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LILA covers emerging contemporary visionary and sacred art, artists, exhibitions, and related themes such as deep ecology, shamanism, mythology and new global world culture.

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A.Andrew Gonzalez

Martina Hoffmann

Maura Holden

Oleg Korolev

Robert Venosa

Featured Artists

HR Giger

H. R. Giger is one of the world’s foremost artists of Fantastic Realism. His airbrush innovations and ‘biomechanical’ aesthetics have been highly influential upon western culture.

Ernst Fuchs

Immersed in dreams and symbolism, combined with technical and aesthetic innovation, Ernst Fuchs is a grandmaster of visionary and contemporary sacred art,
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Interviews & Features
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The Man with the Golden Coin

By Oleg Korolev

The artist cannot realize that the problem is in the art system, which still acts as a hidden tool of the Cultural war, passing off a genuine Soviet-style of the “Planning economics” as the “Free market” of Capitalism.

New works by Oleg Korolev – Alchemy of Rurik

By Oleg Korolev

In general the Slavonic native religions have a lot in common with the rest of the Indo-European spiritual traditions and have a direct connection to Vedanta. A Russian word Veda (t’) means “to know” or just a “knowledge”, “awareness”, came from Sanskrit.
Lila has charted the contemporary visionary and sacred art movement by talking directly to those involved. Explore the themes, motifs, inspirations and approaches to creativity found in visionary art.

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Global sacred arts initiative

From the forges of the far western wing of the Elvish Nation in Canadia, comes an innovative new incarnation of the galactik trading card oracle complex.

Odd Nerdrum Granted Appeal

In a dramatic turn of events, the internationally renowned painter Odd Nerdrum has been granted a new trial in the Norwegian appeals court.

Heritages surrealistes

Immersed in dreams and symbolism, “Heritages Surrealistes” brings together the work of two of Andre Breton’s colleagues: Isabel Meyrelles and deceased Anne Ethuine with contemporary surrealists from seven different countries.

Sacred Visions : Art Techniques to evoke the visionary world

For these two consecutive weekends we will dive deep into our creative wellsprings and retrieve visions from our deep inner life with two experienced and recognized artists specializing in contemporary sacred art.
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Global sacred arts initiative by admin

From the forges of the far western wing of the Elvish Nation in Canadia, comes an innovative new incarnation of the galactik trading card oracle complex.

The Man with the Golden Coin by Oleg Korolev

The artist cannot realize that the problem is in the art system, which still acts as a hidden tool of the Cultural war, passing off a genuine Soviet-style of the “Planning economics” as the “Free market” of Capitalism.

Visionary Arts: What Vision? by Gaia Orion

The artist’s life may seem to be unfolding like an archetypal legend where dreams and events are interwoven in a perfect dance. The core of these visions is an ordered and centered life with intentions of understanding and integrity. The visionary art that comes from this base is what we also call “contemporary sacred art”.
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Upcoming Exhibitions & Events

Questing the Sacred

These artists, rising above the current fashion, are the untimely heirs of Blake, Delville and Moreau. Together they represent three generations of Visionary art at its finest.

Robert Beer – Visions of the Divine

http://www.octobergallery.co.uk/exhibitions/2012vod/index.shtml Lila very much recommends a visit to the brilliant October Gallery and Robert Beer’s talks. Robert Beer Robert Beer has studied and practiced Tibetan Art for the past forty years and is now recognized as one of the foremost scholars in this field. Over the past fifteen years he has been working closely with [...]

Art of the Orishas – Opening May 3rd

The spirits of the African diaspora continue to be a living and vibrant part of peoples lives. This show includes a blend traditional and modern interpretations of these spirit, their stories and ceremonies.

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entheogens

Interview : The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo

Daniel Mirante in Interviews 2 Comments Tags: ayahuasca, entheogens, Pablo Amaringo, shamanism

Pablo Amaringo is one of the world’s greatest visionary artists, and is renowned for his highly complex, colourful and intricate paintings of his visions from drinking the Ayahuasca brew. Howard and Peter met with Pablo at the school which he founded (Usko-Ayar school of painting) in Pucullpa where he lives and paints, and interviewed Pablo about his life as a shaman and artist.

Some Thoughts on DMT Art

Daniel Mirante in Articles, Visionary Plants No Comments Tags: ayahuasca, entheogens

Outside the Amazon, artists not born into or raised in indigenous or mestizo ayahuasca-using cultures, including such well-known visionary artists as Alex Grey, Robert Venosa, and Martina Hoffmann, have rendered visual experiences attributed to the ingestion of ayahuasca or DMT. For want of a better term, I will call this body of work DMT art…

Wise Mind – A Case for the Integration of Subjective Experience with Objective Reality in the Age of Fragmentation

admin in Healing, Visionary Plants 2 Comments Tags: entheogens, holism, holotropic, iboga, shamanism

By Flore Singer Aaslid
Fragmentation ultimately leads to pathology both individually and collectively, whereas integration promotes health. Fortunately, there is integrative potential in many fields of experience; art, myth, dreams and ritual all have this effect, as do many Eastern introspective techniques.

San Pedro and the shamanic tradition of Northern Peru, the Mesa Norteña

admin in Healing, Visionary Plants 1 Comment Tags: entheogens, plant shamanism, shamanism

An interview with Juan Navarro by Howard Charing
Juan is a descendant of a long lineage of healers and shamans working with the magical powers and plants of his bio-region.

Psychedelic Healing? Scientific American article

admin in News No Comments Tags: entheogens, healing

“Psychedelics could ease a variety of difficult-to-treat mental illnesses, such as chronic depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and drug or alcohol dependency. Clinical trials with various substances are now under way in humans.”

www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=psychedelic-healing

Forest Dweller : A Song of Gaia Sophia

Daniel Mirante in Mythos 1 Comment Tags: Daniel Mirante, deep ecology, entheogens, gaia, gnosis, sophia, wilderness

By Daniel Mirante
Describing a period of journeying in the wilderness, Flowing Balance describes mythopoetic transformations of consciousness interpreted as a dialog with the wisdom of the earth-Goddess Sophia

Effing the Ineffable: Reconciling Nonduality in The Doors of Perception and The Joyous Cosmology – Part 1

admin in Uncategorized 1 Comment Tags: alan watts, aldous huxley, entheogens

Tim Hardwick discusses the non-ordinary state of consciousness and insights described within two historically pivotal literary pieces, Alan Watts ‘The Joyous Cosmology’ and Aldous Huxley’s ‘The Doors of Perception’.