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SIPES SOUL OF LIGHT

Art, Books, Reviews|2 Comments

I got an interesting offer from Quest Books. Would I like

to review Soul of Light: Works of Illumination by Joma

Sipe. What makes this interesting is that essentially this

is an art book. I like art, of course, but I couldnt help

but wonder, why on earth would Quest books think that

The Magical Buffet or its readers would care about this

particular art book? I shouldnt have doubted them.

The works of Joma Sipe are inspired from a spiritual

background that rivals some published authors. At

fifteen he began studying Theosophy and the works of

H.P. Blavatsky and Annie Besant, and from there Rudolf

Steiner, P.D. Ouspensky and more. At seventeen Sipe

got involved with a school called The Gnostic

Movement. In his late twenties he practiced ritual and

practical magic with another mystical school. Inspired by

Autobiography of a Yogi Sipe traveled India learning about Hindu religion. At the same time he was reading

Eckhart Tolles The Power of Now, which then led him to study A Course in Miracles. Indeed Joma Sipe is

well versed on many matters of the occult and spirit.

Since he opted not to become an author, what does he do? Create

art. Sipe says, The intricate and elaborate process of creating each

work includes the purpose of transmitting a message, although

sometimes that message cannot be understood immediately. Each

work disperses and concentrates the light that emanates from each

line in the painting. This light represents Being and our deeper

Essence, the deep heart of the energy from life that inhabits

everything that exists. This energy seeks to break the barrier of the

physical dimension to meld with the universal Energy that

condenses, materializes, and takes form in each canvas.

To create his pieces Sipe waits for inspiration, and then on canvas

or black paper using gold or silver ink to draw out his designs. Once

drawn he uses intuition, inner vision, and sensibility to decide what

points on his painting he wishes to place crystals. Sipe uses both

simple crystals that only reflect a white light and aurora boreal

crystals that reflect in a rainbow of colors. Sometimes hes inspired to use both gold and silver and/or both

types of crystals. Lastly Sipe does what he calls the illuminated work. This is where he adds light and soft-

color computer effects. Thats what makes his works have that otherworldly glow about them.

The book Soul of Light is simply beautiful. Many of the works are accompanied by poetry from the artist to

provide a glimpse into his mind about the piece. The pages are entirely black which helps highlight the

artwork. I dont want to tell you what to do, but the holiday gift giving season is coming up and Soul of Light

is a pretty awesome gift. Its not the perfect gift for everyoneon your list, but right now your looking at the

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sample art here (which our resized scans dont do justice) and you already know someone who would like this.

You know it, I know it, and the Amazon widget to the right knows it.

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