A marble corridor extends beneath a celestial dome where concentric rings of light rotate like a primordial memory of the cosmos. The architecture arranges itself with classical solemnity: fluted columns, successive arches, golden friezes, and a geometry capable of holding the visible and the invisible at the same time. Every surface acts as a page of ancient knowledge, an architectural language in which beauty is also an initiatory method.
The dome functions as an astronomical map. Its luminous spirals represent cycles, orbits, alignments, and correspondences. The painted firmament embodies the Hermetic notion of as above, so within: the universe as an inner structure, human consciousness as a reflection of a greater order. The implied constellations speak of spiritual navigation, of the soul’s ability to orient itself beyond time.
The walls are lined with deep blue panels reminiscent of lapis lazuli. This mineral symbolizes inner vision, spiritual sovereignty, and access to celestial wisdom. Its golden specks contain the archetype of a mineralized sky. In this hall, lapis lazuli becomes a bridge between matter and the infinite: a stone that carries the memory of stars, a pigment of the sacred, a key of initiation for ancient keepers of knowledge.
The golden motifs that envelop arches and columns express the presence of solar intelligence. Gold symbolizes clarity, order, illumination, and the energy that sustains form. In alchemical language, it represents the purified spirit, the incorruptible essence that emerges when consciousness becomes transparent. Here, every stroke of gold establishes a connection between the hall and a higher plane, as if the architecture were breathing light.
At the center of the floor, a circular portal opens: a vortex of cosmic depth, bordered by golden ornamentation that acts as a protective seal and ritual frame. In the video, the portal activates; its surface ripples, awakens, and the entire hall begins to radiate luminosity. The opening of the vortex symbolizes the appearance of the axis mundi, the point where worlds communicate and the soul remembers its ability to cross dimensions.
The checkered floor manifests the initiatory path: the alternation between shadow and clarity, the movement between stages of understanding, the eternal dance between the earthly and the transcendent. Walking upon it is to advance through a state of expanding consciousness, where each step reveals a new segment of the mystery.
As the camera moves forward in the piece, the hall illuminates from within, as if the space were responding to the presence of the observer. The successive arches create the sensation of an infinite corridor, a sequence of thresholds that activate when contemplated. The architecture functions as a cosmological temple, an organism that guides, orients, and sustains.
The Astral Hall represents the union between stone, cosmos, and spirit. Each element holds a precise symbolic function:
The dome: orbit of consciousness.
The gold: solar intellect and inner clarity.
The lapis lazuli: deep vision and alignment with the celestial.
The portal: access to origin and to the inner dimension.
The checkered floor: the rite of the path, the movement of the soul between planes.
The entire work acts as a metaphysical sanctuary. A place where architecture becomes cosmology, time becomes a spiral, and the observer crosses their own portal toward expansion.