Timeless Elements (c) Steven Blaine Adams
photo: Helen Witkins
Pantheon: a journal of spiritual art
Maintained by Life Force Arts Center, whose mission is to connect art with spirit
Creating A Modern Medicine Wheel by Joan Forest Mage
In 1985, after fourteen years of study and professional performing experience as a modern dancer, I set out to create my own unique artistic expression. And many years after that, years of study, experimentation and creation, I realized that the system I had...
Ode to Arts & Specialist Teachers by Jenni Hanson
Editor's Note: This appeared as a Facebook post by Jenni Hanson on April 16, 2020, during the Covid-19 stay-at-home order Dear Specialist Teachers, Yes, you. The PE teachers and creative writing teachers and art teachers and music teachers and drama teachers. From a...
On Being An Artist by Corinne Viner
Becoming an artist is not the hard part. The hard part is doing the art, over and over. The hard part is bearing your own missed expectations about what your art should look like. The hard part is doing your work especially when the world tries to fill up your time...
Corona: Looking at the Spiritual Meaning by Joan Forest Mage
Medieval Sovereign Crown (female) (c) Steven Blaine Adamsone of the artworks in LFAE's 2014 exhibit Life Force Wheel: The Tribe & The Sovereign The corona virus pandemic is sweeping through the world, sickening and killing thousands and disrupting lives with...
The REAL Flying Reindeer was a Goddess: LFAE’s Rozhanitsa by Joan Forest Mage
Wondrous headed doe, with horns of a thousand branches and knobs Thousand branches and knobs and of a thousand bright candles Amongst its horns it carries the light of the blessed sun On its forehead there is a star, on its chest the moon "The Legend of the Hind",...
Midwinter Tale by Mary Burton
This is a series of images that came to me over several days in midsummer July 2019 depicting a story or journey that takes place during midwinter. The images appear to follow a queen or goddess figure at the darkest time of the year while she reaches out for...
The Ten Attributes of Shamanism
As a contemporary shaman born and raised and doing my shamanic work in the urban setting of Chicago, people often ask me, “What is shamanism?” "What tradition of shamanism do you practice?" “How is shamanism different from other forms of meditation and energy work...
“The Goddess Dissents” writings on the LFAE performance by Apollo Chapa, Joan Forest Mage & Corinne Viner
Life Force Arts Ensemble (LFAE) is a company of visual, literary and performing artists who create transformation through the arts based in the Life Force Arts Method (LFAM), a modern version of universal wisdom teachings that value true self and creative...
“Fire Rooster”: LFAE’s Performance Exploring Labels, Names & Identity by Joan Forest Mage
Fire Rooster (c) Lisa Nomikos Life Force Arts Ensemble (LFAE) creates transformation through the arts based in the Life Force Arts Method (LFAM), a modern version of universal wisdom teachings that value true self and creative community. Fire Rooster is the first in...
Creating LFAE’s “Rainbow Messengers” Performance: a Conversation with Aura Chapa & Joan Forest Mage
Joan: Do you want to say something about how we decided to create Rainbow Messengers? I remember I said, “Gee, could you do one of the performances for Life Force Arts Ensemble (LFAE) for the Fall Equinox?” To give some background: LFAE has been producing one of...
