VISIONARY ART
  Howard G. Charing
     April 2012
WHAT IS VISIONARY ART?
• ART – HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME!

• &
VISIONARY?
• A VISION CAN CHANGE A PERSON’S LIFE

• A VISION CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

• VISIONARIES THROUGHOUT THE AGES

• THE VISIONARY EXPERIENCE CAN CHANGE
  HOW AN INDIVIDUAL OR A COLLECTIVE
  PERCEIVES THE WORLD
ONE VISION THAT HAS CHANGED THE WORLD
VISIONARY ART
• PRIME ESSENCE IS SPIRITUAL

• OPENS OUR MINDS TO NEW PERSPECTIVES

• TRANSPERSONAL STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

• FREES THE SPIRIT

• TO KNOW THE DIVINE
LIFE
• WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT; ISN’T IT
  STRANGE TO BE ALIVE?

• IF NOT – REFLECT ON IT!
VISIONARY ARTISTS
• EMISSARIES BETWEEN THE INEFFABLE AND
  THE MATERIAL WORLD
• THEIR ART SPEAKS TO BOTH THE DEEPEST
  AND HIGHEST DIMENSIONS OF OUR BEING
• INSPIRE US TO LOOK BEYOND THE VEIL OF
  CULTURAL AND LINGUSITIC LIMITS
• MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GROWING THE
  SEED OF EVOLVING CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN
VISIONARY ARTISTS
• THEY ADDRESS THE PERENNIAL QUESTION
• DOES MATTER COME FROM CONSCIOUSNESS
  OR DOES CONSCIOUSNESS COME FROM
  MATTER?
VISIONARY ART
• WE ARE HERE IN AN EXCITING AND UNIQUE
  TIME OF HUMAN GROWTH AND POTENTIAL

• THERE ARE SOME BRILLIANT VISIONARY
  ARTISTS ILLUMINATING THE WAY FOR US AT
  THIS IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN
  HUMAN AFFAIRS
ALEX GREY – THE NET OF BEING
ALEX GREY - TRANSFIGURATIONS
ALEX GREY
• “ART HAS A FUNCTION AND A MISSION TO
  INTERPRET THE WORLD, TO REVEAL THE
  CONDITION OF THE SOUL, TO ENCOURAGE
  OUR HIGHEST NATURE AND AWAKEN THE
  SPIRITUAL FACULTIES WITHIN EVERY
  INDIVIDUAL”

ALEX GREY (THE MISSION OF ART)
VISIONARY PLANTS
• ARE KEYS TO OPEN THE DOOR TO THE
  MYSTICAL DIMENSIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
• THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNISED AND
  HONOURED AS AN INFINITE SOURCE OF
  INSPIRATION AND ILLUMINATION FOR
  HUMANITY
• THE SO-CALLED ‘WAR ON DRUGS’ IS ACTUALLY
  A WAR ON OUR CONSCIOUSNESS!
AYAHUASCA VISIONS
‘LA AYAHUASCA Y LA CHACRUNA’
 BY MITA LOZANO
AYAHUASCA VISIONS
“TIME AND SPACE APPEARS UNITED TO US, AND
  WE ARE A PART OF THEM, BUT AN ALTERNATE
  TIME AND SPACE ALSO EXISTS BEYOND OUR
  EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE WHICH WE CAN
  PERCEIVE THROUGH THE EYE OF AYAHUASCA”

PABLO AMARINGO
DAVID ‘SLOCUM’ HEWSON - MADRE AYAHUASCA
MADRE AYAHUASCA
• “ ...Once, during an ayahuasca ceremony, a
  native came to me in a vision and told me to
  use my abilities as an artist to show 'my
  people' (Americans) the beauty of the
  Amazon, and also make them aware of its
  ongoing destruction.”
 DAVID ‘SLOCUM’ HEWSON
DAVID ‘SLOCUM’ HEWSON
PACHAMAMA
HEALING THE EARTH
THE VISIONARY ART OF THE SHIPIBO
THE VISIONARY ART OF THE SHIPIBO
THE AYAHUASCA VISIONS OF
    PABLO AMARINGO
PABLO AMARINGO – ONDAS DE LA AYAHUASCA
ONDAS DE LA AYAHUASCA

Ayahuasca is one of the most remarkable gifts
from the plant realm as it contains chemicals
identical to the neurotransmitters found in the
human brain.
PABLO AMARINGO – LLULLO MACHACO
LLULLO MACHACO

The concept expressed in this painting is that
however our life unfolds and whatever our
destiny might be, we are all born in absolute
perfection. We are innocent when we come
into the world and have no guile or deceits.

   A BIT DIFFERENT THAN ‘ORIGINAL SIN’
VISIONARY ART
VISIONARY ART
MISTERIO PROFUNDO

Visionary Art Presentation April 2012

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    VISIONARY ART Howard G. Charing April 2012
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    WHAT IS VISIONARYART? • ART – HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME! • &
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    VISIONARY? • A VISIONCAN CHANGE A PERSON’S LIFE • A VISION CAN CHANGE THE WORLD • VISIONARIES THROUGHOUT THE AGES • THE VISIONARY EXPERIENCE CAN CHANGE HOW AN INDIVIDUAL OR A COLLECTIVE PERCEIVES THE WORLD
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    ONE VISION THATHAS CHANGED THE WORLD
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    VISIONARY ART • PRIMEESSENCE IS SPIRITUAL • OPENS OUR MINDS TO NEW PERSPECTIVES • TRANSPERSONAL STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS • FREES THE SPIRIT • TO KNOW THE DIVINE
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    LIFE • WHEN YOUTHINK ABOUT IT; ISN’T IT STRANGE TO BE ALIVE? • IF NOT – REFLECT ON IT!
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    VISIONARY ARTISTS • EMISSARIESBETWEEN THE INEFFABLE AND THE MATERIAL WORLD • THEIR ART SPEAKS TO BOTH THE DEEPEST AND HIGHEST DIMENSIONS OF OUR BEING • INSPIRE US TO LOOK BEYOND THE VEIL OF CULTURAL AND LINGUSITIC LIMITS • MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GROWING THE SEED OF EVOLVING CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN
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    VISIONARY ARTISTS • THEYADDRESS THE PERENNIAL QUESTION • DOES MATTER COME FROM CONSCIOUSNESS OR DOES CONSCIOUSNESS COME FROM MATTER?
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    VISIONARY ART • WEARE HERE IN AN EXCITING AND UNIQUE TIME OF HUMAN GROWTH AND POTENTIAL • THERE ARE SOME BRILLIANT VISIONARY ARTISTS ILLUMINATING THE WAY FOR US AT THIS IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN HUMAN AFFAIRS
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    ALEX GREY –THE NET OF BEING
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    ALEX GREY -TRANSFIGURATIONS
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    ALEX GREY • “ARTHAS A FUNCTION AND A MISSION TO INTERPRET THE WORLD, TO REVEAL THE CONDITION OF THE SOUL, TO ENCOURAGE OUR HIGHEST NATURE AND AWAKEN THE SPIRITUAL FACULTIES WITHIN EVERY INDIVIDUAL” ALEX GREY (THE MISSION OF ART)
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    VISIONARY PLANTS • AREKEYS TO OPEN THE DOOR TO THE MYSTICAL DIMENSIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS • THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNISED AND HONOURED AS AN INFINITE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION AND ILLUMINATION FOR HUMANITY • THE SO-CALLED ‘WAR ON DRUGS’ IS ACTUALLY A WAR ON OUR CONSCIOUSNESS!
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    AYAHUASCA VISIONS ‘LA AYAHUASCAY LA CHACRUNA’ BY MITA LOZANO
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    AYAHUASCA VISIONS “TIME ANDSPACE APPEARS UNITED TO US, AND WE ARE A PART OF THEM, BUT AN ALTERNATE TIME AND SPACE ALSO EXISTS BEYOND OUR EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE WHICH WE CAN PERCEIVE THROUGH THE EYE OF AYAHUASCA” PABLO AMARINGO
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    DAVID ‘SLOCUM’ HEWSON- MADRE AYAHUASCA
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    MADRE AYAHUASCA • “...Once, during an ayahuasca ceremony, a native came to me in a vision and told me to use my abilities as an artist to show 'my people' (Americans) the beauty of the Amazon, and also make them aware of its ongoing destruction.” DAVID ‘SLOCUM’ HEWSON
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    THE VISIONARY ARTOF THE SHIPIBO
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    THE VISIONARY ARTOF THE SHIPIBO
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    THE AYAHUASCA VISIONSOF PABLO AMARINGO
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    PABLO AMARINGO –ONDAS DE LA AYAHUASCA
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    ONDAS DE LAAYAHUASCA Ayahuasca is one of the most remarkable gifts from the plant realm as it contains chemicals identical to the neurotransmitters found in the human brain.
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    PABLO AMARINGO –LLULLO MACHACO
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    LLULLO MACHACO The conceptexpressed in this painting is that however our life unfolds and whatever our destiny might be, we are all born in absolute perfection. We are innocent when we come into the world and have no guile or deceits. A BIT DIFFERENT THAN ‘ORIGINAL SIN’
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