Artist Statement

gnostic Artist Statement

Rev. Illuminatus Maximus

Originally conceived in 1996 as an educational resource for questioning Christians, the GFN today serves primarily as an outlet for Rev Max’s ongoing fascination with the suppressed mythopoetic narratives of the ancient Gnostic heretics.

SITE GOALS & STRATEGIES

  1. The exploration and mapping of non-ordinary and/or astral space through Illustration, collage and cut-ups
  2. Psychic archeology and the revelation of a contemporary visual vocabulary for Gnostic mythology based on pop culture, advertising and dream imagery
  3. Research and print media articles examining gnostic myth in terms of “modern” scientific ideals (especially those grounded in paradox) and the appropriation of metaphor from contemporary cosmology, psychology, etc
  4. The valorization of the gnostic counter-myth via culture-jamming and apologetics
  5. An exploration of the unassimilable in Christian theology
  6. An escape from the entropic One God Universe of Western monotheism into an “Anything Goes” multiverse of infinite parallel worlds

SELECTED WORKS

SEE ALSO

This entry was posted in About and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

5 Responses to Artist Statement

  1. Duk says:

    Interesting

  2. Stuart May says:

    A very worthy mission! :D

  3. Mini says:

    Dear Sir/Madam

    My name is Mini.

    I would like to know if you could add http://www.gnosticjudas.com to your website:

    Description:
    Discover the real Judas Iscariot, incredible information on the Gospel of Judas, Gnosis, Gnosticism, the Gnostics, the life of Jesus and the disciples, the real image of Jesus and more

    Unravel the mystery behind The Gospel of Judas, the divine mission of Judas Iscariot, the ancient Gnostics and the real meaning of Jesus’ life.

    Keywords:
    Judas Iscariot, Gospel of Judas, gnostic, gnosticism, gnosis, ancient, The Da Vinci Code, Nag Hammadi Library, gospels, scriptures, manuscript, real image of Jesus, Jesus, Christ, Christianity, disciples, apostles, Mary Magdalene, Pistis Sophia, Medieval Alchemy, Essenes, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Truth, Gospel of Philip, codex, coptic, The Flight of the Feathered Serpent, Armando Cosani

    For further information please contact me on links@gnosticjudas.com

    Yours sincerely

    mini

  4. Hi there! Your site came up high when I googled for ILLUMINATUS art, so I decided to drop you a line.
    I did the ILL! comic way back when, and have put some of the art used in author Wilson’s Meme-Orial (at his daugher’s request) on my myspace site.
    Just thought you might want to know. Thanks! :)

  5. Blue says:

    I heart you!

    I just found this site and it it pure genius! I am going to tell all my friends about it. I am involved in a Gnostic Synod in Atlanta GA and was consecrated a priestess a few weeks ago as part of our ongoing work. I can also see the hand of my beloved Eris at work here! Keep up the Good Works.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>