In Spirit: Living Space
Do you look at the space in which you live? Do you stop sometimes during the day to observe the movement of the sun and…
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In Spirit: Kamakhya, Terrifying Feminity
Kāmākhyā, the city of the goddess. Red is everywhere, whether it is the rituals, puja, or the fabrics whose priests, pujari, are wearing in temples….
In Spirit: Temporal Sphere
“Everyone lives many parallel lives. We can, therefore, make of every man several discontinuous and contradictory portraits; we must not try to amalgamate them “.
In Spirit: The Dream Space
In many mystical traditions, whether Sufi, Tantric or Christian, mention is made of the importance of dreams. The usual and mundane dreams are usually residues…
Two-Spirit Artist Interviews
We chat with Jeffrey McNeil Seymour & Dayna Danger the artists behind the Two-Spirit Man/Two-Spirit Woman Call Home the Salmon w/Help Exhibition.
In Spirit: Reverence
We have to learn to learn. We have to learn to explore. We must learn to navigate the unknown, to walk for no other purpose…
In Spirit: Desire, love and seduction
Because what I wanted deeply was of another nature and did not hide in the individual, or the car, or the house, or the career…
In Spirit: About the Spiritual Experience
Some contemporary scholars who work on the body and spirituality note that in the modern era, “spiritual experiences” carry social issues in which the individual…
Ramboys, Horned Gods, and Queer Wizards
But this episode was going to be different, I knew it in my queer bones the way a dog senses an earthquake hours before it…
In Spirit: Trika, Kaula and the Agamic Self
The question of the “self” in Kashmiri doctrine is at the heart of teaching. “Who am I really? Is the burning question that has inspired…
In Spirit : Yoga, Tantra and Non-Duality
Exactly ten years ago, I encountered the tradition that would become the heart of my life: the non-dual Tantric Shaivism of Kashmir. I was twenty,…
In Spirit: Science and Spirituality
During my anthropological university studies, where I specialized in the study of “new religions”, the research group of which I was a part observed a…
Twiggy Pucci Garcon: Artist Talk
This past summer we chatted with the very talented activist and performer about his werk both on and off the runway.
In Spirit: Hijras, Divine Hermaphrodites
Hijras are generally referred to as the third sex, Tritîyâ Prakriti, which is neither male nor female. Hijras derives from the Arabic root “hjr” which…
In Spirit: Dev Bhoomi, the Land of the Gods
I decided to start my journey in Kullu in Himachal Pradesh, a village at the foot of the Himalayas which is part of the “Valley…
In Spirit: Damian Siqueiros, Songs of the Inner Chamber
Damian Siqueiros is in South Korea to work with dancers. The theme: exploring the notion of gender in this Asian culture.
In Spirit: Ritual Interno
O que significa o ritual para além da sua limitação religiosa?
Beyond Borders: An Interview with Anika Ahuja & Sara Graorac
Artists Anika Ahuja and Sara Graorac gracefully unpack for us the themes of their powerfully moving installation, “(Something) with a decorative edge.”
In Spirit: Essence of Ritual
Part 2 of In Spirit’s exploration of ritual asks: What does the ritual mean beyond its religious constraint?
As cores do ritual na Índia
O ritual como se manifesta na Índia, já é um tema rico por sua natureza cultural, mas também e sobretudo, pelo seu significado interior e…