Spirit Maps: Follow the Exquisite Geometry of Art and Nature Back to Your Center

Arettam, Joanna

ISBN 10: 159003001X / ISBN 13: 9781590030011

Published by York Beach, Maine, U.S.A.: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2001, 2001

About this Item

Lightly shelf worn cover. Mild bumping to the top edges of the cover. The internal pages are FN and clean. The binding is tight. A solid copy. Seller Inventory # w2518

Bibliographic Details

Title: Spirit Maps: Follow the Exquisite Geometry ...

Publisher: York Beach, Maine, U.S.A.: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2001

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Spirit Maps brings together two simple and profound ideas to help us find our centers:

Art inspires and transforms us, calms us down in the midst of chaos
• Chakra meditations focus our attention on the reservoirs of energy within and around us

Inspired by the labyrinths painted on the sidewalk outside her studio in lower Manhattan, Joanna Arettam decided to make a book of art and meditation using the colors of the chakras and the drawing power of mandalas as her guiding lights. She contacted hundreds of artists to choose the images for this book. They are presented here five for each of the seven chakras beginning with the Red Root Chakra. Red is for Instinct. It flows into orange, for Passion, yellow for Self-Esteem, green for Compassion (at the Heart Chakra), blue for Expression, violet for Wisdom, and purple for Spirituality. Arettam's lucid text introduces readers to mandalas and their power, to chakras, and to the transformative power of art. Seven brief chapters in all, with meditations for each chakra center.

Spirit Maps is a perfect gift for any time, any season, any reason.

From the Inside Flap:

"Art has the power to transport us. This book invites you to walk a path with your eyes and your heart to the quiet place inside where loose ends come together, chattering ceases, and a profound sense of serenity softens the boundaries between you and the rest of the universe."

---from the Introduction

Inspired by the spiral paths of huge labyrinths painted on the cement outside her Union Square Park studio, Arettam conceived SPIRIT MAPS as a way to stop and find her own center in the midst of a bustling life. She choose to focus on the sustaining power of art and the energy vibrations of color.