NEWS
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W.W. Harmon’s Esoteric Manuscript presentation now on YouTube
April 2, 2025
“W.W. Harmon’s Esoteric Manuscript - An Illustrated Presentation” is now online.
In 1891, an optometrist and scholar named William W. Harmon began work on what would become a truly monumental metaphysical manuscript which has been hidden from sight for over 130 years. 284 pages in length, hand illustrated with gorgeous…
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W.W. Harmon’s Esoteric Manuscript – An Illustrated Presentation
January 18, 2025
Thursday January 23rd, I will be presenting along with scholars Devon Deimler and Matt Marble the one-of-a-kind, esoteric manuscript of William W. Harmon.
“In 1891, an optometrist and scholar named William W. Harmon began work on what would become a truly monumental metaphysical manuscript which has been hidden from sight…
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“Painting the Cosmos: A Key to the Influence of Theosophy on Modern Art”
September 2, 2024
My article, “Painting the Cosmos: A Key to the Influence of Theosophy on Modern Art,” is now available in the September 2024 issue of The Theosophist. In this article, I briefly examine the repeated use of certain formal elements in the previous century plus of abstract painting and connect those…
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“Not A Repeat, But A Rhyme with Michael Carter”
August 2, 2023
My interview with Martin Benson of “Concerning the Spiritual in Art” podcast is now live. Watch the episode on YouTube or your favorite streaming service (Apple, Spotify, and others).
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CALIFORNIA SOBER
July 10, 2023
The Floating Gallery presents California Sober
California Sober showcases eleven artists working with themes of transcendence, psychedelics, religiosity, intoxication and beauty. Exploring the urge at the heart of the California experience, both the pleasures and dangers of this mythos, with its endless cycles of renewal, against a timeless landscape of…
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Introducing BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT
July 10, 2023
Friday, July 7th, I will introduce a screening of BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT at the Philosophical Research Society. I will discuss what has changed in the evolving understanding of the artist since the film was released in 2019 and sharing some new anecdotes about local connections. Join us…
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“In Response—Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group”
February 28, 2023
Tuesday, February 28th, I’ll be speaking at LACMA about the artwork of Emil Bisttram and Dane Rudhyar as part of “In Response—Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group.”
I’ll be focusing specifically on illuminating the spiritual practices that influenced their paintings of the Transcendental Painting Group era (1936–1945) and the direct…
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“The Spiritual in Art: An Interview with Maurice Tuchman”
February 28, 2023
My interview with legendary and controversial curator Maurice Tuchman is live on East of Borneo
“But there was a serious art historical argument to be made. At that time, we were all great fans of the way the history of modernism was explained and elucidated at MOMA. But I…
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Transcendental LA now on YouTube
December 13, 2022
My lecture “Transcendental LA: Agnes Pelton, Dane Rudhyar, and the New Age in Los Angeles” is now available to watch online
“Artist Agnes Pelton (1881–1965) and astrologer-musician-artist Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985) are names both obscure and famous. Close friends for over thirty years, Pelton has emerged as a leading figure of…
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Transcendental LA: Agnes Pelton, Dane Rudhyar, & the New Age in Los Angeles
November 22, 2022
Please join me Thursday, December 1st 2022 for “Transcendental LA: Agnes Pelton, Dane Rudhyar, and the New Age in Los Angeles” at the Philosophical Research Society
I’ll be discussing the uniquely Southern Californian influences on their creative achievements and will reveal specific theosophical doctrines in Pelton’s artwork and Rudhyar’s astrology,…