Definition Entry: Maga Remedios

Inspired by the works and spirit of Remedios Varo (1908 – 1963), whose art continues to open doors between the seen and unseen. “Maga Remedios” is written as a personal reflection in gratitude to her influence.

Maga Remedios — n.
A name for the painter-sorceress who moves between worlds.
Derived from the ancient Persian magush — a keeper of sacred knowledge — yet reborn through the brush of Remedios Varo as a woman who makes matter dream.

She is the archetype of transformation: part scientist, part mystic, part playful trickster.
Her alchemy is not of metals but of perception — she rearranges the ordinary until the invisible reveals itself.
To call her Maga is to recognize wisdom that doesn’t command, but coaxes: the kind that turns guilt into paint, shadow into pattern, and solitude into starlight.

Those who invoke Maga Remedios do not ask for answers.
They ask to remember how to see.