ART, CULTURE and the SACRED

Essays on the spiritual dimension of the arts from a Buddhist perspective. Here you will find essays on myth, cultural history and the evolution of the arts and society.

THREE COSMOGENIC MYTHS an essay in the spirit of Joseph Campbell on three of the most influential myths of creation

THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ART Ratnagarbha explores the spiritual vision of John Ruskin and his continued relevance to the modern world

Shorter blog posts on Art and the Sacred – see Categories / Art and the Sacred

Longer essays on art & spiritual values – see Essays / Art & the Sacred below

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A Pilgrim in Narnia

a journey through the imaginative worlds of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings

The Dorset Rambler

Exploring the countryside and lanes of Dorset

Reconstructionary Tales

Modern literature; occasional straying into other paths.

Wood Bee Poet

Poems, thoughts...etc.

Shiny New Books

What to Read Next and Why

adcochrane

Curiosities, exploration, strange things and history

The Smell of Water

Dark and True and Tender is the North

Julian Beach :: Writing

Poems | England | Staffordshire | East Anglia | Northern Ireland | The Needwood Poems.

kindledspirit.com.au

art & poetry for spiritual evolution

heritagelandscapecreativity

Exploring Time Travel of Place

dianajhale

Recent work and work in progress and anything else that interests me

Richly Evocative

Places, books & other diversions

Writing the World

Nature writing for the ecological crisis

The Solitary Walker

art & poetry for spiritual evolution

Psychogeographic Review

The Art of Psychogeography

Particulations

art & poetry for spiritual evolution

dianajhale

Recent work and work in progress and anything else that interests me

Brian David Stevens

art & poetry for spiritual evolution

Murdo Eason - From Hill to Sea

walking / writing / between world and word

Ambrose Gilson – photography & writing

Photos and essays of geo-poetry, nature and landscape

Matthew Kunce Photography

A journey into photography and life.