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José Argüelles

1939 – 2011 CE

Author, artist, co-originators of the Earth Day events, main organizer of the Harmonic Convergence (the first globally synchronized meditation event), founder of the first Whole Earth Festival in 1970 that continues today, and inventor of the perpetual Dreamspell calendar; Arguelles promoted pluralistic syncretism. Blending ancient and modern wisdom traditions, he tried to inspire the best in people, culture, and politics. Deeply influence by astrologers like Dane Rudhyar and spiritual teachers like Chogyam Trungpa, he worked to promote Teilhard de Chardin’s concept of the noosphere and envisioned a "rainbow bridge" encircling the Earth.

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Mandala

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Shambhala Review (1976)

Quotes by José Argüelles (7 quotes)

“The Mandala is earth and man, both the atom that composes the material essence of man, and the galaxy of which the earth is but an atom… the microcosm and the macrocosm, the largest structural processes s well as the smallest. It is the gateway between the two.”

from Mandala

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“With the mandalic approach, nothing is excluded, everything finds its place and students move through a world of magic in which they are a tongue of the earth, chanting her song to the stars.”

from Mandala

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“Through art as magic, the magic of the mandala embodied in the very fabric of everyday life, we can live our lives as cosmic citizens.”

from Mandala

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“When man ceases to revere nature, his knowledge of nature also ceases to be fully integrated into his way of life.”

from Mandala

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“created through a condensation and focalization of energies... Symbols are containers of various levels of knowledge and relate to far more than what they superficially embody... and, by a reciprocal process, can release those energies

from Mandala

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“human society has always been propelled by the visionary few... represented by the freaks, the mutants of whatever calling, who deviate and dissent from the prevailing order of consciousness.”

from Shambhala Review (1976)

Themes: Crazy Wisdom

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“Not only is vision, as an intuitive, purpose insight, the basis of culture, but it is also the only real agent involved in the continuing process of cultural transformation.”

from Shambhala Review (1976)

Themes: Culture Evolution

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