Talisman-Runen Paintings

 

I love traditions from a bygone era.

These paintings are used as Talismans, their power comes from composed runes (Bindrunes).

 

Jolanda Klopper

Body, Mind & Soul triptych

Body

Composition made of the letters "B O D Y" in runes

2025

A representation of the body of an aquatic animal or sperm. The very beginning of lifeforms which is inextricably linked to water.

 

Mind

Composition made of the letters "M I N D" in runes

2025

The Mind itself is made up of the Dagaz runes. The rune of twilight, the time of day when our minds are most receptive to good ideas. The lying figure 8 of the magician. With your mind, your imagination, you create your entire world. You are the magician.

Soul

Composition made of the letters "S O U L" in runes

2025

For the imagination of the soul I used, of course,  the sowilo runes as the green aurora light beams, coming from the sun, as the symbol of the soul that animates the body of a being. This being is in violet so that it has the ability to be in the highest state of frequency.

 


Connection

Connection

Composition made of the letters

"C O N N E C T I O N" in runes

2025

Experience a deep connection by embracing the other as a part of yourself. Understand each other's point of view. To sense each other on many levels.


Passivity

Composition made of the letters "P A S S I V I T Y" in runes

2025

To accept or allow what happens without active response or resistance.

Inner Peace

Composition made of the letters "I N N E R"  and " P E A C E" in runes

2025

The absence of internal conflict, disturbance, stress, pain, noise, chaos, and strife. To be able to keep myself strong in the face of these things.

Vibes

Composition made of the letters "V I B E S" in runes

2025

Based on the sound of a Jew Harp

Confidence

Composition made of the letters "C O N F I D E N C E" in runes

2025

Confidence that comes from appreciating my own abilities and qualities.

Growth

Composition made of the letters "G R O W T H" in runes

2025

Me and my dog Ciske

 

Cozy (for Roos)

Composition made of the letters "C O Z Y" in runes

2025

Dear Roos, for you in your new home, I wish you lots of cozyness. That you feel like a fish in water, Cozy!

Power

Composition made of the letters "P O W  E R" in runes

2025

Me and my dog Coco

Love

Composition made of the letters "L O V E" in runes

2025

The frog as the ultimate symbol for real love, in the fairy tales the prince is transformed into a frog to find the almost impossible real true love. The Frog is connected to the sacred trilogy: it comes from the water (soul), lives on land (body) and jumps through the air (spirit). The frog, of course, symbolizes transformation, because first it is a little fish, and then it becomes a creature with arms and legs.

Spirit

Composition made of the letters "S P I R I T" in runes

2025

Focus ll

Composition made of the letters "F O C U S" in runes

2025

Dear Lazyness, Dear Anger and Dear Despair

Composition made of the letters "D E A R  L A Z Y N E S S" ,  "D E A R   A N G E R"  and  "D E A R  D E S P A I" in runes. 

2024

These paintings are based on the poems made by The Mad Arab 

 

This photo is a photoshop impression

 

Read the poems here:

Creation and Focus (on the Aesir)

Composition made of the letters "C R E A T I O N" and 'F O C U S" in runes

2024

This photo is a photoshop impression

 

Love My Critics

Composition made of the letters 'L O V E  M Y  C R I T I C S" in runes

2024

This painting is there to help to remind me that the critical stream of thoughts, there is to protect me from the criticism of others. If, like me, you grew up among people who always criticised you, then you create an inner critic, out of self-protection, in order to avoid the criticism from others. And you will  already refines you so that you do everything as perfectly as possible. This inner critic is actually your best friend. Love this friend within yourself, but continue to sincerely examine whether the criticism is still valid. That's how my next painting came about, from the words Validation.

This photo is a photoshop impression

Validation

Composition made of the letters "V A L I D A T I O N" in runes.

2024

I painted this one after I made the painting 'love my Critics'. I  made it to  help me remembering, that it helps me to constantly question myself,  whether this thought is still really valuable to me or not. If it's not, to remove the piles that support the thoughts by coming up with clear counterarguments. 

 

I am Complete

Composition made of the letters " I  A M  C O M P L E T E" in runes

2024

Titel: Dear Pain

Composition made of the letters "D E A R  P A I N" in runes

2024

Based on a poem made by The  Mad Arab

This photo is a photoshop impression

 

Read the poem here:

The Deep Secret of Self-hate

2024

This grit is essentially the structure by which the entire cosmos is created, and to which all laws are bound, Because all the runen, the entire Futhark is created from it, this is also a composition made of the letters 'T H E  D E E P  S E C R E T  O F  S E L F  H A T E" in runes.

 

Based on a Poem from The Mad Arab

 

Read the poem here:

The Deep Secret of Self-hate

I made this painting by the poem The Deep Secret of Self-hate from The Mad Arab, bearing in mind the story of Wodan from Norse mythology, who sacrificed himself to himself and hung upside down for nine days from the world tree Yggdrasil, and then, in exchange for one eye, he received wisdom in the form of nine branches. I based this painting on these nine branches, nine lines, because with them you can create the grit of this snowflake.The shape of the hexagram! With this shape, from the flower of life, from which Metatron's Cube emerges, the structure by which the entire cosmos is constructed. And throughout this shape, you can also find all the symbols of the runes, which I enjoy working with, because they represent all the words through which all thoughts are formed, every vibration, becoming reflections of all the sounds that create the entire cosmos. 

This is the deeper meaning of this painting: if we disconnect from ourselves, we cannot create. But when we are, when we think, speak, and create from our true essence, we are connected to the gods who created it all through us.

 

This is the underlying meaning of this God Wodan, who is the same as Hermes Trismegistus, Thoth, Kukulcan, Djehuty, earthly angel Metatron* and many more… 

 

The deep secret of self-hate,

sacrifice yourself to yourself…

Carl Jung discovered that there are parts of ourselves we are aware of and parts we are unconscious of. Everyone who has been socialised, so everyone, has gone through the process of splitting themselves up. You have pushed those parts that were disapproved of by your up-bringers away from yourself into your subconscious. This disapproval of the self is the root of self-hate. And the unbearable emptiness within us is the result of the missing parts of ourselves. The soul wants only one thing: to make us whole again. But to become whole again, we must be willing to acknowledge and face the aspects of ourselves that we have disapproved of, as a part of ourselves again.

If you know a little how our protection mechanism works, than you know that even self-hatred is based on love. When they still hate us after we get rit of all our parts, by hating yourself, you protect yourself from the hatred from others. Self-hatred is a very clever self-defense tactic. Your enemy won't do anything to you as long as you are already wounded. But it's not so easy to get out of it without the knowledge of the love aspect from these mechanisms.

 

*Metatron's cube, this snowflake shape, represents the blueprint of creationAccording to sacred geometry it symbolises balance and harmony, illustrating how all life is connected. The five Platonic solids which are the sacred geometry shapes, the building blocks of the entire universe, are also constructed from this shape.

More paintings based on Wodan's grit of the nine twigs, go to  "MORE PAINTINGS"

Alignment               

Composition made of the letters "A L I G N M E N T" in runes

2024

This painting took on the appearance of a mill, which for me personally is a perfect link to the mill from my native village, which had the beautiful appropriate name 'De Hoop', which means hopeful in Dutch.

 

I am Brave

Composition made of the letters "I  A M  B R A V E" in runes

2024

This painting is my inner strong mask. It acts like a fence, and behind this mask I am so very safe from the danger I face, which makes me feel very comfortable when faced any kind of  danger.

Authenticity ll

Composition made of the letters "A U T H E N T I C I T Y" in runes

2024 

Authenticity is always about the freedom to connect your outward expression with your inner feeling at that moment. The yellow zigzag line represents my personal inner energy. The colors green, purple and blue belong to the corresponding chakras. So live from my heart (green). in combination with the highest frequency (violet). And with my throat to reinforce this expression (blue).

 

My spirit

Composition made of the letters "M Y  S P I R I T" in runes

2024


About my Runen paintings

 

The meaning of the symbols that make up my paintings.

 

The Runic Writing, Magical runes to awaken the cosmos.

The starting point is one or more words that I write in runes and then knead into a composition… bind runes. Each rune has its own symbolism but can also be written with. 

 

Circles, dots, spheres, with or without a tail represent Potential. Such as sperm, seeds, egg, planets or breasts. The potential of something that is given the opportunity to grow, to become reality. The circle symbolize time.

 

Vesica Piscis, this mathematical shape resembles an eye, Yoni or fish.

This sign is created by overlapping two circles. This shape means a door to other dimensions, and represents balance and rebirth.

 

I also use hands, the sense of touch that represents creation.

 

And it is no coincidence that I like to work on a square as a format, as a symbol for the grid of space.

 

So in summary, all my paintings have to do with awakening the still dormant creative potential present in the cosmos, to participate in the eternal dance in the space-time continuum. The eternal dance between the complementary energies, the darkness and color, the void and the creation, the straight and the round. In other words, the complementary balance that supplies the entire universe with energy.

 

 

Connection - explained

Connection

Composition made of the letters

"C O N N E C T I O N" in runes

2025

 

O & O - The two Othalaz of being truly home, are a man in yellow - of energy, and a woman in blue - of water. And where they connect is the mixed color green, of life force and heart chakra.

C & C - The two Cen’s (also known as Kenaz) of inner flame, spiritual growth and knowledge. I placed them on their heads as purple flaming crown chakras.

E - The Ewaz the horse that takes you further in life (it looks like M), are the genitals and the arms with the hands that hold each other. For the creative energies, needed to shape their lives, they can generate it themselves through stimulation. I used the colours red for him of the root chakra and orange for her of the sacral chakra.

T - The man has Tiwaz as a nose, following his lifepath,  Tiwaz is the arrow that leads to your north star. Tiwaz is symbolized by the warrior's arrowhead and associated with the god Tyr (Mars). It represents strength, leadership, and determination. To have the capability to navigate through challenges with authority and rationality.

I - The woman has Isa as a nose, ice, she is passive but full of the potential of which the entire cosmos is built. Isa is protecting her soul while se undertakes her dangerous journey by following the choices of her heart based on love.

N - Then there are three times Naudiz, two sticks to make fire, give the image of a cross. In need to have the power to keep their inner fire burning. They are purple because this is the holiest color with the highest vibration, and the color of intensely hot fire.