About
About Economou DemetriosDemetrios was born in Filia Kalavriton in Greece. During his studies at the Pedagogical Academy of Thessaloniki he was studying simultaneously at a workshop of oil painting. In 1974-76 the artist studied sculpture and painting [busts] in Southampton Art college. In 1978-80 the artist studied painting and marble-sculpture at the university of Guildford London [ later called Sir John Cass school of arts].
After he studied to the City and Guilds in south London school of art( led by Prof. Mitchel) )he was demonstrated of all his artistic material, seated the position of training for a masters degree in sculpture studies. He studied iconography by being the student of G. Papageorgiou. He was extra taught details by Geronda Sofronios of Essex and Stavpos Mihalalarias. Firstly he iconographed the church of saint Nicholas in Southampton 1974-76. Then in 1976-1981 he made the wall paintings at Saint Constantine and Helen church in Crystal Palace of London. This church is a preserved British monument.He created the great wall paintings of the nativity of the Lorld and Platitera ‘Saint Mary’ – the biggest in the world’. He also iconographed many mobile icons and icon screens in England (Torque Saint Adeas and St. Panteleimon in London). Moreover he made wall paintings in the church of St. Constantine and St. Helen in Filia Kalavryton and Zodoxou piyis in Fileika kalivia. For 10 years he taught iconography at the Emmaus centre (catholic monasterie) at west Wickham in Kent. There were students of all faiths gathered from all over the world, they where accommodated at the center and learn this sacred form of art. His student sister Esther (catholic nun) made an iconographers union and established ten iconographer’s schools in UK& Irland. In many restaurants in London he created greek landscapes. Furthermore he wall painted the high school in Peania with ancient Greek themes.
During 1983-1990 he worked mainly as a sculptor. The works of this period are: The statue of the hero Ipsilantis in the memory of the battle of petra , located within the Ipsilanti village at viotia in 1986. In the unveiling was present the president of the Greek Parliament and many army officers. The actress and poet Beatrice Papadiamontopoulou -Benou - recited a poem in the honour of the sculpture. The unveiling was on any media. He made the bust of minister I. Aposkitis inVelimachi Arcadia. The bust of actress Beatrice Benou. The bust of Athanassios Rigopoulos[ the secretary of the Kolokotronis] in Filia Kalavriton. The bust of E.Mitilineou in Plomari. The ceremonies of the unveilings were broadcasted by the local radio. Also the bust of mayor Galetsa of Plomari, the bust of A.Anagnostou motorcrosser from Glika Nera in Athens. More busts where created by the artist such as V. Karamanou from Rethi in korintho, B.karamanou from Filia kalavriton, a bust of Panagiotarou from Xilokastro , the bust of Dr. Pepisteri for the square in Rododafni Egiou, his wife Metaxia ,his brother Nikolaos
As a member of the art organization of scientists and artists participated every year in an annual exhibition (1983-86). He took part in a group exhibition in Titanium gallery. He also collects masks worldwide. He specializes in modern masks and faces. He has created many bronze masks and has sketched hundreds awaiting implementation in sculptural various forms. He exhibited his masks and his collection in the museum of Croydon from the 8th of June till 13th Aug 1995 (after the Picaso Exhibition) The same museum has borrowed out his collection of masks to exhibit them three times. The English channel 4 took an interview from the artist. His name is written in the Greek encyclopedia (Lexikon) of Greek artists from 16th to 20th century published by Melissa editors. According to this encyclopedia "His painting moves into the context of surrealism with symbolic extensions". His work "personification of the nature" was collected to be exhibited in the Royal academy of London 1999.
BRONZE METAL IN BIENALEDuring 1998 he exhibited five of his art works in the international exhibition in (VITRINA) which was organized by the ARTE STUDIO who hosts the international Florence Biennale. He received the silver award from the Dean of the Florence University Dr.Mario Leone in a formal celebration.
GOLD METAL FROM FLORENCE BIENALE 1999He was awarded a Gold metal from the Florence Bienale 1999. This art competition included 600 top artists from all over the globe. The manager of Biennale and international art critic John Spike appreciated his work and expressed his favorable comments for his originality, style and unity. In honor of the artist John Spike offered an extra kiosk to exhibit his work "crucifixion of the humanity". Because of his awards he selected to be international scientific committee member. According to his status he promoted the Greek art in an international level. He selected top greek artists in order to exhibit in Florence Biennale 1999. Their name are as follows:- M.Kalaitzakis - A.Giagianos from Athens. Neofitou - Sfikas - A. Panagi from England. Louise Mansfield from Ireland. He suggested the participation in Biennale of the following artists: G. Psixopedis - K. Panagiotakopulos - M.Zervos –A Fasianos; for unforseen reasons they didn't participate. Later on he selected Prince of Wales Charles to exhibit in Bienale - The sculptor Praksitelis Tzanulinos - V. Ilia - K. Georgokopoulos - S.Pavlidou Asimopoulou –K. Tomazos& many others His work is permanently exhibited in Lifetimes department in the Croydon museum. The artist’s biography is presented from the computers of the museum and himself speaks out about his work. Demetrios writes poems. His poem "I love you Jesus" composed from the maestro of the choir I.Sakelaridis. This choir sang this song in Europe and America. His work was printed in the front cover of the London magazine 'opinion' He is a member of the "guild of master craftsmen" organization.
He was the vice-president during the years 2006-2007 of the spiritual Olympic Games of the UK. The president was Lord Longford (president in the house of Lords)
His work is found in public places, organizations, churches, collections, restaurants and museums such as (Frankfurt museum, Bromley Kent, Croydon Surrey, Siros Greek island, Borres museum in Athens and Economou’s museums in Athens. Polykarpou’s museum in cyprous. He created the statue ‘the Dancer’ with Yana Booth model miss Great Britain 2002. This statue is life-size and can rotate as a real dancer.After his model started to work in Lido France, he worked with the model Kinga Hajdo (his art student). In 2011 he completed his symbolic art museum and built the museum of masks in the sculpture garden. In this museum he exhibited his own created masks and his collections from all over the world. The sculpture park is the land of the 2 museums also there is a smaller sculpture park in front of the museums. These parks exhibit sculptures of Greek and foreign sculptors. The English magazine “Artists & Illustrators” during July 2008 on page 46 devoted a full page to present the work of “The Dancer”. In February 17, 2001 he accomplished one man exhibition at Ripley Art Centre in Bromley Kent. Inaugurations where held by the mayor Crow and the president of Greek orthodox communities of Great Britain mr Diamentis Pateras replaced mrs Xrisanthi Lemos (The patron of the royal academy of London). Mrs Lemos stood by Economou and referenced him the Prince of Wales as an artist to participate in Florence Biennale. He exhibited his masks 10 – 13th August 2006 in the Hornyman Museum in Dulwich of London. In the 8th of March 2004 he received a letter from Prince Charles who congratulates him for the “splendid busts” of the Brigadier Stephen Saunders and suggests him to offer this bust in any museum of England he thinks. The unveilings of bust of S.Saunders (who is a victim of the 17 Nov organization) occurred on the 6th of June in the vorres museum with the presence of the ambassadors of GB and the USA, many diplomats from other countries, elegant guests, politicians and Mrs. Saunders with her daughters. During of the Olimpic games Athens 2004 his “Olimpic spirit art was exhibited in Bopes and Siros museums. As a member of “‘The most Sacred order of the Orthodox Hospitalers’”he taught Free of charge An Icon painting seminar to Benjala people of Palestine. In 2011 he analyzed his symbolic art in Diahroniki Gallery in Nikosia. March 2008 he participated in a group exhibition in original gallery in Hornsey Library London n 8 . He gave riport to RIK (cypriot chanel)
In 25th of April 2001 received thanking letter from Prince Charles who selected him to exhibit in Florence Biennale. Ion Vorres helped Demetrios in his art. Schools are welcomed in Economou ‘s museum and the students are taught free of charge to decorate masks. The best of them receives award and they exhibit in the mask museum. Tourist groups are welcomed free of charge including guiding. There is adequate space at the sculpture park for temp. exhibitions events. Each sculptor from abroad and in Greece can place his sculpture in the sculpture park for a permanent exhibition. Any artist from all over the world now can apply to D.Economou to participate at Florence Biennale.
HIS PHILOSOPHYD. Economou now continues to create symbolic art philosophical about the Trinity theory & writes a book. He believes that the hole creation is a reflection of the trinity. Trinity is the archetype of every thing. Everything is under the control of the Trinity law .The simplicity of the Trinity law controls the complexity of phenomena and connections and rules the universes in harmony as a hole, as one system, as unique. The simplicity of the trinity law rules easily the whole Cosmos. Family is a trinity in one (father-sons-mother). The sun is a trinity in one (The sun-the rays-the warmth) The cells of the cosmic body is constructed by small trinities (atoms)
HOLY TRINITY AND DEIFICATION (THEOSIS)Deification is the purpose of man. Father God, out of love, created a universe for His sensible children (angels and humans), with the help of His Son and the Holy Spirit (both acting as His two hands). With natural laws He created all material things but He animated His sons, the humans, with His breath (His spirit). Deification is the ultimate purpose. The connective link within the trinity is love. The fruition of energized love is happiness. The ultimate purpose is the revelation of the triadic/triune God, the creation, salvation and happiness of His sons. The inhumanation of the Son of God, son of man, i.e. perfect human, offered the opportunity of deification to every son, for we are brothers with Christ. The price of our sin was paid with the precious blood of the first-born Son, the Christ. We are fallen but we have the possibility to find our way back. Love is the reason why everything is happening. Every form of love or gratitude that is being accepted or offered by man comes from God and to Him again returns; like the water that always finds its way back to the clouds. Even the love of the animals towards man comes from God. I must thank God for every gift of love that is perceived by the senses (tastes, chirpings, sounds, etc). Even the love and protection that my dog is showing me I must consider it divine. A person is never alone. One is absorbing the love of Father God, parents, relatives, friends, angels, animals, plants. Parental love is the channel of love of the Father for His children. And the love of the children for their parents again returns to God, for parents are symbols of God. The recycling of love activates the heavenly bliss and deification. Existence exists because of love and through love it is being vitalized. The juice of the tree of life is love and grace. Therefore, love is the cause of deification and the gateway to the trinity as well. Christ said that through our love for God and man we all become one. But let’s not grow arrogant that we’ll become God without God, as Satan was promising to Eve or as the new-agers are promising nowadays. It’s already too much for us to be able to join the divine family (Trinity) as christinised sons of God. We will not attain the personal qualities of the facets of the Holy Trinity, but the communion of love will be a distinctive mark of the divine union and beatitude. The son is joining the universal family of the Trinity through love in the same way the sperm meets the egg fulfilling its ultimate goal that is bliss (paradise). All earthly pleasures, except that which derives from Divine Eros, are substitutes and signs of the divine bliss. Divine happiness is gradual (as you sow, so you shall reap). The substitutes of divine bliss (infatuation, drugs, carnal pleasures, etc) are given as empowerment exercises (of experience—failure—betrayal) so that one may finally be able to attain divine bliss.
DEIFICATION METHODEverything is moving, working their way in a circular, triadic/triune manner revolving around themselves (core), their common center and common purpose. Love, as a gift of life, is radiating to all directions like the sun. Again, love must find its way back to the center (Father) with gratitude. A symbol for this is the water that comes from and returns back to the clouds, or the river which the more water it accumulates the more it has to offer and for this it’s always full. Love creates deification and deification is love! When a ladder rises above the clouds, it is never deprived of sun. The steps are always the same, but each one is set higher than the previous. Similarly, daily summative personal love (adding steps of love through incessant prayer) helps rise above the clouds of darkness to unite with the sun (Father God). Every river, for it is water, will potentially merge with the ocean. In the same way, the fair son will merge with the Father and the deity through love; without assuming fatherhood though. The ultimate universal religion of the New Age, i.e. self-absorbed Satanism, is cunningly teaching a deceitfully nice deification deprived of God. The quote “Thou art God” mentioned in both the Old and the New Testament means that we have the potential of deification. However, we are not trying to attain it stealthily (without love and God) as Satan attempted to, or as the Satan worship, that is being cunningly enforced all over the world, does. The requirements of deification are: correct faith to the Holy Trinity (divinity of Christ and divine adoption of man); baptism —Holy Communion and attending the mysteries of the church; love in practice (beneficence); personal unity with the Father through loving prayer and incessant radiation of love. “May you love your Lord God with your entire mind.” Incessant prayer through radiating love is the unerring method of the ascetics and saints. What is the difference between Christ, as a human, and his students? Christ would visit the Mount of Olives daily, with agony, persistence and love. The students, on the other hand, attending communal prayers only, were not able to cast out all their demons. Radiating love returns hundredfold and creates deification. DEIFICATION PRACTICE In beautiful Nature that attracts us towards our common Creator, or in front of a vigil light, I find the courage to talk to my heavenly Father who kindly deigns to share a life with me. I mention the name of the Holy Trinity; I recite Lord’s Prayer; I express my love and gratitude in my own words; I ask for support to my problems. For the rest of the time, if any, I practice the rosary reciting Jesus Prayer many times. This practice should be done as often as possible. For as the body weakens without exercise, so does the soul. Through loving unity (prayer), the soul rejuvenates and joins the Universal Family utilizing the divine adoption. Deification is attained thanks to the extreme divine humility and love and not the capacity of man. The value of prayer is higher than the knowledge of theology. Jesus would pray daily in solitude, yet the apostles wouldn’t and for this they couldn’t cast out their demons. By turning all thought towards the Holy Trinity, incessant prayer is a continuous radiation of love. The fruit of Divine Eros is an incessant bliss that supersedes all pleasures.
DEIFICATION PHENOMENADivine bliss is a foretaste of paradise; once experienced by the son of God, he/she will never exchange it for any other. He/She is aware of his/her own value as a son of God and as heir of His kingdom. He can sense the divine presence in him and around him but he doesn’t make it a public issue. He conquers fears. He has divine protection for he is valuable for humanity. He feels part of the whole and has overcome self-absorption. In each and every person he sees God and loves them irrespectively of their personal value. Belief in his own divine adoption deifies him. The water (current) of life flows in his heart and illuminates his mind. He enjoys divine charismas —foreknowledge, prophecy, protection, thaumaturgy— but he hides his powers.
DEIFICATION PRAYERLike a courageous son addressing his father, I talk to God so that I may unite with Him (deification) through loving prayer. “Heavenly Father, you live in me, most holy you, my beloved and most glorious one, listen to the prayer of your prodigal son who asks for salvation and unity with you and my saintly brothers. Accept my metanoia and love. Enlighten me so that the sense of my divine adoption may be awakened and felt as your dear Son would feel it. Empower the wings of my love so that I may join the family of the Holy Trinity, the universal kingdom. Illuminated by the Holy Spirit, may I practice Your Will only; may I listen to the voice of the soul you gifted me with; may I always feel your love and never feel alone. I trust that you’re listening to me and that you accept me as a son in your thrice enlightened family Kingdom. May Christ be my example of perfection and cause of my divine adoption. I thank you, most holy Trinity, for praying with me in the temple of my soul, awaiting my return into your undivided and infinite love and bliss. My Holy Trinity, may you be glorious and loved by all.”
ANALYSIS OF THE SYMBOLIC ART AND PHILOSOPHY OF DEMETRIUS ECONOMOUHermes Trismegistus, Pythagoras, Hinduism (Trimurti), Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, numerology, the Old and New Testament (Elohim), they all acknowledged the nature of the trinity and its connection to the Monad or Godhead. This was confirmed by Christ too when he said, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”, giving the name of the real God, meaning that the person being baptized is also receiving the name “son of God”. Christ was embodying the spiritual genes, Christhood, divine adoption and the christinisation of all mankind, without beginning. The name of Jesus Christ is for us, the sons, the name of God and the Trinity. PROOF OF THE TRIUNITY God is the perfect form of a Trinity unit. He gave everything to His creation and especially man whom He blessed with spirit, “Let us make man according to our image and likeness”. He created man —the son of man (soul)— with the energy and wisdom of His own self. In other words, they are spiritually alike, much like a son taking after his father, but in this case the son has also the possibility to unite with the Father God (deification). Therefore, the triunity of man, as far as his image is concerned, an image created by a triune energy, is expanding as a construction mechanism for the rest of the Creation. The Holy Trinity unit is self-reliant and perfect; Christ, on the other hand, as Son and Human God (Theanthropos) and creator is the only one related to the Tetraktys unit that adds up to 10 (1+0=1, i.e. God + Cosmos). Moreover, the triune unit in all mathematic calculations (division, multiplication) functions as 3 plus 1 (the cosmos), providing the building block of the universe. It consists the mathematical and mechanical means of constructing the whole universe. It is the wisdom that controls evolution (DNA); it includes foreknowledge and is always winning. The unity is maintained either by the attraction of the stars or by the love of the sensible beings. Adding the cognitive mechanism of the wisdom of God (or of Nature, as we say) in the combination of two chemical elements, or male and female in biology, produces the third element of the trinity. Each derivative of the trinity (children) creates a new trinity. The beyond-all-being love (God) is the essence—existence—energy and cohesiveness of the universe. The process of construction and evolution is simple including foreknowledge and correction, making thus the universe easy to govern (“nothing hidden under the sun”).
TRIUNE (TRIADIC) UNITSWhat seems to be a triad/trinity is unified into a unit through creative actions (co—creation). Our fingers do seem to be different in length, but when they’re wrapped around an object (action) their length becomes the same. Action is the purpose and is of greater value than the phenomenon. The purpose of the trinity is unity (love). The gift of existence is given, and very generously so. The ultimate purpose of evolution, through continuous effort, brings victory and result. Inertia destroys, movement empowers. Love (unity and co-creation) is the source of energy (“power in unity”). The intelligent triune units co-create. Laws triune in nature sustain (with some exceptions) the intellect and psychology and emotions for they are the building blocks (atoms) of every phenomenon, seen and unseen. Only by learning the law of love will I be able to perceive God; not His nature, that is, but His energies and His Will which has to be my will too. Our purpose is to co-create in love with the trinity. That is why we are triune as individuals and families. The secret of victory lies in the loving cooperation towards this end. Energy never dies. Inertia kills. The purpose of man is to co-create actions of love together with God.
EXAMPLES OF TRIUNE UNITSTriune God
Father — Son — Holy Spirit (including the rebirthed sons through deification).
Triune Man
Body — Soul — Spirit (the spirit in partnership with God)
Pineal gland (Son) — Pituitary gland (Father) — Soul (self-activity)
Son of God (superconscious) — Son of man (subconscious) — Conscious (ego-centeredness)
Triune Family
Father — Mother — Child (-ren) (three individuals but one family — bond of love)
Father (God) — Sons (deified men and angels) — Mother (the affection of the Holy Spirit)
The Holy Spirit rebirths all, effecting their pregnancy.
Three Colors
Red — Yellow — Blue
Triune Sun
Light — Rays — Heat
Triune Material Atom
Electron — Proton — Neutron
Triune Water
Water — Ice (snow) — Vapor (cloud)
Sea — River — Lake
Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen
Triune Christ
Triune expression of the Monad (God) and God
Creator Christ
Thought (of the Father) — Creation (of the Son) — Consent and Energy (of the Holy Spirit)
Triune Movements of the Stars
Around the axis – Around the sun – As a group (galactic)
Triune Causes of Sonhood
Holy Spirit (spiritual rebirth, love, christinisation) — Water (Christ, christinisation, incarnation of the Son, water of life, divine current, baptism) — Blood (Cross, divine suffering, sacrifice, atonement, universal blood circulation= living water)
Triune Time
Future — Present — Past or Eternal Present (eternity)
Triune Arcadian Ideal
Harmony between God — Nature — Man or
Harmony between Spirit — Soul — Mind.
The triflame eternal fire of the Holy Spirit that moves — energizes —renovates.
The creative existential principle in the mysteries of Samothrace (Kaveiria) was the triune heavenly fire.
Aristotle said, “Everything lives in a triadically”.
The purpose of the sequence of the triune unit is: awareness of love, the glory of God and His sons (the ones registered in the book of life), and the existence of the eternal life.
THE SECRET OF PYTHAGORASAn austere vow of silence forbade revealing the secret of Pythagoras and all his students were killed without ever revealing it. The secret we are talking about is a spiritual bomb that destroys ego and unites with the Whole. It is a complete method of knowledge and deification. The secret it’s not about mathematics (though maths contributed a great deal) or some other science. It is the secret of panepistimi (i.e. all sciences), self-knowledge, self-perfection, deification. However, relevant knowledge was required as well as self-purification through asceticism and accurate desymbolism of the numbers. So here it is in a nutshell: When, through daily purification, we add our ZERO self (humility) to the triune ONE (God), we get TEN (10 = 1+0 = 1), and so we get back to ONE (God) and into the monadic paradise that is our destination; in other words, deification — unity with God. Or, we, as prodigal sons, find our way back to our loving family, the Trinity, which we abandoned to freely pursue our lives. Only after experiential knowledge may we join our family again, the universal trinity (paradise). The secret is self-evident by Pythagoras’s knowledge of the higher symbolic philosophy (numbers), his asceticism and sainthood and thaumaturgy, as well as by all his students’ keeping their oath in the face of their demonic persecution by the rulers (driven by Satan). The significance of this is immense, considering that all the philosophers later on would be Pythagoreans!!! But let’s analyze his theory:
PUBLISHES FOR HIS ARTChannel 4 England
Alter Greece – Rik Cyprus
News papers in Greece
Kathimerini – Eleftherotipia - Herald Tribune - Eleftheri ora Foni ton kalavriton - Al ahram (Arabic) - Ethnikos Kirix (N. York)
News papers in UK
News Shoper – Bromley Times - Parikiaki - Biggin hill News - Eleftheria – O Tahidromos
London Magazins
Artists & Ilustrators (July 2008) – Opinion (frond page) - Diaspora greek – Filia
AUCTIONS
in London selling his masks: Rosebery’s - Arcadia
AWARDSFlorence Biennale Gold Medal
Vitrina in Florence Silver Medal
Spiritual Olympics in UK award
After he studied to the City and Guilds in south London school of art( led by Prof. Mitchel) )he was demonstrated of all his artistic material, seated the position of training for a masters degree in sculpture studies. He studied iconography by being the student of G. Papageorgiou. He was extra taught details by Geronda Sofronios of Essex and Stavpos Mihalalarias. Firstly he iconographed the church of saint Nicholas in Southampton 1974-76. Then in 1976-1981 he made the wall paintings at Saint Constantine and Helen church in Crystal Palace of London. This church is a preserved British monument.He created the great wall paintings of the nativity of the Lorld and Platitera ‘Saint Mary’ – the biggest in the world’. He also iconographed many mobile icons and icon screens in England (Torque Saint Adeas and St. Panteleimon in London). Moreover he made wall paintings in the church of St. Constantine and St. Helen in Filia Kalavryton and Zodoxou piyis in Fileika kalivia. For 10 years he taught iconography at the Emmaus centre (catholic monasterie) at west Wickham in Kent. There were students of all faiths gathered from all over the world, they where accommodated at the center and learn this sacred form of art. His student sister Esther (catholic nun) made an iconographers union and established ten iconographer’s schools in UK& Irland. In many restaurants in London he created greek landscapes. Furthermore he wall painted the high school in Peania with ancient Greek themes.
During 1983-1990 he worked mainly as a sculptor. The works of this period are: The statue of the hero Ipsilantis in the memory of the battle of petra , located within the Ipsilanti village at viotia in 1986. In the unveiling was present the president of the Greek Parliament and many army officers. The actress and poet Beatrice Papadiamontopoulou -Benou - recited a poem in the honour of the sculpture. The unveiling was on any media. He made the bust of minister I. Aposkitis inVelimachi Arcadia. The bust of actress Beatrice Benou. The bust of Athanassios Rigopoulos[ the secretary of the Kolokotronis] in Filia Kalavriton. The bust of E.Mitilineou in Plomari. The ceremonies of the unveilings were broadcasted by the local radio. Also the bust of mayor Galetsa of Plomari, the bust of A.Anagnostou motorcrosser from Glika Nera in Athens. More busts where created by the artist such as V. Karamanou from Rethi in korintho, B.karamanou from Filia kalavriton, a bust of Panagiotarou from Xilokastro , the bust of Dr. Pepisteri for the square in Rododafni Egiou, his wife Metaxia ,his brother Nikolaos
As a member of the art organization of scientists and artists participated every year in an annual exhibition (1983-86). He took part in a group exhibition in Titanium gallery. He also collects masks worldwide. He specializes in modern masks and faces. He has created many bronze masks and has sketched hundreds awaiting implementation in sculptural various forms. He exhibited his masks and his collection in the museum of Croydon from the 8th of June till 13th Aug 1995 (after the Picaso Exhibition) The same museum has borrowed out his collection of masks to exhibit them three times. The English channel 4 took an interview from the artist. His name is written in the Greek encyclopedia (Lexikon) of Greek artists from 16th to 20th century published by Melissa editors. According to this encyclopedia "His painting moves into the context of surrealism with symbolic extensions". His work "personification of the nature" was collected to be exhibited in the Royal academy of London 1999.
BRONZE METAL IN BIENALEDuring 1998 he exhibited five of his art works in the international exhibition in (VITRINA) which was organized by the ARTE STUDIO who hosts the international Florence Biennale. He received the silver award from the Dean of the Florence University Dr.Mario Leone in a formal celebration.
GOLD METAL FROM FLORENCE BIENALE 1999He was awarded a Gold metal from the Florence Bienale 1999. This art competition included 600 top artists from all over the globe. The manager of Biennale and international art critic John Spike appreciated his work and expressed his favorable comments for his originality, style and unity. In honor of the artist John Spike offered an extra kiosk to exhibit his work "crucifixion of the humanity". Because of his awards he selected to be international scientific committee member. According to his status he promoted the Greek art in an international level. He selected top greek artists in order to exhibit in Florence Biennale 1999. Their name are as follows:- M.Kalaitzakis - A.Giagianos from Athens. Neofitou - Sfikas - A. Panagi from England. Louise Mansfield from Ireland. He suggested the participation in Biennale of the following artists: G. Psixopedis - K. Panagiotakopulos - M.Zervos –A Fasianos; for unforseen reasons they didn't participate. Later on he selected Prince of Wales Charles to exhibit in Bienale - The sculptor Praksitelis Tzanulinos - V. Ilia - K. Georgokopoulos - S.Pavlidou Asimopoulou –K. Tomazos& many others His work is permanently exhibited in Lifetimes department in the Croydon museum. The artist’s biography is presented from the computers of the museum and himself speaks out about his work. Demetrios writes poems. His poem "I love you Jesus" composed from the maestro of the choir I.Sakelaridis. This choir sang this song in Europe and America. His work was printed in the front cover of the London magazine 'opinion' He is a member of the "guild of master craftsmen" organization.
He was the vice-president during the years 2006-2007 of the spiritual Olympic Games of the UK. The president was Lord Longford (president in the house of Lords)
His work is found in public places, organizations, churches, collections, restaurants and museums such as (Frankfurt museum, Bromley Kent, Croydon Surrey, Siros Greek island, Borres museum in Athens and Economou’s museums in Athens. Polykarpou’s museum in cyprous. He created the statue ‘the Dancer’ with Yana Booth model miss Great Britain 2002. This statue is life-size and can rotate as a real dancer.After his model started to work in Lido France, he worked with the model Kinga Hajdo (his art student). In 2011 he completed his symbolic art museum and built the museum of masks in the sculpture garden. In this museum he exhibited his own created masks and his collections from all over the world. The sculpture park is the land of the 2 museums also there is a smaller sculpture park in front of the museums. These parks exhibit sculptures of Greek and foreign sculptors. The English magazine “Artists & Illustrators” during July 2008 on page 46 devoted a full page to present the work of “The Dancer”. In February 17, 2001 he accomplished one man exhibition at Ripley Art Centre in Bromley Kent. Inaugurations where held by the mayor Crow and the president of Greek orthodox communities of Great Britain mr Diamentis Pateras replaced mrs Xrisanthi Lemos (The patron of the royal academy of London). Mrs Lemos stood by Economou and referenced him the Prince of Wales as an artist to participate in Florence Biennale. He exhibited his masks 10 – 13th August 2006 in the Hornyman Museum in Dulwich of London. In the 8th of March 2004 he received a letter from Prince Charles who congratulates him for the “splendid busts” of the Brigadier Stephen Saunders and suggests him to offer this bust in any museum of England he thinks. The unveilings of bust of S.Saunders (who is a victim of the 17 Nov organization) occurred on the 6th of June in the vorres museum with the presence of the ambassadors of GB and the USA, many diplomats from other countries, elegant guests, politicians and Mrs. Saunders with her daughters. During of the Olimpic games Athens 2004 his “Olimpic spirit art was exhibited in Bopes and Siros museums. As a member of “‘The most Sacred order of the Orthodox Hospitalers’”he taught Free of charge An Icon painting seminar to Benjala people of Palestine. In 2011 he analyzed his symbolic art in Diahroniki Gallery in Nikosia. March 2008 he participated in a group exhibition in original gallery in Hornsey Library London n 8 . He gave riport to RIK (cypriot chanel)
In 25th of April 2001 received thanking letter from Prince Charles who selected him to exhibit in Florence Biennale. Ion Vorres helped Demetrios in his art. Schools are welcomed in Economou ‘s museum and the students are taught free of charge to decorate masks. The best of them receives award and they exhibit in the mask museum. Tourist groups are welcomed free of charge including guiding. There is adequate space at the sculpture park for temp. exhibitions events. Each sculptor from abroad and in Greece can place his sculpture in the sculpture park for a permanent exhibition. Any artist from all over the world now can apply to D.Economou to participate at Florence Biennale.
HIS PHILOSOPHYD. Economou now continues to create symbolic art philosophical about the Trinity theory & writes a book. He believes that the hole creation is a reflection of the trinity. Trinity is the archetype of every thing. Everything is under the control of the Trinity law .The simplicity of the Trinity law controls the complexity of phenomena and connections and rules the universes in harmony as a hole, as one system, as unique. The simplicity of the trinity law rules easily the whole Cosmos. Family is a trinity in one (father-sons-mother). The sun is a trinity in one (The sun-the rays-the warmth) The cells of the cosmic body is constructed by small trinities (atoms)
HOLY TRINITY AND DEIFICATION (THEOSIS)Deification is the purpose of man. Father God, out of love, created a universe for His sensible children (angels and humans), with the help of His Son and the Holy Spirit (both acting as His two hands). With natural laws He created all material things but He animated His sons, the humans, with His breath (His spirit). Deification is the ultimate purpose. The connective link within the trinity is love. The fruition of energized love is happiness. The ultimate purpose is the revelation of the triadic/triune God, the creation, salvation and happiness of His sons. The inhumanation of the Son of God, son of man, i.e. perfect human, offered the opportunity of deification to every son, for we are brothers with Christ. The price of our sin was paid with the precious blood of the first-born Son, the Christ. We are fallen but we have the possibility to find our way back. Love is the reason why everything is happening. Every form of love or gratitude that is being accepted or offered by man comes from God and to Him again returns; like the water that always finds its way back to the clouds. Even the love of the animals towards man comes from God. I must thank God for every gift of love that is perceived by the senses (tastes, chirpings, sounds, etc). Even the love and protection that my dog is showing me I must consider it divine. A person is never alone. One is absorbing the love of Father God, parents, relatives, friends, angels, animals, plants. Parental love is the channel of love of the Father for His children. And the love of the children for their parents again returns to God, for parents are symbols of God. The recycling of love activates the heavenly bliss and deification. Existence exists because of love and through love it is being vitalized. The juice of the tree of life is love and grace. Therefore, love is the cause of deification and the gateway to the trinity as well. Christ said that through our love for God and man we all become one. But let’s not grow arrogant that we’ll become God without God, as Satan was promising to Eve or as the new-agers are promising nowadays. It’s already too much for us to be able to join the divine family (Trinity) as christinised sons of God. We will not attain the personal qualities of the facets of the Holy Trinity, but the communion of love will be a distinctive mark of the divine union and beatitude. The son is joining the universal family of the Trinity through love in the same way the sperm meets the egg fulfilling its ultimate goal that is bliss (paradise). All earthly pleasures, except that which derives from Divine Eros, are substitutes and signs of the divine bliss. Divine happiness is gradual (as you sow, so you shall reap). The substitutes of divine bliss (infatuation, drugs, carnal pleasures, etc) are given as empowerment exercises (of experience—failure—betrayal) so that one may finally be able to attain divine bliss.
DEIFICATION METHODEverything is moving, working their way in a circular, triadic/triune manner revolving around themselves (core), their common center and common purpose. Love, as a gift of life, is radiating to all directions like the sun. Again, love must find its way back to the center (Father) with gratitude. A symbol for this is the water that comes from and returns back to the clouds, or the river which the more water it accumulates the more it has to offer and for this it’s always full. Love creates deification and deification is love! When a ladder rises above the clouds, it is never deprived of sun. The steps are always the same, but each one is set higher than the previous. Similarly, daily summative personal love (adding steps of love through incessant prayer) helps rise above the clouds of darkness to unite with the sun (Father God). Every river, for it is water, will potentially merge with the ocean. In the same way, the fair son will merge with the Father and the deity through love; without assuming fatherhood though. The ultimate universal religion of the New Age, i.e. self-absorbed Satanism, is cunningly teaching a deceitfully nice deification deprived of God. The quote “Thou art God” mentioned in both the Old and the New Testament means that we have the potential of deification. However, we are not trying to attain it stealthily (without love and God) as Satan attempted to, or as the Satan worship, that is being cunningly enforced all over the world, does. The requirements of deification are: correct faith to the Holy Trinity (divinity of Christ and divine adoption of man); baptism —Holy Communion and attending the mysteries of the church; love in practice (beneficence); personal unity with the Father through loving prayer and incessant radiation of love. “May you love your Lord God with your entire mind.” Incessant prayer through radiating love is the unerring method of the ascetics and saints. What is the difference between Christ, as a human, and his students? Christ would visit the Mount of Olives daily, with agony, persistence and love. The students, on the other hand, attending communal prayers only, were not able to cast out all their demons. Radiating love returns hundredfold and creates deification. DEIFICATION PRACTICE In beautiful Nature that attracts us towards our common Creator, or in front of a vigil light, I find the courage to talk to my heavenly Father who kindly deigns to share a life with me. I mention the name of the Holy Trinity; I recite Lord’s Prayer; I express my love and gratitude in my own words; I ask for support to my problems. For the rest of the time, if any, I practice the rosary reciting Jesus Prayer many times. This practice should be done as often as possible. For as the body weakens without exercise, so does the soul. Through loving unity (prayer), the soul rejuvenates and joins the Universal Family utilizing the divine adoption. Deification is attained thanks to the extreme divine humility and love and not the capacity of man. The value of prayer is higher than the knowledge of theology. Jesus would pray daily in solitude, yet the apostles wouldn’t and for this they couldn’t cast out their demons. By turning all thought towards the Holy Trinity, incessant prayer is a continuous radiation of love. The fruit of Divine Eros is an incessant bliss that supersedes all pleasures.
DEIFICATION PHENOMENADivine bliss is a foretaste of paradise; once experienced by the son of God, he/she will never exchange it for any other. He/She is aware of his/her own value as a son of God and as heir of His kingdom. He can sense the divine presence in him and around him but he doesn’t make it a public issue. He conquers fears. He has divine protection for he is valuable for humanity. He feels part of the whole and has overcome self-absorption. In each and every person he sees God and loves them irrespectively of their personal value. Belief in his own divine adoption deifies him. The water (current) of life flows in his heart and illuminates his mind. He enjoys divine charismas —foreknowledge, prophecy, protection, thaumaturgy— but he hides his powers.
DEIFICATION PRAYERLike a courageous son addressing his father, I talk to God so that I may unite with Him (deification) through loving prayer. “Heavenly Father, you live in me, most holy you, my beloved and most glorious one, listen to the prayer of your prodigal son who asks for salvation and unity with you and my saintly brothers. Accept my metanoia and love. Enlighten me so that the sense of my divine adoption may be awakened and felt as your dear Son would feel it. Empower the wings of my love so that I may join the family of the Holy Trinity, the universal kingdom. Illuminated by the Holy Spirit, may I practice Your Will only; may I listen to the voice of the soul you gifted me with; may I always feel your love and never feel alone. I trust that you’re listening to me and that you accept me as a son in your thrice enlightened family Kingdom. May Christ be my example of perfection and cause of my divine adoption. I thank you, most holy Trinity, for praying with me in the temple of my soul, awaiting my return into your undivided and infinite love and bliss. My Holy Trinity, may you be glorious and loved by all.”
ANALYSIS OF THE SYMBOLIC ART AND PHILOSOPHY OF DEMETRIUS ECONOMOUHermes Trismegistus, Pythagoras, Hinduism (Trimurti), Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, numerology, the Old and New Testament (Elohim), they all acknowledged the nature of the trinity and its connection to the Monad or Godhead. This was confirmed by Christ too when he said, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”, giving the name of the real God, meaning that the person being baptized is also receiving the name “son of God”. Christ was embodying the spiritual genes, Christhood, divine adoption and the christinisation of all mankind, without beginning. The name of Jesus Christ is for us, the sons, the name of God and the Trinity. PROOF OF THE TRIUNITY God is the perfect form of a Trinity unit. He gave everything to His creation and especially man whom He blessed with spirit, “Let us make man according to our image and likeness”. He created man —the son of man (soul)— with the energy and wisdom of His own self. In other words, they are spiritually alike, much like a son taking after his father, but in this case the son has also the possibility to unite with the Father God (deification). Therefore, the triunity of man, as far as his image is concerned, an image created by a triune energy, is expanding as a construction mechanism for the rest of the Creation. The Holy Trinity unit is self-reliant and perfect; Christ, on the other hand, as Son and Human God (Theanthropos) and creator is the only one related to the Tetraktys unit that adds up to 10 (1+0=1, i.e. God + Cosmos). Moreover, the triune unit in all mathematic calculations (division, multiplication) functions as 3 plus 1 (the cosmos), providing the building block of the universe. It consists the mathematical and mechanical means of constructing the whole universe. It is the wisdom that controls evolution (DNA); it includes foreknowledge and is always winning. The unity is maintained either by the attraction of the stars or by the love of the sensible beings. Adding the cognitive mechanism of the wisdom of God (or of Nature, as we say) in the combination of two chemical elements, or male and female in biology, produces the third element of the trinity. Each derivative of the trinity (children) creates a new trinity. The beyond-all-being love (God) is the essence—existence—energy and cohesiveness of the universe. The process of construction and evolution is simple including foreknowledge and correction, making thus the universe easy to govern (“nothing hidden under the sun”).
TRIUNE (TRIADIC) UNITSWhat seems to be a triad/trinity is unified into a unit through creative actions (co—creation). Our fingers do seem to be different in length, but when they’re wrapped around an object (action) their length becomes the same. Action is the purpose and is of greater value than the phenomenon. The purpose of the trinity is unity (love). The gift of existence is given, and very generously so. The ultimate purpose of evolution, through continuous effort, brings victory and result. Inertia destroys, movement empowers. Love (unity and co-creation) is the source of energy (“power in unity”). The intelligent triune units co-create. Laws triune in nature sustain (with some exceptions) the intellect and psychology and emotions for they are the building blocks (atoms) of every phenomenon, seen and unseen. Only by learning the law of love will I be able to perceive God; not His nature, that is, but His energies and His Will which has to be my will too. Our purpose is to co-create in love with the trinity. That is why we are triune as individuals and families. The secret of victory lies in the loving cooperation towards this end. Energy never dies. Inertia kills. The purpose of man is to co-create actions of love together with God.
EXAMPLES OF TRIUNE UNITSTriune God
Father — Son — Holy Spirit (including the rebirthed sons through deification).
Triune Man
Body — Soul — Spirit (the spirit in partnership with God)
Pineal gland (Son) — Pituitary gland (Father) — Soul (self-activity)
Son of God (superconscious) — Son of man (subconscious) — Conscious (ego-centeredness)
Triune Family
Father — Mother — Child (-ren) (three individuals but one family — bond of love)
Father (God) — Sons (deified men and angels) — Mother (the affection of the Holy Spirit)
The Holy Spirit rebirths all, effecting their pregnancy.
Three Colors
Red — Yellow — Blue
Triune Sun
Light — Rays — Heat
Triune Material Atom
Electron — Proton — Neutron
Triune Water
Water — Ice (snow) — Vapor (cloud)
Sea — River — Lake
Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen
Triune Christ
Triune expression of the Monad (God) and God
Creator Christ
Thought (of the Father) — Creation (of the Son) — Consent and Energy (of the Holy Spirit)
Triune Movements of the Stars
Around the axis – Around the sun – As a group (galactic)
Triune Causes of Sonhood
Holy Spirit (spiritual rebirth, love, christinisation) — Water (Christ, christinisation, incarnation of the Son, water of life, divine current, baptism) — Blood (Cross, divine suffering, sacrifice, atonement, universal blood circulation= living water)
Triune Time
Future — Present — Past or Eternal Present (eternity)
Triune Arcadian Ideal
Harmony between God — Nature — Man or
Harmony between Spirit — Soul — Mind.
The triflame eternal fire of the Holy Spirit that moves — energizes —renovates.
The creative existential principle in the mysteries of Samothrace (Kaveiria) was the triune heavenly fire.
Aristotle said, “Everything lives in a triadically”.
The purpose of the sequence of the triune unit is: awareness of love, the glory of God and His sons (the ones registered in the book of life), and the existence of the eternal life.
THE SECRET OF PYTHAGORASAn austere vow of silence forbade revealing the secret of Pythagoras and all his students were killed without ever revealing it. The secret we are talking about is a spiritual bomb that destroys ego and unites with the Whole. It is a complete method of knowledge and deification. The secret it’s not about mathematics (though maths contributed a great deal) or some other science. It is the secret of panepistimi (i.e. all sciences), self-knowledge, self-perfection, deification. However, relevant knowledge was required as well as self-purification through asceticism and accurate desymbolism of the numbers. So here it is in a nutshell: When, through daily purification, we add our ZERO self (humility) to the triune ONE (God), we get TEN (10 = 1+0 = 1), and so we get back to ONE (God) and into the monadic paradise that is our destination; in other words, deification — unity with God. Or, we, as prodigal sons, find our way back to our loving family, the Trinity, which we abandoned to freely pursue our lives. Only after experiential knowledge may we join our family again, the universal trinity (paradise). The secret is self-evident by Pythagoras’s knowledge of the higher symbolic philosophy (numbers), his asceticism and sainthood and thaumaturgy, as well as by all his students’ keeping their oath in the face of their demonic persecution by the rulers (driven by Satan). The significance of this is immense, considering that all the philosophers later on would be Pythagoreans!!! But let’s analyze his theory:
PUBLISHES FOR HIS ARTChannel 4 England
Alter Greece – Rik Cyprus
News papers in Greece
Kathimerini – Eleftherotipia - Herald Tribune - Eleftheri ora Foni ton kalavriton - Al ahram (Arabic) - Ethnikos Kirix (N. York)
News papers in UK
News Shoper – Bromley Times - Parikiaki - Biggin hill News - Eleftheria – O Tahidromos
London Magazins
Artists & Ilustrators (July 2008) – Opinion (frond page) - Diaspora greek – Filia
AUCTIONS
in London selling his masks: Rosebery’s - Arcadia
AWARDSFlorence Biennale Gold Medal
Vitrina in Florence Silver Medal
Spiritual Olympics in UK award