Art and Spiritual Transformation
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Art and Spiritual Transformation:
The Seven Stages of Death and Rebirth
by Finley Eversole
Examining art from 1945 onward, the author reveals influences of ancient Egypt, India, China and alchemy. He draws extensively on philosophy, myth and symbolism, literature and metaphysics to explain the seven stages of death and rebirth of the soul: self-loss, journeying into the underworld, the dark night of the soul, conflict with and triumph over evil, awakening of new life, reintegration of consciousness on a higher plane resulting finally in ecstasy, transfiguration, illumination and liberation. Works of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Alex Grey and Ernst Fuchs, among others, are used to illustrate these stages. A meditation practice is provided through which the practitioner may experience the spiritual energy embedded within art. Numerous quotations and references.
Finley Eversole PhD, has lectured widely on the arts, philosophy, metaphysics and creativity. He served as executive director of the Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture from 1966 to 1969, collaborating with Joseph Campbell, Alan Watts, W. H. Auden and Alfred H. Barr Jr., founder of the Museum of Modern Art.
The Seven Stages of Death and Rebirth
by Finley Eversole
Examining art from 1945 onward, the author reveals influences of ancient Egypt, India, China and alchemy. He draws extensively on philosophy, myth and symbolism, literature and metaphysics to explain the seven stages of death and rebirth of the soul: self-loss, journeying into the underworld, the dark night of the soul, conflict with and triumph over evil, awakening of new life, reintegration of consciousness on a higher plane resulting finally in ecstasy, transfiguration, illumination and liberation. Works of Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Alex Grey and Ernst Fuchs, among others, are used to illustrate these stages. A meditation practice is provided through which the practitioner may experience the spiritual energy embedded within art. Numerous quotations and references.
Finley Eversole PhD, has lectured widely on the arts, philosophy, metaphysics and creativity. He served as executive director of the Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture from 1966 to 1969, collaborating with Joseph Campbell, Alan Watts, W. H. Auden and Alfred H. Barr Jr., founder of the Museum of Modern Art.
