Category Archives: Sacred Art

The Relations Between Religion and Art

This article was written by Arthur Osborne and is taken from the January 1964 edition of the journal ‘Mountain Path’ available at www.ramana-maharshi.org Despite the secular spirit which swept over Europe at the Renaissance and has spread to the rest of the world in the present century, it would still be true to say that […]

Published: October 20, 2007, by Kartavirya | Posted in Sacred Art | Leave a comment

The Subversion Of Art

The modernistic definition of art is that art is a mirror of our society. Society – and nowadays also the global world – should be reflected in art. It is considered its duty and its very purpose, together with the firm apprehension – typical of modernism – that through progress, art has developed this important role of giving a critical and different view of how to solve societies’ imperfections. This is totally false. The problem is that art is totally drained of its sacred content and divine purpose. Art is lying on its very deathbed and is waiting to receive the last rite.

Published: August 23, 2006, by victor | Posted in Sacred Art | 1 Response

  • These fought in any case, and some believing pro domo, in any case …..

    Died some, pro patria,* walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men’s lies, then unbelieving came home, home to a lie, home to many deceits, home to old lies and new infamy;
    usury age-old and age-thick and liars in public places.

    Daring as never before, wastage as never before.

    Young blood and high blood, fair cheeks, and fine bodies;
    fortitude as never before
    frankness as never before, disillusions as never told in the old days, hysterias, trench confessions, laughter out of dead bellies.

    - Ezra Pound