Artes visionarias y espiritualidad esotérica en la Quinta de São Bento: las Seasons de Lady Carrick en Sintra (1931–1946)

A forgotten figure of esoteric spirituality and artistic innovation, Lady Carrick, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, played a pivotal role in the cultural and spiritual life of Sintra during the interwar period. Residing at Quinta de São Bento from 1931 to 1946, she co-created a unique space with Elisabeth Pierce that blended mysticism, clairvoyant art, and alternative social dynamics. Her influence extended globally, as evidenced by her travels to India to meet Meher Baba and her involvement in the British Poetry Society, where she was honored with a poem by occultist Regina Miriam Bloch. Lady Carrick's patronage of Pierce's visionary paintings—including spectral portraits of notable figures like Stephen Spender and Charles Williams—and her role in hosting literary figures such as Isherwood and Auden highlight her significance. However, her legacy risks erasure, symbolized by the deteriorating condition of her tomb in Sintra's São Marçal Cemetery, reflecting broader institutional neglect of unconventional cultural contributions.

Moure Pazos, I. (2026). Artes visionarias y espiritualidad esotérica en la Quinta de São Bento: las Seasons de Lady Carrick en Sintra (1931–1946). Arte, Individuo Y Sociedad, 38(1), 151–164. https://doi.org/10.5209/aris.103848