Pieter Weltevrede will present ten new paintings based upon his explorations over the past thirty years of the vedic square. Included in this presentation will be a discussion of his work as a dynamic conscious-unconscious meditative aspect of art making as spiritual practice. He will also present the Indian wash technique used to put many layers of watercolor, while still retaining transparency, and other techniques from his Indian teachers.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
11 am to 5 pm (lunch break at 1 pm)
Vedic crystals are simple geometric shapes based on the relationships between vedic numbers - which represent planetary energies - and the world of form. They are used to create crystaline mandalas behind yantras in order to enhance their effect. A yantra is a geometric diagram used in meditation and tantric practice. It is designed through yogic science to produce a particular kind of divine energy.
Pieter Weltevrede, Master of Sacred Geometry, will introduce the use of the Vedic Square formula in constructing a crystal form or mandala.
Paper
Pencil
Sharpener
Ruler
Compass
Eraser
The Chapel will close early at 4pm on Friday, November 9th due to our Gala Benefit Party!
Join Alex as he walks through the gallery with visitors and talks about the artwork and the
Chapel space.
Purchasing in advance guarantees admission.
NOVEMBER FULL MOON AT CoSM
Saturday November 24th
Time: Doors open at 7pm
Prayer: 7:30-9:30pm
Drumming and Dancing from 9:30pm
until midnight
DENNIS KUCINICH speaks at CoSM
Thursday Nov 29, 5-6:30 pm 2007
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, 542 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
Free event --
Contribute to Dennis Kucinich's presidential campaign by midnight Thursday, November 9th and your contribution will be matched by the U.S. Government!
Come meet the candidate for President who voted against the unjust Iraq war from the beginning and submitted a plan for ending it as soon as the war began. Hear about his plans for a Department of Peace based on application of the principles of non-violence found in the teachings of Gandhi, King, and Jesus.
Meet the courageous 6th term Congressman from Ohio who dared submit articles in Congress to Impeach Cheney. All money raised by the evening of November 29th will be doubled because of the federal matching funds for candidates.
A message from Dennis Kucinich
Dear Members of the CoSM Community,
We need you to help us raise $1 million on line from now until November 29th. If you make a contribution during this time, it is eligible for matching funds through public financing.
This means that your $50 contribution becomes a $100 contribution, $200 equals $400 ... up to $250. Reaching our goal of $1 million gives us $2 million to help with the resources needed to spread our message in the early primaries.
Tell all your friends and family! This is an amazing opportunity for our campaign and we need everyone's help to reach our $1 million goal.
There are literally just weeks left before the primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. We are proud of how far we've come, and the way the American people have embraced our message of "Strength through Peace." According to recent polls we are in 4th place in New Hampshire. You could help put us over the top in New Hampshire by making a contribution today, and Double Your Impact, by taking advantage of the federal matching funds program.
Your support is essential as you can help us:
Run advertisements and media, hire field coordinators and staff, provide housing for volunteers willing to come to New Hampshire to help get Dennis' message out. Have all the resources we need to compete in New Hampshire and other early primary states. You know our campaign does not take contributions from corporations or from special interest groups. We have relied on people like you to help support our campaign. You have always come through during our end of quarter drives.
Now is the time that you can take advantage of this special opportunity. Make a contribution today!
Help us reach our goal of raising $1 million in federal matching funds this week. Please forward this email to all of your friends and family, make sure they know about this special opportunity.
Thank you so much for all that you are doing. Together we will make a difference; together we will take our government back.
In Peace,
Dennis Kucinich
Also on Thursday, November 29th Come celebrate Alex Grey's birthday from 6:30-8 @ CoSM !
DAMANHUR
TEMPLES of HUMANKIND
On a mountaintop outside of Turin, Italy, in 1978, spiritual leader Oberto Airaudi (a.k.a. Falco) had a vision of sacred temples built inside of the mountain -- and the digging commenced. The Temples of Humankind were a secret from even the closest neighbors for the next twenty years as artists, artisans and builders excavated and created the equivalent of a five-story subterranean building. The community that has grown around this underground network of halls and corridors has its own system of government, its own currency with minted coins, its own school and stores. The people named their community, Damanhur, a word channeled by spiritual leader, Airaudi, from ancient Atlantean, meaning "City of Light".
Today, temples filled with superbly painted murals, soaring sculptural columns, meticulous mosaic floors, and giant stained glass domes, are the context for this intentional community that celebrates universal world spirituality drawn from all sacred traditions. Secret Doors, the Blue Temple, the Hall of Water, the Hall of the Earth, the Hall of Metals, the Hall of Spheres, the Hall of Mirrors, and a Labyrinth are revealed in this guided photographic tour.
This volume represents the astonishing art and architecture created by devoted members of the communal village of Damanhur. Merging ancient mystic customs and principles with contemporary consciousness and philosophy, this tiny utopia has manifested an eco-conscious, self-sustaining society. Damanhur’s temples are its most exquisite gift to the world.
Some Comments on CoSM Press's
Damanhur, Temples of Humankind:
Hardcover: 168 pages
Publisher: Cosm Press
Dimensions: 13.6 x 10.7 x 0.8 inches
by Esperide Ananas (Author)
Alex Grey (Foreword)
Rob Calef (Introduction)
Roberto Benzi (Photographer)
Allyson Grey (Editor)
Elii Morgan, Marisa Scirocco (Designers)
Profound appreciation goes to WENDY GRACE and MICHAEL HONACK, and the Tides Foundation, for financial support of the Damanhur book project. Wendy has long been a supporter of the arts and sciences in spiritual applications. Michael is a gifted artist with a specialty in glass work. The couple were so inspired by the Federation of Damanhur that they dedicated themselves to informing the world about their magnificent Temples.
The Damanhur book project was coordinated by Alex and Allyson Grey, artists and co-founders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM). The Grey’s manifested a Chapel of mystical art as the context for an interfaith spiritual community center. The alignment of the two communities, Damanhur and CoSM, on different continents led supporters to invite Alex and Allyson, along with designers Eli Morgan and Marisa Scirocco to create this definitive volume on Damanhur.
“Beautiful. What a great book. Visually stunning and very interesting. And published from a great publisher, CoSM. Support CoSM. They have some other really cool stuff. Thank you for your work in helping to illuminate the path."
- Homie G (Planet 9)
“This book is absolutely gorgeous. It contains tons of really interesting information on the temples (not to mention brilliant photography work). Beautiful.”
-Squidsley (Boston, MA USA)
“A magnificant coffee table book! What a wonderful book this is! I am a great fan of New York artist Alex Grey's work and he and his friends have made a superb job of this large format hard back book which features marvelous glossy photos from Darmanhur, the artistic and spiritual community near Turin in Italy. It's a must have for your coffe table if you're interested in the power of spiritual vision, artistic expression and intentional communities. I will treasure this book always. Thank you EBay for delivering it so promptly all the way to Australia!”
-Dr. Patricia A. Barton (Dunbible NSW Australia)
“Alex grey brings his clarity to the task of drawing the publics eye onto an unbelievable society that has profound lessons to teach the rest of the world about opening up to the complete truth of who and what we are as sentient beings.”
-Nicholas Kuebelbeck
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