Here is Cashumi’s interpretation of Aleister Crowley’s The Wake World: https://youtu.be/SNCKyvXJPTo
Cashumi’s work draws on the theory of colour mixing and the Ten Sephiroth of the Palace (leaving aside the twenty-two connecting paths). The journey is painted twice — once in the colours of ascent, where the seeker becomes light, and once in the colours of descent, where light becomes the world. The notes on YouTube state:
Aleister Crowley’s The Wake World is a mystical fairy tale about a journey of initiation, mapped upon the Tree of Life. Its childlike heroine, Lola Daydream, wanders with her Fairy Prince through the enchanted “Houses” of his palace — each one a stage on the path of spiritual awakening.
My interpretation draws on the theory of colour mixing and the Ten Sephiroth of the Palace, leaving aside the twenty-two connecting paths. Instead, I follow the route of the Flaming Sword, the direct ascent through the spheres. The story is told in colours, where light itself is the language: In the additive art, colours spring from radiance — each hue joining the next until all dissolve into white brilliance. In the subtractive art, colours are born of earth and pigment — each mixing swallows more light, until the whole sinks into deep shadow. Thus the journey is painted twice — once in the colours of ascent, where the seeker becomes light, and once in the colours of descent, where light becomes the world, where the dreamers dwell.
The paintings representing the Ten Sephiroth are rendered in a monochrome style.
Music: R. Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries
