Orryelle demonstrates how the Cross-roads of Alchymic Double-Lions work in both Conjunctio and Coagula
Above Left :Alchymic installation by Orryelle and Amordios Gobblyn-Smyth
, and Orryelle with Maya as Iris in tree-root head-dress.
Above and Below: -Marisa Matear dances the Nigredo
Above: Maya as Iris represents the Temperance/Art path/card, gathering energies of Hod (Hermes) and Netzach (Aphrodite)
horizontally (8+7=15); and of Tiphereth (Sol) and Yesod (Lunar) vertically (6+9=15)
...and mixes together the solar and lunar essences in her chalices to form the HermAphrodite.
Video of the Art/Temperance scene from the Coagula Launch Performance:
Above: Marisa Matear as Two merged into One, yet still pertaining of a dual nature...
Above:Marisa as dual-natured HermAphrodite, a
nd the image of Pan-Diana from Coagula partially inspired by this mask
Above:From the snake-bound egg within the Alchymic laboratory, is born the bronze HermAphrodite,
Baphomet (Arcana XV from the X-roads of Hod and Netzach, Tiphereth and Yesod),
with candle betwixt horns blazing.
This is the Unificatio phase (many into two into one) of the Coagulatio...
...but where else does QuintEssence have to go from this Unificatio,
but back into the World of form and Division: The Multiplicatio
Another 4 serpent-bound eggs are wheeled out from under the table,
and cra cked open with goat-hoof staff...
...and another four bronze Baphomets are born into the World of form...
For close-ups of the bronze Baphomets (plus prices etc.) please go to the EsotErotica Gallery
Above:Orryelle singing and dancing 'Ardhanarishvara-An' (Hindu horned hermaphrodite) as the finale,
with Amordios on percussion and Kestral on guitar and vocal harmonies;
concluding with Orryelle's final stance in unplanned alignment with the Tree of Life
projection..