THE HIEROPHANT

Artist: Al Neaimi
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THE HIEROPHANT

Having created a solid foundation on which to build his future, the Fool is struck with a sudden fear. What if everything he’s worked for is taken away? Is stolen, or lost, or destroyed or vanishes? Or what if it is just not good enough? In a panic, he heads into a holy place where he finds the Hierophant, a wise teacher and holy man. Acolytes kneel before the man, ready to hear and pass on his teachings. The Fool tells the Hierophant his fears, and asks how he can be free of them.

“There are only two ways,” says the Hierophant sagely, “Either give up that which you fear to lose so it no longer holds any power over you, or consider what you will still have if your fear comes to pass. After all,” the Hierophant continues, “if you did lose all you’d built, you would still keep the experience and knowledge that you’ve gained up to this point, wouldn’t you?”

This surprisingly pragmatic advise releases the Fool from his fear, and he is able exit out of the sanctuary and face the world’s challenges once again.

Hierophant appears as a person, he’s likely an old, favored teacher, therapist, counsellor, advisor, sponsor. That young Priest with progressive ideas, or the old Rabbi who was always so down to Earth and fun, or maybe an uncle who always offered such common sense advise. Unfortunately, he can also represent that nasty teacher the Querent is dealing with, the one who refuses to deviate from the text book, or a sour-faced elder who wants to keep the church old fashioned and in the dark ages.

Standing for the Querent himself, the Hierophant might well warn against being too stubborn, especially in matters of theology or ethics. It can remind the Querent what it means to be a good, and beloved teacher. In this, the Hierophant can be very positive. When things are going very wrong in the world, the Hierophant is the one who wades in, quiets the panic, and offers good, practical advise. He symbolizes a connection to the divine, which answers with a very human voice, never oblique or mysterious. You know how to solve your problem, this card says; it is not easy, not a quick fix, but it is do-able. The solution is there, you’ve only to bring it down to Earth.
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ferndesign

wow love the deep reds in this well done
Madeline M Allen

Great composition and colors! Well done!!
Greta McLaughlin

Outstanding composition and riviting story.
Cheri McEachin

WOW this is incredible--
LocoCow

Awesome
TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

Very Creative…...... Amazing composition and brilliant contrast of color!! :-) Beautiful work of ART!
Mark Peterson

Fantastic work!
deahna

This is absolutely incredible, the details, the colors, the story, wonderful work of art!
LisaB entity

beautiful imagery n strength of colour
jean-michel ma...

ceci est ….....EXEPTIONNEL….!!!!!! i looooooooooooove it…!!!
Al Neaimi

Thank you guys for the kind comments glad you like this one.
Rosina Lamberti

Love the colours here
Al Neaimi replied

RED RED and more RED :-) glad you like it.
JohnScott

I feel your work is on another plane one that won’t be fully understood until all walls are disolved
Al Neaimi replied

I feel the same way John , some get it and some do not.
Ioanna Athanas...

Very nice work!
Al Neaimi replied

Thank you Loanna
Aritheeagle

The ‘fool’ lives his own bursted bubble – imagining all the time it is still inflated!

Nice one here – great paradox!
Al Neaimi replied

Thanks , i am looking forward to create an art work of the FOOL , that should be somthing :-)
greenfrog153

Creepy, but fantastic !!!!
meltaylor

Again, Beautiful work!!
mel
Al Neaimi replied

Thanks again Mel.
Maya -

The details in you work is extraordinay. Amazing.
Al Neaimi replied

Thank you very much Maya :-) wish you could see in in the real size , lots of details.
linaji

u have left your mark with this one Master in the Queen of LoVes territory .. If she were not driving she would do the same.. But she is happy to see such wisdom below The words that gave her heart such a ride this morning.
Al Neaimi replied

I am glad my friend , good to know you feel happy.
GittiArt

Just amazing your HIEROPHANTand the descripton ,too….TOP NOTCH !!! Btw, my next huge undertaking will be creating TAROT cards …I’ve been interested in astrology since a young girl !
Al Neaimi replied

Thank you very much Gitti , wish you all the best with the Tarot :-)
RSart

most amazing. so many details in the fabric.
Al Neaimi replied

Thank you very much E Sart.
Tania Donald

I find this really fascinating. not just because i am interested in the Tarot, but the image itself, the detail, the colour, the composition….may i ask whether this is a painting, or a digital creation?...or? ...it’s so beautiful and perfect i can’t tell how it was made….
Al Neaimi replied

Hi Tania , Thank you for the kind comment , Tania this work is a mix of my photography and painting , the face is painted and photographed , the rest designed and painted .
Tania Donald

interesting…thanks for sharing that. : )
Al Neaimi replied

Thanks Tania .
Gary Grant

One of the most admirable (images/story) Ive seen
Al Neaimi replied

Thank you very much Gary.
ellamental

I hope you are doing the whole deck!!
Al Neaimi replied

maybe one day.
RosaCobos

In classical Tarot cards he is called the Pope…
Pontifice…which comes from the latin pons-pontis… (bridge) that means he is the bridge between two worlds… mundane and heavenly. Your description talks about his deeds and his power quite clearly.
I love the powerful expression of the character you have done. Yellow is a colour associated with intelligence, it is supposed then that all that comes from his eyes and mouths is provided of wisdom…. insight and that his word is the Word. The whitness of the face expressed his abscence of carnal desires. He is not the Hermit, not.. he his spiritual power, and all that will received it will be done through the projection of his acolytes. His face remembers me the whitening of the Geishas.. in some way, destined not to be touched or used as a carnal marketing or intercourse but as an expreme spiritualization of pleasure and self recognizing in it. The clowns use to paint their faces in white too, and in many chamanic rituals, or death-spiritual rituals, the officiants have their faces and body ash-white painted all their bodies. There was a habit in the rural Spain… and that was adding ash to te laundry, for this was surely making the white of the sheets and towels… whiter. Your devotion for symmetry in your works… sometimes reinforces the quality of the character to a mesmerizing extreme…. so that we really feel engulfed by the Hierophant’s look and surely expecting to see what is going to come out of his heavenly mounth.
Rosa
RosaCobos

Plus what I have said before…this great work deserves it…
Rosa
tkrosevear

CONGRATS on your Tarot Feature Al ;) xoxox TK ♥