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ALT A FOLIO FROM THE MEWAR SAKUNAVALI (BOOK OF OMENS) MEWAR, CIRCA 1720 Opaque watercolor on paper; Image: 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (19 x 17.1 cm); Folio: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm) Footnotes A handbook for interpreting dreams, the Sakunavali was a unique commission from the Mewar court. It promised to unveil the mysteries of seemingly inexplicable phenomena. Described in the text above, this omen of a tree full of parrots (in front of a night sky and behind a lotus pool) is one of the most auspicious one could receive: For good fortune and financial gains, a progeny is also promised for constant prosperity and foreign travel, pay homage in the direction of the parrots (34).
ALT Suzanne Lagneau, a page from Indian Mythology, The Birth of Lakshmi, Daughter of the Milky Sea, 1924. An absolutely stunning painting by a French Art Deco artist Suzanne Lagneau. It's full of operatic watercolour of the gods and asuras churning the milky ocean of consciousness to reveal Lakshmi herself born brilliantly in the centre. An absolute jewell of a painting. Dreamlike and figurative, refined effulgence.
ALT Painted in Bikaner, Rajasthan, circa 1725, this folio depicts Mahadevi, the Great Goddess, as the supreme reality of the cosmos. Suspended against a deep indigo ground within an arched frame, the goddess appears in profile, crowned and sheltered beneath an imperial domed parasol. She wears a pleated, floral-patterned court robe and transparent veil adorned with pearls, reflecting the refined Bikaner atelier aesthetic. Rather than treading upon a slain demon, she balances gracefully in a rhythmic tribhanga posture atop a fully open pink lotus blossom emerging from swirling leaves. Radiating from her torso are twenty arms holding the celestial weapons and emblems ceded to her by the major male gods—including Shiva's trident, Vishnu's discus, Indra's thunderbolt, and sacred ritual vessels. This iconography synthesizes the protective power of Durga with the auspicious sovereignty of Mahalakshmi, functioning as both an object of contemplation and the protector of the Bikaner throne.
ALT Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity. The ordinary man has always been sane because the ordinary man has always been a mystic. He has permitted the twilight. He has always had one foot in earth and the other in fairyland. He has always left himself free to doubt his gods; but (unlike the agnostic of to-day) free also to believe in them. He has always cared more for truth than for consistency. If he saw two truths that seemed to contradict each other, he would take the two truths and contradiction along with them. His spiritual sight is stereoscopic, like his physical sight: he sees two different pictures at once and yet sees all the better for that. Thus, he has always believed that there was such a thing as fate, but such a thing as free will also.
ALT AS Katoch, Dream Winged Gaja-simha. 14:44, 22 March 2025. Himachal Pradesh, India. Dream Image: The Winged Elephant-Lion (Gaja-simha) A white elephant-lion with golden wings appeared before me. It is called a gaja-simha in Indian culture. It looked at me from its side. Then, the hybrid creature turned its elephant head toward me, looking directly into my eyes with deliberate intention. Its body was that of a lion covered in white hair, while elegant golden wings emerged from its hindquarters. A blue sky stretched behind it. It was walking on green grass. The dream then focused on a close-up of the gaja-simha's face and eyes as if it wanted me to know it recognises me.
