by Jade Ashcroft
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A great deal of the mystical content that is evident in esoteric art comes from the subconscious. Subconscious messages should not be censored or beautified – they should be raw and strange as they usually are. The way for a subconscious to become conscious is through free association and sensitivity towards reality. Creatures, symbols and places that you come across in the Esoteric are from the dreams of the maker.
Jade on Spirit Guides:
"I have a Spirit Guide that often visits me while I am sleeping or in deep meditation, who looks a bit like a Samurai Warrior, but he has the most peaceful eyes I have ever seen. I painted him one morning after a particularly vivid dream in which he explained the necessity of exploring your dark side, or 'shadow self', and I take this painting with me whenever I go to psychic fairs to do Tarot Readings."............................ Jade Ashcroft.
