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UNIO MYSTICA - Exterior (1973)
OPENING THE DOOR TO
THE UNIO MYSTICA
The triptych Unio Mystica (of which only the
central panel is reproduced on the right) was
painted in 1973, just before Johfra embarked on the
Zodiac Series. In it, symbols from a number of
sacred and esoteric traditions are combined to
render a singular image of mystical Unity.
This impetus to combine symbols from different
traditions resurfaces in the works of many visionary
artists - Ernst Fuchs for example, Alex Grey, even
Ellen Lórien (as a painter, I must confess that I too
am fascinated by this possibility). But what lies
behind this impetus? Johfra writes:
"The sphere of influence of symbols broadens and
deepens into the Infinite when symbols enter
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into combination with one another. Taken together,
they define and clarify each other. In brief: a symbol,
for those who can meditate upon it and lose
themselves in it, is like a door offering entrance into
new spaces and dimensions of consciousness."
(Astrology p. 2)
The art of each sacred tradition has, as its goal,
the aspiration of opening a doorway in the beholder,
to reveal to him the Sacred that lies, ultimately,
within his own heart. These images and their
traditions are so many different paths, each leading
us to the same destination. This insight allows us to
juxtapose and combine symbols from various sacred
traditions. Each is unique, revealing to us a different
aspect of the Sacred. But all refer to the same
transcendent mystery. The invisible Mysterium
underlying all images of the Sacred is evoked in this
painting as the ‘Unio Mystica’.
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