Explores how ancient people who grasped the timeless principles of sacred geometry were able to create flourishing societies. This title features more than 300 colour illustrations that reveal the secret code within the geometrical figures and shows how they express the spiritual meanings in the key numbers of 1 through 12.
Explores how ancient people who grasped the timeless principles of sacred geometry were able to create flourishing societies. This title features more than 300 colour illustrations that reveal the secret code within the geometrical figures and shows how they express the spiritual meanings in the key numbers of 1 through 12.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Michell (1933 - 2009) was an English author and esotericist who was a prominent figure in the development of the Earth mysteries movement.
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Publisher’s Preface The Hand and the Computer A Note on the Illustrations Part 1 THE GEOMETER’S CREATION 1. How the World Began And Why, and Why Worry? - The Geometer’s Creator - Creative Geometry: Introducing the Ratios - Genesis and the Great Geometer - The Number of the Universe 2. The Number 5040 Key to the World Plan - Earth, Moon, and the Circle Squared 3. The Circle, the Square And the Meaning of Pi - Pi in Practice - Pi in the Pyramid - Pi Equals 3? An Antiquarian Fantasy - The π Patterns - Cosmological Revelations in Crop Circles - The Revelation at Crooked Soley 4. Initiation And the Vision of Heavenly Order - An Initiate’s Vision: St John and the Heavenly Jerusalem - Heaven on Earth: The Pattern of the Sanctuary - The Numbers of the Holy City and Their Meanings - 3168, the Number of Our Lord Jesus Christ - 1080, the Lunar Number, the Solar 666, and Their Sum, 1746 - 864, the Foundation Number Part 2 The Physical Creation 5. The Dodecad A Summary of the Numbers One to Twelve 6. The One and Only Symbol of the Universe 7. The Geometry of Two Duality and the World of Paradox 8. The Geometry of Three The Vesica Piscis and Material Creation - The Vesica Piscis and the Marriage Made in Heaven - The Net with 153 Fishes, a Geometer’s Parable - The Triangles That Fill Up Space - Pythagorean Triangles - The Second Pythagorean Triangle 5-12-13 9. Four and the Square Reason, Stability, Order - The Rational Square and the Root-2 Proportion - Doubling the Area of a Square: An Exercise in Recollection 10. Six and the Hexagon The Perfect Number 11. Eight and the Octagon For Peace and Justice 12. The Majestic Twelve The Number of Universal Order and Harmony - Twelve Tribes and the Revelation of the Heavenly Order Part 3 The Creation of Life 13. Five and Ten Numbers of Life and Growth - Life and the Pentagon - Five and the Golden Section - Humanity and the Pentagram - Pentagonal Dances - Sex and the Pentagram: Meeting, Mating, and Breeding - Pentagonal Marriages with Other Shapes - Five and Seven Part 4 The World Soul 14. The Holy Seven Symbol of the World Soul - Seven and the Mysteries - Seven, Nine, and the Septenary Number - Twelve and Seven: The Supreme Numerical Marriage 15. Geometry and Love Approaching the Climax Part 5 Atlantis 16. A Geometer’s Nightmare Plato’s Pentagonal Allegory - Atlantis: The Historical Record - Atlantis: Its Foundation and Growth - Squaring the Circle, Atlantis Style - Atlantis: The Pentagonal Edifice - Atlantis: The Basic Geometry - Atlantis and the Golden Section - The Meaning of Atlantis About the Author Index
Publisher’s Preface The Hand and the Computer A Note on the Illustrations Part 1 THE GEOMETER’S CREATION 1. How the World Began And Why, and Why Worry? - The Geometer’s Creator - Creative Geometry: Introducing the Ratios - Genesis and the Great Geometer - The Number of the Universe 2. The Number 5040 Key to the World Plan - Earth, Moon, and the Circle Squared 3. The Circle, the Square And the Meaning of Pi - Pi in Practice - Pi in the Pyramid - Pi Equals 3? An Antiquarian Fantasy - The π Patterns - Cosmological Revelations in Crop Circles - The Revelation at Crooked Soley 4. Initiation And the Vision of Heavenly Order - An Initiate’s Vision: St John and the Heavenly Jerusalem - Heaven on Earth: The Pattern of the Sanctuary - The Numbers of the Holy City and Their Meanings - 3168, the Number of Our Lord Jesus Christ - 1080, the Lunar Number, the Solar 666, and Their Sum, 1746 - 864, the Foundation Number Part 2 The Physical Creation 5. The Dodecad A Summary of the Numbers One to Twelve 6. The One and Only Symbol of the Universe 7. The Geometry of Two Duality and the World of Paradox 8. The Geometry of Three The Vesica Piscis and Material Creation - The Vesica Piscis and the Marriage Made in Heaven - The Net with 153 Fishes, a Geometer’s Parable - The Triangles That Fill Up Space - Pythagorean Triangles - The Second Pythagorean Triangle 5-12-13 9. Four and the Square Reason, Stability, Order - The Rational Square and the Root-2 Proportion - Doubling the Area of a Square: An Exercise in Recollection 10. Six and the Hexagon The Perfect Number 11. Eight and the Octagon For Peace and Justice 12. The Majestic Twelve The Number of Universal Order and Harmony - Twelve Tribes and the Revelation of the Heavenly Order Part 3 The Creation of Life 13. Five and Ten Numbers of Life and Growth - Life and the Pentagon - Five and the Golden Section - Humanity and the Pentagram - Pentagonal Dances - Sex and the Pentagram: Meeting, Mating, and Breeding - Pentagonal Marriages with Other Shapes - Five and Seven Part 4 The World Soul 14. The Holy Seven Symbol of the World Soul - Seven and the Mysteries - Seven, Nine, and the Septenary Number - Twelve and Seven: The Supreme Numerical Marriage 15. Geometry and Love Approaching the Climax Part 5 Atlantis 16. A Geometer’s Nightmare Plato’s Pentagonal Allegory - Atlantis: The Historical Record - Atlantis: Its Foundation and Growth - Squaring the Circle, Atlantis Style - Atlantis: The Pentagonal Edifice - Atlantis: The Basic Geometry - Atlantis and the Golden Section - The Meaning of Atlantis About the Author Index
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'A delightful book: clear, witty, beautiful and illuminating' - The Spectator
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