"Aether" sculpture pendant
Aether according to alchemists was the fifth and essential element of life force. The other 4 as the Greek philosopher-mathematician Empedocles (c. 450 BCE) who first established the system of the four primary elements, fire, air, water and earth.
The force that moves through us, present in all the other Elements and the essence of god. Despite man's successes in science, our society is still as undecided and inquisitive as ancients regarding fundamental questions of our existence. This leaves the path open to spirituality and art.
In ancient Greece Aether was the protogenos (primal and elementary) god of air and light in mythology. He was the son of the gods Nyx - or Noc in latin (primordial goddess of night) and Erebus (god of shadow and darkness). With this mythological allegory, Aether, god of light was born from darkness. Further on, Aether (as a noun) was believed to be the 'fine upper air' breathed by the gods of Olympus.
This item was created as a sculpture. The silver en captured sphere is hollow and is rotatable on its axis.
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