Episode 39: Colo(u)rs
Description
Alongside a few spats over the appropriate spelling of colour (it does have a u), in this episode the hosts discuss all things bright and beautiful. We chat colour physics, biology, and how our cultural understanding of colours may be less solid than you think! We also examine how this interplays with occult ideas of ‘colour correspondences’ - Jung’s internal alchemy, The Golden Dawn, Feng Shui, and Kabbalah to name a few.
RESOURCES:
The human eye can ‘see’ infra-red: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141201161116.htm
Ancient Greek statues - their true colours: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/true-colors-17888/ & https://buntegoetter.liebieghaus.de/en/
The Black Arts, Richard Cavendish (alchemy primer)
Colours of The Golden Dawn & Kabbalah: https://www.daneel.franken.de/tarot/GoldenDawn/Coloring%20the%20Classic%20Golden%20Dawn%20Tarot.pdf & http://www.lelandra.com/tarotbook/TreeofLifeColors.htm & http://www.billheidrick.com/tlc1995/tlc1295.htm#iq
Polyphanes’ wonderful post on the planetary colours: https://digitalambler.com/2019/12/04/colors-of-the-planets/
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