Category: Martin Heidegger

Art & Magic

I’m going to get at this from over-educated nerd territory. In regards to the ontology of art, Heidegger discusses that an artist produces a work of art, and that work of art has its Thingness and is itself an instrument or tool. He and Adorno both get into this territory, with Adorno building on Heidegger […] … Continue reading…Art & Magic

[NB] Worlding Self

[This post draws on notions I get at in terms of aesthetics, worlding, and etc. via Heidegger, Adorno, and Berque.] While engaging in some reductionist and sexist ponderings about tantra, Kenneth Grant offers the notion of tantra (& trance) as getting the object of consciousness (ego) to diffuse itself into the field of consciousness. In a sense, […] … Continue reading…[NB] Worlding Self

Light, Shadow, Darkness (5)

Berque, Adorno, and Heidegger articulate a view of human experience that reflects a (mostly) non-spiritual version of what many mystics and magical types already know in some way. For Heidegger and Adorno, art creates other worlds, other worlds that have reality and significance, and we apprehend those worlds and imagine/immerse ourselves into them. Berque points to how we do so as well in living in this world: we imagine the world we live in, make it a “human world.” … Continue reading…Light, Shadow, Darkness (5)