Sacred Journeys

A Conversation With Alex Grey, American visionary artist In early January 2011, I was scheduled to interview the American visionary artist Alex Grey [pictured right] for The Australian ahead of his first Australian art tour. The problem was that at the time, my home city of Brisbane was in the midst of some of its worst-ever flooding. Due to a sketchy internet connection, I didn’t want to risk t..

To praise the Creator We sing our songs. God of Gods, Source of Sources Moving atomic and kosmic forces Hearts are pumping bloody praise. Through our veins Your nameless name And boundlessness Echo in each beating breast Drumming your eternal Song. Meaning counters meaningless And dreams make sense uncommonly deep. Your fury most mysterious, Your voice we hear in every breath...

Two Glues The Luminous Body has two binding forces or glues that keep it connected to the physical body: the electromagnetic field and the chakra system. 1) Electromagnetic field The electromagnetic field is the primary glue that holds the luminous body to the physical body. It surrounds the body and is generated by electrical activity of the the nervous system. If the spinal ..

TEDxTalks Alex Grey at TEDxMaui 2013 Cosmic Creativity: "How Art Evolves Consciousness" -About the Presenter: Visionary artist Alex Grey began his career as a medical illustrator at Harvard Medical School, but is best known for paintings that present the physical and subtle anatomy of an individual in the context of cosmic, biological and technological evolution. His work has ..

CoSM Journal of Visionary Culture Volume 8: Community CoSM is offering a uniquely creative way to participate in CoSM by sponsoring space to share your work in the Journal of Visionary Culture. Mars-1, Mutual Metaphors, 2011, acrylic on linen, 13 x 7 ft. www.mars-1.com This is an opportunity to : share your business, artwork or personal message with the Love Tribe : have your ..

. . . "Art can be a form of worship and service. The incandescent core of an artist's soul, a glowing God's eye, infinitely aware of the beauty of creation, is interlocked with a network of souls, each one a facet of the Vision Crystal, part of one vast group soul. The group soul of art beyond time comes into time by projecting symbols through the artists imagination. God's ra..

'Ocean of Love Bliss' by Alex Grey "The subject tonight is love and for tomorrow night as well. As a matter of fact, I know of no better topic For us all to discuss... until we all die." - 14th Century Persian Sufi Poet, Hafiz . . . - Holding love as a supreme ideal, Is like a Sacred Mirror. Recognizing the Divine reflected In the face of the other. Makes the relationship A Spiritual Path And a..

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'Third Force' Alex Grey . . . When we started living together in 1975, we moved into an empty loft where we worked hard to build walls, sand floors, build a bathroom and a kitchen. We slept on the floor and washed our hair in the sink of the local "greasy spoon" down the street. This joint effort of creating our new home cemented our connection during a rocky initiatory time. We continued to co..

ArtTurning On, Tuning In and Painting the Results “Sophia” (1989), acrylic on canvas, at left, an installation by the psychedelic artist Alex Grey. More Photos > By KEN JOHNSON Published: December 19, 2008 The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in Chelsea will close at the end of this month. That may not mean much to most of the art world’s hipper denizens, but it will to visionary and psychede..

Chapel of "Sacred Mirrors" The Sacred Mirrors series is a totally unique work of contemporary sacred art created by Alex Grey. This installation of 21 framed images, consisting of 19 paintings and two etched mirrors, examines the anatomy of body, mind and spirit in rich detail. Each painting presents a life-sized figure facing viewers and inviting them to mirror the images, cr..