Ayahuasca-Inspired Art by Luis Tamani

Luis Tamani is an artist who was born in the Peruvian city of Pucallpa on the Amazonian Ucayali River. At the end of his academic training in art, he was introduced to the hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca, used by the indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon for healing, divinatory, and spiritual purposes. Tamani’s work is influenced…

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The Visionary Art of Michael Divine

Born in Connecticut in 1976, Michael Divine is a visionary artist whose art also draws on artistic movements including Symbolism, Futurism, Impressionism, Abstract, Fantastic Realism and Surrealism. His art is inspired by human archetypes, the human condition, personal experiences, dreams, architecture, music and a deep interest in Eastern mysticism. Check out his website Ten Thousand…

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The Visionary Art of Jonathan Solter

Jonathan Solter is a visionary artist from the Bay Area in California. He said he tries “to put as much detail into every painting as possible.” And looking at some of his artwork, this is clear: he paints brilliantly intricate ethereal worlds. His paintings often feature Shipibo patterns (influenced by ayahuasca) overlaid on pyramidal, temple-like and…

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The Rising Popularity of DMT

The internet has enabled Terence McKenna’s lectures – and, in turn, his fascinating descriptions of the DMT experience – to circulate among the curious and experimental. But while the DMT Preacher has played a highly influential role in raising people’s awareness and interest in this strange substance, other factors have been at play in the…

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The Visionary Art of Android Jones

Andrew ‘Android’ Jones is a digital artist from Colorado who uses various software programs to recreate his visionary experiences. For him, his art is a kind of spiritual endeavour. He says: I’ve seen things in this life that I am incapable of translating into words. In my practice I have visited realms where the imagination ends,…

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