Books
Kumano Kodo: Pilgrimage to Powerspots
Kumano Kodo is a journey into the hallucinogenic power of pilgrimage. Part travelogue, part speculative fiction, part scholarly history, this book speaks to the universal human impulse to explore the sacred through travel.
By focusing on Japan's oldest pilgrimage route, the Kumano Kodo, J. Christian Greer & Michelle K. Oing offer their readers a boldly transgressive and abundantly humorous look at the merry art of pilgrimage. Whether uncovering historical conspiracies, recounting bawdy folklore, or collecting ghost stories, this surrealist investigation establishes a new paradigm for spiritual travel inspired by an impressive breadth of scholarly research, and the authors' many years as pilgrims across the globe.
Compiled in Kyoto at the height of the pandemic in 2020, the book is a unique reflection on the unwieldy power of the sacred in times of crisis, and contains dozens of original, full-color mandalas.
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Void Machines: The Paper Shrines of J. Christian Greer
Void Machines showcases over seventy-five "paper shrines," collages created by J. Christian Greer. Printed in full color, this oversized collection provides a whirlwind look at Greer's sublime visions of divine friendship, abject terror, & erotic delight.
Paper shrines to what, you may ask? These collages are shrines to paper, a manmade medium that begs to be cut and recombined and marked and blended. They are shrines to books, as well, to Art, art, and craft, to the things people have made and the ideas they have chosen to set down. But more than anything, they are paper shrines to tricksters, angels, and gods, speakers of unknown languages that dance on the tender invisible strings of a magic universe.
Edited by Michelle Oing; book design by Broderick Shoemaker; printed by Colpa Press, 2024.
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