VISIONARY REVUE

VISIONARY REVUE

THE INITIATION
Matthias Staber

FALL 2007

       This painting contains all my knowledge as artist and as magician, shaman and mystic. It is not finished yet. I hope to finish it after my 20th birthday (20 ÷ 2 = 10). I was born on the 9th day of the 9th month of 1986, which is 999, which becomes 666.
      There is a lot of Austrian soul in this work: the artists of Austria love the use of color, and as a child of this lovely land I continue that tradition. I'm 100% self thought, and everything on this canvas is Teonanacatl-technique.
     The painting is about oneness, the feeling which Teonanacatl gives you - oneness with nature. It’s also a self-portrait, combined with a lot of influences from the DIABOl (=L) EUN-Tradition, a magical tradition taught by Brother FEALEATARO (of the light). I consider this person one of my teachers.
      In this painting, I give the sign of the devotee to help evoke the powers of the DIABOlEUN-Plane. My hands are holding the shield of unity, which contains the two lesser shields of duality; this helps to destroy the illusion of duality. The two baby-sized skulls represent one of the magical weapons used in the DIABOlEUN-Faith (the shield is another weapon). The skull is used to concentrate the powers, but they also symbolize the fear of death (green and black represent fear; the skull, death). Every fear is the fear of death.

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      There are 32 stars (small golden circles) which represent the 32 spirits of the faith. 3 + 2 = 5 and 5 = 10 ÷ 2. This pleases G.O.D (since 10 is the number of god). The yellow and black parts also symbolize a protection ritual: the black and white parts I termed - IAOsierende Malerei (IAOsating technique) - because IAO, like AUM, contains the whole story of our universe. The correspondence of IAO with black, grey amd white are as follows:

      White ('I' oneness, clear light, G.O.D, number 1)
      Grey ('A' movement from no-thing to thing, wisdom, nonduality, number 2)
      Black ('O' material universe, number 3)

      There is another protection ritual in this work, so it won’t cause any harm on this plane. The three black parts and the three colored parts symbolize the mystic Trinity but also the trinity of the DIABOlEUN-Faith (ASTHAROT, BELEZEBUTH and LUCIFER). These are the three fallen angels who formed the religion given by Brother Luther. In the painting there are three black parts and three colored ones. 3+3=6 and 3 times 6 is 666. My head is shining like the sun and 666 is the number of the soul of men written in the holy square of the sun.

TEONANACATL

The sacred mushroom has given us nearly everything we have. I say ‘nearly’ because we have nothing except the living moment - and we don't even possess this: we are possessed by the moment.
I believe that all the major dualities are based on our first mushroom experiences. For example, I remember one trip where it was possible for me to speak, except I didn't want to. Instead, the only sounds I made were strange throat sounds:

AAAAAAUUUUUUUUMMM
GGGNNRRRROOAAAAAAAAR

I believe that the first humans also experienced this - the birth of language. The Hindus, for example, believe that the holy syllable AUM created the universe.
We know ourselves because of the flesh of gods and since Brother UGHUGKRANG (himself the first artist of the world), we know that Art is a form of self-knowledge. So what would be better for an artist than the use of psylos to attain self-knowledge and to create art? Teonanacatl changes your view onto the world - and with this change, your art also has to change. Teonanacatl gives you life; it gives you a mission on this planet.

FALL 2007

Poem
by Brother Fealeataro
written especially
for Matthias Staeber's painting

The Initation

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THE INITIATION
Matthias Staber

FALL 2007

MATTHIAS STABER

       I was born on the 9th of September 1986 in Graz, Austria.
       That is the 9th of the 9th of 1986 - So you see that I’m a son of the dragon.
       My childhood was very beautiful. I lived the mystery of this moment in all its grace. Around the age of ten, I realized that this place is samsara and that all beauty is just illusion. I had two very traumatic weeks, while my mother ran around in a demonic possession (called schizophrenia), scaring the hell out of me. After this I lived in darkness.
       At the age of sixteen, I came across the sacred mushroom. It was quite amazing, talking with candlelight in this very medial way.
       But other people always found me strange. My friends talked about cars, alcohol and how to earn money. I always turned the conversation around, pointing to G.O.D and the mysteries of life.
       I gained access to the world of G.O.D at the age of seventeen, during a very strong mushroom trip. After seven hours tripping, I took the last mushroom. This mushroom told me that I had to die and never come back. I was scared to death but, after one hour of fighting, my ego just exploded. "I" experienced Oneness, and had the feeling that I can create and destroy this world as I like... And I knew that THIS was our home
       After that experience, I started to draw again. I found a book of Bob Venosa’s art in the attic. His paintings explained my experiences and I thought: I have to create something like this too. The book was called Mannas Manna.
       This "year," "I" realized in one of those strange flashes of light, that my person is just a product of time and space, and that my true self has nothing to do with these. Since that moment, the "I" is just something that happens in the light of the eternal father...
       Ever since, my ego fixation has been vanishing more and more. And, the more my own natural light starts to vanish, the more this other-worldy light can shine. I believe that the mind and personality are just walls before true creativity, and inspiration can bloom when you rediscover and reunite with your true face, the eternal light that gives this moment existence...
       So painting is worship and prayer. The more creative I am, the more I understand the creator and the creation, because we live in paradise and we wander through heaven - we just dont see it.