# Alex Gordon-Brander · Thangkas as devotional practice

Atlas source `B04` · attested · Alex’s artist account

Source date — Nov 2026

Alex describes why he began the images, the practices behind them and how he directs the work from liturgy to composition.

## Works that cite this record

- [White Tārā](<https://agbrander.com/work/art-tara/>)
- [Vajrayoginī](<https://agbrander.com/work/art-vajra/>)
- [Zeus](<https://agbrander.com/work/art-zeus/>)
- [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image](<https://agbrander.com/work/yidam-practice/>)
- [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana](<https://agbrander.com/work/zeus-sadhana/>)

## Relationships that cite this record

- [Vajrayāna · Nyingma and Kagyu](<https://agbrander.com/work/vajrayana/>) → [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image](<https://agbrander.com/work/yidam-practice/>) · recorded · Alex describes the liturgies as part of his named practice tradition
- [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image](<https://agbrander.com/work/yidam-practice/>) → [White Tārā](<https://agbrander.com/work/art-tara/>) · recorded · Alex made the White Tārā painting as a companion to the liturgy
- [Yidam practice · From liturgy to image](<https://agbrander.com/work/yidam-practice/>) → [Vajrayoginī](<https://agbrander.com/work/art-vajra/>) · recorded · Alex made the Vajrayoginī painting as a companion to the liturgy
- [Baguazhang · Movement and the eight trigrams](<https://agbrander.com/work/bagua/>) → [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana](<https://agbrander.com/work/zeus-sadhana/>) · recorded · Alex identifies lightning practice in Bagua as one source of the emerging Zeus practice
- [Western ceremonial magic · LBRP](<https://agbrander.com/work/lbrp/>) → [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana](<https://agbrander.com/work/zeus-sadhana/>) · recorded · Alex identifies ceremonial magic as a source for the Zeus practice and image
- [Zeus · An emerging personal sādhana](<https://agbrander.com/work/zeus-sadhana/>) → [Zeus](<https://agbrander.com/work/art-zeus/>) · recorded · Alex says the image was made in relation to the emerging liturgy

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