My passion for flowers lays not only in the real flowers but also in their meaning through myths and magical spells. In this world where internet dominates our lives, I go back to recreating a magical manuscript about the flowers.
After the Iris (see my previous post) this time I drew a Daffodil, or Narcissus, with a magical text next.
This is a Narcissus Poeticus, i.e. the most parfumed kind of Daffodil, usually cultivated in France and now also in Piedmont (see my previous blogs)
Here I reproduced this flower, that represents the meaning of death and resurrection together. In magic this flower is deeply linked to the Iris, because their similar magical meaning and their fantastic scent.
The Narcissus was also a very beloved flowers of Marie Antoinette of France. In the book "L'Herbier de Maire- Antoinette de Elisabeth de Feydeau this flower is depicted in this way:
She writes: "On cultivait à l'époque de très nombreuses veriétés de narcisses pour orner les parterres et habiller les plates-bandes au printemps. LE narcisse des poètes (Narcissus Poeticus), appellé aussi Herbe à la Vierge, était très apprecié pour sa belle fleur blanche parfumée, dotée de son centre d'une couronne jaume soufre marginée de rouge."
