Conscious Art: Catalyzing Collective Evolution with Lubomir Arsov | TCM #141 (Part 1)

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Visual artist and storyteller Lubomir Arsov joins Bernhard Guenther to discuss the mission of art, creativity, and shadow work in the context of our times. Lubomir is the creator of the award-winning animated film “IN-SHADOW: A Modern Odyssey” (2017), which explores the fragmented unconscious of our times.

He recently released the follow-up “KINGDOM” (2024), a visceral audio-visual experience that maps out the initiatory path of empowerment and awakening. He’s also the director and creator of the short film “The Forest King,” a modern interpretation of the Scandinavian myth Erlkonig. The film depicts the dangers of Transhumanism and VR technology with Luciferian and Ahrimanic themes.

Lubomir and Bernhard discuss many current themes in light of the evolution of consciousness, the process of individuation, the battle of dark vs. light, Transhumanism, the splitting of humanity, inorganic vs organic timelines, the importune of finding our courage and personal myth, and much more

Lubomir’s website: lubomirarsov.com

Links to his films:

• IN-SHADOW: A Modern Odyssey
• KINGDOM
• The Forest King

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Show Notes Part 1:

• • The importance of conscious art in helping the collective evolution
  • Lubomir’s background and how his spiritual seeking and psychological awareness affected his art and films
  • The role of psychedelics as a potential “rite of passage” and initiation and their pitfalls
  • Lubomir’s insights into the true meaning of embodiment from a spiritual perspective and how it inspired his work
  • The profound messages and archetypal symbolism of his film “In-Shadow”
  • “in Shadow” exposes a lot of darkness in the world that has become more apparent since its release
  • The process of shadow work and the hero’s journey from dark to light
  • Lubomir’s creative process and how he channeled his anger and sense of indignation into art
  • How listening to a specific music track helped him to open up his creative channel – the same band Bernhard listens to for his creative process
  • The “confrontational” aspect of Lubomir’s film and the necessity of “shocks” to awaken people
  • The mission of art and how art has become superficial and soulless
  • Using art and music for shadow work, self-exploration, and transformation
  • How Paul Levy’s work on Wetiko affected Lubomir’s art
  • The shamanic dismemberment and rebirth
  • The daimon and being a channel for the creative spirit
  • Lubomir’s most recent film “Kingdom”
  • Hyperdimensional entities and occult forces (wetiko) depicted in “Kingdom”
  • Facing the devil/evil and the innocence of the inner child
  • How the inspiration for the “Kingdom” came to Lubomir in the Peruvian Andes
  • The message of “Kingdom” to “raise the sword” with courage – the heroic impulse
  • The trap of negativity and getting stuck in the dark
  • When “truth-seeking” is hijacked by unconscious trauma responses and a dysregulated nervous system
  • Dark and light, good and evil is not a true “duality”
  • The importance of finding your courage
  • Lubomir’s current projects

In Part 2 (only for members), we go deeper into:

• • Lubomir’s fantastic animated short film “The Forest King” based on the Scandinavian myth, Erlkonig (turned into a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  • A cautionary tale of the dangers of Transhumanism and VR technology with Luciferian and Ahrimanic themes
  • How Rudolf Steiner’s work influenced Lubomir
  • Organic vs. inorganic timeline
  • Lubomir’s insights into the current state of the world, the evolution of consciousness, and the splitting of humanity
  • Hive mind vs. Individuation
  • Mechanical humanity (Gurdjieff) vs. free will
  • The inevitability of Transhumanism and how to navigate it
  • The danger of over-simplified black-and-white thinking when it comes to technology
  • How Musk & Trump reflect the collective consciousness of humanity and can become “imperfect” instruments for the Divine
  • The importance of being present without identification with any side or point of view
  • How most people need certainty and have a hard time resting in the unknown
  • How the inner work and levels of consciousness affect the perception of the external world
  • The necessity to make peace with death and let go of fear
  • How the fear egregore affects masses of people
  • Gurdjieff’s exercise of facing the last hour of life and the Samurai philosophy of facing death
  • The importance of finding and living your personal myth
  • Painting hardships as necessary lessons and challenges for soul evolution
  • How most people are addicted to suffering unconsciously and don’t recognize the opportunity for transformation
  • The positive things happening in the world right now
  • The importance of rites of passage, which are forgotten in modern society
  • How novels inspired Lubomir’s Art and storytelling
  • The potential for a collective initiation process to awaken to a higher level of consciousness
  • The process of letting go to bring forth the true Self and embracing life
  • The bigger karmic cycles and lessons that determine our experience

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