Threshold of the Mind
Look at art by Remedios Varo, such as Star Maker, and others.
"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."–Khalil Gibran
Examine some of the artwork in this post (see online). What feelings or ideas do they provoke in you?
This artist feels that Art itself is a magickal act. Indeed, it is.
She embeds alchemical and hermetic truth in her Works for us to explore. Accept the invitation. She invites the viewer to peer with her into these Great Mysteries in order to try to decode the machinations beyond the Stars or even within ourselves. When we are led to a threshold of unraveling a spiritual mystery or to engage in possible transformation, it is up to us to make that leap.
"There comes a time when the pain of continuing exceeds the pain of stopping. At that moment, a threshold is crossed. What seemed unthinkable becomes thinkable. Slowly, the realization emerges that the choice to continue what you have been doing is the choice to live in discomfort, and the choice to stop what you have been doing is the choice to breathe deeply and freely again. Once that realization has emerged, you can either honor it or ignore it, but you cannot forget it. What has become known can not become unknown again."-Gary Zukav
Her Art can be a mystical experience. I hope it moves you, like it does me. Let it whisk you away for a moment and then come back and explore the details.
"I write because to write a new sentence, let alone a new poem, is to cross the threshold into both a larger existence and a profound mystery. A thought was not there, then it is. An image, a story, an idea about what it is to be human, did not exist, then it does. With every new poem, an emotion new to the heart, to the world, speaks itself into being."-Jane Hirshfield
These images did not exist until she created them into being. Each detail had to be thought out so that it provides a silent narrative for those who might hear with deeper ears.
In a sense, we are also designing our own inner and outer worlds to some extent. What would you want to create so that others might experience something special within you? Would it be Art, music, a poem, a photograph? If it has the power to move someone, to affect emotions or thought, or to provide an inspirational experience, which becomes like a doorway of self-discovery, you might take them over a threshold that wasn't visible before. Something Unknown becomes Known.