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spirituality

A staged performance scene showing a blindfolded figure seated at a table with a candle, crystal ball and open book in a darkened setting.

From Surrealism to Séances: The Art World’s Spiritual Turn

A spate of 2025 shows points to wider institutional interest not only in art that engages mystical or occult frameworks but also in rereading art history through a more spiritually charged lens.
By Elisa Carollo

Rainn Wilson’s New Book ‘Soul Boom’ Takes Him From Dwight Schrute to Guru

“Why is the beet-farming, paper-selling, tangentially-Amish man-baby with the giant forehead and short-sleeved mustard shirts writing about the meaning of life?” asks Riann Wilson in his new book, "Soul Boom." It's a good question.
By Nathan Smith
Pete Holmes

Is Pete Holmes the Ram Dass of Stand-Up? The ‘Crashing’ Star Talks Faith, Fear and the State of Comedy

'I see the change in the comedy community as just another macrocosm for the inner transformation we should all be going through,' says Pete Holmes.
By John Russell
Chef Carla Hall.

Chef Carla Hall’s Approach to Mindful Eating Includes ‘Hamburger Time’

By Taylor Tobin
Sacred Bones' Jenny Hval circa 2016's unrealized film script turned album, "Blood Bitch"

How Sacred Bones Became the Underground’s Most Influential Record Label

By Justin Joffe
David Bazan.

David Bazan on Escaping Pedro The Lion, Finding Hope and Embracing Going Solo

By Mischa Pearlman
Thunder in the friend zone

A Wise Man Acts a Fool: Thundercat on Expanding Minds and Expectations

By Justin Joffe
No one today would deny that technology is a connector.

How Artificial Intelligence Will Improve Our Spiritual Life

By Gideon Kimbrell
Hodgy.

Hodgy Steps Out of Odd Future’s Shadow on His Inspired Solo Debut

By Justin Joffe
Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen Casts a Dim But Holy Glow on ‘You Want It Darker’

By Justin Joffe
Chris Staples.

Smiling at Oblivion: The Cathartic Americana of Chris Staples

By Ryan Burleson
Swans.

Michael Gira on ‘Dangling Off the Edge of a Cliff’ for Swans’ Epic Final Album

By Jordan N. Mamone
Kel Valhaal, a.k.a. Hunter Hunt Hendrix.

As Kel Valhaal, Liturgy’s Frontman Crafts a Mythos as Heady as His Music

By Justin Joffe
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Are the Two-Faced Men in Beyoncé’s Life Practicing Yaqui Shamanism?

By Justin Joffe
Gabrielle Bernstein (Illustration: Paul Kisselev for Observer)

Oprah-Certified Self-Help Maven Gabrielle Bernstein: ‘Happiness Isn’t for Dabblers’

By Lauren Elkies Schram
(L-R) Dave Portner (Avey Tare), Noah Lennox (Panda Bear), and Brian Weitz (Geologist) are the current lineup of Animal Collective

How Animal Collective Harnessed Its Primal Instincts for ‘Painting With’

By Justin Joffe
Flying Lotus at Music Hall of Williamsburg in February

Flying Lotus & Jon Hopkins Get Extra Trippy for Transcendental Meditation

By Justin Joffe
Slava Rubin, Indiegogo CEO. (Photo: Indiegogo)

For Indiegogo Co-Founder, Slava Rubin, Spirituality Counters Startup Life’s Chaos

By Brady Dale

Dissolving Duality: The Deepening Disciplines of Devendra Banhart

By Justin Joffe
Photo: Emily Assiran for New York Observer

Luxury Jeweler Satya Scainetti Channels Spirituality Through Designs

By Ruby Warrington
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