Garden of Souls: The Gateway to the Inner Space

IEC Conference: 2025-pending

In the town of Salantai (Lithuania), not far from Palanga, there is a farm where hundreds of sculptures created by Vilius Orvydas are located. Being a third-generation stonemason and sculptor of tombstones, Vilius began to create sculptures not only on the themes of Catholic Christianity, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, paganism, shamanism, mystical traditions, astrology. His estate began to turn into a huge workshop, where miracles were performed under the sun and pouring rain. The presence of old gods and shamanic spirits is felt here. When you walk through this tangle of stones and trees, it is impossible not to feel a sense of great mystery. Vilius Orvidas was a special sculptor-gardener and his “garden of souls” is a unique creation that should be carefully preserved for all future generations. There are not many similar places in the world where nature and sculptures are so beautifully and organically united. If Michelangelo “removed excess from the stone,” then Vilus freed the stone, revealing the soul hidden in it and preserving its connection with nature and the earth. The work of Vilius Orvidas gives us new opportunities to understand the healing power of art and art therapy, as well as the origins of many modern problems related to the universal archetype of the Shadow, and ways to solve them. The ways he found to heal the deepest wounds of the soul can be very useful to practitioners of great spiritual traditions, helping them get rid of serious obstacles.

MAYKOV, Vladimir Dr.

Russia

Ph.D. Author of «Transpersonal Project» (2007). President of the Russian Association of Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy, Chair of Transpersonal Psychology at Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis.
Author of four books, including «Transpersonal Project» (2007). Evolutionary film director, author of 4 documentaries on human development and about 100 interviews with leading world experts on this topic. Film director of “The Dance of Infinity” (2015), “Tools for Evolution” (2019), “The Secret of Carlos Castaneda” (2024), “The Garden of Souls: Gateways to the Inner Universe” (2024) and 20 interviews with transpersonal pioneers, artists and spiritual masters “At the Origins” (2016-2017).