"The Lovers"

This image represents the cosmic union between the feminine and masculine archetypes. The sun is depicted as our life-giver, providing light and shining its presence onto all life forms on our planet. The moon, as the feminine principle, deprived of its own light source, reflects the sun's light. In this way, she has offered humanity the gift of our feelings and emotions. She rules all the cycles of fertility and the ocean tides, as well as the growth of crops. This sacred union creates a flame of wisdom and equilibrium between the two polarities. Set in the ancient landscape of southern Chile, the vessels on the ground are tools of alchemy. Through distillation over fire, two separate plant medicines converge into one inseparable elixir. The woman stands on water, as the Mapuche of southern Chile believed their ancestors could walk on water while in a shamanic trance state. The man kneels to the woman, honoring the magic of her intuition and her ability to birth new life. He stands on solid ground, which represents the material plane, where all of our realities can take place and our dreams can manifest. Together, the two flames become one single flame,the union of the masculine and feminine archetypes, calling forth the continuation of life on earth.