WRITINGS ON L. CARUANA

BOOKS:

• Mikosz, José Eliézer, Arte Visionária, Editora Prismas (2015)
• Oroc, James, The New Psychedelic Revolution: The Genesis of the Visionary Age, Park Street Press (2018)
• Lousa, Teresa; Mikosz, José - Fantasy, creativity and proportions: Spiral representations in culture and art, in Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy, Proceedings of the 5th International Multidisciplinary Congress (PHI 2019), October 7-9, 2019, Paris, France, Edited ByMário Ming Kong, Maria do Rosário Monteiro, Maria João Pereira Neto, CRC Press (2019) 9780429297755

THESES:

• Hester, Lisa, Re-envisioning Visionary Art: An Inquiry into Analytical Psychology and Art Criticism, Ph. D thesis in Art Criticism and Analytical Psychology at The Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (2023)
• Vieira, Tiago Alves - A expansão da consciência nas práticas artísticas, Escola de Belas Artes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (2017)
• Colombo, Danielle Elise, Cosmic Expressions and Spiritual Revivals within Visionary Art, Honours thesis at Texas State University (2015)
• Beserra, Fernando Rocha - Experienciando a Arte Visionária: uma compreensão junguiana da interação de estudantes com a obra de Alex Grey, Master's in Clinical Psychology thesis, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2014)
• Bart, Gregory, A Transformative Dialogue: Visionary Art and Public Art Education, Master’s Thesis in Education, Brooklyn College New York (2010)
• Mikosz, José Eliézer, A arte visionária e a Ayahuasca: representações visuais de espirais e vórtices inspiradas nos estados não ordinários de consciência (ENOC), Ph. D thesis, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis (2009)

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

• Mikosz, José Eliézer, Psychelia and Visionary Art: The Work of Art as the Result of Interaction between Culture and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Relegens Thrékdeia, estudos e pesquisa em religião V. 04 – n. 02  (2015)
• Mikosz, José Eliézer, Arte visionária e surrealismo: estabelecendo relações comparativas, Semina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Londrina, v. 39, n. 1, p. 21-34, jan./jun. 2018

MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

• Bagdasarov, R. Visionary Art: Art as a Spiritual Practice, Science and Religion (May 2018) 30 - 37 (НАУКА и РЕЛИГИЯ)
• Nicoleides, Steven, Inside The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, Lúcuma No 11 (Spring / Summer 2016) 48 - 79
• Lamother, Nicole, En Quête du Sacré, Universe des Arts No 166 (Oct / Nov 2012) 18 - 19

CITATIONS:

• Davis, Erik - The New Eye: Visionary Art and Tradition, Introduction to True Visions -Betty Books, 2006 ISBN 88-902372-0-1
• Freitas, Jan Clefferson Costa de - Ecstatic States and Visionary Art: from Metaphysical Realms to Aesthetic Creation - Revista Cacto - Ciência Arte Comunicação em Transdisciplinaridade (August 2024)
• Freitas, Jan Clefferson Costa de - Entheogenic Creativity: Shamanism and Entheogens in the Visionary Art of Alex Grey - Kalagatos, Fortaleza, vol.20, n.1, (2023) p. 01-20.
• Kinnunen, Elina Fiona  - Oneironautics as a Gateway to Visionary Art - Tampere University of Applied Sciences (May 2023)
• Fier, Lucas - Surrealismo e Arte Visionária: Duas Abordagens do Inconsciente na Pintura, O Mosaico, R. Pesq. Artes, Curitiba, n. 19, p. 1-684, (jul./dez. 2020) ISSN 2175-0769
• Machado, Rômulo Nery Silvério; da Silva, Marta Dantas - Arte visionária e surrealismo: estabelecendo relações comparativas,  Semina Ciências Sociais e Humanas 39(1):21 (June 2018)
• Pinheiro, Constance - Resenha Crítica: A Arte Visionária como Inductora de Experiências Visionárias, Programa de Pos Graduacao Interdisciplinar em Ciencias Humanas da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinavol. 7, num. 23, (2018)
• de Jesus S., Juan - Arte Visionária Nos Quadrinhos: Um Projeto,  Anais do VIII Seminário Nacional de Pesquisa em Arte e Cultura Visual: arquivos, memorias, afetos . Goiânia, GO: UFG/ Núcleo Editorial (FAV, 2015) ISSN 2316-6479 
• Beserra, Fernando Rocha - A Religiosidade na Arte Visionária de Alex Grey: Uma Compreensão Junguina, Revista Científica Cintec, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, n. 25, (2015) ISSN 19808305
• Thyssen, Sylvia - Boundaries in Question : Examining Visionary Art, Erowid Extracts: Psychoactive Plants and Chemicals (May 2003)

WRITINGS ON L. CARUANA

IN THE GNOSTIC DOMAIN

BOOKS:

• The Gnostic World - Edited by Garry W. Trompf, Gunner B. Mikkelsen, Jay Johnston, Routledge Worlds (2020) ISBN 9780367733124 - See p. 695
• Robinson, James M. - The Nag Hammadi Story: From the Discovery to the Publication (2 vols.) Brill (2014) ISBN: 978-90-04-26423-6 - See p. XXVII of Preface
• Lorente-Bull, Darren - Searching for the Divine Spark: A Brief History of Gnosticism, Ind. Pub. (2024) ISBN 9798879468557 - See p. 158

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

• Dillon, Matthew J., Symbolic Loss, Memory, and Modernization in the Reception of Gnosticism, Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies I, 276 – 309 (2016)

MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

• The Gnostic, issue 4 - Edited by Andrew Phillip Smith, Bardic Press (Dec. 2011)

       An in-depth conversation on Visionary Art and my project for The Apocryphon Chapel with Earl Fontainelle of The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast, which takes a scholarly approach to Esoteric subjects. Audio only.

       The Pop Apocalypse Podcast investigates

 Psychedelics and Religion through its Transcendence and Transformation Initiative at The Harvard Divinity School. 

       Over the course of an hour, Matthew J. Dillon and I go deep into dreams, visions, and the afterlife. Audio only. 

       In this audio-only podcast, Jake Kobrin and I discuss The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, Ernst Fuchs, my art & writing as well as the Gnostic worldview for his Consciousness & Creativity podcast. You can listen on YouTube, Buzzsprout, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

       This insightful podcast with Rudolf Berger of The Thoth Hermes podcast (based in Vienna) explores the esoteric side of my work. Audio only.

       This audio-visual podcast with Daniel Shoushi of The Orphélya Podcast series is totally in French (but English subtitles on CC) and pursues the crossover between Visionary Art and the Gnostic Worldview.

This is an audio podcast with Miguel Conner of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio 

where we discuss themes from my book Sacred Codes. 

       Another audio podcast with Miguel Conner of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio where we discuss themes from my book Enter Through the Image. We also delve into the possible use of psychedelic plants among the early Gnostics.

       And yet another audio podcast with Miguel Conner of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio where, this time, we discuss my Gnostic novel The Hidden Passion, delving into the Gnostic version of the life of Christ.