{"id":16373,"date":"2018-02-01T01:10:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T06:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=17026"},"modified":"2018-01-31T20:53:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T01:53:07","slug":"magickalarts-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/02\/01\/magickalarts-39\/","title":{"rendered":"MagickalArts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">(en)LIV(en)ING With the Muses-Clio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>This is the third posting of the (en)LIV(en)ING with the Muses Series<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17027\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Muses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Muse, Clio i<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">s considered the Muse of History. Her name, sometimes spelled Kleio is a form of the greek verb, \u201cKleo\u201d which means to make famous, to recall or to celebrate. She makes full use of her birth right as the daughter of Mnemosyne (Goddess of Remembrance) as memory is a key component that every historian must rely upon to accurately give account of events, people and places. Unlike her sisters, who are more directly related to the act of inspiring whatever their specialty is, Clio works at the level of codifying and giving durability to what is the product of those inspirations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The versatility of her nature and governance is seen in the epithets for her, which include:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Daughter of the Lord of Cloud-capped Heaven, Giver of Sweetness, High-Throned, Queen of Song, Flowering, and Unforgetting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0The Greek lyric poet, Pindar says of Clio and her influence on the bringing to renown those who would be so honored:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Of song grant, of my skill, full measure. Strike, O daughter of the lord of cloud-capped heaven, chords to his honour; mine to wed them with the youthful voices and with the lyre . . . In your honour then, if high-throned Kleio (Clio) wills, for your proud spirit of conquest.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>1<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Clio is often depicted holding many scrolls or a single open scroll, and in more recent times with books sitting at her feet. Hers is not only the gift of recording those events which are to be celebrated and added as markers of history but also that of the retelling of those events, so they may be the source of inspiring those who would through their actions be the future creators of history yet unwritten. The Greek historian, Diodorus speaks of Kleio (Clio) in this way:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To each of the Mousai (Muses) men assign her special aptitude for one of the branches of the liberal arts, such as poetry, song, pantomimic dancing, the round dance with music, the study of the stars, and the other liberal arts . . . For the name of each Mousa, they say, men have found a reason appropriate to her . . . Kleio (Clio) is so named because the praise which poets sing in their encomia bestows great glory (kleos) upon those who are praised.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>2.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Another of her names was that of \u201cthe Proclaimer\u201d. This nomenclature was exemplified in the story recounting that Clio openly declared her disapproval of the Goddess Aphrodite\u2019s pursuit of Adonis; whom Clio had been having affairs with secretly. In retaliation, Aphrodite crafted a curse that made Clio fall in love with the King of Macedonia, Pierus and forget her infatuation with Adonis. A son was supposedly born of that union named Hyacinthus who was renown for his grace and beauty. His lover the God Apollo killed Hyacinthus, and, it is said that where his blood lay, flowers arose of great beauty as tribute to his love and purity. \u00a0These are the perennials, Hyacinths noted for their sweet and intoxicating fragrance and of notable fame in the quote by Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier\u2019s:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>3.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Clio had a second son, Hymenaios who was the God of marriage, epic feasts and songs. The officiating nature of his Mother, Clio is seen in the magnitude of the types of events her son presided over. His was the governance of those times that would become part of the history of those for whom these auspicious events occurred.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Time and again, through art and literature, politics and education, Clio\u2019s hand has been the underlying energy that gives timeless meaning and importance to whatever it is applied to. The 17th Century Dutch Painter, Johannes Vermeer, makes reference to Clio in his painting The Art of Painting. In this painting she depicted wearing standard garb of the time, a laurel wreath adorning her head, and carrying a trumpet. The wreath and trumpet both symbols of triumph and the jubilant announcement of that status.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17035\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/artofpainting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"189\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Detail of The art of Painting<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u201c <span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The artist observes his model, who is dressed as Clio, the muse of history. As he records her image carefully on his canvas, he is not so much the recipient of the muse&#8217;s inspiration as the agent through whom she takes on life and significance. Clio wears a crown of laurel on her head to denote honor, glory, and eternal life. In one hand she holds a trumpet, which stands for fame, and in the other she clasps a thick folio, perhaps a volume of Thucydides, which symbolizes history. These were the attributes ascribed to her by Cesare Ripa in his Iconologia, a sixteenth-century book of emblems and personifications that was widely used by artists.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>2.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17029\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/3-The-art-of-painting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"329\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>The art of Painting<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Another depiction of Clio is found in a mosaic of the poet Virgil, who is seen in process of writing his epic poem, The Aenid in the presence of two of the Muses. In this scene\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201c the Roman poet Virgil, seated with a sheet of scrolls in his hand, is attended by two Mousai, Kleio the Muse of history with a scroll, and Melpomene the Muse of tragedy with a tragic mask.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17030\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/4-Virgil-and-the-Mousai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>VIRGIL &amp; THE MOUSAI<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">And, finally, a more modern testament to the lasting influence of the Muse of History and the need for the recording of its facts is the representation of Clio found in the National Statuary Hall of the capital building in Washington, DC. Gracing the doorway into this illustrious hall that served as meeting place for the decisive and historical actions of the House of Representatives from 1807 to 1857 is the Car of History designed by sculptor Carlo Franzoni in 1819. Clio stands within a winged chariot that serves as the vehicle and personification that represents the passing of history through the ages. In place of the ancient scroll, she holds her book of remembrance and records the events of history as they unfold. The chariot has a singular wheel that is a clock representing the passage of time in the hours and minutes of the days. The Chariot sits atop a marble globe which has the signs of the Zodiac on it completing the reference to the eternal and cyclical nature of time, events and the never ending history that is created by its turning.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17031\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/5-Car-of-history.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"419\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>The Car of History<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Remembering Your Own History:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">When I consider the gifts of Clio I am reminded of my own personal history; in particular what I have learned from my Mother. My history is rich in strong women who shouldered responsibility, accepting all that came their way and making at times difficult choices to insure that there was a roof overhead, food on the table and a better life for their children than what they had endured. I am reminded of the history that I have helped to create for my own family and children and the opportunity to call upon Clio\u2019s energy of celebration and lessons earned from past experience to write a new script if needed that is more positively filled.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In my spiritual work, I call upon Clio to remind me of the history of my spiritual path and those who paved the way, the sacrifices made and the eternal wisdom that has become the foundation of my teachings and learning. I call upon Clio to help me keep my intentions in order so that those who follow in my footsteps may benefit from the history I will someday leave.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In my mundane life, I call upon Clio to remind me that each action I take and each person with whom I interact has a piece of his or her own history to share. This is often not something that is overtly elicited but if I remain poised with metaphorical pen and book of remembrance in hand, the synthesis of our time together will write a new history that each of us will collectively call our own.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The next post will focus on the Muse, Erato and her gifts of Lyrical poetry<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><u>Resources:<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">1. Pindar, Nemean Ode 3. 10 &amp; 82 ff (trans. Conway) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">2. From: Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 7. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">3. Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., ed., Johannes Vermeer [Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Mauritshuis, The Hague] (Washington, 1995).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">4. John Greenleaf Whittier. Quaker Poet \u00a01807-1892.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><u>Images:<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Statuary of Clio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">: The Vatican Museum.Rome<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Detail and Full Painting:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>The art of Painting<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0by Johannes Vermeer\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Art of Painting, c. 1666, oil on canvas.\u00a0Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Image: VIRGIL &amp; THE MOUSAI, Mosiac<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Image: The Car of History<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Carlo Franzoni. 1819.\u00a0National Statuary Hall<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">***<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">About the Author:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-16052\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Robin-Fenelly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Robin Fennelly<\/b>\u00a0is a Wiccan High Priestess, teacher, poet and author. She is the author of:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The Inner Chamber, Vol. One<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It\u2019s Written in the Stars<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Astrology<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The Inner Chamber, Vol. Two<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">poetry of the spheres<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Qabalah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The Inner Chamber, Vol. Three<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Awakening the Paths<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Qabalah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>A Year With Gaia<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Eternal Cord<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Temple of the Sun and Moon<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Luminous Devotions<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The Magickal Pen, Volume One<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A Collection of Esoteric Writings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The Elemental Year<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aligning the Parts of SELF <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Click Image for Amazon Information.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/130049963X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=130049963X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=paganpages-20&amp;linkId=e6f09b629cd7171ff12651aa30fb00b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=130049963X&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=paganpages-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; 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Her name, sometimes spelled Kleio is a form of the greek verb, \u201cKleo\u201d which means to make famous, to recall or to celebrate. She makes full use of her birth right as the daughter of Mnemosyne (Goddess of Remembrance) as memory is a key component that every historian must rely upon to accurately give account of events, people and places. Unlike her sisters, who are more directly related to the act of inspiring whatever their specialty is, Clio works at the level of codifying and giving durability to what is the product of those inspirations.\u00a0\u00a0 The versatility of her nature and governance is seen in the epithets for her, which include:\u00a0Daughter of the Lord of Cloud-capped Heaven, Giver of Sweetness, High-Throned, Queen of Song, Flowering, and Unforgetting.\u00a0The Greek lyric poet, Pindar says of Clio and her influence on the bringing to renown those who would be so honored: &#8220;Of song grant, of my skill, full measure. Strike, O daughter of the lord of cloud-capped heaven, chords to his honour; mine to wed them with the youthful voices and with the lyre . . . In your honour then, if high-throned Kleio (Clio) wills, for your proud spirit of conquest.&#8221; 1. Clio is often depicted holding many scrolls or a single open scroll, and in more recent times with books sitting at her feet. Hers is not only the gift of recording those events which are to be celebrated and added as markers of history but also that of the retelling of those events, so they may be the source of inspiring those who would through their actions be the future creators of history yet unwritten. The Greek historian, Diodorus speaks of Kleio (Clio) in this way: \u201cTo each of the Mousai (Muses) men assign her special aptitude for one of the branches of the liberal arts, such as poetry, song, pantomimic dancing, the round dance with music, the study of the stars, and the other liberal arts . . . For the name of each Mousa, they say, men have found a reason appropriate to her . . . Kleio (Clio) is so named because the praise which poets sing in their encomia bestows great glory (kleos) upon those who are praised.&#8221; 2. Another of her names was that of \u201cthe Proclaimer\u201d. This nomenclature was exemplified in the story recounting that Clio openly declared her disapproval of the Goddess Aphrodite\u2019s pursuit of Adonis; whom Clio had been having affairs with secretly. In retaliation, Aphrodite crafted a curse that made Clio fall in love with the King of Macedonia, Pierus and forget her infatuation with Adonis. A son was supposedly born of that union named Hyacinthus who was renown for his grace and beauty. His lover the God Apollo killed Hyacinthus, and, it is said that where his blood lay, flowers arose of great beauty as tribute to his love and purity. \u00a0These are the perennials, Hyacinths noted for their sweet and intoxicating fragrance and of notable fame in the quote by Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier\u2019s: \u201cIf thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.\u201d 3. Clio had a second son, Hymenaios who was the God of marriage, epic feasts and songs. The officiating nature of his Mother, Clio is seen in the magnitude of the types of events her son presided over. His was the governance of those times that would become part of the history of those for whom these auspicious events occurred.\u00a0 Time and again, through art and literature, politics and education, Clio\u2019s hand has been the underlying energy that gives timeless meaning and importance to whatever it is applied to. The 17th Century Dutch Painter, Johannes Vermeer, makes reference to Clio in his painting The Art of Painting. In this painting she depicted wearing standard garb of the time, a laurel wreath adorning her head, and carrying a trumpet. The wreath and trumpet both symbols of triumph and the jubilant announcement of that status.\u00a0 Detail of The art of Painting \u201c The artist observes his model, who is dressed as Clio, the muse of history. As he records her image carefully on his canvas, he is not so much the recipient of the muse&#8217;s inspiration as the agent through whom she takes on life and significance. Clio wears a crown of laurel on her head to denote honor, glory, and eternal life. In one hand she holds a trumpet, which stands for fame, and in the other she clasps a thick folio, perhaps a volume of Thucydides, which symbolizes history. These were the attributes ascribed to her by Cesare Ripa in his Iconologia, a sixteenth-century book of emblems and personifications that was widely used by artists.\u201d 2. The art of Painting Another depiction of Clio is found in a mosaic of the poet Virgil, who is seen in process of writing his epic poem, The Aenid in the presence of two of the Muses. In this scene\u00a0\u201c the Roman poet Virgil, seated with a sheet of scrolls in his hand, is attended by two Mousai, Kleio the Muse of history with a scroll, and Melpomene the Muse of tragedy with a tragic mask.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 VIRGIL &amp; THE MOUSAI\u00a0 And, finally, a more modern testament to the lasting influence of the Muse of History and the need for the recording of its facts is the representation of Clio found in the National Statuary Hall of the capital building in Washington, DC. Gracing the doorway into this illustrious hall that served as meeting place for the decisive and historical actions of the House of Representatives from 1807 to 1857 is the Car of History designed by sculptor Carlo Franzoni in 1819. Clio stands within a winged chariot that serves as the vehicle and personification that represents the passing of history through the ages. In place of the ancient scroll, she holds her book of remembrance and records the events of history as they unfold. The chariot has a singular wheel that is a clock representing the passage of time in the hours and minutes of the days. The Chariot sits atop a marble globe which has the signs of the Zodiac on it completing the reference to the eternal and cyclical nature of time, events and the never ending history that is created by its turning. The Car of History Remembering Your Own History: When I consider the gifts of Clio I am reminded of my own personal history; in particular what I have learned from my Mother. My history is rich in strong women who shouldered responsibility, accepting all that came their way and making at times difficult choices to insure that there was a roof overhead, food on the table and a better life for their children than what they had endured. I am reminded of the history that I have helped to create for my own family and children and the opportunity to call upon Clio\u2019s energy of celebration and lessons earned from past experience to write a new script if needed that is more positively filled.\u00a0 In my spiritual work, I call upon Clio to remind me of the history of my spiritual path and those who paved the way, the sacrifices made and the eternal wisdom that has become the foundation of my teachings and learning. I call upon Clio to help me keep my intentions in order so that those who follow in my footsteps may benefit from the history I will someday leave.\u00a0 In my mundane life, I call upon Clio to remind me that each action I take and each person with whom I interact has a piece of his or her own history to share. This is often not something that is overtly elicited but if I remain poised with metaphorical pen and book of remembrance in hand, the synthesis of our time together will write a new history that each of us will collectively call our own.\u00a0 &nbsp; The next post will focus on the Muse, Erato and her gifts of Lyrical poetry Resources: 1. Pindar, Nemean Ode 3. 10 &amp; 82 ff (trans. Conway) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.). 2. From: Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 7. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.). 3. Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., ed., Johannes Vermeer [Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Mauritshuis, The Hague] (Washington, 1995). 4. John Greenleaf Whittier. Quaker Poet \u00a01807-1892. &nbsp; Images: Statuary of Clio: The Vatican Museum.Rome Detail and Full Painting:\u00a0The art of Painting\u00a0by Johannes Vermeer\u00a0 The Art of Painting, c. 1666, oil on canvas.\u00a0Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Image: VIRGIL &amp; THE MOUSAI, Mosiac Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia\u00a0 Image: The Car of History Carlo Franzoni. 1819.\u00a0National Statuary Hall &nbsp; *** About the Author: Robin Fennelly\u00a0is a Wiccan High Priestess, teacher, poet and author. She is the author of: \u00a0 The Inner Chamber, Vol. One It\u2019s Written in the Stars Astrology \u00a0 The Inner Chamber, Vol. Two poetry of the spheres Qabalah \u00a0 The Inner Chamber, Vol. Three Awakening the Paths Qabalah &nbsp; A Year With Gaia The Eternal Cord \u00a0 Temple of the Sun and Moon Luminous Devotions \u00a0 The Magickal Pen, Volume One A Collection of Esoteric Writings &nbsp; The Elemental Year Aligning the Parts of SELF Click Image for Amazon Information. The Enchanted Gate Musings on the Magick of the Natural World &nbsp; Sleeping with the Goddess Nights of Devotion \u00a0 A Weekly Reflection Musings for the Year \u00a0 Her books are available on\u00a0Amazon\u00a0or\u00a0website\u00a0and her\u00a0Blogs\u00a0can be found at:\u00a0Robin Fennelly\u00a0 \u00a0 Follow Robin\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0and on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}