Headlessness and the Earth of Us: Invocation, Meditation, and Creation
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Abstract
From the Acéphale emblem of Georges Bataille’s secret order, to George Balanchine’s, “Don’t think—just do!,” this paper will explore the heightened bodily state of headlessness as a nexus point between spiritual and artistic practice. Also, as a place of personal sovereignty. Highlighting a union of force and form that aims at the open fluidity of no-mind, we will consider what it means to journey into the Earth of us in both ritual and creative contexts, and how the performance of headless meditation brings the powers of receptivity and embodiment into bold realization.
Presenter Biography
Ayesha Adamo is a PhD student in Religion at Rice University. Ever a consummate performer, rumor has it she was once in a pop band on EMI Records Asia. Ayesha is an ordained Hierophant and Grand Chief in Temple of Thelema. Her most recent articles can be found in Anthropology of Consciousness and Religious Studies Review.