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Thought Forms

The influence of #theosophy and other forms of occultism on modern abstract art is a subject very much close to my heart. Though unlike Mondrian, Kandinsky was never a member of the theosophical society, but he was very much conversant with the works of #Blavatsky, #AnnieBesant, #Leadbetter, and #Steiner.

This Gary Lachman article gives a good introduction: https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1405-kandinskys-thought-forms-and-the-occult-roots-of-modern-art

#modernart #abstractart #esotericart #occultism #kandinsky #mondrian #garylachman #thoughtforms

Kandinsky's Thought Forms and the Occult Roots of Modern Art

IN RECENT YEARS, the contribution that occult or mystical ideas have made to the evolution of art—or to culture in general—has been increasingly recognized. But this was not always the case. For a long time, the notion that belief systems like Theosophy, founded in 1875 by Madame Blavatsky and her companion Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, were anything more than a disreputable side-show to the mainstream of cultural development was scandalous...

Theosophical Society in America