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Art and hymn

Theurgy

Art and hymn as a practice of the sacred: making the visionary real.

Commissions

What theurgy is to me

I came to theurgy through research and practice. I wrote and performed hymns and created ceremonial artwork, and I noticed the effect it had on my consciousness.

Theurgic practice creates a cumulative effect. Writing and performing a hymn, making art, then contemplating that art during and after the performance, lets you penetrate far deeper into specific regions of the collective unconscious. It tunes you to particular channels: archetypes, deities, or facets of your own personality. It becomes a lightning rod for intuitive insight, and it can greatly enhance a meditative practice.

I believe artistic expression, when it is aimed at rendering intuitive insight and making the imaginal, dream and visionary states real, does something very potent to the psyche.

How I use it

Art-making runs through my work: it is how I make symbolic experience tangible. I work in collage and digital illustration, occasionally with AI tools.

A hymn captures visionary insight in a form you can perform, and performing a hymn in the proper mindset is itself a way to re-enter that state: a powerful form of active imagination.

Commissions

Make the visionary real

Custom Artwork

$250

An original digital illustration rendering your experience, symbol or intention. 11 × 14 inches at 300 dpi. Larger pieces by enquiry.

Commission

Hymn

$500

A hymn written for you, with the art that accompanies it (every hymn comes with a piece of art), and an explanation of the symbols, deities or subject it invokes.

Commission

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