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Exploring the Enigma of the Sacred: An Intense Personal Journey

Delve into the intricacies of sacred objects and the profound feelings they evoke. Uncover the mysteries of ancestral guardians like Nommo, Liberia's Nimba, and the thunderous Shango staff from Benin. Discover the ethereal yet powerful essence of fetishes and the enigmatic links to the sacred found in ancient artifacts like the Acheulean hand axe. Join the exploration of the active and passive, immanent and present, and frightening yet reassuring aspects of the sacred. Experience the intense and deeply felt connection to the sacred in diverse forms and manifestations.

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Exploring the Enigma of the Sacred: An Intense Personal Journey

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  1. Some Feelings about the Sacred Eric Arnould ACR 2012 All images from my personal collection

  2. Hafiz says everything…

  3. I like this ancestor (Nommo) watching over me… Dogon

  4. I find it reassuring that Nimba surveys the rice fields Liberia

  5. Maybe I have a spirit twin, is that why I’m lonely?

  6. I’ve seen enough not to mock the thunderous powers Shango staff, Benin

  7. And some sacred powers scare me deeply, not only this but… The fetish is not a representation, it is.

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  9. I treasure the enigma of the sacred • The Dogon say the Telem could fly; if they could make this, why not? • Obviously they also cut off heads 4cm Telem, ca. 14-15th century, Mali

  10. The sacred is also alien, don’t get cozy • These were made for hundreds of thousands of years everywhere on earth according to the same basic pattern • They weren’t made by H. sapiens Acheulean hand axe

  11. Obviously, images are not the only link to the sacred • And sometimes reaching the sacred takes discipline… • But drinking the ink can bring a blessing • Slate with Quranic text, Niger

  12. Inhabited, embodied links

  13. Hafiz says we need silence to let the beloved in

  14. Sacred things can be • Active and passive • Immanent and present • Alien and familiar • Powerful and impotent • Reachable and out of reach • Enigmatic and mundane • Being and nothingness • Frightening and reassuring • Ethereal and embodied BUT ALWAYS INTENSELY FELT

  15. A libation for you Drinking millet beer in BoboDioulasso

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