Top arts and spirituality magazine publishes artist's Ma'at's Feather article, painting
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CHICAGO - illiNews -- Artist Anne Nordhaus-Bike has had an article about one of her paintings published in the Rosicrucian Digest, Volume 103, No. 1, 2025. The issue is devoted completely to art.

Published by the Rosicrucian Order (Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, or AMORC), an international community of philosophers studying natural laws in order to live in harmony with them and tracing its origins to ancient Egypt, the Rosicrucian Digest is an international online magazine that focuses on topics related to science, history, the arts, mysticism, and spirituality. It has been published continuously since 1915.

Nordhaus-Bike's article is, "Ma'at's Feather and the Art of Transformation." In it, she tells about her oil painting Ma'at's Feather.

In ancient Egypt, Ma'at was a female deity whose name meant "truth." After death, every person came face to face with Ma'at, who weighed the individual's heart, which housed his or her soul, against a white feather. If the scales balanced, the person entered paradise. If the heart outweighed Ma'at's feather, the person had to stay in the underworld.

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The article features a full-color reproduction of the painting Ma'at's Feather by Anne Nordhaus-Bike.

"The red background alludes to the heart that Ma'at must weigh as well as the spiritual fire and personal sacrifice that assist inner growth," Nordhaus-Bike said. "Touches of gold indicate spiritual riches obtained from inner purity and heartfelt devotion. The white feather floats in air and has turned almost completely purple, symbolizing a kind of spiritual achievement or royalty beyond simple purity."

Get links for Nordhaus-Bike's article and the audio version of the article, read by Nordhaus-Bike, at https://artistanne.com/1227/magazine-publishes-anne-nordhaus-bike-maats-feather-oil-painting-and-article/

Nordhaus-Bike is an artist and president of ANB Communications, a Chicago, Illinois, USA-based arts and communications firm. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and a member of Woman Made Gallery in Chicago.

For more on Nordhaus-Bike and her art, go to https://artistanne.com/.