Paintings with staying power have in them relationships to the mind. A set of images that relate to the 4 components of thought provide the viewer with the sensation of stop look and listen. Being aware of these images and how they are used in art is useful both to the artist and the psychologist. The role these images play are a road sign to the scientist that an ancient language predating letters exists and is with us today. Lets begin with one of these images. It is depicted in paintings as a sword. It represents the intellect. The element of air is associated with intellect just as water is associated with emotion. This allows one to understand why literature of the vedas speak of landscapes involving air , oceans, and mountains. It is a metaphorical language for bone, nerve tissue, and blood vessel. Of course to control the body the power of conscious thought is necessary. This is where the elements: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth come in. The goal of the artist is to show how the mind can use these elements as building blocks to create thoughts. Just as one can learn how to write a program for a machine one in turn can learn how to use their mind with these tools. This makes esoteric texts far more valuable than we have previously realized. Gustav Jaeger work on Balaam and the mount. The picture above is a puzzle for the viewer to solve. Starting in the upper center right we find a river with a bend feeding the tree on the right. This is the only tree present in a region considered to have four seasons. Yet it appears devoid of plants. It is mostly soil. Grass is seen on the left side of the painting. This can barely be noticed at first glance but requires a longer meditation. What we have here is an asymmetry in the landscape.
This implies a difference in function. The activities of the left and right hemispheres of the brain are indicated just in the background. The river is the spinal fluid and this fluid indeed nourishes the tree of life and the tree of knowledge. Careful examination of the right side reveals that there are two trees a wide tree and a much narrow tree. The trees actually intertwine each other but the view is obscured by the orange cloak in the foreground. Let us now examine the mountain in more detail. A series of smaller mountains and hills gradual grow smaller and end at the horizon where the grassy plains begin. This is a reference to the various psychic enters in a living being. The tallest mountain peak signifies the cerebrum. The smaller mountains signifies the heart, stomach, prostrate, and sacral nerve clusters. The background of this painting emphases the nervous system. The subconscious of the viewer is able to decipher this. The mount deserves much comment. Many texts make reference to a mount. In some cases the animal is depicted as an elephant, a horse, a donkey, lamb, and an ox. The donkey has a close visual relationship to the tri-complex of cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem. This is noticeable if the animal is viewed from the hind-quarters when the fourth leg is directly blocked by the second leg. It is pointed out that this mount has a conversation with the rider. The rider Balaam in this cased represents a path on the evolution of consciousness. He has wisdom to understand meditation but he is not engaged in the divine light. He is operating on formative knowledge not spiritual knowledge. This is why the figure is on the shadow face of the mountain. The wooded stick on the ground may be lost on examining the painting. The meaning could be that it was used to hit the mount. Since this is a cerebral work of art things do not have a physical meaning. The stick is in fact known as the wand and it is used to control the emotional mind of the solar plexus nerve center. The winged figure bears a halo centered on the pineal gland. See article on how artists go about depicting an aura in a painting. The sword is a major component to the painting yet the meaning would be lost on the conscious mind if the background had not been analyzed first. The erectness of the object stresses the correct posture of the spinal column in meditation. The meaning of sword is intellect. This is the hebrew Vau letter in the formula Yod Hei Vau Hei. (יהוה) Read [Hei Vau Hei Yod]. The meaning of this proscription is Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. It signifies the four parts of the body as well as the components involved in thought processes. The messenger wielding the sword is not attacking. The figure is delivering the power of intellect to the rider. The stick or wand on the ground is Fire. This is the will. The river or water is emotion. The ground of course refers to the Earth. The role of Earth is to organize. This is the function of angels to provide information. In this case that information is the higher intellect. The rider must work on the mountain top rather than rely on the knowledge from the lower nervous system. The four components of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth are present in the painting. That is key to the staying power present in the painting. The Fire is the light upon the mountain, and the halo of the angel. The Water is represented by the river in the center of the painting that feeds the two trees. The Air is represented by the sky above the horizon. The Earth is represented by ground devoid of plant. The ground slowly begins to rise near the angel, but where the rider is located the ground is flat. This brings us to a subtle point. The colors of the central figures are painted to represent light appearing from behind the angel the light becomes muted and shades dominate toward the rider. The robe of the angel and the shirt of the rider are both green but the hues differ greatly. What is the message of the painting? That will be left as an exercise for the viewer of the work. Balaam lacks all of the five components of the elements in this painting. The rider of the brain is the higher consciousness. Yet the entity is incomplete. The figure on the right has wings. In the western tradition they are associated with the concept of angel. This is a Greek word originally spelled ἄγγελος it is pronounced Aggelos. The word translated into English is messenger. In this painting the messenger is viewed as delivering the intellect and the quintessence to the rider. These are indicated by the halo and the sword. These are being carried by angel, or if you desire these tools are in the possession of the angel. The condition of the rider implies that these elements are urgently needed. A final comment from the mount. The brain does have a voice. Why hit yourself in frustration. The job of the body is to house the soul not keep it a prisoner. Use the tools provided by the angels. The five elements exist for a reason.
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