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
Birth of a Butterfly by Sojourner Zenobia
These days...they pass with a heightened yes-ness to bigness. Every moment is measured by whether or not I have chosen to expand deeper into Mariposa: Warrior Butterfly. Mariposa is an alter ego. She is the yes-ness. A manifestation of my highest self. Around March I...
The Stuff of Life: Clay, Figurines and Priestesses in Mesoamerica†
By Anne Key - Originally published in a slightly different form in She is Everywhere! An Anthology of Writing in Womanist/Feminist Spirituality, ed. Mary Saracino and Mary Beth Moser (Berkeley, CA: Belladonna, 2005) and Stepping Into Ourselves: An Anthology of...
The Reed God Plays On: A Conversation with Elizabeth Tomboulian & Joan Forest Mage
On May 7, 2014, LFA Executive Director Joan Forest Mage and Singer/Sound Healer Elizabeth Tomboulian had a conversation about the many parallels in their respective artistic careers, including dance, somatics, overtone singing, the importance of non-judgment about...
Painting & Alchemy
by Colleen Koziara - I painted all the pieces in the "From the Fire" Series during my two years of working in Sacred Fire Circles: an ecstatic Alchemical Experience of all night dance, drumming, music, chanting, song, etc., held in a Crucible style space, and designed...
The Power of Visual Art: Becoming Aware of How It Affects You
by Cary Weldy - Note: This article contains excerpts from Cary Weldy’s upcoming book: Creating Sacred Space in the Home: Unveiling the Secrets of the Masters, which is expected to be released by the summer of 2014....
The Ecstasy of Feeling Free
by Joan Marie - As a college student, I was awestruck by Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. Profoundly moved, I thought if art can be that powerful, I must be a part of it. From that day it has been my purpose to visually express this positive explosive energy...
Calaj: Collected Writings from an Artistic Duet
by Calaj (Janet Trierweiler and Matthew Schaefer) - As artists and kindred spirits both working in contemporary painting, we created Calaj, a collaborative art duet in which we create artwork together. Five years into our duet, the commitment to painting together has...
Life Force Arts Method: Exploring the Deep Archetypes of Human Life through the Arts
The Life Force Arts Method (LFAM) is a spiritual teaching based in ancient, universal wisdom, that I received through inspiration. The model as a whole took almost thirty years to develop, from 1985 – 2013, although the core concept, the 4 Skills, has remained consistent.
It is enough to love/a hair’s breadth from despair and other poems by Britt Posmer
image: Red Dakini (c) Britt Posmer Poems by Britt Posmer The sun pours through slats the width of eyelashes. It is enough to love a hair's breadth from despair. All we need is a small window, a diamond of light. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on the day i was born water declared...
Seraphic Light: Music as Spiritual and Mystical Praxis
by David A. Powers - Despite the fact the music has always been linked with spiritual practice, for most in modern Western society, this connection has been lost; music is seen as mere entertainment. From this point of view, works of music are nothing but commodities...
