Table of Contents
About the Author xiv
Acknowledgments xvi
Frog Singing the World into Creation by Sandra Ingerman 1
Foreword Susan Rossi 3
Forward Tina Smith Sarah Dreyfuss Bastian Donna M. Merrill Helena Partridge Marie Lloyd Gail Walker Katherine Wood Jane Moynihan Susan Bakaley Marshall Olivia Woodhouse Azul Arco Iris Mia Tolusic 8
Glossary 18
Preface: Why a Book about Sacred Art? 26
Chapter 1 What Is Sacred Art? 36
Chapter 2 Rock Art - Where the Worlds Touch 43
Chapter 3 Spirit and Soul 57
Chapter 4 Religious Art 68
Chapter 5 Enlightenment - Period or Process? 77
Chapter 6 The Cosmology and Art of Tribal Peoples 86
Chapter 7 Outsider Art and Inner Wisdom 93
Chapter 8 Where Shamanism Meets Art 110
Chapter 9 Mystery Schools 116
Chapter 10 Sacred Art Process as a Mystery School 131
Chapter 11 Creativity under the Loop - The Heart of Creation Where Gods and Goddesses Dance and Dream 149
Chapter 12 Arts & Crafts: Power Objects and Sacred Tools 161
Chapter 13 Body Art: Scared - Scarred - Sacred 172
Chapter 14 Mother Earth, Father Sky 186
Chapter 15 Daddy as a Pregnant Spider - The Art of Children 196
Chapter 16 A Unified Theory of Sacred Art 206
Chapter 17 Global Sacred Art Network - The Community Aspect of Art 220
Chapter 18 The Greatest Piece of Art You Will Ever Make 226
About the Biography 233