The Arts and the Occult, and how they combine for you

[Sedim Haba]

This thread is inspired by recent discoveries here by many of us, that many Occultists are also Martial Artists.

What about the other Arts? Music, Dance, Visual Arts, et al.

I will say that most of these are part of me, but let others start.

(yes, I looked there isn't a thread like this, at least not one I could find)

 

[Lion]

This is what Perplexity (AI) said about Picasso and magic:

• In a well‑known recollection about seeing African ritual masks in the Trocadéro Museum, Picasso is quoted as saying that painting “is not an aesthetic process; it’s a form of magic that interposes itself between us and the hostile universe, a means of seizing power by imposing a form on our terrors as well as on our desires.”
• He linked this “magical” function directly to his artistic path, saying that once he understood art in this way, he had “found [his] path,” indicating that the magical or protective role of images was central to how he conceived his work.

Magical thinking and his art​

• Biographical analyses note that Picasso was deeply superstitious and “exhibited a deep belief in magic,” including fears that hair clippings could be used to control him, and that he felt his images had real effects on the people depicted.
• Commentators argue that he treated Cubist fragmentation and certain series (such as works around death or guilt) as having an almost ritual power to undo or transform fate, describing his art as a “magic means” to destroy or change reality.
  

 

[Sedim Haba]

Interesting. I must say that as a Shaman, I became quite fixated on my Altar. I never had an altar in my LIFE, and all of a sudden it's being built up naturally even, like an innate, intrinsically visual space that is part of my Path. It happened quite by itself. My Familiar was guiding me tho, so it wasn't ALL me.

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Oh, yes, the hair (and nail) clippings are in Magic domain since ancient times. He didn't invent that.

 

[Morell]

Anything you do can become an act of magic. You just have to make it to become one.

Sometimes I draw an art for occult intentions, artistic sigil, picture for the altar, or even as a ritual itself.

I also started hand-writing most of the days as concentration practice, after reading that it actually is very heathy for the brain.

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[Sedim Haba]

Yes, calligraphy and magic go hand-in-hand.

No one's mentioned music yet, drumming is part of my path, a focal point for meditation and awareness.

It's also ancient, the heartbeat brought out into the wider space.

 

[Ohana]

I like to dance and that kind of feels magical sometimes.

I enjoy dancing to electric swing music which is a new genre combining both the music of old with the new electric music. Its very fun to dance to.

There's also the fun game of Just Dance which with a group is pretty fun. Its the full expression of oneself and can be pretty athletic.

I also enjoyed jumping on a trampoline when I was younger and I got pretty good at doing flips and moving constantly. That felt kind of fun and magical at times.

The art of movement with the rhythm to music I think is underrated. I've heard there used to be dance halls and a lot more dancing back in the 1920s. It seems like a very fun time except for the oncoming doom of the stockmarket crash.