16in x 20in / 40.6cm x 50.8cm.
Acrylic on canvas.
January 2013.
in two realms at once : the awakening
In the
uraeus worn by the pharaoh,
Nekhbet (Vulture Goddess) and
Wadjet (Cobra Goddess) together
represented the union of Upper and Lower Egypt, and they also served as protectors. An area in the temporoparietal region of the brain reliably causes out-of-body experience when
electrically stimulated* — Nekhbet and Wadjet are shown at that doorway. Two aspects of "being" are indicated: one lives in and is focused upon mundane reality; the other wears the uraeus, is aware of the
doorway, and is awakening to the true significance of that.
*
The spiritual doorway in the brain: A neurologist's search for the god experience.
Nelson K. NY: Dutton. 2011:139ff.
