Iconography and Meditation is an introduction to Icon Painting and its Secret Techniques revealed through the practice. The 12-step sequence is a simplified road map for proceeding from vision to creation. Every step is accompanied by suggested meditations to focus the mind with more awareness of who we are as we are painting. However, while easy-to-follow detailed instructions about technique and materials are provided, my main objective is to emphasize the mystical experience of the process itself.

For three decades I have experimented with different forms of prayer. Saints and theologians inspired my first experiences of meditation, sitting for long periods of time in silence. I found a new way to commune with the Spirit, Painting with Mother Earth using egg tempera. If you can grasp the inter-relationship of flesh and spirit in any one aspect of your life, then it is possible to see it run like an electrical current through all of life.

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TABLE of CONTENTS
Iconography and Meditation,
Looking at Icons Revealed, Icon Painting and their Secret Technique, One Secret Prayer Method, Brief History of Iconography, Organic Egg Tempera, Icon of St Luke, Overview of How to Paint an Icon, Wood for Iconography, Linen, Gesso and Gold, First lines, Chaos of Color, Second lines, Highlights and Veils, Final Lines, Analysis of Icon Images, Mixing Paint for Lettering, Pigment Recipe Guide, Egg Tempera, Prayers for an Iconographer,
Rules for Icon Painting, Mary Jane Miller Books
Iconography and Meditation