How do you prevent a drop of water from drying?
Throw it into the ocean...

A tiny mermaid with angel like face, tied up with an anchor, crying in a glass jar, filled with his own tears, what it can mean?

This painting is about the aparent eternal conflict between the spiritual aspiration and our animalic desires that keep us in perpetual pain, suffering and illusion,and the alchemy of spiritual evolution, the dissolution of Ego

I ain't gonna make all the connections between symbols, I just want to present in a few words the main symbols that can be found in the painting, to open your field so you can make your own connections, ald let a little bit of mystery, because as Einstein said..."it is the source of all art and science"

The man is forced to swim through his own tears in life or that he creates the substance of his own sensation. Tearfulness is merely the symbol of all revelation of feeling or the creation of the substance of consciousness, since tears are mostly associated with strength of sensation whether pain or grief on the one hand or delight and joy on the other. The swimming in the tears is no more than the substance of self in awareness on the surface of consciousness-stuff. Feeling is the tangible creation of awareness, and it is a necessity of his existence that man possess feeling and by some means make it manifest.

Ego - In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative traditions, the human being is often conceived as being in the illusion of individual existence, and separated from other aspects of creation. This "sense of doership" or sense of individual existence is that part which believes it is the human being, and believes it must fight for itself in the world, is ultimately unaware and unconscious of its own true nature. The ego is often associated with mind and the sense of time, which compulsively thinks in order to be assured of its future existence, rather than simply knowing its own self and the present.
In South Asian traditions, the state of being trapped in the illusory belief that one is the ego is known as maya or samsara. ( is the circle of rebirth and suffering, caused by the illusion of mind, is symbolised by the glass jar.)
To become free of the ego, all you need to do is be aware of your thoughts and emotions - as they happen.

In European folklore, Mermaids were natural beings that, like fairies, had magical and prophetic powers. Although very long-lived, they were mortal and had no souls. There’s more to the story than this, though. So many creation myths concern female sea dragons and/or serpents that I feel that there could be a connection in these beliefs and myths to the Mermaid legends. It was later, in the Old Testament, that serpents and dragons became associated with the Devil and Satan - dragons are potent symbols of good fortune in Eastern religions. The fish is a covert Christian symbol 'ictus', the initials of Jesus Christ, the Fisher of Men, and the ritual food - the Christian canon draws connections between Mary Magdalene and the ocean. Throughout, we see a pattern of sexual tension and mystery. So who are the Mermaids?
In ‘articularistic’ religions there are no gods but a range of spirits, from sojourning ghosts and mortal witches to perennial beings, whose natures and dispositions to man are attributed by categories. For example, Mermaids and leprechauns are both usually pictured as irresponsible. Many folktales record marriages between men and Mermaids who might assume human form. In most the man steals the Mermaid’s cap, belt, comb, or mirror – some object which represents both her magic and her sexuality. If she finds the stolen item, she returns at once to the sea; but whilst the object remains hidden, she lives with him. In some variants, the marriage lasts while certain agreed-upon conditions are fulfilled and it ends when the conditions are broken. Thus the Mermaid’s fishy attributes represent her dual nature, neither wholly magical nor wholly mortal. Though sometimes kindly, Mermaids were often dangerous to man. Some legends say that, if offended, they caused floods or other disasters; their gifts brought misfortune. To see one on a voyage meant an omen of shipwreck. Sometimes, like Lorelei of the Rhine, they lured mortals to death by drowning or enticed young people to live with them underwater, as did the "Merrymaid" whose image is carved on a bench in the church of Zennor in Cornwall. The Sirens of Greek mythology were half-bird rather than half-fish, but they are said to seduce sailors with the sound of their beautiful singing, luring them into shipwreck and death in order to consume their souls (because they, themselves lack a soul)....
Sirens were in fact Nymphs, which is Greek for "young girl." Also, "nymphae" is another name for the labia minori, hence "nymphomania" – more sexual references. Nymphs were lesser divinities in Greece and Rome, and like Mermaids and fairies of other European folklore, they could be harmful as well as life enhancing. Some other Sea Nymphs included Oceanids (such as Calypso and Electra) and Nereids/Dorids (such as Galatea and Amphitrite, mother of Triton). The Yara in Brazil is a Siren associated with charisma, as were the Graeco-Roman ones; today, "siren" survives as a term for a vampish woman, as well as the French word for mermaid, sirène. The Nymphs’ brothers were the goat-legged Satyrs.

We tend to associate the equation of Christ and fish with the miracle of the loaves and fishes, or the fact that some of the disciples were fishermen (Christ as the fisherman of souls), but the symbol has an older origin connected with a more ancient myth. The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects notes that "Ichthys ( or ictus ) was the name of a son of the ancient Sea-goddess, Atargatis, also known as Tirgata, Aphrodite, Derceto, Salacia, Pelagia, or Delphine, whose name meant both 'womb' and 'dolphin'; all appeared in mermaid form. In a way, however, Jesus could be called the same Ichthys as the son of Sea-mother Mari, whose blue robe, pearle necklace, and much-varied name referred to the world's oceans: Maria, Marina, Marian, Mariamne, Myrrhine, Myrrha, Mari-Yamm, Mari-El, and Stella Maris, the Star of the Sea."
An association between Mary Magdalene and the sea grew up, as it did with the Holy Grail which, according to the Nag Hammadi Codices, Magdalene took with her to France after the Crucifixion. The Chalice also represented the uterus to the cultists (as does the horseshoe), and the wine the menstrual blood. Tantric and alchemical texts refer to menstrual blood by a number of colourful names including Star Fire, Gold of the Gods, and Vehicle of Light. This provides another root for vampire legend. The Roman goddess Mens (Bright Moment/Mind) is also associated with menstruation and Tantric shakti.

So what is the symbolism behind the anchor? While the earliest forms of an anchor being used as a symbol harkens all the way back to the early Christians. They would often use the anchor as a hidden symbol for the cross. This was often used to show that they were Christian while escaping persecution from the Greeks.
The anchor has lots of symbolism and history behind it. Some use it as a tatoo when are looking for something to remind them to stay grounded or want to symbolise a particularly stable or grounding relationship.

Egg: the egg is a wonderful symbol of birth and rebirth, an apparently lifeless object out of which comes life. Because of this, it is a symbol of Christ’s Resurrection and is seen most often at Easter. In 2006, a necropolis under the Vatican revealed an infant who’d been buried holding an egg to symbolize his parents’ hope in his resurrection, because of Christ’s Resurrection.Legend has it that St. Mary Magdalen went to Rome and met with the Emperor Tiberius to tell him about the Resurrection of Jesus. She held out an egg to him as a symbol of this, and he scoffed, saying that a man could no more rise from the dead than that egg that she held could turn scarlet. The egg turned deep red in her hands, and this is the origin of Easter eggs, and the reason why Mary Magdalen is often portrayed holding a scarlet egg.
In days gone by the egg, due to its shape, was a symbol of the earth. Thanks to its obvious association with the beginning of life, it has also been the basis of many ancient creation stories. It has been a symbol of fertility, rebirth and the cycle of life.
Sometimes the word is used for the circle or zero, for the egg combines the senses of fertility and sphericity in one symbol. The egg with its central germ is the circle with the point. In company with the stroke for the masculine power in nature -- sometimes represented as a vertical line -- it makes the number 10, or the figure of relatively perfected or complete emanation. The egg was the symbol of life in immortality and eternity, and also the glyph of the generative matrix. The anatomy of a hen's egg shows a wonderful analogy with the stages in comic evolution and the human principles.

The glass jar full of tears can remind you of the Holy Grail, as well as an egg ( both making a direct connection to Christianity).

One of the greatest mysteries of the United Kingdom are the Knights of King Arthur and especially the Holy Grail. The word grial, as it is earliest spelled, appears to be an Old French adaptation of the Latin gradalis, meaning a dish brought to the table in different stages of a meal. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, after the cycle of Grail romances was well established, late medieval writers came up with a false etymology for sangréal, an alternative name for "Holy Grail." In Old French, san graal or san gréal means "Holy Grail" and sang réal means "royal blood"; later writers played on this pun. Since then, "Sangreal" is sometimes employed to lend a medievalizing air in referring to the Holy Grail. This connection with royal blood bore fruit in a modern best seller linking many historical conspiracy theories, as the "Da Vinci Code", that claim that the kings of Europe are direct blood descents of Jesus Crist and Mary Magdalene. Now you can find a meaning to the castle from the glas jar

This symbolism links it to the moon, a feminine aspect. The cup and the great waters of Binah could be perhaps the waters of life which surround an unborn child? Furthermore a cup or Grail performs a function of a receptacle.

A union of essences evoked for the god and goddess shared in sacrament. Salt is the true consecrational element used in many magical circles of thought. Salt in alchemy (the body, an earthy function of grounding) is seen as a bonding catalyst of the other counterparts: sulphur (the soul, energy, masculine in form) and mercury (fluidity, the spirit, feminine in form). Let us not however forget the feminine angle. The Holy Grail in some schools of thought is believed to be the female vagina or woman's whole body, the shrine, a sanctuary men seek. In the Mabinogion, the Cauldron of Branwen is seen as a regenerating / rebirthing object able to re animate dead warriors. Does the Graal not only regenerate the land and King Arthur to former vitality? Thus could we suggest that mankind seeks its redemption by going back to the womb; the all innocent mother­p;bearing figure via enlightenment? So is a Heaven of splendour just the womb experience or Nirvana an ideal of sexual ecstasy ?

Enlightenment could be compared to that of the orgasmic experience. The great feeling of inner glow, of oneness, a loss of ego and unselfishness experienced at the climax of this act. The word enlightenment is a greatly misunderstood term which, in my opinion, is not totally grasped by many surface occult traditions. Alchemical doctrines question the magician to know about the knowledge of metals contained within oneself.