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The Image of The Game in the Sun House:

Nebuchadnezzar (1968) Lion and Griffin (1968)
(Het beeld van Nebucadnezar) (Het spel in het zonnehuis:
de leeuw en de griffioen)

Two admirable examples of Johfra’s illustration

work may be seen in his plates to The Chymical
Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz - The Game in the
Sun House: Lion and Griffin and The Image of
Nebuchadnezzar (1968). Rendered in pen and ink,
the linework is very assured; the gradations of light
and shadow through stipling and hatching is very
accomplished. But, more than that, Johfra’s studies
with the Rosicrucians have given him a complete
grasp of symbolism: alchemical, ancient, bibilical
and cabbalist systems of thought and imagery all
intermix in these works. The Orphic/Mithraic figure THE VISION OF HERMES TRISMEGISTOS (1972)
on the right, encircled seven times by the serpent, (Het Visioen van Hermes Trismegistos)
will soon become the focus of his next major
work.
In 1972, Johfra executed a large painting called (Click on any image to enlarge.)
The Vision of Hermes Trismegistos (which also exists
in a second, more colourful version from 1985). Like
all the Hermetic paintings, a powerful feeling of
revelation pervades. The strong symmetry and
central figure invite us to still our wandering eye
and focus it onto a more contemplative symbol.

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