"St. Paul’s journey from Jerusalem to Damascus would have taken several days on horseback. It is reasonable to believe that on such a long journey, St. Paul would have spent much of his time in prayer and mediation, particularly at the hour of prayer at which his vision took place. This means that when his vision occurred on that road, as suddenly as it did, knocking him from his horse, this vision lay within his realm of interpretation. Within his spiritual practice, such a vision would have been seen as a gift bestowed upon only a few who were blessed to share the experience of Ezekiel and the other prophets. However, when St. Paul receives his vision, it is not an angelic figure which he sees upon the throne or divine glory, but Jesus Christ, seated on the throne-chariot of Yahweh. St. Paul’s vision on the road to Damascus is not just a vision which informs him that Jesus is the Messiah, it also powerfully showed him that Jesus Christ is God. It is on this basis that St. Paul can proceed in his epistles to speak of Jesus Christ as the incarnate second hypostasis of the God of Israel." - https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/wholecounsel/2018/07/24/st-paul-the-mystic/ #Merkabah #Hesychasm #PrayerOfTheHeart #JesusPrayer #Theosis #Divinization #Prayer

Had a wonderful time today with a friend playing a few of my crystal alchemy singing bowls. A "Sound Bath" experience is what it is called. I realized that my new white gold chalice bowl actually rings on its own when I ring another bowl that I have which is made from apophyllite.

It was surreal to play the apophyllite bowl and hold the chalice and hear and feel it start to vibrate all on its own. Then. If I slightly tapped the chalice and then rang the apophyllite bowl it would get much louder and felt very multidimensional in the way it cascaded around us. It's alchemy after all.

The elements and energetic frequencies of both bowls coming together and blending their alchemy properties showed me so much of what I can do with them in future sessions.

The metaphysical properties of those gemstones and white gold combined with the fact apophyllite can facilitate the forming of an energetic merkabah is exciting.

#Alchemy #SingingBowlTherapy #Apophyllite #Merkabah #WhiteGold

Blacklight demon druid I was commissioned to make recently. One of my favorite large paintings Ive made. Its a little over 5 feet tall! Scaling up my stuff is very satisfying to me
#drdemon #ohioartist #cantonartist #demon #darkart #blacklight #blacklightart #artwork #largeartwork #fluorescent #druid #merkabah #Tetrahedron #MastoArt #mastodonartist #artistsofmastodon