Macrocos used as tools to explore the spectral. as mediums for meditation and rituals —hauntology through the lingering of cultural forms and ideas, and Tantra through the interaction with unseen spiritual forces
the macrocos(mos) collection consists of: mandalas made of barro, terracota, textile with stones, gems and salts for protection, prayer and guidance, along with the mandalas prayer music and prayer cards. The plate collection includes some ceramic & jade plates, while the upward mandalas also include clay materials
Time and Memory: Hauntology deals with the interplay of time, where the past, present, and future collapse into each other. This creates a spectral presence of what could have been, affecting the present. It’s about how the past’s unresolved or incomplete aspects continue to influence and shape the now.
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Tantric Spirituality: Tantrism is a diverse and complex set of spiritual practices and philosophies that originated in India. It involves a holistic approach to the universe, often using rituals, meditation, and the body as a means of spiritual awakening. Tantra emphasizes the interconnectedness of all things and the potential to transcend ordinary experiences of reality.
Time and Reality:
Both hauntology and tantric spirituality engage deeply with the nature of time and reality. Hauntology reflects on the persistence of past possibilities and how they influence the present, often in a melancholic or nostalgic way. In contrast, Tantra seeks to transcend time altogether, aiming to experience a state beyond the dualities of past, present, and future.
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an attempt to retrieve or revive what has been lost. In Tantra, desire (often symbolized as Shakti) is also a powerful force, but one that can be transformed into a path for spiritual liberation, transcending the temporal world altogether.
Spectrality and Spirituality
The “spectral” in hauntology—where the past lingers as a ghostly presence—can be compared to the tantric view of the spiritual world, where unseen energies and forces are acknowledged and worked with. Both traditions recognize that what is not visible still affects the material world, though Tantra seeks to harness and transcend these forces, while hauntology often remains in a state of reflection and critique.
Time and Reality:
the macrocos(mos) collection consists of: mandalas made of barro, terracota, textile with stones, gems and salts for protection, prayer and guidance, along with the mandalas prayer music and prayer cards. The plate collection includes some ceramic & jade plates, while the upward mandalas also include clay materials
Presence of the Past:
the hauntology axis, time collapsing into space, and the velocity of time asks for the mantric. Derrida describes it as the displacement of temporality, “a dislocation”, the past returning to the present. Mandalas are graphic cosmic conceptual blueprints of the entirety of the universe in space, which is also the experiencing of the Divine in your knowing, being the rational mind, the mandala brings both the absolute self possession and surrender.
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LThe are psychogeographical landscape counterpoints to pierce time’s speed by turn of hallucionatory conjuring of an eternal feedback loop of subconscious memory purged. The mandala prayer and sounds are hyperreal collective mindscapes psychically accessible to supplement the, grounding, releasing practice. The mandala collection aims to help us understand that the time limit is part of greatness.
Mandalas are often used in meditation practices as a means to understand the relationship between the individual and the universe. By meditating on a mandala, a practitioner might seek to comprehend the unity between the self and the cosmos, reflecting the principle that the microcosm (individual consciousness) is a reflection of the macrocosm (universal consciousness).
illustrating how every part of the universe is related to the whole
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