This is the catalog of the + Daimonion + Exhibition. It presents 4 large-scale paintings (acrylic and oil on canvas) and 44 drawings (indian-ink on paper) by visual artist André Harke.
The exhibition took place in April and May 2022 at Danera Gallery in central Berlin, Germany.
The concept of Daimonion was first developed by Socrates who perceived the Daimonion as an inward mentor conceived as partaking of the nature of a demon or inspired by one. Socrates engaged in inner dialogs with the Daimonion and realized that the suggestions of the Daimonion were always protecting and meaningful to him in his personal experience.
In my own personal experience, the Daimonion does not emerge as a being from beyond the border of the Self or as a separate being that would come into one's awareness. The Daimonion for me emerges as an impression of a higher awareness of the Self as well as the Self's surrounding universe. It is to me the very installation of reflective thinking to expand the individual awareness beyond its borders and to change the Self in accordance with individuality and aim.
The Daimonion for me is an individual perception of the Black Flame -- a substance whose recognition enables the Initiate to Xeper and which can evolve within the Initiate to higher awareness. If perceived within the Self, this can be called the Daimonion. In other words, the individual perception of the Black Flame within the Self is a realization of the Daimonion as mentioned for the first time in this way by Sokrates.
The large-scale paintings that are shown in this exhibition are materialized and visualized core principles as I understand, perceive and experience them along the path of Initiation.
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Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 276 mm
Breite: 195 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-7543-0096-1 (9783754300961)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
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André Harke is a Berlin-based visual artist. He was born in Wuppertal, Germany, in 1977. In 2004, André started tattooing in Wuppertal and later moved to work in Dortmund, Germany. André then joined the Temple of Set in March 2007. His first permanent exhibition took place 2008 in the "Q Dortmund" with aquarelle paintings. In 2009, first writings emerged in various occult newsletters. André's first book "Sinnlicht", was published in 2010, together with Judith Binias. It contained both, texts and aquarelle paintings by André. In March 2012 André was ordained to the Priesthood of Set, in the Temple of Set. In 2014 he was recognized as a Master in the Esoteric Order of Beelzebub and in 2017 as a Master in the Order of the Trapezoid. Both are Orders within the Temple of Set. The second book ". IX . Daimonion" was self-published in 2018 and consists of texts about the concept of Daimonion (inner voice) in theory and practice, as well as ink drawings of the Tarot Trumps, under the title of "Runa - Tarot". In 2019, André founded the "Geheimes Haus des Saturn" as an active House in the Order of the Trapezoid and an Element in the Temple of Set. The first edition of the "Emerald Dawn", the official newsletter of the Geheimes Haus des Saturn, appeared in 2021 and was created by André Harke and Thomas Brovelli. 2021 also marks the publication of the book + Invocation of Set + wherein André presents a large number of past drawings, along with introductory material and poems. That book can be ordered internationally with the ISBN 978-3-7543-4363-0.
