Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art

Tony Wolf (edt)

ISBN 13: 9798990363359

Published by Sky Meadow Press, 2025

About this Item

Octavo. Pictorial wraps. Volume I: Areteanism; Creation; The First Church of David Bowie, Phonomancer; The Orphan Wisdom School; The Mysterium. Very slight edge wear on wraps, else fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art
• Publisher: Sky Meadow Press
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798990363359
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art is an anthology of illustrated interviews with an emergent counterculture of artists and activists who take secular humanism as a given, then ask, “Now what?” and find their answers in artistic creation. Poetic Faiths embody soulful practice through ritual participation in mythopoetic art; they are ways of taking as profound that which may not be taken literally.

Volume I includes:
Aretéanism – a ritualistic path toward personal and communal excellence, inspired by ancient Greek philosophy
CREATION – a queer, science-fiction-infused religious response to climate change, mourning the Anthropocene
The First Church of David Bowie, Phonomancer – a psychedelic blend of role-playing, music and personal development
The Orphan Wisdom School – a redemptive practice rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry and working for a time that we won’t live to see
The Mysterium – an immersive experience of Deep Play guided by 'memento mori ergo carpe diem'—remember death, therefore seize the day

With a foreword by Professor Carole Cusack and the provocative Cultpunk Manifesto, this collection explores the dynamic intersection of ceremony, art and philosophy in the search for metamodern meaning.