'It is not, however, that there is a certain object that must be known, but rather it is about entering a state beyond the rational mind, into a state of contemplation' (Chögyal Namkhai
The architect has designed a “life machine” for the Dominican order, whose individual parts do not at first appear to form a whole. And yet he shows us the standard for an order that is felt to be in
The duty of art is, according to Beuys, to turn the invisible into the visible. Thereby it is necessary, that at first an inner form takes shape, a form of thinking. This form can then be brought
The cultural mirror of the soul has many shades today. Rarely have individual views of what is beautiful been more complex than in the modern cultural world.
With every new epoch the cultural mirror in which truth is shown changes. While for Plato and Plotinus the eternal spirit, the “One”, showed itself to sensory perception in "the Beautiful
A Talk Between Markus Stockhausen and Gunter Friedrich (LOGON magazine). Markus Stockhausen is a well-known trumpet player and composer, living close to Cologne in Germany. His work is documented on
Throughout human history, there have been periods when art, science and religion formed a trinity of transcendent character. In others, on the contrary, they not only dissociated but even persecuted
It is the ascent to lighter heights, into the starry spheres – it is a cosmic nirvanic super-world journey through the open gate between the clouds – it is transfiguration.
The year 2020 is the year of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary. He died on 29 March 1827. What the Holy Scripture is for a religious person, Beethoven’s music may be for a humanistic and ethical person.
The Renaissance period, born after the cold medieval winter, gave life to a symbolic spring of flowers and spiritual fruits. During that period, the restoration of the authentic Dignity of the human
Beauty can be experienced as force. To achieve harmonic proportions and compositions in sacred buildings the old masters had a rope with twelve knots tied around their belly.
The world of art has its own language. For centuries, especially in the sacred architecture, artists have manifested all their consecration to spirituality depicting or representing scenes coming