The Sacred Center: The Ancient Art of Locating Sanctuaries Paperback - 2009
by John Michell
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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.
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- Title The Sacred Center: The Ancient Art of Locating Sanctuaries
- Author John Michell
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Edition
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-03
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781594772849 / 1594772843
- Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.04 x 0.57 in (22.86 x 15.34 x 1.45 cm)
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- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Celtic, Mythology, Norse
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008050244
- Dewey Decimal Code 304.23
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