Twelve-tribe Nations and the Science of Enchanting the Landscape

by John; Rhone Michell

the twelve tribes of Israel are the most famous example of a phenomenon found throughout the world. Many traditions describe a former ideal social order in which nations were divided into twelve tribes each corresponding to one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Examples of such societies are to be found from Iceland to Madascar from Europe through the ancient East to America. This book describes some of these civilizations and the role that this configuration was believed to play in harmonizing human activity with the forces of the cosmos.

192 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Paul Bard]

This was a short documentary piece about the archetype of twelveness as expressed through politics, government, and enchantment of nature and mankind. The thesis is that twelveness is the key to a Utopian golden age.

It was interesting, as a TV documentary would be, and took about as much time to read. I found the concluding chapter on Jerusalem as the future global capital the most interesting.