Fine Art: Ann LeVally Amberg, M. C. S., M. A

Allurement as Sacred Ecology

This mandala is the first in a series of ten mandalas illustrating the Powers of the Universe as described by evolutionary philosopher Dr. Brian Thomas Swimme. “Allurement” is a way of naming deeper qualities of the attractive forces of gravity and the electromagnetic interactions. Allurement draws us to the earth and each other at the most subtle dimensions. The archetypal elements hold layered meanings, expressing Allurement at different levels of consciousness: cellular, plants and animals, bioregions, human communities, and planetary.

"By releasing ourselves into the field of our own allurement, into that which draws us most deeply, we will move into a pursuit of beauty that will ignite beauty within us. And in that very process of igniting beauty it will lead to a mutually enhancing evocation of beauty. It is the envelope of the earth moving into the deeper communion with the larger earth community." --Brian Thomas Swimme

Ann Amberg, © 2011  23" x 25" gouache on paper
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Pine Ridge, Nebraska
This landscape, in the vicinity of Fort Robinson, NE, is near the site of my first vision quest at age 16, where I experienced a numinous connection to the natural world. Read about Radiance as a cosmological power in the paper I presented at the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies 2023 Conference: Jung and the Numinous: Art, Science, and Psyche.
Ann Amberg, © 2000 28" x 24" pastel on paper
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