About
Visionary Art, Shamanism & The Transpersonal
LILA is Sanskrit for ‘Cosmic Play’, the universe experienced as arising from the joyous love play and creative adventures of the Divine. The website was created by painter and writer Daniel Mirante in 2000 ad as a resource for people exploring ‘medicine culture’ ; shamanic forms of creativity and healing of the whole being, including breathwork, rebirthing and plant-based entheogenic practices. Past contributors have included Professor Michael Winkelman, Dr Stan Grof, Dr Karl Jansen, Flore Singer Aaslid and Dr Benny Shanon.
Exploring Visual Arts
The practice of visionary painting (aka ‘fantastic realism‘) strongly entered the rubric in 2004 ad. Lila participates and assists development of visionary culture through maintaining strong affiliation with related projects such as Elvism.net and The Visionary Revue, and generates a rich current of news and original content including regular interviews and features with artists and authors exploring imagination and visions. The importance of visionary art is seen in its ability to bypass the linguistic mind and directly present the phenomenological realities of the ‘imaginal realm’.
A good place to start is by exploring our featured articles, which include interviews with artists and text by authors exploring the realm of imagination and visions. Entheo Art and Spirit Culture by Delvin Solkinson gives a poetic and inspired glimpse into the themes of this site.
- Features is a summary of the newest articles
- Text is a section containing articles and poetic explorations
- Interviews includes discussions with practicing artists and authors
- Events notifies of interesting happenings globally
Lila is a community-centered hub for those interested in visionary creativity, open to recieving contribution and co-creation with allied projects exploring similar themes. Please do not hesitate to get in touch via dan @ lila.info with your ideas for collaboration.
Daniel Mirante, Dec 2007