{"title":"Alex Grey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Grey\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into a transcendent exploration of the human form and spirit through his visionary art. His works, including \u003cem\u003eSacred Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTransfigurations\u003c\/em\u003e, blend anatomy, mysticism, and spirituality, offering a profound reflection on the interconnectedness of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this collection, expect to encounter richly illustrated volumes that challenge perceptions and inspire a deeper understanding of consciousness and creativity, firmly rooted in the realms of arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sacred-mirrors-by-alex-grey-9780892813148","title":"Sacred Mirrors","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unique series of paintings takes the viewer on a graphic, visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self. 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These artists are able to transcend established thinking and help us redefine ourselves and our world. Today, a growing number of art critics, philosophers, and spiritual seekers believe they have found that vision in the art of Alex Grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransfigurations\u003c\/em\u003e is the eagerly awaited follow-up to \u003cem\u003eSacred Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most successful art books of the 1990s. It includes all of Grey's major works completed in the past decade, including the masterful seven-panelled altarpiece \u003cem\u003eNature of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, called the grand climax of Grey's art by Donald Kuspit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrey's portrayals of human beings blend scientific exactitude with visionary depictions of universal life energy, leading us on the soul's journey from material world encasement to recovery of our divinely illuminated core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransfigurations\u003c\/em\u003e includes a foreword by Albert Hoffmann and essays on Grey's work by renowned art critic Donald Kuspit, philosopher Ken Wilber, and Stephen Larsen, author of \u003cem\u003eJoseph Campbell: A Fire in the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46511737635052,"sku":"9781594770173","price":89.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22150283482755.jpg?v=1748831666"},{"product_id":"sacred-mirrors-cards-by-alex-grey-9781594771620","title":"Sacred Mirrors Cards","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e are a journey through our physical, socio-political, and spiritual anatomy. \u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Mirrors Cards\u003c\/em\u003e contains twenty-three meditation cards featuring reproductions of all twenty-one of Alex Grey's \u003cem\u003eSacred Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e paintings plus two additional transformative images: Oversoul and The Angel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrey's visionary poetry on the back of each card guides the meditator through contemplation of the image on the front, culminating in a one-word theme for reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-three cards in this boxed set are intended to lead the viewer through the process of theosis—coming closer to God—by contemplating iconic archetypes and viewing oneself, each other, and the world as a reflection of the divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlex Grey's two books of paintings have already achieved significant sales: \u003cem\u003eSacred Mirrors\u003c\/em\u003e has sold 90,000 copies, and \u003cem\u003eTransfigurations\u003c\/em\u003e 25,000. His work has been exhibited globally, including the New Museum and Stux Gallery in New York City, the Chicago International Art Exposition, the London Regional Art Gallery in Canada, the Grand Palais in Paris, the São Paulo Biennial, and ARK exhibition space in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1999, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego honoured Grey with a mid-career retrospective. His art has also appeared in diverse venues, such as album covers for the Beastie Boys, Nirvana, and Tool; Newsweek magazine; and the Discovery Channel. 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The book offers Alex Grey's reflections on how art evolves consciousness with a new symbology of the Networked Self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRevealing the interwoven energies of body and soul, love and spirit that illuminate the core of each being, Alex Grey's mystic paintings articulate the realms of consciousness encountered during visits to entheogenic heaven worlds. His painting \u003cem\u003eNet of Being\u003c\/em\u003e—inspired by a blazing vision of an infinite grid of Godheads during an ayahuasca journey—has reached millions as the cover and interior of the band TOOL's Grammy award-winning triple-platinum album, \u003cem\u003e10,000 Days\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNet of Being\u003c\/em\u003e is one of many images Grey has created that have resulted in a chain reaction of uses—from apparel and jewellery to tattoos and music videos—embedding these iconic works into our culture's living Net of Being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book explores how the mystical experience expressed in Alex Grey's work opens a new understanding of our shared consciousness and unveils the deep influence art can have on cultural evolution. 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