Technicians of Ecstasy: Shamanism and the Modern Artist

Technicians of Ecstasy: Shamanism and the Modern Artist

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Book Description
Vincent Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and Karen Finley are just a few of the well-known artists who have used shamanistic techniques to access visions. Mark Levy explores the use of seeing dreaming and ritual by these and other artists seeking the kind of visionary experience that has long been the wellspring of creativity. Since humankind first learned to use imagination and dreaming there have been seers and sages eager to press beyond the known and verifiable to see what they can see. This is their story.

From the Publisher
Mark Levy's meaty scholarship and lucid interpretations demonstrate the power and the centrality of the shamanic mindset in modern and contemporarty art. He argues convincingly for the continuing importance of the artist-as-shaman in these supposedly rational times. As Levy insists art heals and reveals that which science cannot

Technicians of Ecstasy: Shamanism and the Modern Artist,Mark Levy,Bramble Books,0962618446,20th Century Art,20th century,Art, Modern,Art, Shamanistic,Artists,General,Literature - Classics / Criticism,New Age,Psychology,Special Subjects In Art,Themes, motives,Witchcraft & Wicca,Occultism & quasi-religious beliefs

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