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A.B.N.: 81 172 090 364 Philosophy • Anthroposophy • Freemasonry • Tarot fourhares.com Like & Link my site! ⇑ get the code here ⇑ Quick links Courses & Workshops ☞ Kundalini Yoga Classes Greenmount Contact & Book purchases ☞ Contact ☞ Newsletter Subscription ☞ Books Meditations on the Tarot ⇓ click on image for more detail ⇓ Welcome Bibliography / about jmd Philosophy / Kabalah Anthroposophy / Education Yoga / Paneurythmy Tarot miscellaneous / Freemasonry Welcome I began fourhares for content across four broad fields. Over time, the original four sections have seen enucleations reflected in the above tabs. Each of us has similar life engagements that could easily be described as tekmeria; semiosis; ritual; and art. On this site, the highest of these, reflexive insight or theoria (tekmeria, expressed as genuine philosophy ) 'crowns' and reflects, through revelatory presence and in a characteristically human manner - this is the awakening that occurs with meditative spiritual practice. The other three are will-infused engagements that have as their basis the call to gnothi seauton , itself at its highest level infused with the three-fold E.D.N.; I.C.M.; P.S.S.R.: individual vivifying praxis (semiosis- anthroposophy-sadhana ); social vivifying praxis (such as festivities, religious practice and ritual); and creative praxis (art- tarot ). It should be apparent that people who may share an involvement or interest in any one of the specific areas mentioned above may have no interest in the others. Fourhares remains my personal syncretic weaving of my eclectic interests. Petroglyph from Lyon Notre Dame Cathedral, France Mediæval triple-hares, and why “fourhares”… I've been fascinated by the geometry, riddle, claimed symbolic meaning, and optical illusion of mediæval representations from various parts the world that show three hares (or deer) arranged in such a way that their ears are drawn in common — resulting in three ears for three hares. In 2005, when in Lyon (France), I saw upon its Notre Dame Cathedral a petroglyph of the same concept, save that here were four hares, as photographed above. So why 'fourhares'? when selecting a domain name that initially focussed on four areas of more esoteric and, for myself at any rate, interconnected and personal interests, the option ‘fourhares’ simply rose to the fore. So here we are! The left-hand panel, from a Roman-era mosaïc, is edited a little to feign vertical tessellation as well as to remove the menacing jaws of a wolf (L. Lupus ) from near the hare (L. Lepus ). In Egyptian hieroglyph (left-hand image), the hare stands for the sound 'wn' ('un'), meaning both 'to be' as well as 'to open' – and Wepuat was an epithet for the (hare-headed) god who opened the way into the afterlife (thus closely connected – and at times even incorrectly claimed to be identical – with Anubis, or even with Osiris). The Lupus-Lepus , ie, 'wolf-hare' (or hound-rabbit) relationship is also found in later representations, such as Basil Valentinus's alchemical works – to the right is his three-hare Venus image. Hidden and password protected pages Some pages are password protected and others semi-hidden: please contact me if you cannot locate the required page. Various other pages on this site are incomplete: chances are, they were created either as early drafts or (very likely) to answer specific questions that, serving the purpose, have remained 'as is' for the present. Publications & Presentations Books > Books published on Lulu.com Putting anything in writing has both its merit, and its diminishment, the latter in that it may appear to the reader as something current rather than a decade or more since penned. papers and articles Philosophy as Love indwelling Wisdom > The Place for Philosophy in Teacher Formation presentations (unpublished) A Tale of Two Cities and the Struggle for Education (PESA Conference 2015) presentations (unpublished) The relationship between the Eurythmic forms of the Rosicrucian triune mantra and the Foundation Stone (Assisi) The Geometry of the Foundation Stone Meditation (Sophia Australis) Children’s Developmental Characteristics K-19 yo (LYSS) Free-Masonry, Ritual and Rudolf Steiner (Christian Community) The Human Senses (Christian Community) Steiner and Politics (sesquicentennary) The Threefold Social Order (LYSS) Questions around identifying Ahriman Incarnate (Christian Community) Computers and Adolescence (MRSS) Death and Dying (Kew) Educating the Developing Child (Perth) conferences (presentations) Fundamentals of Steiner's Epistemology and Ethical Individualism in Philosophy of Freedom and their underpinning of the first course given to teachers (MRSSK) How children have not changed (MRSS) Towards the future (Sophia Mundi) Philosophy of Freedom (3-day workshop - national A.S. Conference) The 12 senses (3-day workshop - NZ) 218 Transactions English Freemasonry prior to 1717 was speculative Theosis in Freemasonry The Spirit of Secularism in Freemasonry Egyptian Connections The first degree tracing board: some reflections and an exegesis I have also placed a copy of this paper on a page within this site: 1st degree tracing board . LodgeRoom International The Three Pillars [pdf 592KB] Other > Discourse on the number eleven (SRIA) > The Alchemical Wedding of the Zelator (SRIA) > The Entered Apprentice > The Masonic Square (2nd°) Most of my notes and written materials remain either unpublished, or as lectures given in open Lodge. Most of my notes and written materials remain either unpublished, or as part of posts on either Aeclectic's TarotForum or on forum.tarothistory.com (on the first alone I have over 200 000 words). Below is a list of (mainly) ATS Newsletters whose content I have written (a few are omitted, nor do I include translations of early works from the French). With regards interview (from a range inclusive of the Age newspaper; ABC Radio – with Rachel Kohn; SBS Radio – in French; & others), I have only available the ABC transcript that I have yet to upload. Book > Reading the Marseille Tarot Interviews > Enrique Enriquez interviews Jean-Michel David Articles, presentations and papers > On Paneurhythmy and Tarot The Mat as the Fol (Fou or Fool) Tarot's Expression of the Numinous Waite-Smith Sun card ‘extra’ squiggly line John Yarker, Tarot, and the Arcane Schools Tarot as Christian Art The Fool as Wandering Jew Education through Tarot The Wheel of Fortune Tarot: the vatical and the sacral Boethius, Fortuna, the Ass and the Monkey Rudolf Steiner and Tarot 1701 Dodal restored! Review: Encyclopedia of Tarot vols I-IV Christ, the World and Sin Visual Tarot Program – Caveat emptor Tarot Trumps and Hebrew Letters: variety and divergence Review: Jean Payen Tarot 1743 / 2008 Tarot and Freemasonry: an amorous chasm The I-Ching and the Pip Cards of the Tarot Whither directing your course? Hebrew-Atouts Correlations & the Tree of Life - a personal perspective Ovid, Egypt, Hebrew and Tarot: De Gebelin and le C. de M*** The International Tarot Award: Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions When the Devil is not the Devil The four elements and the suits of the tarot The Court Cards of the Tarot as Personalities On certification, the codification of ethics, and reading Tarot A closer look at one of the Marseille decks: the Jean Dodal c. 1701, Lyon The Golden Dawn's attributions... Kabalah and Tarot Review of Kat Black's Golden Tarot ...a journey in the birthing of a Tarot deck Iraqi Archeological Remnants and possible influences on the Tarot Two Tarot de Marseille Deck Reviews Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism - a brief review O'Neill's Tarot Symbolism : a brief review (on Aeclectic) other design for the 2008 Tarot Lovers' Calendar ...in my own words If you're really curious about what makes me tick, you're more likely to find some insight on other pages within this site than here (or by reading transcripts of ...