Hieronymus Bosch and his alchemical Monsters

Last April in New York at the 2024 Readers Studio "Divination Day", Laetitia Barbier shared a wonderful presentation that reminded me so much of my own Tarot style that I couldn't wait to meet her! She graciously agreed to bring her special reading process to our group, and I know you'll love this unique experience.

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"Hieronymus Bosch and his alchemical Monsters"
Our relationship to images is reciprocal, an energy exchange in which we’re never really passive. Images activate something within us and can serve as a scrying surface, revealing who we are and illuminating our experiences while giving shape to our blind spots. As such, the art we love can act like a rearview mirror of the self. By unraveling the symbolic material that we see surrounding an image, we are offered a chance to meet our untapped richness.
In this class, designed to harness the power of visual art as a tool for self-transformation, we’ll choose one artist in particular, explore their visual world, and use it as a springboard for introspective and creative games, simultaneously engaging our spirit, mind, and body. By diving into the archetypal themes underlying their work, we’ll playfully gain insights about who we are and where we are at.

Master of the fantastical and the grotesque, Hieronymus Bosch, invites us into his own world, teeming with peculiar creatures and surreal visions. His works, brimming with fantastical monsters and vivid, often nightmarish landscapes, reflect the complexities of human nature and the subconscious mind. Bosch’s art, particularly in masterpieces like "The Garden of Earthly Delights," challenges us to look at our desires, moral struggles and what's lurking in the shadow of our psyche.

This class will include parlor games, journaling practice and creative assignment and aims to reclaim creativity as a numinous, regular praxis, while fostering the idea that our relationship to art and imagination is a sacred one.

Although this class is Tarot-adjacent and access to a Tarot deck is nice, students who don’t read Tarot are welcome and this class can be done solely through free-association.

What to bring:

• Any deck you like.
• Journal & writing instrument

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