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The Arts in Culture

Art brings beauty to the body's senses, yet if we wish to pursue it farther we must withdraw from them, inwards, keeping the mood they started, etherealizing and developing it until we penetrate to its abode. There, under enchantment, we are beauty.

1. Appreciation
   • The arts and spirituality
   • Value of aesthetic environment
   • Sacred mission of art
   • Criticism of ``modern art''
2. Creativity, Genius
   • Creativity
   • Genius, inspiration, technique
3. Art Experience and Mysticism
4. Reflections On Specific Arts
   • Writing, literature, poetry
   • Inspired revelatory writing
   • Stage, cinema, dance
   • Painting, sculpture, architecture
   • Music