Revelation and the function of Beauty in Traditional Arts - Sarah Magalhães

In this series of talks, Sarah will take us to India where we learn with here more about the spiritual import of Hindu dance from a Traditional prespictive. Inspired by the writtings of Frithjof Shoun, particularly on sacred art, she will read a passage of her choice from Shoun's books where she will illustrate the main ideas of the text with the help of the dramatic art of ancient India, bringing into evidence the relationship between form and intellection in the sacred gestures and mudras of Hindu dance.
The beauty sensed coming from an artwork, must in some way awaken the recollection of our originary state of perfection, something which reminds us of the state of harmony, completeness, expansion and goodness. In this sense, the function of traditional art is to awaken the sense of the sacred through the correct form, revealing the esoterism of its symbols and becoming thus, a powerful means to reveal the consciousness of theophanies.
Be it painting the infinitude of the blue sky, sculpting the meditative semblance of a bodhisattva or representing the rhythm of the ocean in a noble calligraphy, a perfect symbol always reveals a true aspect of Reality, transcending a mere naturalistic expression. In this way, traditional arts becomes an upaya, a provisional means to efficiently awaken the sense of archetypes…
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