As of June 26, 2009, this discussion is undergoing a renaissance with new participants being invited to join.

Welcome!

This discussion is a place to share your personal experience of how art (whether creating art or experiencing art as audience) affected, is related to, your consciousness and spirituality.

While theoretical ideas may be included, I am most interested in hearing personal stories from you regarding your relationship with art as a means to consciousness and spirituality. In the 41 pages presently existing, members have posted links to research, music, and videos as well - which have enriched the dialogue.

Please note - one member transgressed a boundary on RG and was temporarily banned - which caused his postings to disappear. Also, by 2012, several members quit RG and all of their posts disaappeared.

These losses are unfortunate.  So, as you read through what is posted - you'll notice some holes, large or small, in the flow that was created by posts being deleted.

Oh, well! The discussion goes on!

Your contributions may be as long as you want, even essays or articles (but you might need to paste in longer passages in pieces as there seems to be a limit to what each post can hold). If you have much to say, I suggest creating a separate document - and then paste the text into a comment box. That way, you're less likely to lose an important communication created in the flow of passion.


Also, please add your own works of art, whether poetry, music, film, visual art, or whatever.

Your personal definitions of consciousness and spirituality establishes what you share, and the definitions may be as fuzzy and gray as you want. Likewise for the definition of art. Parapsychological/paranormal phenomena are welcome, too.

In the arts, the issue of consciousness and spirituality generally receives little attention. So, this is a frontier worthy of exploration.

Thanks for joining me on this journey. Let's go!

Tags: art, artists, audience, consciousness, creativity, dance, film, music, painting, parapsychology, More…poetry, religion, shaman, spirituality, theatre

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That's wonderful Denita.... best wishes for a successful class !!! I would love to see the powerpoint !!!!

db

Namaste
Hello stranger. Lovely to hear from you after so long. It's interesting and shows great humility and forethought that you've chosen to some degree to attempt to analyse the yang. Like the sun's energy that gives life to mother earth, and as spirit is to matter, the spirit-spark ignites the manifestation in matter. I look forward to a brief roundup of your talk. Also I'm pleased at the sense of knowing that you've reached an outside yourself holistic appreciation of the two, which in fact are really one. I'm speaking as purely one mind to another, finally emancipated from the shackles of our biological constraints. All the best.
Ah, Right On Roman - as always!

The emancipated are forever walking, one step at a time, away from the shackles. The shackles are always there.

I will confess to experiencing difficulty as to how to positively represent aspects of the male divine (warrior) without putting war in a positive light. I used Gandhi as a representative of the warrior/sage. I am using Sid as a representative of the Student (the binary counterpart to the Sage). David Lynch on meditation. Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven. And much more.

Last week was the 4 hr. class on the female divine. So lovely to watch the women walk out of the class, taller, prouder, stronger, grounded.

Next week: Trickster (I think Goldman Sachs and BP Chair will be good examples!). Final week: Sacred Places.

If anyone knows of good, relevant youtube videos on the trickster (past or present) or sacred places - let me know. Can be film clips, music, poetry, whatever. There are many paths to the top of the mountain - and youtube an be one of them!

Nice to be back.

Fondly, Denita
PS- When I post the PowerPoints, I will let you know. Not sure this website can upload PowerPoints. ???
Try attaching them to an email and send them to db@technoshaman.us or db@ensoundment.com or if you have a gmail/google account or upload it to google documents here...... http://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_thFGQCFLQ1MzBhNmNhMDktNGVmYi00YjV...

db

Greetings and felicitations! I am back.

 

More to follow soon!

 

Hi Denita!

 

Denita! Whoooooooooooooooooot!

Well Welcome back - Denita.  You always brought the required balance between rigor, decorum and creative spirit.

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