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Mister 13

Spain
47 / Boy

Details

  • 2012-12-13
  • 0
  • 141
  • 2012
  • Painting
  • Aerosol Paint
  • Religion

Pricing

  • Original available - 0.00 USD

Tags

surreal, religion, horror, paint, traditional, graffiti

Rating

5.00
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AGHORI

- AGHORI -

Description by Mister 13

Aerosol spray and kleenex on canvas. Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy. The expression "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to mean one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food, including sexual cannibalism. Cannibalism was widespread in the past among humans in many parts of the world. One of the most unknow cases are the Aughads, a Shaivite Hindu sect – mostly composed of ascetic sadhus – believed to have split off from the tantric Kapalika order (which dates from 1000) in India in the 14th century The Aghori are known for their extreme and outlandish violations of typical Indian and other social mores, as well as their unorthodox, taboo rituals which have caused many mainstream Hindus to condemn them as non-Hindu. They are, for instance, known to engage in post-mortem ritual cannibalism (necrophagy), urophagia and coprophagy ( drink and eat urine and excrements). They also often dwell in charnel grounds, have been witnessed smearing cremation ashes on their bodies, and have been known to use bones from human corpses for crafting skull bowls (which Shiva and other Hindu deities are often iconically depicted holding or using) and jewellery. Many Aghori gurus command great reverence from rural populations as they are supposed to possess miraculous healing powers gained through their intensely eremitic rites and practices of renunciation and tápasya. Aghoris are monists who adhere to the common Hindu belief in liberation, or moksha in Hindu parlance, from the cycle of reincarnation (samsara). This liberation is a realization of the self's identity with the absolute. Because of this monistic doctrine, the Aghoris maintain that all opposites are ultimately illusory. The purpose of embracing pollution and degradation through various customs is the realization of non-duality (Advaita) through transcending social taboos, attaining what is essentially an altered state of consciousness an perceiving the illusory nature of all conventional categories. The Aghoris distinguish themselves from other Hindu sects and priests by their alcoholic and cannibalistic rituals. The corpses, which may be either pulled from a river (such as the Ganges) or obtained from cremation grounds, are consumed both raw and cooked on open flame, as the Aghoris believe that what others consider a "dead man" is, in fact, nothing but natural matter devoid of the life force it once contained. Therefore while for ordinary people cannibalism may be seen as primitive, barbaric and unclean, for Aghoris it is both a spiritual resource and a subversion of taboos. In the Aghori view, nothing is profane nor separate from God, who is hailed to be all and in all. In fact, the Aghoris see it as a scientific approach in trying to discover how matter converts from one form to another. Aghoris believe that a maximum of seven human murders will be forgiven. Human sacrifices do not count towards the murder total but are themselves very uncommon. The Aughad sect still exists.

  • custos

    custos 2012-12-13 21:47:56

    I came to the recognition that someone should publish your works with the descriptions in a volume some day. Really, where do you excavate all these hidden and mysterious things from? And your images are amazing, I appreciate them!

  • Mister 13

    Mister 13 2012-12-14 13:59:03

    Thank you so much! I want to do something like that with my ink works, like a little magazine - book. I really appreciate your words because i know my art is not for all public, i mean, my images are creepy or macabre, and i talk about the dark side of reigions, paranormal.... I read about it since i was a child, all that things have a little fascination for me.