ANCIENT MYSTERIES / NEW SCIENCE Symbols of ritual centers are among the most persistent elements of myth and belief between cultures widely separated in time and space. Every tribe and state had its "generation center," a sacred area within its heartland where its legendary founders gave birth to its people and established their laws. Within the inner sanctum of the sanctuary was an altar or pillar, the omphalos or navel stone, that marked the midpoint of the home territory and represented the world-pole around which everything revolved. It was the focus of a perpetual cycle of rituals and…mehr
ANCIENT MYSTERIES / NEW SCIENCE Symbols of ritual centers are among the most persistent elements of myth and belief between cultures widely separated in time and space. Every tribe and state had its "generation center," a sacred area within its heartland where its legendary founders gave birth to its people and established their laws. Within the inner sanctum of the sanctuary was an altar or pillar, the omphalos or navel stone, that marked the midpoint of the home territory and represented the world-pole around which everything revolved. It was the focus of a perpetual cycle of rituals and festivals that passed with the seasons throughout the country and held its people under the spell of a golden age. In this book John Michell reveals the precise methods by which the ancients located the appropriate centers and adopted them as sanctuaries. The same principles of ritual geography in the siting of Akhenaten's capital in Egypt and Megalopolis in classical Greece apply also to the traditional centers of small territories and islands. The rediscovery of these sites--such as the spot at the center of Ireland where the Celtic High Kings were installed--sheds new light on the ritualized order of prehistoric societies and the sacred, scientific code on which they were founded. These revelations from the distant past are of great significance in present times, for in them are the secrets of harmony on every scale, from the personal to the universal. Restoring the sacred center to its former place of prominence offers the possibility of a renaissance of human culture, ideally centered upon the image of a perfectly ordered Cosmos. JOHN MICHELL, educated at Eton and Cambridge, is the pioneer researcher and specialist in the field of ancient, traditional science. He is the author of more than 25 books that have profoundly influenced modern thinking, including The Dimensions of Paradise, The New View over Atlantis, and Secrets of the Stones. He lives in London.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Michell (1933-2009), educated at Eton and Cambridge, was the pioneer researcher and specialist in the field of ancient, traditional science. Author of more than twenty-five books, his work has profoundly influenced modern thinking, including The Sacred Center, The Dimensions of Paradise, The New View Over Atlantis, Secrets of the Stones, and The Temple of Jerusalem: A Revelation.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 Finding the Center Sitting Around the Fire The Infinity of Centers Contemplating the Navel of the Earth The Central Point of Paradise Surveyors and Geomancers Open-Air Government Modern Centers: America, Australia Principles of Symbolic Centrography Ancient Egypt and Greece Mediolanum, the Center of Gaul 2 The Northern Isles Picts and Vikings The Shetland Al-Thing Why Did They Meet in the Loch? The Shetland Thing Circuit The Pole of Orkney The Thing on Loch Finlaggan Islay’s Tingwall 3 Why the Alting Met at Tórshavn Things of Faroe The Rock of Tinganes The Island Things Iceland’s Ideal Commonwealth 4 The Center of the Isle of Man The Manx Tynwald Dividing Up the Island Locating the Center of Man Approaching the Center: The Royal Road and the Milky Way The Sanctuary of the Celtic High King Inside the Royal Precinct 5 A Diversion to the Center of England Calculations on the Geographical Center England’s Natural Axis Meriden The Center of Roman Britain Rival Centers A Cornish Center in West Penwith 6 The Center of Ireland Myths of Foundation Kings and Constitution Cosmological Divisions Traditions of the Center The Domain of the High King The Geographical Center and the Division of the Provinces The Once and Future High King: A Helpful Suggestion 7 The Cosmological Prototype Bibliography Sources of Illustrations Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 Finding the Center Sitting Around the Fire The Infinity of Centers Contemplating the Navel of the Earth The Central Point of Paradise Surveyors and Geomancers Open-Air Government Modern Centers: America, Australia Principles of Symbolic Centrography Ancient Egypt and Greece Mediolanum, the Center of Gaul 2 The Northern Isles Picts and Vikings The Shetland Al-Thing Why Did They Meet in the Loch? The Shetland Thing Circuit The Pole of Orkney The Thing on Loch Finlaggan Islay’s Tingwall 3 Why the Alting Met at Tórshavn Things of Faroe The Rock of Tinganes The Island Things Iceland’s Ideal Commonwealth 4 The Center of the Isle of Man The Manx Tynwald Dividing Up the Island Locating the Center of Man Approaching the Center: The Royal Road and the Milky Way The Sanctuary of the Celtic High King Inside the Royal Precinct 5 A Diversion to the Center of England Calculations on the Geographical Center England’s Natural Axis Meriden The Center of Roman Britain Rival Centers A Cornish Center in West Penwith 6 The Center of Ireland Myths of Foundation Kings and Constitution Cosmological Divisions Traditions of the Center The Domain of the High King The Geographical Center and the Division of the Provinces The Once and Future High King: A Helpful Suggestion 7 The Cosmological Prototype Bibliography Sources of Illustrations Index
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