this size..
(Ps. Not sponsored! (Pls sponsor me though..))😆
The Enchantment of Merlin
From:
www.donaldtyson.com/merlin.html
There are various accounts of Merlin's disappearance. The most popular states that Merlin was seduced and betrayed by a beautiful undine (water spirit) named Nimue, who first tricked Merlin into teaching her magic, then cast him into a magic sleep and imprisoned him, still alive, in a tomb of stone. Sometimes this temptress is described as a princess. She is called by different names in various accounts, such as Niniane and Vivian. Another story claims that Merlin was imprisoned by his spirit lover in a prison of air, where he remains invisible, but still able to see and hear everything that transpires around him, and even on occasion to speak to mortals. The prose romance Perceval states that Merlin retired from court life voluntarily and went into private retreat. Another story says that Merlin was imprisoned by his lover in a hawthorn bush.
Link to Bulfinch’s Mythology:
www.donaldtyson.com/merlin.html
Link to the Wikipedia article on Merlin
Invocation to Nimue.
Nimue, Dark One, Lady of magic and enchantment,
From your home in the Forest of Broceliande, come to us.
Nimue, Light One, Lady of hawthorn and all blossoming trees,
From your home in the Forest of Broceliande, come to us.
Nimue, chooser of all prophets and seers,
From your home in the Forest of Broceliande, come to us.
Nimue, lover of all prophets and seers,
From your home in the Forest of Broceliande, come to us.
Nimue, who inspired the Wise One, be with us.
Nimue, who let him rest in his old age, be with us.
Nimue, who opened your hawthorn tree for him to sleep inside, be with us.
Merlin’s Enclosure, the Isles of Britain, calls out to you.
He has been asleep twice seven hundred years.
Nimue, open up your hawthorn tree once more.
Nimue, let him awake and emerge rejuvenated.
Nimue, kind one, grant us a seer.
Nimue, unrelenting one, give us inspiration.
© Daniel Cohen