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The Artisan is one of the seven soul types or roles in essence. Artisans have a natural talent for creative expression, bringing to life new and original ideas.
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Happiness… it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. — Vincent Van Gogh
Imagination is more important than knowledge. — Albert Einstein
I dream for a living.— Steven Spielberg
The Creative Soul
Artisan souls represent the essence of creativity and invention.
As with Sages, the energy of Artisans is expression-oriented — turning inner thoughts and feelings into things which can be perceived and enjoyed by others. But whereas the Sage expresses popular wisdom and entertainment for the masses, what the Artisan expresses will tend to be unique and personal.
Artisan souls continually perceive alternative ways of constructing reality, and seek to realize (to ‘make real’) their ideas in interesting, tangible forms. They have an active and agile imagination that drives them to explore new forms and try out novel perspectives.
As such, Artisans are often drawn to professions where they can work creatively with the invention, design and development of new thoughts, new styles, new things: engineering, fine art, crafts, graphics, fashion and other forms of novel expression, more subtle forms including poetry, dance, modelling and athletics.
Many great actors are Artisans, often playing roles in which they portray other “Roles”, such as Kings. (Think of Daniel Craig as James Bond.)
Sport tends to attract both Artisans and Warriors — for Warriors, it’s an opportunity to get tough (they tend to go for rugby and boxing), while for the Artisans its more about flair, agility and honing their “craft” (football, tennis). David Beckham has perfected a Warrior-ike look for the camera, but his boyish smile is pure Artisan.
In society at large, Artisans are the experimental types who advance cultural progress in art, technology, entertainment, fashion, and so on.
Artisan Characteristics
In terms of their facial appearance, Artisans tend to have heart-shaped, almost child-like faces, with soft, droopy, dreamy-looking eyes, and an “intrigued” expression.
Note, for instance, the similarity between the following Artisans, despite their very different fields of expression.
This facial expression can vary between dreamy playfulness (see Marie-Antoinette) and one of struggling with complex thought processes (see Vincent Van Gogh).
Artisans also convey a sense of always reinventing life — i.e., whatever comes into an Artisan’s life will end up being new and improved. In a sense, Artisans live on the edge of chaos, which is the fertile zone in terms of creativity.
In fact, they are the only soul type to operate on multiple simultaneous channels of input (one looking at the current situation, the others following alternative trains of thought). Hence, their attention seems to be on many things at once.
And hence, to non-Artisans they can appear random, disorganised. Kings and Warriors especially might see them as “scatty”, “spacey” or “ditzy”. Their behaviour, like their thought processes, can sometimes seem completely erratic.
Positive and Negative Poles
[As a reminder, any manifestation of consciousness has both a positive pole and a negative pole. The positive pole is an expression of the true self or soul; the negative pole is an expression of the false self or ego.]
The Artisan is adept at crafting things from imagination and spends much time in their vivid and active inner world – in fantasy. The Artisan’s basic focus could be described as “applied imagination”. When it comes form the heart this leads to creation, the gift of genuine creative fulfilment. But when it comes from ego or fear it leads to artifice or craftiness – for example, using highly inventive lies or fantasies to deceive others for personal gain.
Another manifestation of negatively applied imagination would be to create a fantasy scenario and then step into it and believe it as though it were real. This is self-deception or delusion – when fantasy takes over from reality. Other roles are not so susceptible to these manifestations because they are less “involved” in their own imaginations, and less easily drawn away from reality. But an Artisan can easily get sucked into living in a world of fantasy or delusion, out of touch with everyday reality. Words commonly used to describe such people include “scatterbrained” and “ditzy”. An experimental writer, musician or artist might come to believe that anything he or she does, no matter how weird or nonsensical, is important simply because it is new and different.
In the positive pole of creation, however, an Artisan’s inventiveness and applied imagination are sincere, ingenious, insightful, and of value to others.
Artisan Soul Evolution
As a reminder, all souls progress through five cycles of self-evolution in physical form (see: Reincarnation: the 35 Steps.)
Artisans are society’s designers and architects – both literally and metaphorically. Artisans therefore find their feet on Earth during the second reincarnational stage, which is about organisation and structure. Baby Artisans, good with their hands, are usually drawn to crafts like metalwork, woodwork and other manual skills. One example from the entertainment field is the American singer and Christian activist Pat Boone.
Young Artisans
In the third stage, Young Artisans like to turn their creative and expressive talents directly to the pursuit of worldly success, fame and fortune. Painters and sculptors, for example, will look for prestigious, high-earning commissions. Some will use their own body as a medium of expression. Well-known Young Artisans in the entertainment field include Elvis Presley, Cher, Bruce Lee, John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kim Bassinger and Victoria Beckham.
Mature Artisans
Mature Artisans are drawn to use their creative expression in more meaningful ways, e.g. to understand and explore human emotions. They can be bohemian, highly inventive, perhaps avant-garde, and are often ahead of their time. Well-known examples include Michaelangelo, W. A. Mozart, Vincent van Gogh, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Lloyd Wright, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Woody Allen, Leonardo di Caprio, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, and of course Michael Jackson.
Old Artisans
Old Artisans seek to explore and perfect their own unique approach to creative expression. What they express tends to be increasingly philosophical and spiritual. Examples include Walt Whitman and Paul Gauguin.
Incidentally, Gauguin appears to have reincarnated as Dutch artist Paul Teekamp.
A gallery of Artisans:
 Halle Berry |
 Charlize Theron |
 Paris Hilton |
 Beyonce |
 Audrey Hepburn |
 Natalie Portman |
 Paul Gaugin |
 Rembrandt |
 Josh Krajcik |
 Orlando Bloom |
 Jude Law |
 Tiger Woods |
 Justin Timberlake |
 David Beckham |
 Michael Caine |
 Walt Disney |
 Usher |
See also:
Michael Jackson – the reincarnation of Mozart?
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SERVER | ARTISAN | WARRIOR | SCHOLAR | SAGE | PRIEST | KING
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The Artisan soul level souls age is ?
Mature, old, young?
Artisans, like all soul types, evolve through all soul ages, from infant to old.
Does that answer your question?
Yes, thanks for answer.
I always though it is older souls, because their eyes are always very deep. And I always stare longer.
I was channeled as a 5th Old Artisan with Sage ET. In looking closer to Mature soul traits, I feel I’m very much Mature (restless, self-tormented, seeking, searching, etc) and not live-and-let-live and passive/detached as Old are said to be. Do you think my channeling is accurate in this photo?
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HI Brian, I’m a 3rd old Artisan who also has a Sage ET
But I was channeled as manifesting the soul age of mature 5 and 6…so you can still be 5th old but maybe youre not manifesting that soul age right now – it means your maximum potential that you can be right now…but the soul has its reasons for manifesting lower ages..perhaps you are going through some lessons now where the mature perspective works…also, we have to work through the stages in each life to reach the highest one…a baby has to act like an infant and a teenager like a teen etc…I’m 22 and hopefully by the time im like 35 or so id be closer to manifesting my true soul age…I read somewhere that around 35 old souls have a better chance of manifesting it.
Hope this helps,
Sofia
Wow, sorry brian, I somehow totally overlooked you question here until I saw sofia’s response, Sofia is correct, of course, in that one could be manifesting lower than one’s true age… That said, though, yes, you do look to me every inch the Mature Artisan.
-barry
When the soul was “made”, it from the beginning was made as King, Priest, Sage, Scholar, Warrior, Artisan or Server soul or it in the one definite moment choose to become for example as Artisan soul – after some life experience? It seems, that from the beginning all souls are as Scholar souls, which assimilate all that are around for better understending itself and others… or we live many lives and choose other peoples (who are different kind of souls) and learn from them?
Sorry about my English…
Hi Eva
As I understand it, roles emerge at the same moment a soul comes into being.
In the beginning, there is essence or spirit, pure consciousness. When a part of this decides to experience its own existence and evolve through its own choices, it “fragments” into many points of consciousness. These are individual souls, and each has its own perspective, its own experiences, and its own ability to make choices.
It’s similar to a lightwave transforming into many particles. And just as white light splits into the rainbow spectrum of different frequencies (colours), so spirit divides into many consciousnesses with different frequencies. These correspond to the archetypes known as Kings, Priests, etc.
The split is not ultimately real, however, for in moments of spiritual enlightenment we can experience the “wave”, the underlying wholeness and unity of all beings. For example, as an individual being I am clearly a Scholar (I love knowledge), but in spiritual experiences I know that the real “I” is deeper than that, the original essence that is forever whole.
It means that the soul is only a part or “fragment” of one spirit or consciousness. And if I am the artisan soul, does it mean that the other parts of my consciousness can act like a king, priest or warrior souls and be right now in this world? If it is so – how big is the possibility that I met my consciousness souls and recognize them or they even are around me all the time in every incarnation?
Terms “soulmates” and “one consciousness souls” are synonyms or term “soulmates” is related to something else?
Yes, the soul is a fragment or spark of a greater consciousness. If you are an artisan soul, then you specifically carry the imaginative and creative aspect of consciousness. But the other aspects are also available as we reincarnate. These are termed “overleaves” – the energies we add to ourselves in each human life. For example, in the life to come an artisan could take on the goal of dominance to act more like a king, or the spiritualist attitude to perceive life more as a priest does.
Yes, in each life you are likely to work with your soul mates (those who came into being at the same time as you, as fragments of the same light source). Early in our incarnations, as infant souls, we might incarnate together in large groups (as tribes or communities) until we find our feet and eventually feel more confident to go our own way as individuals. As young and mature souls, we will have relationships both with our closest soul mates and with others we just happen to meet along the way.
There are all kinds of relationships to experience with our soul mates: parent-child, master-servant, helper-helpless, victim-perpetrator, and so on. Each is an opportunity to experience life from a fresh angle with a lot of intensity, and in each case we will experience one side and then the other side of the relationship.
Hmm… if I hurt someone beside me, it means that I in deeper level hurt myself, and if I do and say good things to others – in deeper level I make happier myself… but why sometimes is so difficult to remeber it….
And thank you Berry for your answers and your blog – I think that it is interesting and helpful for many people, who search answers of these fundamental questions.
Again, thank you very much for this thoughtful synopsis. It’s inspiring.
Hiya Barry,
I’m a seventh level Old Artisan soul who is near reunion with her twin flame. This is definitely my last physical incarnation. Actually much more than that, I am also the spiritual leader of my soul group. Every batch has one, they’re just not as known through contractral choice as jesus or buddha, but the skills and capacity is the same. I like to say: same job description, different company. I have been finding my soul kin, and they have been finding me for many years now, extremely moreso since my soul healed and i blossomed into spiritual consciousness. It has been the most amazing almost 2 years, and you wouldn’t believe the amazingly talented and world famous artisans who are my kin. All of us have found or know and are doing the twin flame dance with our twins or through meeting me are about to embark upon it. I wanted to thank you for your website for helping to flesh out my knowledge on soul levels and types. As well as helping my kin and others outside my family i am now able to identify soul ages of most people i meet and accurately the types amongst old and mature. It’s all about LOVE. There is no spoon…
Great to hear from you Jellybean14.
Er… spoon?
Lol!!!It’s a quote from ‘the matrix’. Reality is the least ‘real thing there is. love is all.
i beleive im an artisen old soul… Im 16 and i quit going to highschool this year, in hopes that ill someday be playing the blues in austin tx.
Yay, thx dion
Hi,
I’m trying to find out what age level my soul is on. I think I’m anywhere from 6th or 7th level young soul to 3rd or 4th young soul. I think this because I believe that I have a good deal of empathy and I feel myself looking through other perspectives and I also feel like my soul is searching constantly for… ..something. I don’t know…I’m a teenager but I often feel older and more enlightened than my peers. But at the same time I do not believe I am fully mature soul because I feel I still have some of the qualities of a young soul. I’m not sure what.do you think?
I’m sorry I meant to say 5th or 6th young soul to a 3rd or 4th mature soul.
Hi
I know what you mean. It is totally normal to have some qualities of one stage mixed in with those of earlier stages as well. You may well be a mature soul (sounds likely), yet on the day you were born your “manifestation” as an individual consciousness in the physical world had to begin from scratch, like a 1st level infant soul. (This applies to all – a 7th level old soul might have a great deal of wisdom and compassion, but as a new born baby he/she lacks the physical, mental and social abilities needed to manifest such qualities.)
It’s like if you could take a slice through our consciousness you would see rings like those inside a tree, the central one being equivalent to 1st level infant, the next being 2nd level infant and so on. We keep adding new rings as we grow, develop and manifest more and more of our consciousness in life, but up to a limit – we plateau out at the level we have achieved thus far. The plateau is typically achieved in middle age – we feel the inner impulse to achieve it around age 35, at the same time setting aside any earlier levels we might have become wrongly identified with. In other words, we try to grow up and act our true (soul) age.
I am at my 5th level mature plateau, yet I can still touch into the infant, baby and young soul “rings” inside me.
The stretch from being born to the mid-life plateau depends of course on the soul level. When a baby soul reaches their plateau, they haven’t gone very far compared to an old soul.
In addition to gradually manifesting our true soul age in life, we can also have peak experiences which show us what life looks like from a higher level than our own. For example, we could take some LSD and, for a moment, see as a buddha sees. But because we lack the structuring within our own consciousness to hold it, the experience cannot last – we must return to your own level after having such a “glimpse”. Gradually building that inner structure is what our reincarnation and soul evolution is all for. We are all creating ourselves into buddhas.
“It does really work …does it!”
Leave Mozart alone!! Let his soul rest in peace, none of this reincarnation stuff!!
Not MJ or J Lennon or anybody else, or kidney patients..:-
)( .Mozart was Mozart that’s all. Accept it!
My God, you’re so right. Reincarnation – What was I thinking? I shall delete my mind at once.
Hello Sir! I’ve been a longtime reader of this site, just a silent one. Your articles opened my mind, made me more conscious and just gave light to everything that happen to me. Anyway, I am quite sure that I am an artisan, though sometimes I feel like a Scholar too. I am 18 now and when I was younger, around 14-16 yrs old, I was more like a scholar,researching and studying just about everything.Thats when I got into History and reading some Philosophy. I critisized people and even the society and teenagers for ignorance and shallowness,it felt like my very own Enlightenment period. But then as years passed, my hunger for learning mellowed and I got into arts more. Now I am studying how to paint and I do it or at least draw or sketch everyday, I also write little novels and when I feel an emotion strongly, I love putting it into words to make a poem. Now I am thinking of studying how to sculpt. And reading the description of an artisan soul is like reading things about me, I love singing too and I tend to close my eyes while doing it,just feeling the song, and my voice. I’m very artsy in dressing too, I dress differently from everyone around me, I don’t follow trends and even the weather instead they follow the styles I do. Everytime I see an artwork, I am always drawn and wonder how its made. I am so convinced that I’m an artisan, I almost always live like one. But still, I feel like a scholar sometimes, I am also like the one everyone go to in school to know and ask something and I never failed to answer everything. Some even see me s a genius thought I think its just because I study things they’re not even interested in. Oh I also study dancing, just almost every form of art interest me.
I’d like to send you a picture just like everyone else does. is it alright with you? And if yes, where can i send?
Anyway, I am very grateful to you for sharing all these things. You’re helping many people and my way of thinking matured alot by just reading this blog. Thank you very much!
Hi there beatlesbug! And, thank you for the nice feedback.
You certainly sound very much like an Artisan. Feel free to send me a pic (or a link to one) via the Contact link on the website. (I’m not writing the address out here simply in case the pesky spambots jump on it.)
Note that it’s usually easier for me to “get” someone with several photos rather than one. Also, I can’t promise anything – some people i find easy and obvious, but some leave me stumped. And teenagers can be quite tricky (sometimes the face isn’t quite “settled” into its natural form.) But I’m happy to give it a go.
Cheers
Barry
Hello Sir! Thank you for replying. I am trying to find your contact informations but I can’t..
Have you looked on the menu bar?
I’ve finally found the ‘contact’ menu on the site map
I’ve submitted a message already. Thank you for the help!