Civilisation Art and Beauty by Wayne Gatfield

One of my favourite articles by HP Blavatsky is “Civilisation the death of Art and Beauty.” The only part of it that I wasn’t keen on was the word ‘death’ which I thought was a little pessimistic! In this article she bemoans the fact that countries like Japan, who have strong Spiritual traditions, began to

MONDRIAN, KANDINSKY AND DELVILLE – THEOSOPHY & THE SPIRITUAL IN ART. By Colyn Boyce

One should not underestimate the impact the Theosophical Society has had on the modern world through its writers, painters and musicians. This treatise examines three of the ‘heavy-weights’ of the European abstract school of painters – Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky and Jean Delville. PIET MONDRIAN Pieter Cornelis ‘Piet’ Mondrian was an influential Dutch painter, and

Why We Need Memes by Kieron Devlin

Memes are everywhere across social media and are growing faster than a mushroom colony.  Funny memes especially have reached a pinnacle of use during the last two years in response to the duress people feel as humour relieves pressure.  That memes are proliferating faster than any alleged ‘variant’ should not surprise anyone. We consume them

‘Lost in the Lakes: the Astrology of Coleridge and Wordsworth’ Written by Kieron Devlin.

On a recent visit the Lake District it struck me that Coleridge and Wordsworth have been co-opted by the tourist industry. This can obscure what truly defines these poets which was not just about landscapes- more their psycho-geography. They themselves loathed the term ‘romantic’ which was meant to be dismissive.  Coleridge lived at Greta Hall near Keswick.  He believed that poems should be ‘walked into being’ so he had strenuous slopes to climb to aid his

Pleine Aire, the Art of Sharon Ormerod written by Debbie Elliott

 I was lucky enough to meet Sharon Ormerod in person at the European School of Theosophy, we had been friends on Facebook sometime before that. Finally, I got to spend time with this talented lady whose artwork I had been following on Facebook. I began asking her to tell me more about herself: SO:  I

The Magical Art of William Kearney by Debbie Elliott

William Kearney is an artist and a musician and he incorporates the two. In his persona as Sand Snowman he has made a number of musical albums and collaborated with various other artists. Will Kearney has also exhibited many of his works at exhibitions around Europe as well as using his own artwork for his