The Swiss Theosophical Society sponsors a 3 week free stay at the THEOSOPHYART RESEARCH CENTER FOR SCHOLARS. The center dispose of an extensive library on Theosophy and the spiritual in art (more than 1500 specific texts in Italian, English, French, German and Dutch and catalogues of many exhibitions related to the spiritual in art in Italian and English).
This study stay focuses on research into the spiritual in art, Theosophy and the personalities and artists who populated the surroundings of Ascona and Monte Verità.
Catalogue of theosophical texts : https://teosofia.me/2021/09/29/libreria/ .
Concerning the spiritual in art : https://theosophyart.org/ and the specialist library https://www.libib.com/u/spirtualinart .
Concerning the history of Ascona from a theosophical point of view : https://artascona.wordpress.com/ .
A series of international conferences held during the last European seminar : https://www.youtube.com/playlist… .
In addition to this, there is the Archivio Luigi Pericle in the Ascona hotel with over 1500 astrological themes and the German-language library of Luigi Pericle.
The scholar residence is sponsored by www.teosofia.ch
LOCATION OF THE CENTER : https://hotel-ascona.ch/en/
For applications please contact info@teosofia.ch with all your references and CV. The study project on the spiritual in art accepts interdisciplinary scholars and researchers of philosophy, art history, musicology, dance, art, theatre, cinema, literature, anthropology, humanism, esotericism and others. Each year we welcome serious scholars from all over the world for thesis, master’s and doctoral work or freelance research.
See also https://luigipericle.org/study-retreat/
Please see the presentation :
Theosophy & ARTS 