https://www.catherinewolff.com/not-less-than-everything daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1615567830065-TEHY9FHK9H5YI7ZRVC1Y/9780062223739.jpg Not Less Than Everything https://www.catherinewolff.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-04-08 https://www.catherinewolff.com/home daily 1.0 2022-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1652809037119-8U24W9MN10XDKZ20EPAV/BEYOND+paperback+cover+copy.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1664121696567-2VZ78GSRMUKVH1F1VCBE/Logo+for+podcast+600x600%281%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1664121252257-3VLCS5XKDSWTIAFTTBLE/1200x1200bb.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1a202ec6-7ff6-4395-aa2d-946dd447e75b/rte-radio-1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1627841541317-B09Y3R06J19N62QCIY9Z/Wolff+author+photo+.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.catherinewolff.com/beyond daily 0.75 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1652809037119-8U24W9MN10XDKZ20EPAV/BEYOND+paperback+cover+copy.png Beyond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1616774116244-MCWMFZPSI3FMAPN6P4UV/Ezekiel-Vision-Merkaba.jpg Beyond - further reading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/1616774089782-ZW3MIQRE6MR76G4LPDO5/Hieronymus_Bosch_013.jpg Beyond - Beyond Images https://www.catherinewolff.com/bio daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://www.catherinewolff.com/beyond-images daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/b6f36b3c-e64f-4982-855b-f4140a936689/Lascaux_01.jpg Beyond Images Shaman image from Lascaux. An Ice-Age depiction of a wounded bison and a man who may be a shaman who makes contact with life beyond while in a trance. (22-23) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/ee0dd399-4f6f-4c8e-b769-a5c1fc3b8c5e/4787.jpg Beyond Images Depiction of the Egyptian Field of Reeds from the Papyrus of Ani. A scene from the afterlife in A’aru, the Field of Reeds, a perfected reflection of life on earth. (33) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/59383a86-5b21-45c1-b1f4-8c31bb9b5792/1908_Redon_Oannes_anagoria.JPG Beyond Images Adapa (1908) by Odilon Redon (1840-1916), Kroller-Muller Museum. Redon’s rendition of Adapa, a Sumerian otherworldly traveler, being caught up by the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/a78dcf47-3110-4905-9e27-cb6f9a240477/Ezekiel-Vision-Merkaba.jpg Beyond Images Ezekiel’s Chariot Vision by Matthaeus Merian (1593-1650). Ezekiel’s vision of heaven from the Old Testament, an inspiration to Jewish mystics for centuries. (55-56) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/5175b4b3-a522-4039-9fe4-db025b7586d0/1024px-Europe_a_Prophecy_copy_K_plate_01.jpg Beyond Images The Ancient of Days (1794) by William Blake (1757-1827). The visionary Blake’s rendition of the Ancient of Days, who ruled in favor of the Holy Ones in the Book of Daniel. (57) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/68f3b658-72c4-4929-9a2f-ef002579e739/Apsis_mosaic%2C_Santa_Pudenziana%2C_Rome_photo_Sixtus_enhanced_TTaylor.jpg Beyond Images Heaven scene in apse in Santa Pudenziana, Rome (4th-5th Century). Christ in heaven with his apostles, who invite us into their sacred space. (108-109) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/16a3a829-416b-4c89-83c1-93a7de3dd299/image.jpeg Beyond Images Benson Madonna (c1475) by Antonello da Messina (1440-1479), National Gallery of Art. An intimate, playful portrait of the Mary and the infant Jesus. (125) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/6486e42c-120b-483d-9c88-141fa696394f/image.jpeg Beyond Images Enthroned Madonna and Child (c1250-75), National Gallery of Art. A regal Byzantine depiction of Mary and the infant Jesus. (125-26) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/37abd79a-fcba-4ae8-b48f-8408a056967a/Master_of_the_St_Lucy_Legend_-_Mary%2C_Queen_of_Heaven-_c._1480_-_c._1510_%28hi_res%29.jpg Beyond Images Mary, Queen of Heaven by the Master of the Saint Lucy Legend (c1485-1509), National Gallery of Art. Mary, mother of Jesus, surrounded by angels in the heavens beneath the Holy Trinity. (125-126) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/8d96bef4-178c-4f25-a4f5-9560ede1527b/image.jpeg Beyond Images Depiction of the Cosmos from The Nuremberg Chronicle. A delightful diagram of the cosmos as those in Dante’s time might have envisioned it. (126) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/8e72ab7f-009d-4f5c-a626-bfdab61e1a63/541px-Paradiso_Canto_31.jpg Beyond Images Dante’s Paradiso by Gustav Dore (mid 19th Century). One of a series of engraved illustrations of The Divine Comedy, in which Dante and his guide Beatrice gaze at the heavenly host in the shape of a rose. (130-131) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/0c458aa6-92f7-4840-8e79-3ac2bcf3d3af/1599px-Raphael_School_of_Athens.jpg Beyond Images School of Athens (1509-1511) by Raphael (1483-1520), Apostolic Palace, Vatican. A vision of heaven celebrating human knowledge, inspired by classical ideals. (133-34) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/f9b1d14a-30f6-4d86-845f-c9cceae388fb/Raphael_-_Disputation_of_the_Holy_Sacrament.jpg Beyond Images Disputation of the Holy Sacrament (1509-1510) by Raphael (1483-1520), Apostolic Palace, Vatican). A Christian vision of heaven inspired by Raphael’s own faith. (133-34) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/89c745ec-cdbe-403f-be69-67428813db9a/Last-judgment-scrovegni-chapel-giotto-1306.jpg Beyond Images The Last Judgement (1306) by Giotto di Bondone (d. 1337), Scrovegni Chapel, Padua. Giotto’s heaven, where its inhabitants are ranked, absorbed in the beatific vision of God. (135) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/47af5d8f-012c-47c0-b7a2-c34e2e2dba07/Michelangelo_Buonarroti_-_Last_Judgment_-_WGA15472.jpg Beyond Images The Last Judgment (1534-1541) (Sistine Chapel, Vatican) by Michelangelo (1475-1564). Christ as a terrifying judge, condemning the evil and summoning the good to heaven. (136-37) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/7940aeb4-560d-4d23-bd21-fe9d2a46beb1/image.jpeg Beyond Images Small Last Judgement (1619) by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Beneath Christ on high, a swirl of bodies thought by some contemporaries to be scandalous. (140) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/ae2bc3f8-af34-4ce3-a434-3ce0508dd389/El_Greco_-_The_Burial_of_the_Count_of_Orgaz.JPG Beyond Images The Burial of Count Orgaz (1586-66) (Church of S. Tomé, Toledo) by El Greco (1541-1614). The soul of Count Orgaz makes its way from earthly to heavenly existence. (141-42) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/5bb1bcde-677f-4299-9ac4-2b18213c3116/1600px-Triumph_St_Ignatius_Pozzo.jpg Beyond Images Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius (1685) (Church of San Ignacio, Rome) by Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709). The boundary between earth and heaven disappears as St. Ignatius ascends to his heavenly reward. (143-44) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/b6bbf46d-fdfa-41fa-b244-10a886003522/image.jpeg Beyond Images Satan Watching the Caresses of Adam and Eve (1808) by William Blake (1757-1827). A scene from Milton’s Paradise Lost wherein Satan watches with envy the lovemaking of Adam and Eve. (146) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/2819c1af-0097-4528-9961-3841ced05f05/image.jpeg Beyond Images Yama, Hindu God of Death (17th-early 18th Century) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A frightening depiction of the powerful god of death and ultimate judge of souls. (213) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/cfd92314-6dea-4cd4-9e5a-e7863263e977/image.jpeg Beyond Images Hungry Ghosts Scroll (late 12th Century) from the Kyoto National Museum. A scene from the Buddhist underworld of hungry ghosts, who are consumed by greed. (228) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/2fa61b2d-1af4-4004-8fc9-d4b8b6a5d8d5/Womb_World_Mandala_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Beyond Images World Womb Mandala (early 17th Century) from Art Gallery of South Australia. A mandala showing Buddha surrounded by deities and bodhisattvas. (226-27) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/220bf535-9dd7-410a-ac29-12954cd2de47/Wheel_of_Existence.jpg Beyond Images Wheel of Existence (c1800) from Birmingham Museum of Art. Scenes from the afterlife within the body of Yama, Buddhist God of Death. (229) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/b9154403-999d-4c35-b160-3a25fe255591/%27Amitabha_in_Sukhavati_Paradise%27%2C_Tibetan%2C_circa_1700%2C_San_Antonio_Museum_of_Art.jpg Beyond Images Amitabha in Sukhavati Paradise from San Antonio Museum. Many Buddhists aspire to join Amitabha, Infinite Light, in his heavenly Pure Land. (235) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/cfd2f5e4-363e-4bb7-9f95-7a2cfb0369ef/image.jpeg Beyond Images Goddess Kurukulla (Tara) (early 12th Century) from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tara, who reigns over the Pure Realm of Yulokod, is revered by Tibetan Buddhists. (241) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/ca043231-a243-48d3-96d6-c26d2a8c0a95/Hieronymus_Bosch_013.jpg Beyond Images Paradise: Ascension into the Empyrean (c 1500-04) (Galleria dell-Accademia Venezia) by Hieronymus Bosch (c1450-1516). Souls journeying towards the ultimate light , the hope of many religious traditions. (276) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/604b8c37ac798259b93345af/2b030ab6-4731-44b0-8cb9-d78660a3677b/Portal%2C+Nora+Cain+October+20%2C+2018.jpg Beyond Images Portal (Alviso, California,2018) by Nora Cain. 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