Jodorowsky – On How To Read the Tarot
“By learning, among many other things, to concentrate our attention, to control our thoughts, our desires, and emotions during the reading; to […]
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Liberation Cinema: Rossellini’s Ten Commandments
Rossellini’s Ten Commandments Roberto Rossellini’s Ten Commandments on film-making he gave to his students at the Centro Sperimentale, 1. The camera is […]
The Flowers of St. Francis
Not only is Roberto Rossellini’s 1950 film The Flowers of St. Francis just outrageously beautiful, not only does it have tons of […]
Powers vs. Beings
Our modern science acknowledges a Supreme Power, an Invisible Principle, but denies a Supreme Being, or Personal God. Logically the difference between the two might be questioned; for in this case, the Power and the Being are identical.
Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved
The beauty of this poem is beyond words.
Do you need a guide to experience the heat of the sun?
Why We Need Urban Shamans
Shamans and mystics are important because they are interpreters of microclimates within our communities. Shamans cultivate their own personal relationships with the divine, with the fundamental principles of life. Their ability to find meaning within the mysteries of the universe, rather than through sanctioned books and renowned figures, necessarily destabilizes authoritarian power structures.
Shamanic Cinema: Ben Russell’s “River Rites”
“The real skill of the practitioner [of magic] lies not in skilled concealment but in the skilled revelation of skilled concealment. Magic […]
This Picture Reveals Your True Nature
When we practice looking closely (and then looking closely again, and then again) at a text, or a painting, or person, we can begin to see beyond the categories we normally ascribe to that object. We start to see its suchness, its uniqueness in all the world. We begin think about its history and context. By looking closely, whole new worlds, both interior and exterior, begin to open up, and we can start to make connections between all things, which is the essence of the psychical project.
Medium As Performer
“‘Modern Spiritualism’ had, after all, started in the United States when the Fox sisters discovered in March 1848 that the spirit of […]
Performer As Medium
“The performer sees herself as a medium the spirit passes through.” – Joan Jonas, 1982