Śāśwata Śākāhārī Āraṇyadev (शाश्वत शाकाहारी आरण्यदेव) = Absolute Vegetarian Phantom

Website:

http://graphicaldevine.com

About Me:

My profession is visual artist, fine art illustrator, and graphic designer. You can view my portfolio with illustrations at Graφical Devine (graphicaldevine.com).

I studied Visual Communication at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo), formerly known as The National College of Art and Design (Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole).

I live a Vegetarian life, and I eat mostly Vegan raw food.

I am a śiṣya (शिष्य) or disciple of my Gurujī (गुरुजी) or spiritual teacher Swāmi Paramānanda Mahārāj (1954 – 1999).

Birth Date:

December 23, 1977

Tarot Archetype (Personality Card according to birth date):

V The Hierophant

Rāśi (राशि) or Sidereal Sun Sign

Sagittarius ♐ Dhanus (धनुस्)

Nakṣatra (नक्षत्र) of the Moon

Rohinī (रोहिणी)

Tropical Sun Sign

Capricorn ♑

Relationship Status:

In a Relationship

Profession:

Visual Artist, Fine Art Illustrator, Graphic Designer

Interests:

The Absolute, Advaita Vedānta, Ahimsā, Ahiṃsā, Alchemy, Alphabet, Amanaska, Ambrosia, Amṛta, Ānanda, Animal Rights, Animals, Animal Welfare, Animation, Antaḥkaraṇa, Antarātmā, Anti-Captivity, Anti-Cruelty, Anti-Fur, Anti-Guns, Anti-Leather, Anti-Military, Anti-Racism, Anti-Speciesism, Anti-Violence, Anti-Vivisection, Anti-War, Aparigraha, Archetypes, Ardour, Art, Āsana, Aṣṭāṅga Yoga, Asteya, Astral Projection, Astrology, Astronomy, Ātman, Attention, Austerity, Awareness, Āyurveda, Bandhu, Baul, Beauty, Bhakti, Bodhi, Brahmacarya, Buddhi, Buddhism, Ch'an, Ch'i, Children, Cit, Citta, Cittā, Colour, Comic, Commitment, Compassion, Concentration, Conscience, Consciousness, Contentment, Continence, Correspondence, Dāna, Dance, Dao, Dew, Dhāraṇa, Dharma Buddhi, Dhyāna, Discrimination, Discernment, Drawing, Emancipation, Environment, Essence, Ethic, Fair Trade, Film, Flower, Form, Freedom, Fruit, Geometry, Gnosis, Goodness, Graphic Design, Guitar, Harmony, Haṭha Yoga, Hermetic Philosophy, Hinduism, Human Rights, Icchā, Illustration, Insight, Intellect, Internet, Iśvara Praṇidhāna, Jain Dharma, Jainism, Japa, Jīng, Jīva, Jñāna, Judgement, Jyotiṣa, Kabbalah, Kailash, Kailāśa, Kailāśa Parvat, Kalarippayaṭ, Kalarippayattu, Karma, Karuṇā, Ki, Knowledge, Kriyā, Kung Fu, Liberation, Love, Lyric, Magic, Mahjong, Manas, Manichaeism, Mantra, Martial Art, Mercy, Metaphysics, Meditation, Mildness, Mind, Mindfulness, Mindlessness, Mindstuff, Mokṣa, Morality, Moral, Movies, Mukti, Music, Mysticism, Mythology, Naturality, Nectar, Nei Kung, Nirvāṇa, Nirvikalpa, Niyama, Non-Coveting, Non-Cruelty, Nondualism, Non-dualistic Philosophy, Non-Stealing, Non-Violence, Normality, Painting, Paramātmā, Patience, Peace, The Phantom, Photography, Plant, Poetry, Prajñā, Prāṇāyāma, Pratyāhāra, Pūjā, Purity, Qabalah, Qi, Quantum Physics, Rāja Yoga, Raṅg, Rasah, Raw Food, Reason, Reincarnation, Root, Rūpa, Saccidānanda, Sādhanā, Sādhanam, Sahaja, Samādhi, Śambhala, Śambhala, Saṃdhyā-Bhāṣā, Saṃjñā, Sāṃkhya, Saṃnyāsa, Saṅnyāsa, Saṃvid, Sanātana Dharma, Sanjñā, Sañjñā, Sāṅkhya, Śānti, Santoṣa, Śāśwata, Sat, Sat-cit-ānanda, Satsaṅga, Sattva, Satya, Śauca, Savikalpa, Science, Self-Realisation, Sequential Art, Shambhala, Shén, Śīla, Śilpa Śāstra, Smṛti, Soma, Spagyria, Spagyric, Spirituality, Svādhyāya, Symbols, Taiji, Tao, Taoism, Tapas, TAROT, Tree, Truth, Twilight Language, Understanding, Vajramukti, Vajrayāna, Vāstu, Vāstu Śāstra, Veda, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vidyā, Vijñāna, Vipaśyanā, Vivekjukta Buddhi, Will, Wisdom, Work, Writing, Yama, Yáng, Yīn, Yoga, Zen, Zero-Point Energy, Zodiac, …

Favourite Books:

Aditya Chari, “Figure Study Made Easy”,
Arthur Edward Waite, “The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah”,
Arthur Edward Waite, “The Holy Kabbalah”,
Aldous Huxley, “The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell”,
Aleister Crowley, “The Book of Thoth: Egyptian Tarot”, (Book of Thoth.pdf),
Aleister Crowley, “Liber 777”, (Liber 777.pdf),
Alfred Huang, “The Numerology of the I Ching: A Sourcebook of Symbols, Structutres and Traditional Wisdom”,
Alfred Perceval Graves, “The Irish Fairy Book”,
Alice Boner, “Principles of Composition in Hindu Sculpture: Cave Temple Period”,
Alistair Shearer, “The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless”,
Anna Røsstad, “Leonardo da Vinci: The Man and the Mystery”,
Athanasius Kircher, “Œdipus Ægyptiacus, Oedipus Aegyptiacus”,
B. G. Sidharth, “The Celestial Key to the Vedas: Discovering the Origins of the World's Oldest Civilization”,
“BhagavadGita”,
Caitlín Matthews, “The Da Vinci Enigma Tarot”,
Carole Stott, “Celestial Charts: Antique Maps of the Heavens”,
C.G. Jung, “Jung on Alchemy (Selected and Introduced by Nathan Schwartz-Salant)”,
C.G. Jung and Carl Kerenyi, “The Science of Mythology”,
Chang Po-tuan, (commentary by Liu I-ming), “The Inner Teachings of Taoism”,
“Cheiro's Book of Numbers: The Complete Science of Numerology”,
Curtiss Hoffman, “The Seven Story Tower: A Mythic Journey Through Space and Time”,
Cynthia Giles, “Tarot: The Complete Guide”,
David Allen Hulse, “The Western Mysteries (Key of It All)”,
David Allen Hulse, “The Eastern Mysteries (Key of It All)”,
David Chow and Richard Spangler, “Kung Fu: History, Philosophy and Technique”,
David Fontana, “The Secret Language of Symbols: A Visual Key to Symbols and Their Meanings”,
David R. Kinsley, “Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahavidyas”,
Donald A. Mackenzie, “Myths & Legends of India”,
Donald A. Mackenzie, “Pre-Columbian America”,
Douglas L. Wong, “Kung Fu: The Way of Life”,
Drunvalo Melchizedek: “The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life”,
Duncan Steel, “Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon Which Has Changed the Course of History”,
Eva Jansen, “The Book of Hindu Imagery: The Gods & Their Symbols”,
Eva Van Dam, “The Magic Life of Milarepa”,
Francis Melville, “The Book of Alchemy: The Pursuit of Wisdom and the Search for the Philosopher's Stone”,
Gavin D. Flood, “An Introduction to Hinduism”,
Genevieve Lacambre, “Gustave Moreau: Between Epic and Dream”,
Geoffrey Cornelius & Paul Devereux, “The Secret Language of the Stars and Planets: A Visual Key to the Celestial Mysteries”,
Gerald Suster, “The Truth About the Tarot”,
Gerd Ziegler, “Tarot: Mirror of the Soul”,
Gopal Sharma, “Teach Yourself Vaastu”,
Graham Hancock and Santha Faiia, “Heaven's Mirror: Quest for the Lost Civilization”,
Gyorgy Doczi, “The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, Art and Architecture”,
Harish Johari, “Chakras - Energy Centers of Transformation”,
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, “Of Occult Philosophy or Magic ('de occulta philosophia')”,
Holger Kersten, “Jesus Lived in India: His Unknown Life Before and After the Crucifixion”,
Ian Ridpath, “Philip's Atlas of Stars and Planets”,
Idries Shah, “The Sufis”,

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Israel Regardie, “The Tree of Life: A Study in Magic”,
James B. Seaborn, “Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Physics and Astrophysics”,
James D. Watson, Gunther S. Stent, “The Double Helix: a Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA”,
James Redfield, “The Celestine Prophesy”,
James Redfield, “The Secret of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight”,
James Redfield, “The Tenth Insight”,
James Wasserman, “Art & Symbols of the Occult”,
Jeremy Black and Anthony Green (Illustrated by Tessa Rickards), “Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary”,
John Anthony West, “Serpent in the Sky: High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt”,
John Major Jenkins, “Galactic Alignment: The Transformation of Consciousness According to Mayan, Egyptian and Vedic Traditions”,
John Matthews and Michael J. Stead, “King Arthur's Britain”,
Joscelyn Godwin, “Music, Mysticism and Magic”,
Joseph Campbell, “The Inner Reaches of Outer Space”,
Juliet Sharman-Burke, “Understanding the Tarot: A Personal Teaching Guide”,
Karel Werner, “A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism”,
Kieren Barry, “The Greek Qabalah”,
Komilla Sutton, “Vedic Astrology”,
Kosta Danaos, “Nei Kung: Secret Teachings of a Taoist”,
K S Charak, “Surya The Sun God”,
Linda Goodman's Star Signs”,
Lucie Lamy, “Egyptian Mysteries: New Light on Ancient Knowledge”,
Manfred Junius: “Spagyrics: The Alchemical Preparation of Medical Essences, Tinctures, and Elixirs”,
Manoranjan Basu, “Fundamentals of the Philosophy of Tantras”,
Mark Stavish: “Path of Alchemy: Energetic Healing and the World of Natural Magic (Pathways to Enlightenment)”,
Martin Lunn, “Da Vinci Code Decoded: The Truth Behind the New York Times #1 Bestseller”,
Masaaki Hatsumi, “The Grandmaster's Book of Ninja Training”,
N. H. Sahasrabudhe & R. D. Mahatme, “Mystic Science of Vastu”,
Nicholas Campion . . Steve Eddy, “The New Astrology”,
Nicholas Notovitch, “The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ”,
Oswald Wirth, “The Tarot of the Magicians”,
Paramahansa Yogananda, “Autobiography of a Yogi”,
Patrick Noon, “The Human Form Divine: William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection”,
Paul Brecher, “The Way of the Spiritual Warrior: Soft Style Martial Arts for Body, Mind & Spirit”,
Paul Huson, “Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage”,
Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”,
Rabindranath Tagore, “Gitanjali”,
Rabindranath Tagore, “Sādhanā”,
Rachel Storm, “Myths of Egypt”,
Rachel Storm, “Myths of India”,
Rhapsodies of the Bizarre, “the Tarot Essays of Antoine Court de Gébelin & M. le Comte de Mellet (English translation and comments by J. Karlin)”,
Richard Webster, “The ABC of Astral Travel”,
Robert Cox, “The Pillar of Celestial Fire: The Lost Science of the Ancient Seers Rediscovered”,
Romesh C. Dutt, “The Mahabharata: Epics of the Bharatas”,
Shivananda Saraswati, “Yogic Therapy”,
Shyam Sundar Goswami, “Laya Yoga: The Definitive Guide to the Chakras and Evoking Kundalini”,
Sir James Knowles, “The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights”,
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, “The Kabbalah Unveiled”,
S. Mahdihassan, “Indian Alchemy or Rasayana: In the Light of Asceticism and Geriatrics”,
Stephen Skinner: “The Complete Magician's Tables”,
Steve Savedow: “Sepher Rezial Hemelach: The Book of the Angel Rezial”,
Suzanne Havala, “Vegetarian Cooking for Dummies”,
Swāmi Abhedānanda, “Life Beyond Death: A Critical Study of Spiritualism”,
Swami Ambikananda Saraswati, “The Uddhava Gita: Following the Bhagavad Gita - The Final Teaching of Krishna”,
Swāmi Paramānanda, “Mysteries of Baul”,
Swāmi Paramānanda, “Love and Naturality”,
Swāmi Vivekānanda, “Raja Yoga”,
“The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo”,
Three Initiates, “The Kybalion: a Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece”, (kybalion.org),

Favourite Comics

The Phantom

Favourite Movies:

The Matrix

Favourite Music:

drum'n'base, dub, heavy metal, mystical, new age, pop, psychedelia, rāga, reggae, rock, rythm and blues, soul, trance, ...

• AC/DC (…)
• Aerosmith (…)
• Alanis Morissette (…)
• Alice In Chains (…)
• Anggun (…)
• Ani DiFranco (myspace.com/anidifranco, righteousbabe.com)
• Annie Lennox (…)
• Anoushka Shankar (anoushkashankar.com)
• Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (…)
• Avril Lavigne (…)
• B52s (…)
• Beastie Boys (…)
• The Beatles (beatles.com)
• Beegees (…)
• Billy Idol (…)
• Blur (…)
• Bob Dylan (…)
• Bob Marley (…)
• Bon Jovi (…)
• Brandy (…)
• Bryan Adams (…)
• Carrie Underwood (myspace.com/carrieunderwood, carrieunderwoodofficial.com)
• Cat Stevens (…)
• Chantal Chamandy (…)
• The Chemical Brothers (…)
• Common (…)
• Cranberries (…)
• Deep Forest (…)
• Def Leppard (…)
• Depeche Mode (depechemode.com)
• Deva Premal (…)
• Dolly Parton (…)
• The Doors (…)
• Elvis Presley (…)
• Emmylou Harris (…)
• Enigma (…)
• Eric Clapton (…)
• Erykah Badu (…)
• Esther Kim (…)
• Eurythmics (…)
• Faith No More (…)
• Frédéric Chopin (…)
• George Harrison (…)
• The Greatful Dead (…)
• Guns N' Roses (…)
• Gustav Holst (…)
• Hazrat Inayat Khan (…)
• India.Arie (…)
• Jalālu'ddīn Rūmī (…)
• Janis Joplin (…)
• JaRule (…)
• Jimi Hendrix (…)
• Johannes Brahms (…)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (…)
• John Lennon (…)
• Joss Stone (…)
• Juliana Hatfield (julianahatfield.com)
• Kate Bush (…)
• K.D. Lang (…)
• KRS-One (…)
• Kula Shaker (…)
• Kurt Cobain (…)
• Lauryn Hill (…)
• Led Zeppelin (myspace.com/ledzeppelin, ledzeppelin.com, themothershipiscoming.com)
• Lenny Kravitz (…)
• Leonard Cohen (…)
• Linda Ronstadt (…)
• Little Richard (…)
• Live (…)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (…)
• Massive Attack (…)
• Meat Loaf (…)
• Meja (myspace.com/mejaofficial, meja.net)
• Meli Rivera (myspace.com/meliriveramusic)
• Michael Franti (…)
• Michael Jackson (…)
• Moby (myspace.com/moby, moby.com)
• Mojow & The Vibration Army (…)
• Morrissey (…)
• Natalie Imbruglia (…)
• Nellie McKay (nelliemckay.com, nelliemckay.org)
• Nelly Furtado (…)
• Niccolò Paganini (…)
• Niki Khan (myspace.com/nikikhan)
• Nirvana (…)
• Oliver Shanti & Friends (…)
• Pablo Sarasate (…)
• Paul McCartney (…)
• Pearl Jam (…)
• Peter Gabriel (petergabriel.com)
• P!nk
• Prem Joshua (…)
• Prince (…)
• Prodigy (…)
• Queen (…)
• Rachel Claudio (myspace.com/rclaudio, …)
• Rage Against the Machine (…)
• Ravi Shankar (…)
• Ringo Starr (…)
• Roxette (…)
• Sananda Maitreya (aka Terence Trent D'Arby) (…)
• Santana (…)
• Sarah Brightman (sarah-brightman.com)
• Savage Garden (…)
• Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band (…)
• Shakira (…)
• Sheila Chandra (…)
• Snatam Kaur Khalsa (…)
• Shania Twain (…)
• Soundgarden (…)
• Sting (myspace.com/theofficialsting, sting.com)
• Suede (…)
• Tina Turner (…)
• Ugly Kid Joe (…)
• Vanessa Mae (…)
• Whitney Houston (…)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (…)
• Wu-Tang Clan (…)
• Yehudi Menuhin (…)
• Zakir Hussain (…)
• Ziggy Marley (…)
& cetera