MUSE OVER YOUR CANDLES

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Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus, by Nicolas Poussin

Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus, by Marcantonio Raimondi

The importance of the Muses, a Greek link

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)   Poet and Muse, 1905, marble, The Hermitage at St. Petersburg.

Palazzo del Te in Mantua, etching based on one of the two lunettes in the Loggia delle Muse, painted
after 1532 Giulio Romano designs.

Urania [statue]
Urania [statue 2]
 

     EPITHETS  Epithets  frequently referred to places where they settled:

Aganippides, Aonides,
Camenae, Castaliae, Libethrides, Mnemonides, Pimpleae or Pimpleides, Ilisides,
Meones, Pegasides, Pierides, Ardalides, Cytherides, Ianthiae, Partheniai
and also
Olympians, Parnassians, Thespians, Heliconians, Winged,
Lydians.

    SIBYLS
Homer refers to the nine Muses as seers, the  hierophants of their day. The words in Greek are derived from:  Muse, the verb muein, (to initiate somebody to the misteries). The Sistene Chapel
The Prophets
The Sibyls 
 

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Mount Parnassus is in Greece, above the village of Arachova

Candles -   Dedicate Candles for Art in Your Home and Work Place

        The Heliconians' myth is intertwined with that of one of the major Gods, Apollo, who brings relief to mortals with his divine smile and the gift of art. When Apollo went to Mt. Parnassus, he settled there with the nine Muses in a holy assembly devoted to the fine arts travelling together throughout Greece on the back of Pegasus, the winged horse.

Theirs was a wandering life, hence the name of Apollo Musagetes,
                that means he who leads the Muses.   Full article

 

BRING EACH MUSE TO YOUR TRANQUILITY ROOMS WHEN YOU  LIGHT NINE CANDLES AT THE SAME TIME [NOON OR MEDITATION TIME] OVER NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS

              
               Dedicate nine white or gold candles to the Muses. Place them in the center of the still zone or tranquility zone in your home and work place. Each day, light the candles one by one. For each candle say the name of a Muse and imagine their special gifts as they will manifest in your home and work space. Some of the hot links under the names  go to statuary and other art that will help your visualization. The nine inspirational daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne [Memory], daughter of Gaia and Uranus, were born in Pieria, the region on the east slopes of Olympus. All nine sisters settled on the top of the Parnassus and presided over the arts and sciences with Apollo.

   Calliope, 'beautiful voice',  the heroic epic [mother of Orpheus];
     Muse of Eloquence and heroic Poetry. Her name means fine voice
     and she is depicted with stylus and tablets.

  Clio, 'kleos', glory; 'kleiein', to celebrate; celebration/fame - Muse of
     History. She is depicted as a virgin with a laurel wreath, a trumpet in
     one hand and a volume in the other one.

  Euterpe, 'delight' - music; Muse of Music. Her name means she who
     makes herself loved and she is usually represented as a maid crowned
     with a flower garland, playing the instrument she invented, the flute.

  Terpsichore, 'delight of dancing', 'chorus' - lyric poetry; Muse of Dance.
     Her name means she who loves dance. She is depicted as a young
     woman, crowned with flower garlands, who dances and plays the harp.

  Erato, 'eros', 'love', 'lovely one' - love poetry, hymns; Muse of Lyric
     Poetry and Anacreontic Poetry. She is represented as a nymph
     crowned with myrtle and roses, holding a lyre and a bow.

  Melpomene, 'melpein' 'the singing Goddess' - Muse of Tragedy,
     represented as a woman in buskins, holding a sceptre and a
     dagger covered in blood.

  Thalia, 'thallein', 'to bloom', 'festivity' - Muse of Comedy, depicted as
    a young woman crowned with an ivy garland, holding a mask and
    wearing ankle boots.

  Polyhymnia, 'poly', many, 'hymnos', hymn; 'mnasthai' to remember;
     many songs/hymns - sacred poetry, mime, considered the inventor
     of the lyre; Muse of Rhetoric and of vocal Music. She is depicted
     with a flower or pearl crown, dressed in white, her right arm in the
     act of haranguing, her left hand holding a sceptre.

  Urania, 'ouranos', 'heavenly sky' - Muse of Astronomy. She inspires
     chaste love, and is represented as a virgin holding a globe and a bar.

To the Muses and Apollo

I will begin with the Muses and Apollo and Zeus. For it is through the Muses and Apollo that there are singers upon the earth and players upon the lyre; but kings are from Zeus. Happy is he whom the Muses love: sweet flows speech from his lips.

Hail, children of Zeus! Give honour to my song! And now I will remember you and another song also.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Siti Tara, Gold, suggested for Stillness Tranquility Zone

Green Tara, 20th Century, suggested for shared space, meeting place

OM MANI PADME HUNG (blessed be the jewel in the lotus) is inscribed on rocks,
 Prayer wheels, Chaitya walls, and loose stones heaped on the approach to the door.

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