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Post #491522 by hodadhank on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 1:39 PM

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The Tower is Key Sixteen of the TIKOT! Major Arcana.

Babalu's Tower mug takes the form of a Melanesian drum. It's stretched head form the heavens which open to reign down lightning. A reservoir above the tower cornice may contain 151 and set aflame. The top of the tower is seen crumbling and falling to the ground beneath as two figures plummet from it's heights. Possibly an allegorical reference to Babel and the arrogance of man. The Tower represents the paradigms constructed by the ego, the sum total of all schema that the mind constructs to understand the universe. The Tower is struck by lightning when reality does not conform to expectation.

The Tower by Rick "Babalu" Henderson of Lemon Grove, California, USA
Ceramic, glazes, gold
$420.00