Preliminary thoughts on sacred art
The proposed sacred art of the Theoevolutionary Church (TC) is Promethean, related to the Outward Path, which places it on another plane from the exclusively Inward Art of Traditional sacred art. The Promethean, Outward Path art of TC is informed and infused with the Inward Path of spirituality, but it affirms the material by making sacred evolution and nature.
This means less rejecting of Western art and Classicism than the art philosophy of the East, which, at its essence, rejects the Promethean because it rejects materialism. Frithjof Schuon, for example, finds ancient Eastern sacred art far greater than Western art, based on his general rejection of the “materialism” of the Promethean.
The difference between the Promethean in TC, and the Promethean in modern Western art, is that the “original” and “creative” are informed by scared evolution in the Outward Path, whereas modern Western art is only creative and original in the secular and human sense, generally rejecting religion entirely.
Traditional spirituality rejects materialism, Western secular materialism rejects spiritualism, in TC material evolution moves nature toward Godhood, inspired by the Activation Within (Tirips). The theology and projected art of the Theoevolutionary Church reflect this synthesis.
The proposed sacred art of the Theoevolutionary Church (TC) is Promethean, related to the Outward Path, which places it on another plane from the exclusively Inward Art of Traditional sacred art. The Promethean, Outward Path art of TC is informed and infused with the Inward Path of spirituality, but it affirms the material by making sacred evolution and nature.
This means less rejecting of Western art and Classicism than the art philosophy of the East, which, at its essence, rejects the Promethean because it rejects materialism. Frithjof Schuon, for example, finds ancient Eastern sacred art far greater than Western art, based on his general rejection of the “materialism” of the Promethean.
The difference between the Promethean in TC, and the Promethean in modern Western art, is that the “original” and “creative” are informed by scared evolution in the Outward Path, whereas modern Western art is only creative and original in the secular and human sense, generally rejecting religion entirely.
Traditional spirituality rejects materialism, Western secular materialism rejects spiritualism, in TC material evolution moves nature toward Godhood, inspired by the Activation Within (Tirips). The theology and projected art of the Theoevolutionary Church reflect this synthesis.
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