‘Awakenings’ 24 x 24 c 1.5 in.
Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas
I love the Southwest US. This piece was created after visiting pictographs in the desert of AZ. Another title for this piece is , ’Shaman.’
"Because it is not an organized religion as such, but rather a spiritual practice, shamanism cuts across all faiths and creeds, reaching deep levels of ancestral memory. As a primal belief system, which precedes established religion, it has its own symbolism and cosmology, inhabited by beings, gods, and totems, who display similar characteristics although they appear in various forms, depending upon their places of origin."
~John Matthews, The Celtic Shaman
What is shamanism?
Shamanism is a spiritual practice found in cultures around the world from ancient times up to the present day. First and foremost, the 'shamans' practices are practical and adaptable. These practices coexist over millennia with varying cultures, systems of government, and organized religious practices.
Many formalized religions, from Buddhism to Christianity, came from ancient shamanic roots and still bear the shamanic threads of deep connection to the divine in all things. But shamanism itself is not a formalized system of beliefs or an ideology. Rather, it is a group of activities and experiences shared by shamans in cultures around the world. These practices are adaptable and coexist with different cultures, systems of government, and organized religious practices.
Although I find all this interesting and historical, and somewhat spiritual; I am a true believer in Jesus Christ. He alone is my Lord and Savior. He also is the purest gift of love from God himself. He gave us his only son as a way to live eternally with Him. No truer form of love is this, that while we are yet sinners, Jesus died for us and in so doing, made a way for our spirits to live eternally with Him in paradise, ie. heaven. What a way to live!
- Subject Matter: Abstract