Art, Symbol & Imagination
The pale blue face beneath a cross
A small cross hovers over a pale blue face, with fine blue lines spreading into the yellow space around it. Curving pale forms extend from either side. The illustration belongs to the group Swiney’s foreword describes as spirit drawings made by an unnamed woman in 1908.
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Unnamed woman, 1908 (source foreword). "The pale blue face beneath a cross" [editorial title]. In The Esoteric Teaching of the Gnostics, Frances Swiney. 1909 edition, 1909, Yellon, Williams & Co., Ltd.. Source scan leaf 76. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0087-0066
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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 pale blue face beneath a cross. The Esoteric Teaching of the Gnostics. Scan leaf 76. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0087-0066