The qualities of ambiguity, traumatic possession, displacement and metamorphosis denote the Wasteland, a demonic substrate of confusion and violation whose veiling and idealized representation is the goal of image-work or “the cult of aesthetics” that defines the West. Its epitome is the achieved vision and naming of the Sankgreal, the Romance of the West’s formative century . (more…)

The West is a hybrid culture; it is a work of art that always has sought to establish and sustain its identity by images and artifacts. Its core organizing element is a passion play whose cast of characters is well known. The imagery is backed by armed force, burnings and terror because history and logic expose the play of fictions. (more…)