Drinking Lightning - Art, Creativity and Transformation - Written by Philip Rubinov Jacobson.
A 'classic' relating the artist/author's personal exploration of the relationship between art, creativity, and spirituality. It describes encounters with a number of remarkable creative mystics and artists who have also sought to explore the furthest boundaries of human experience - entering transpersonal domains associated with healing visions, and archetypal dreams. Collectively, these visionary encounters provided a basis for the exploration of art and creativity -- opening a path which resonated with the writer's deepest intuitions, while also offering a revelatory and unifying vision of human spirituality. This first book invites us to explore dimensions of human creativity which have long been neglected or forgotten. It is a book which helps to enlarge our understanding and belief in our own inherent creative potentials, providing us with an inspired sense of spiritual direction in both art and life.
Features the art work of 21 artists, including: Ernst Fuchs, Michael Fuchs, Alex Grey, A. Andrew Gonzalez, Martina Hoffmann, Mati Klarwein, Brigid Marlin, Cynthia Re'Robbins, Philip Rubinov Jacobson, De Es Schwertberger, Mariu Suarez, Ingo Swann, and Robert Venosa.
Foreword by Ken Wilber, Preface by Ernst Fuchs.
Limited 2nd Edition by Marja Publications is currently available.
Hardcover, 296 pages , 42 color plates, 53 black and white reproductions and photos, approx. 25 x 18 cm.
ISBN 0-9754780-0-1.