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Paul Laffoley, The Unity of Being and Becoming, 1965

Paul Laffoley Cambridge, MA, 1935-2015

The Unity of Being and Becoming, 1965
Oil and acrylic on canvas
53 x 4 x 53 in.
135 x 135 cm.
$ 125,000.00
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Subject_ Our Sun in concert with Sirius. Symbol Evocation_ To reach the esoteric you must pass from our sun to the four alchemical elements_ Fire, Air, Water, and the physical...
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Subject_ Our Sun in concert with Sirius.
Symbol Evocation_ To reach the esoteric you must pass from our sun to the four alchemical elements_ Fire, Air, Water, and the physical Earth. One then travels to the realm of the four seasons, passing through the six subjective signs of the Zodiac and six objective signs of the Zodiac. From there you are ready to enter the psychological zone where you can be esoteric and gain the emptiness of the void and feel the solid of the fullness.

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To attain the Esoteric Realm, it is necessary to begin with the Exoteric Realm and then move up to the Mesoteric Realm and finally the Esoteric_
A) The Exoteric is the realm of your sun sign in astrology. This is where you begin to understand the world. It is your base of logic. From there you move to your fire, which is supported by air that turns into water, and water that turns into earth. Then on Earth, you experience the four seasons_ Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter as you age;
B) The Mesoteric is the psychological stage of your existence. You begin to realize that you must pass through all twelve signs of the Zodiac (both the subjective and objective) as you pass through the portal to_
C) The Esoteric which is an asymptomatic curve of tension that seems to end in a circulating sphere of the nine fold path of the interaction of the forced of Being and Becoming, as these twin forces unite into an explosion of the seven-fold bursts of energy, while the action and non-action (becoming and being) circle each other forever until they merge.
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Exhibitions

Paul Laffoley_ The Sixties. Meta Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008
Paul Laffoley. New York_ Francis Naumann Fine Art. March 2 – April 13, 2018. (folio with text)

Literature

Walla, Douglas, Linda Dalywimple Henderson, Steve Moscowitz, and Ariel Saiber. The Essential Paul Laffoley. Chicago_ University of Chicago Press, 2015. illus in color plate 9
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