Shaped by Einar Jónsson, William Blake, Theosophy, and the esoteric circles of London, Copenhagen, and Reykjavík, his nation’s best-loved artist filled moss and rock with hidden presences.
Religion and arts
Einar Jónsson: The Sculptor Who Carved Iceland’s Esoteric Soul
A story of Theosophy, Spiritualism, national myth-making, and the artists who turned Icelandic stone and legend into vehicles for transcendence.
Zélie Lardé, Salarrué’s Wife, Salvadorean Theosophist and Painter
A committed member of the Theosophical Society, whose quiet creativity shaped the spiritual vision of Salarrué and their three artist daughters
Salarrué: A Theosophical Artist in El Salvador
His paintings and writings fused esoteric experience, vitalist philosophy, and Mesoamerican symbolism into a spiritual search that continues to attract scholars.
José Villegas and the Theosophical Decalogue Paintings
A Spanish painter celebrated across Europe sought in Theosophy a spiritual grammar capable of transforming the Ten Commandments into a metaphysical journey.
Theodora Walter and the Theosophical Roots of Trinidadian Art
A deeply spiritual painter who befriended Rudolf Steiner and helped define a nation’s visual identity.
Theosophy, “Thought-Forms,” and the Arts. 4. From Ringbom’s Legacy to Today’s Scholarship
How a once-marginal thesis reshaped the understanding of modernism’s spiritual roots.
Theosophy, “Thought-Forms,” and the Arts. 3. Kandinsky and Theosophy in Munich.
How occult ideas and deep esoteric structures shaped the painter who transformed modern art.
Theosophy, “Thought-Forms,” and the Arts. 2. Artists Who Saw the Invisible
From Symbolism to abstraction: how a clairvoyant atlas shaped painters across continents.
Theosophy, “Thought-Forms,” and the Arts. 1. Discovering the Esoteric Roots of Abstraction
Sixten Ringbom’s “dynamite”: how a young scholar’s archival shock reshaped the history of modern art.