Artistic influences The allegorical nature of much of Varo’s work especially recalls the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, and some critics, such as Dean Swinford, have described her art as “postmodern allegory,” much in the tradition of Irrealism. Varo was also influenced by styles as diverse as those of Francisco Goya, El Greco, Picasso, and Braque. [...]
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Fontainebleau is a popular tourist destination; each year, 300,000 people visit the palace and about 11 million people visit the forest. Fontainebleau forest The forest of Fontainebleau surrounds the city and dozens of nearby villages. It is protected by France’s ”Office National des Forêts”, and it is recognised as a French national park. It is [...]
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G. I. Gurdjieff The enneagram figure used with the Enneagram of Personality was first brought to the attention of the modern world by G. I. Gurdjieff, though it was first published by P.D. Ouspensky, a student of Gurdjieff, in 1947 in his book ”In Search of the Miraculous”. Although Gurdjieff used the figure to describe [...]
Pak Subuh explained (in talks to Subud members given beginning in the 1940s) that during 1925 he was taking a late-night walk when he had an unexpected and unusual experience. He said he found himself enveloped in a brilliant light, and looked up to see what seemed like the sun falling directly onto his body, [...]
Fresh start and early singles In 2000, in search of a fresh start, Sleepy People changed their name to Blue Apple Boy (a name apparently based on Masonic imagery). The band’s initial line-up was identical to the last Sleepy People line-up – Mark Dunphy (lead vocals), Paul Hope (guitar, backing vocals), Rachel Theresa (flute, backing [...]
Documents relating to Marie Louise Habets can be found among the Kathryn Hulme papers which are held at the Beinecke Library at Yale University in the USA. These include a report by Habets about a repatriation transport from the displaced persons resettlement camp at Wildflecken, Bavaria, which set off for Poland on April 30 1946. [...]
James Charles Napier Webb (January 13, 1946 – May 9, 1980) was a Scottish historian and biographer. He was born in Edinburgh, was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is remembered primarily for two works ”The Occult Underground” and ”The Occult Establishment”. ”Occult Underground” was originally titled ”Flight from Reason”. He also wrote [...]
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