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Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice

by Robert Lawlor

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  • 20th century
  • Language: English

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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 the reader in practical experiments, he leads with ease from simple principles to a grasp of the logarithmic spiral, the Golden Proportion, the squaring of the circle and other ubiquitous ratios and proportions. This book is part of the Art and Imagination series, gloriously illustrated paperbacks which cover Eastern and Western religion and philosophy, including myth and magic, alchemy and astrology. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking and accessible writing to each intriguing subject.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Sacred geometry, symbolism, and numerical mysticism.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject
  • Astrology

    Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the description and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Astrology”· in description
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Sacred geometry, symbolism, and numerical mysticism

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “sacred geometry”. Retained metadata contains “Sacred geometry” in the title and “Sacred geometry” in the edition title.

    • “sacred geometry”· via OpenAlex
    • “Sacred geometry”· in title
    • “Sacred geometry”· in edition title

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OpenAlex scholarly book record

1982-01-01Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Medical Entomology and ZoologyEnglish—Unknown

Subjects

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