Virgo - Ydun giving the Apples of Immortality

26 May 2021, pencils and photo work

Creation comes forth from the light called Aditi or the Mother of the World in the Vedas. We are part of this original light and are, by our very nature, immortal beings of light. However, we have assumed a false identity and thus, we have become mortal. Whenever violation of the natural law threatens to lead to self-destruction, immortal divine beings descend to earth to once again give the law and help humanity to recognise its original identity. The immortals pave a way through which mortals can find a new access to the subtle. Once the etheric body is formed of golden light, we can experience immortality again.

In Norse mythology, Ydun is the goddess of immortality. She guards the golden apples that confer eternal youth and thus immortality. The figure of Ydun in the centre of the painting was created using a photo of a statue of Ydun by the Danish sculptor Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798 - 1868). Ydun descends from the golden light to grant again access to immortality with her apples. The sphere of the upper part of the picture shows the subtle world, the lower part of the picture indicates the dense physical world - both created with images from the virtual globe "NASA World Wind". The light structures at the bottom were designed with autumn-coloured leaves of the Virginia creeper.