12/2/2023 0 Comments Zig zag zenGrey’s work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, the CBC, and in Time, Newsweek, and on numerous multi-platinum record albums and is on permanent exhibition in the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in Wappingers Fall, N.Y.Īllan Badiner is a contributing editor at Tricycle magazine, and the editor of the New Edition of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (Synergetic Press). Grey’s visual meditations on the nature of life and consciousness, is contained in five books: Sacred Mirrors and Transfigurations, The Mission of Art, Art Psalms, and CoSM, co-authored with Allyson Grey, and in Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics. Presented with Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Psymposia and EvolverĪlex Grey is best known for his paintings that portray multiple dimensions of reality, interweaving biological anatomy with psychic and spiritual energies. “ Zig Zag Zen is a must read for anyone who is concerned about the future of Buddhist practice.” -Robert Thurman, Chair of Indo-Tibetan studies at Columbia University Examined together, the reader may understand more deeply the essence of each. Buddhism and psychedelics are inevitable subjects encountered on the journey to wisdom. Complementing these new images are original essays by such luminaries as Ralph Metzner and Brad Warner exciting interviews with James Fadiman, Kokyo Henkel, and Rick Doblin and a discussion of ayahuasca’s unique influence on Zen Buddhism by David Coyote all of which have been carefully curated to extend the original inquiry of authors Joan Halifax Roshi, Peter Matthiessen, Jack Kornfield, Robert Forte, Ram Dass, Terence McKenna, Rick Fields and many others. A provocative and thoughtful exploration of inner states and personal transformation, Zig Zag Zen now contains an expanded display of remarkable artwork including pieces from Android Jones, Sukhi Barber, Ang Tsherin Sherpa, and Amanda Sage, as well as the original work of Robert Venosa, Mark Rothko, Robert Beer, Francesco Clemente, and many others, including more work by the pioneering visionary artist Alex Grey. This new edition of Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics (2015, Synergetic Press) has evolved from the landmark anthology that launched the first inquiry into the ethical, doctrinal, and transcendental considerations at the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics. Join us for a presentation and discussion with editors Alex Grey, Allan Badiner, and Julie Holland.īuddhism and psychedelic exploration share a common concern: the liberation of the mind.
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