Birth of Christ 1 - The Logos

23 January 1983, A4, liquid glazing paint and fast glue on paper

This is the first picture of a series on the birth of Jesus Christ. This series was painted immediately after the series on Way of the Cross.

The cosmic cross - the transformed and light-filled version of the physical cross of crucifixion - has the sun god in its centre. It is the cosmic person (Purusha) fixed in matter and through this sacrifice enables the creation. So you see the spiral of manifestation in the background, on a basis of the deep blue / indigo of the background, the ocean of the space waters. The sun globe has the white disc in its centre, standing for the central sun manifesting from the background. The square formed in the centre stands for the matter aspect, and the parallels forming the cross are the vertical and horizontal dimensions forming the cardinal cross in heaven. So the Logos, the Word of God, is spoken out from beyond - and the Word was with God, as it says in the beginning of the Epistle of St. John. It is the Word taking on the "flesh" of matter - the cosmic prelude for the physical incarnation of the Christ consciousness - expressed in this series of paintings.

Compare this birth series also with the painting "birth" and others having the symbols of these paintings.