Fierce Creature 2



The inspiration for this work lies in the rather rare 'dragon' imagery in Sufism. The dragon like the lion beccomes a fierce creature that points towards a wilful and radical change in perception and self-awareness. This fact is beautifully illustrated by practising Dervish and writer Payam Nabarz in a passage in his book, The Mysteries of Mithras. Says Nabarz: "In Sufism the dragon relates two astronomical nodes, two diametrically opposed points of intersection between the moon and the sun. Its head is the ascending node, its tail the descending node. An eclipse can only occur when both sun and moon stand at the nodes. To the (Sufi) mystic, the dragon symbolises the place of encounter between the moon and the sun within. The dragon can either devour the moon, seen symbolically as the mystic's spiritual heart, or it can serve as the place or container of conception. By entering the dragon when the sun is in the nodes, the moon or the heart conceives. Thus, in full consciousness of the perils, one must enter the dragon to await the eclipse in its cosmic womb.”

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