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Category Archives: Symbolism
House of Dreams
HOUSE OF DREAMS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXVII, ISSUE 20484, 8 FEBRUARY 1930, SUPPLEMENT https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19300208.2.178.45.2?query=lares%20shrine With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand
Posted in Storytelling, Symbolism
Tagged Architecture, Children, Cult, Customs, Genius Loci, New Zealand, New Zealand Social History, NZ, Prose
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Omens of Succession
Another tale from John Wilson’s ‘Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago‘. The Nicols, father and son. took a contract to build a bridge and an accommodation house at the Mataura River. Not having seen the place, they had to trust to the … Continue reading
Posted in Nature Worship, Symbolism
Tagged Nature Worship, New Zealand, New Zealand Social History, NZ, Omen, Otago, Southland
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Mirror Magic in the NZ Herald
MIRROR MAGIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18825, 27 September 1924, Page 6 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19240927.2.148.57.9&srpos=6&e=——-10–1—-0aphrodite+goddess–
Posted in FolkLore, Magic, Symbolism
Tagged Goddess, Gods, International, Magic, Object, Venus
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Daughter of the Dawn: New Zealand Pulp Fiction 1903
A THRILLING NEW ZEALAND STORY. Star , Issue 76, 17 February 1903, Page 4 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS19030217.2.72&srpos=7&e=——-100–1—-0cursed+goddess– With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand
An Amazing Fairy Tale From 1892
New Zealand’s literary output, especially in the 19th century is (largely justifiably) considered to be of little importance (outside of some examples of Utopian scientific romances) and poor quality, which is why the discovery of this overlooked tale commissioned for the Otago witness was such a pleasant surprise, coming as it … Continue reading
Masonic ritual applied to Scouting, the Empire Sentinels Handbook and Ritual 1918
In New Zealand, another Boer war veteran and friend of B-P named Major David Cossgrove (probably not a Freemason) started something for older boys called the “Empire Sentinels.” Sentinels were organized into “Towers” and the scheme had three degrees based … Continue reading
Posted in Ritual Magic, Symbolism
Tagged British Idealism, Cult, Masonic, NZ, Ritual, Scouts
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Maori decorative art 1925
Born in Scotland, Robert Donn came to New Zealand in 1921. He was a landscape watercolourist, as well as an art instructor at Dunedin Technical College and Auckland Teachers College in 1925 he composed this talk on Maori art as decorative art, it serves as … Continue reading
Maori Art Deco
from the September 1930 issue of Art in New Zealand
Some Maori mystic symbolism
some Post-European examples of both the evolution of traditional/magical Maori symbolism as well as the adaptation of symbols of European origin to New Zealand. from Alan Taylor‘s wonderful “Maori folk art”
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