Art, Symbol & Imagination
The red-winged figure in yellow light
Angular red wings spread from a pale face into a field of yellow and blue rays. The form appears almost star-shaped, with fine feathered lines extending beyond its central colour. It is one of the four anonymous spirit drawings described in the foreword to Frances Swiney’s The Esoteric Teaching of the Gnostics.
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Unnamed woman, 1908 (source foreword). "The red-winged figure in yellow light" [editorial title]. In The Esoteric Teaching of the Gnostics, Frances Swiney. 1909 edition, 1909, Yellon, Williams & Co., Ltd.. Source scan leaf 52. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0087-0044
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
The foreword describes four anonymous spirit drawings made by a woman in 1908. That is the author's account of their production.
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Unnamed woman, 1908 (source foreword). The red-winged figure in yellow light. The Esoteric Teaching of the Gnostics. Scan leaf 52. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0087-0044