Luminaries of Pantheism by Levi Ponce
This giant mural was conceived by Perry Rod, founder and Chairman of The Paradise Project, a group that promotes and supports the philosophy of pantheism. They launched a competition for the design of the mural which was won by Peter Moriarty – to view other entries, click here. It was painted by the muralist Levi Ponce in early 2015.
Not quite finished in late February
The mural decorates the side wall of the Paradise Project’s headquarters in Venice, California. It depicts people who are viewed as key pantheists: Albert Einstein, Alan Watts, Baruch Spinoza, Terence McKenna, Carl Jung, Carl Sagan, Emily Dickinson, Nikola Tesla, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Rumi, Adi Shankara, and Lao Tzu.
The word pantheism is derived from the Greek pan (meaning “all”) and theos (meaning “God”). It is the belief that the Universe is identical with divinity, or that everything composes an all-encompassing god. In other words, pantheists do not believe in a distinct personal or anthropomorphic god.
Linked to Monday Mural
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 11 January 2016
Travel with Intent 
Fabulous, Debbie. Thank goodness you gave us a key to the images. I recognized some, but not all. Whew! Thanks for contributing to this week’s Monday Mural.
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Very talented artist! (though I disagree with pantheism)
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Interesting way to commemorate great people. Though well painted I find the whole thing lacking something.
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It’s pretty serious as street art goes. No humour.
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It’s a huge history lesson!
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Indeed. I read the biographies of the people featured – some I knew nothing about before that
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Great mural with an amazing theme. Is there on the mural also a sort of explanation?
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there are signs on the surrounding fence
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Amazing scale!
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A wall of note!
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What a great mural and so well detailed painted portraits. I like it very much.
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It is incredibly striking
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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This is really great art!
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I am always amazed at how the muralists achieve such detail when hanging from a ladder and painting in such huge scale!
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Yes it is amazing.
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