An Introduction to Mother, Father and Son symbolism

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'Pagan' religions all understood the need for balance between masculine and feminine. The Greeks, the Hindus, the Celts, the Picts, the Norse, - all believed in paired deities - not a single Father only but many Mother/Father pairs.
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CREDITS

Meister Eckhart selected writings – edited and translated by Oliver Davies: From Sermon 15 - And our Lord says [14:6] no one comes to the Father except through the Son
Ron Embleton - The Walrus and the Carpenter painting Art, Giclee print,
Charles Folkard – Illustration for The Walrus And The Carpenter-1921
Vickie Wade - Rain Family Mother Father Son
David Hockney – My parents and My parents and myself
Leonid Pasternak – The Passion of Creation
Marlina Vera. - Mother and Child, Father and Child
Carl Larsson – Christmas Eve and Father, Mother And Child, plus others
Gustav Klimt – Family Embrace
Anthony van Dyck – Family Portrait
Gustav Klimt – Tree of Life 1909
Map - By Tataryn - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19625326
Dorothea Tanning: A Family Portrait, Maternity and Notes for an Apocalypse, 1978 at Tate Modern UK
Frans Hals – Family Group in a Landscape - WGA11154

MUSIC
Wistful Harp by Andrew Huang
Wandering Soul by Asher Fulero
Morning Mood and Solveig's Song by Edvard Grieg

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