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Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice
The thinkers of ancient Egypt, Greece and India recognized that numbers governed much of what they saw in their world and hence provided an approach to its divine creator. Robert Lawlor sets out the system that determines the dimension and the form of both man-made and natural structures, from Gothic cathedrals to flowers, from music to the human body. By also involving th...more
Paperback, 111 pages
Published
March 17th 1989
by Thames & Hudson
(first published 1982)
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This is an amazing book, so densely packed with information that I can only nibble a little bit at a time. A while back, the vesica. Some time ago, the derivation of platonic solids. Recently, the divine proportion and the really mind blowing concept the greeks took from it, that a truer perception of the world is not subject/object, but relationship. Still applying this one to my reality and getting great results.
This book is full of exercises to help you derive these forms for ...more
This book is full of exercises to help you derive these forms for ...more
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A lot of scientific detail about the fact that all things extend from the pattern found within the flower of life, with the golden mean representing the greatest balance.
This book is amazingly short and simple. Yet, there is a beauty in what it describes and the pictures. A quick read through is helpful for remembering the manner in which geometric shapes correspond to one anther.
The illustrations are beautifully done. I can't give it more than 4 stars because I don't know that it's more than a coffee table/pass the time sort of piece.
The illustrations are beautifully done. I can't give it more than 4 stars because I don't know that it's more than a coffee table/pass the time sort of piece.
If you only get one book on sacred geometry, this is it.
It's actually more of a workbook than a textbook. There are lots of drawings and examples.
I recommend it so strongly because there are activities you can do. Doing the processes and solving the problems with pencil, paper, compass and square is the experience of the philosophers who valued this study so much.
It's actually more of a workbook than a textbook. There are lots of drawings and examples.
I recommend it so strongly because there are activities you can do. Doing the processes and solving the problems with pencil, paper, compass and square is the experience of the philosophers who valued this study so much.
This book is a wonderful introduction to sacred geometry by anthropologist and esotericist Robert Lawlor. It is organized like a workbook and acts as a step-by-step guide, introducing mathematical concepts and philosophy side by side. It's the most complete and user friendly introductory text on the subject I've found, plus the illustrations are positively ecstatic!
Another Wooden Book (I have about 10). Very, very interesting material in this tiny book. Will open even a tightly closed mind. It's beautiful and feels like visual poetry to me. I loved it.
Doing practice math problems isn't for everyone, but I loved it. History, Math, and Art all described as one.
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Miranda Herrick
FASCINATING! Want to get into this more and more to help inspire my art!
Perhaps the most succinct consideration of proportion and infinity.
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