The Great Invocation refers to the mantra allegedly received by British writer Alice Bailey from a spirit guide in 1945, as the last battles of WWII ravaged Europe. Bailey described The Great Invocation as a synthesis of meditation, prayer, and affirmation, that would assist the world in times of unprecedented calamity, thus \u2018saving humanity from self-destruction\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While some of the artists participating in The Great Invocation explore totemism, others investigate arcane aspects of human consciousness via strategies such as automatism, sublimation, and s\u00e9ance. The artworks \u2013 or the processes involved in producing them \u2013 are conduits for intuitive powers latent in the mind; tools for accessing hidden, perhaps even divine, knowledge. The exhibition features several pieces of visionary art from the internationally acclaimed collection of De Stadshof Foundation: Madge Gill, Bertus Jonkers, Jan Kervezee and Marc Lamy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ultimately, this exhibition demonstrates that, while visual art may be inherently \u2018of this world\u2019, it can be a source of revelation and transcendence. In a society where scientific rationality and technological objectivity dominate, art remains uniquely capable of providing us with a means of satisfying spiritual hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-P\u00e1draic E. Moore, 2021<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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