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1. Clitocybe odora, Aniseed Funnel mushroomโฃ
2. Mycena haematopus, Bleeding Fairy Helmetโฃ
3. Lycoperdon perlatum, common puffballโฃ
4. Clavaria fragilis, Fairy Fingersโฃ
5. Trametes versicolor, turkey-tailโฃ
6. Amanita calyptroderma, coccoraโฃ
7. Ramaria stricta, Upright Coral Fungusโฃ
8. Morchella angusticeps, Black Morelโฃ
9. Coprinopsis lagopus, Hare's Foot Inkcapโฃ
10. Naematelia aurantia, golden earโฃ
All of these images where generated with the AI software MidJourney.โฃ
With each upgrade of software I venture forth testing the capabilities, such is the case with the recent release of MidJourney v.6 (alpha). โฃ
Since I began exploring MidJourney in July of 2022 Iโve kept most of my prompts, the text Iโve written to create images. From the beginning with MidJourney v.1 Iโve attempted to recreate certain species of fungi that Iโve observed and photographed over the years.โฃ
โฃTo the experienced eye some flaws are evident in these facsimiles but overall they are good IMHO.โฃ
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โAs a kid, I had a dream โ I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed.โ โ John Lennonโฃ
โWhen the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.โ โ Arthur Conan Doyleโฃ
โEvery time you miss your childhood, ride on a bicycle!โ โ Mehmet Murat Ildanโฃ
โEvery time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.โ โ H. G. Wellsโฃ
โLife is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep movingโ- Albert Einsteinโฃ
โThink of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world.โ โ Grant Petersenโฃ
โI donโt ride a bike to add days to my life. I ride a bike to add life to my days.โ- Unknownโฃ
โIt's not the falling off that hurts, it's the landing.โ โ James Carson โฃ
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๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด + ๐ท๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ + --๐ข๐ณ ๐บ:๐ป --๐ท ๐ป.๐ธ --๐ด ๐ฝ๐ป๐ถโฃ
One of my favorite passages in the I Ching. Richard Wilhelm Translation, 1950.โฃ
16. Yรผ / Enthusiasmโฃ
The Imageโฃ
โMusic has power to ease tension within the heart and to loosen the grip of obscure emotions. The enthusiasm of the heart expresses itself involuntarily in a burst of song, in dance and rhythmic movement of the body. From immemorial times the inspiring effect of the invisible sound that moves all hearts, and draws them together, has mystified mankind.โ
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โฃEmpressโฃ
The Empress is a mother, a creator, and nurturer. In many decks she can be shown as pregnant. โฃ
Fundamentally this Key represents Creative Imagination. All of its symbolism refers basically to reproduction, multiplication and growth. In direct contrast to the virginal High Priestess the Empress is a pregnant matron. She is Venus, goddess of Love, Beauty, Growth and Fruitfulness. She is the GREAT MOTHER principle in nature. She represents the activity of the subconscious mind.โฃ
โI AM the Door of Life,โฃ
The passage from the world of ideas Into the world of form.โฃ
Expressing myself, I take form in substance, But the power which worketh in that substance Is the sovereign force of mine outflowing ideas.โฆโโฃ
โโฆI am the fruitful wombโฃ
Whence all creatures have their birth.โฃ
I am the Mother of mothers. Hence it is commanded:โฃ
โHonour thy father and thy mother; That thy days may be longโฃ
Upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.โโฃ
For I, who am thy Father, am thy Mother also; And if thou honourest me, the Giver of Life, Then shalt thou triumph at the last,โฃ
Even over death.โโฃ
Excerpt from the ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐โฃ
by Paul Foster Caseโฃ
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โฃHigh Priestessโฃ
The title, High Priestess, means literally โchief feminine elder,โ or primary receptive aspect of the Life-power. In Hindu philosophy this is Prakriti, the precosmic root-substance which is the substratum beneath all the objective planes of existence.Thus the woman in Key 2 is in one sense identical with the First Mother, or First Matter, of the alchemists, who often call this Prima Materia their Virgin Diana.โฃ
The High Priestess corresponds to all the virgin goddesses of the ancient world - to Artemis, guardian and helper of childbirth, to Maia, mother of Hermes, to Bona Dea, and to Kybele, whose sanctuaries were caves. Dr. Waite says โshe is the spiritual Bride and Mother, the daughter of the stars. . .the Queen of the borrowed light, but this is the light of all.โโฃ
The phrase, โwhose purity naught can defileโ, means that no matter how many the forms developed from it, the virgin substance is itself unchanged. Like water, which holds matter in suspension or solution, this substance remains ever itself. Here is one key to the alchemical mystery of the First Matter. Here, too, one may find a clue to the inner significance of the Virgin-myths of all religions.โฃ
โโฆRemember now that I myself am the pure KNOWING Whence all manifestation ariseth.โฃ
Recall to mind that my superior nature is the Primal Will, the Eternal Watcher,โฃ
Under whose regard the stream of creation floweth.โฃ
The substance of the stream is the inferior nature, Wherein I see innumerable images of myself.โฃ
These be all things and creatures, great and small.โฃ
Whatever existethโฃ
Is as a ripple on the surface of the stream, But all are of the one substance.โฃ
Thus all share in the peculiar qualityโฃ
Of the stream itself,โฃ
Which is the mirror of myself to myself,โฃ
The root of all remembrance.โฆโโฃ
Excerpt from the ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐โฃ
by Paul Foster Caseโฃ
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April 1; For this day that honors the foolโฆโbag of wind.โโฃ
/๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐: โฃ
โฃThe Foolโฃ
The Hebrew letter Aleph is assigned to the tarot card The Fool it symbolizes Cultural Power, Creative Energy, Life-Power, the vital principle of plants, animals, and humans which comes to us in physical form as the energy of the Sun. This principle is also called Life-Breath. It is the Greek Pneuma, the Sanskrit Prana, the Hebrew Ruach. Literally these words mean โbreath.โ Secondarily, they refer to the Spirit, or allpervading Life-energy.โฃ
This meaning is substantiated by the title, for Fool is derived from the Latin follis meaning a โbag of wind.โ Thus the Fool symbolizes that which contains air, or Breath. The number 0 carries this idea a step farther. It is a symbol of the limitless, unconditioned Life-Power. The 0 is shaped like an egg, hence it symbolizes that which contains all of the potencies of growth and development. Occultists will understand that this refers to the Cosmic Egg, and to the Ring-Pass-Not.โฃ
โโฆALEPH in truth am I, The OX of solar fireโฃ
Whose radiance lighteth all the world, Whose life-breath ebbeth and floweth In creatures great and small,โฃ
Whose power taketh formโฃ
In all the acts of men, of beasts, of plants,โฃ
Yea, and of things which seem inanimate, as well.โฃ
ALEPH am I, the patient burden-bearer, Strong to carry the heavy load of the manifest.โฃ
ALEPH am I, the Eternal Worker, By whose might all fields are tilled, And from whose life all seeds Derive their growth and increase.โฃ
ALEPH am I,โฃ
The First and the Root.โฃ
From mine unfathomable Willโฃ
The universe hath its beginning.โฃ
In my boundless Wisdom.โฃ
Are the types and patterns of all things.โฃ
Before all worlds I WAS;โฃ
In all worlds I AM;โฃ
And when worlds are but a memory,โฃ
I SHALL BE.โโฃ
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Excerpt from the ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐โฃ
by Paul Foster Caseโฃ
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