#anima mundi
Anima Mundi (Our Lady of the Forsaken)
Final version, face repainted
Daniel Mirante www.danielmirante.com
Egg tempera, tempera grass and oil on canvas
195x135cm
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“Maria Magdalena” as Sophia by Carlo Crivelli (1435-1495) ▼ ~ You shoulda saw Her!(Listen song)
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△“It’s a wonderful story. Did you know that our universe is the result of an error and that it’s partly my fault? Sophia was the female part of Absolute, because Absolute then was more female than male; it was you men who later put a beard on him and started calling him He. I was his good half. (…) I tried to create the world without asking permission—I, the Sophia, who is also called—the Ennoia. But my male part didn’t want to create; maybe he lacked the courage or was impotent. So instead of uniting with him, I decided to make the world by myself. I couldn’t resist; it was through an excess of love. Which is true; I adore this whole mixed-up universe. And that’s why I’m the soul of this world. (…) ~ You mean the Demiurge? ~ That’s him, yes. Or maybe it wasn’t Sophia who made this Demiurge; maybe he was already around and she egged him on: Get moving, silly, make the world, and then we’ll have real fun. The Demiurge must have been a real screwup, because he didn’t know how to make the world properly. In fact, he shouldn’t even have tried it, because matter is bad, and he wasn’t authorized to touch the stuff. Anyway, he made this awful mess, and Sophia was caught inside. Prisoner of the world.”▼
~ Umberto Eco (,Foucault’s Pendulum’, chapter 5 Gevurah/50) Pictures: 1. Anima Mundi = Sophia; 2. art by Marcel Roux; 3. Virgin Mother.
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