Ascension

 Introduction

Within the APOGEE Sound Sanctuary, the watercolor Ascension and its companion poem stand as a unified expression of rising consciousness. The painting breathes in soft, luminous hues that lift the spirit, while the poem moves in a cadence of clarity, devotion, and grace. Together, they embody the principle of Ascending Intelligence — the continual movement of awareness toward light, purpose, and peace.

This work arose through communion. The painting called forth its own becoming; the poem answered with its own illumination. In their union, color becomes vibration, word becomes resonance, and the Sanctuary, a place where art, spirit, energy, and intention meet in harmony.

Ascension

demanding be the many tasks at hand

a perception, a plan, action in command

intention and focus be the call of the day

the gift of time and a knowing provide the way

how sweet when vision is newly held clear

when the din of despair is silenced and gone the fear

how comforting is this moment's embrace

when within heart, love the soul does place

how knowing is an ascension's call

when resounding with the grace of ALL

and as I cast my sight to the lambent sky

feel I the beauty of the moving firmament on high

the lithe bamboo touched by the gentle winds that blow

breath, faith, 'tis all that I need now know

the day by Nature's plan does unfold

and I to be led by THE WORD ever told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Ascension, Watercolor, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi

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...and so the DELIVERANCE

 

behold the Disciples of Bloom and Beauty 

a meeting in praise of the supernal SUN

roots embraced and nurtured by the fertile soil

rains in sweet sweet libation  

sun in its keeping

and so the deliverance

and so the deliverance.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

Poet Laureate

Orangetown, New York

Photo: Behold the Disciples, KK, Collectible Clicks, 

©Rose Marie Raccioppi

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APOGEE ~ Within Self...

to the setting of quest
to the vision and the goal
to the heights of spirit
to the inspiration within soul
pulsing heart passions aflame
destiny destiny call to your name.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York


Thank You Gary Manzo for believing and knowing
Image, ©Gary Manzo, 2011.

APOGEE

APOGEE Haiku

distant vista known
the vision of SELF expressed
this your apogee.

the four directions
as above so too below
all sounding its call.

chambers of the heart
quadrants of pulsing passion
breath of life in quest.

Rose Marie Raccioppi



http://www.apogeelearning.com

The Seven Ancient Principles of Hermes

1. The Principle of Mentalism [MENTALISM] “The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental.”

2. The Principle of Correspondence [CORRESPONDENCE] “As Above, so Below; as Below, so Above.”

3. The Principle of Vibration [VIBRATION] “Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”

4. The Principle of Polarity [POLARITY] “Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.”

5. The Principle of Rhythm [RHYTHM] “Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."

6. The Principle of Cause and Effect [CAUSE EFFECT] “Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to the Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law.”

7. The Principle of Gender [GENDER] “Gender is in everything; Everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes.”

Hermeticum.info - Principles: the Emerald Tablet the Kybalion and the Seven Principles of the Universe
http://www.hermeticum.info/principles.html

The Emerald Tablet of THOTH
Tablet 11
The Key to Above and Below

"List ye, now to my voice and become
greater than common man.
Lift thine eyes upward,
let Light fill thy being,
be thou ever Children of Light.
Only by effort shall ye grow upward to
the plane where Light is the All of the All.
Be ye the master of all that surrounds thee.
Never be mastered by the effects of thy life.
Create then ever more perfect causes
and in time shalt thou be a Sun of the Light
Free, let thine soul soar ever upward,
free from the bondage and fetters of night.
Lift thine eyes to the Sun in the sky-space.
For thee, let it be a symbol of life.
Know that thou art the Greater Light,
perfect in thine own sphere,
when thou art free.
Look not ever into the blackness.
Lift up thine eyes to the space above.
Free let thine Light flame upward
and shalt thou be a Child of the Light."

http://www.crystalinks.com/emerald11bw.html

Last night in deep meditation the call to APOGEE was newly heard
and so today's post and reference to Thoth and Hermes
...a reflection of my life's work
the symbolism, the metaphor, the application, the expression...
the art of BEING
much is revealed in the full content of this post.

Firebird

Firebird, the flame the flight
Fills this chamber this night

Fields, waves and firmament
Moods, desire and contentment.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poetessa



with deep appreciation to

Sandro Russo
Piano
Firebird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8r4V0nkes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=carvO02AcKQ&feature=related

Caverns of the Mind, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2002, http://www.apogeeart.com