SYMPHONY OF THE ECHOES OF LIGHT

A gentle breeze fanned the evening air in the wake of the setting sun, time stood still for a magic while, the voice of the ancient sage found an eager welcome in listening ears. Travellers, seekers all, open handed, they came from far and wide to harvest the pearls of wisdom offered that quiet day in the shade of the wide steps by the Agora. From time immemorial seekers pondered the mystery of Universal Harmony for an understanding of the infinite power in the hands of which man's destiny was held.

The questing journey into the secrets revealed. And now with his mission accomplished the ancient one in silence rose to continue on his way, his words whispered on into the visions of futurity, the symphony of their sounds lingered still.

Among those seekers thus enraptured was a fair Athenian woman named Chloe' who, as she made her way through the columned arcade, mused on the sayings which so illumed her inner being. All that she had heard she unknowingly had known before, perhaps even always, the ancient wisdoms were engraved into the scroll of her memory and now rejoiced at the nearness of their begetter. Universal Harmony was for the ancient one no dream, rather was it a vision of Light in each psyche. The seeker perceived the forces of Light and Darkness each claimed those of their own affinity, the questing path is sown with questions, each begging an answer through many facets of truth.

Long ago Eos was said to have introduced light into darkness, and before then the books of old spoke of light coming forth out of the darkness. Eos, or Aurora as she was known, was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia; Apollo was her brother, her sister Artemis. Eos rode the skies accompanied by Athena's owl, as she emerged from darkness she became Dawn and so was welcomed by the morning clarions of heralding cockerels, the fabled night-rider was only ever seen by the stars as she came through the Pillars of Omphales.

Divines of the past understood the Nocturnal Luminary to be the symbol of Wisdom, the source of its own Light. With the passing of time truths hidden in mystical sayings were revealed in mythologies, the stories of the dove and the rose were those spoken of that very day by the sage. The elements of Peace and Harmony which are symbolised in the dove and rose alight imperceptibly in the path of the seeker.

Chloe' came from afar with hopeful hands, her cup filled and overflowing she journeyed on through the garden of the Echoes of Light in company with the Symphony of the Creative Impulse.
- DANIEL

“In the beginning God created the heavens and earth and darkness was upon the face of the deep so God said 'Let there be light'......and so on ad infinitum. In this painterly masterpiece the ancient sage speaks of hidden truths through Daniel whose eternal journey with Chloe' recounts the Christian story of creation in classical Homeric style. Thus the message of hope and peace as symbolized by the rose buds and the dove is universal to all people of faith.
- LJO