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ONTENTS

INTR ODUC TIONpageTHE SACRED AND THE SYMBOLICi page 3

EARLY C OS M LOGIES AND HE C OS M I C C UB Epage 27TEMPLES IN THE WORLDpage 7

THE D O M A I N OF THE SACREDpage 55FENG SHUIpage 77

EAR TH M AGI Cpage 87AR C HITEC TUR AL MANDALASpage 95

EGYPTIAN SACRED RCHITECTUREpage 1 3ISLAMIC RCHITECTUREpage 121

THE GR EAT CATHEDRALS AND AS TR ONOM I C AL ABBEYSpage 131THE M EM OR Y THEATR E

page 155HUM ANI S M AND THE DI S ENC HANTM ENT OF M O D E R N I S Mpage 77

R EF ER ENC ESpage 188GLOSSARYpage 189

BIBLIOGRAPHY

page 19INDEXpage 191

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AAbbot Suger of St Denis 131133 136112bydos Egyptarupuncture mendiansAfdcatl e l Pa intingsAge of Humani smAjanta Caves, IndiaAI Ukheidlr;r IraqalchemyAllahAlpha Draco nis, the pol e staralphabet

52 7791

1774847

136121 126

32 114 11 6, 1192 1 2

124162Amber Palace Jaipur, Indiaamphithea tre

angelsankhAnt hroposophyAph roditeApolloAquariusArabicarchetypal worldarchetypesArisrodeArs memoriae

42-4188182 18813430, 54 55 5732 4121

100 156, 16814

16 157169

Asklepios Gre ek god of healing 36-7Astrological Memory Th ea tre 1715astrology 10 3 2 50-1 84 109- 10148 -50, 153 169 172 t73178 181Athena 28Athens, GreeceAtlantisA vebury Stone C ircle .

23 179106

England 65 86-8axis 3 1-3 38 42 68 72 75, 98110 111 118 124 153Aztec Universe diagram 99

Babylon 42 48Barbaro , Daniel 162Barfreston Chur ch, Kent , England 52BaToli T emples , Kotah 97Beauvais Ca th edral 138Beow ulf 58Blue Mosqu e, IstanbulBond F. BJighBook of ByrhiferthBoyne Valley, IrelandBramasthanaBrennan , JohnBreucr , MaT edBreughel, PeterBrunelleschiBruno, GiordanoBru ssels Ma sterBull DanceBurckha rdt, TitusCCabbalist The ldcairn sundialCalvinismCamillo , GiulioCampidoglio , RomeCanon , The

121 124 12815218

60-35163911177155 178 17915993

14 50, 72, 75

16062

180158 160- 1 163818

Carlone, Giovanni Batista 172122 126-73955

ca rpetsCasa Rin conada ki vaCastalia Fountain , DelphiCastlerigg ston e ci rcl e, EnglandCastor and Pollux

6415639 93

57 95 126-7Catlin, Geo rgecenere of ehe world

Cem to eI Chapin, Mexico 70C hahar Bagh Isfahan 126chakras 19 100 111-2Chaldeans 31 41-2Chapel at Palaoc hora, Mykonos 35Chartres Cathedral, France 22,133-6 150 151

Maze 150-1North Rose window 134, 135,142-3 14 7School 13 2-3South Front 144South R ose wir>dow 133 135 145W est Ro se w indow 135 13 8,140-1

24 25 32 52 133 135141 142 143 144 145 148Chri st

Christ in Maj esty151 153148

Church of St Francis of Assis i,Italy 135Cicerocircular mazeCity o f Cod, St Augustineco lou rs

44 157 1603652

122-3 13512156

Co rdoba Mosqu e, SpainCo ronation ChairCo rpus Hermetiwln 160cosmic egg 27cosmological diagrams 18 95cosmology 35 42 5 1-2 122Cowen, Painton 132 138-9Creatioll , Tllc 27cro ss 25,93

n d i ~ 70C rusades 132cube 16 1 35 48 50

100, 122 127DDaedalu sDal Ponte, GiovanniDante AligheriDavidson 0Dawkins, PeterDe a liitccturaDee DrJohnDelphi , GreeceDendera, EgyptDendera Zodiac

3715544 158116

11 1-2160, 163-4

17830 55 57

28 108113D escartes , Ren e 181De Witt sketch of the Globe 169-70divine proportionDivine Spiritdodecahedrondom e

22 10650 12221 124 142

30 35 37 43,48 50 93 120 121 123 129dome of heaven 27, 42 , 121Dore , Gusrav 158double cube 24Draeo , co nstellati on 32dragon 57-8 71 77 79Dragon Dance, Hong Kong 79Dream of Scipio 44

D r u ~ ~ 5 5Duomo FlorenceEeagle 137 148Edfu Egypt 1/8Egyptian architecture 103-19Egyptian Landscap e Temple 2Egyptian religion 14 104 108elements 15, 2 12 5 94 100 123 124 150 161 166 180Elephantine Egypt 1/2ElIora Caves, India 48

Ely Ca thedral EnglandEphesus, TurkeyEpidaurus, Greece ,

Sanctuary of Asklepius

24165

equi1ateral triangles 2536-7

163 164FFall ofJeri[ho 45feng shui , Chinese geomancy 77-85Fibonacci Series 22 , 108 142Fibonacci (Filius Bonacci) 22Ficino , Marsilio 160 161Fludd Ro bert 43, 168-70 178, 180Foster, Nomlan 85, 186FOlll1rahlhead TIle 9four evangelists 13 7 148Freud Sigmund 157GGaia, Earth Moeher god dessGalileo Galilei 10 56178 17927 3021-2

11557

Garden of Edengematriageo detic devicegeodetic linesgeomamic co mpass ,Chinese 78 83- 4geo manti c mountain shap es 82-3geometry 10, 15-16 25 52-3 101 114 121-2 124 126 134 135139-48 163-4Gettings Fred 153Gilgamesh Epic , Babylonian myth 27Giotto 159glass 136-8Glastonbury 25 66 152Glastonbury Abbey 151 "152GlastonburyChalice Well 55-6Glastonbury Tor 58 59Globe Theatre London 169-71gnomon 72 75God 20 27 44 52 53 98 111

122 13 3 161 168 178, 179 180Goddess of Mercy Temple, Penang 73gods and goddesses 15 18 2 1

27-31 36 47 48 50 52 55 6066 72 73 74 75, 87 89 98 10310 7 161 179 180

Goethaneum, Dornach, Gem1.lny 182 ,183 184golden mean 22 110, 124 142 143golden rectangle 19go lden section 19 22, 106Great Bea r, co nstellation 35, 84Great God of Time 99 100Great Pyramid Gizeh 31 32 70102, 105, 112 1 /4-9

as a geodetic device 5as an observatory 116-8

Great Stupa at Sanchi 47, 49Great Temple of Ammon ,

Karnak EgyptGreek th ea treGropius Wa iterGuilin, Chi naGurdj ieff, GeorgeGwyn ap NuddH

27 7537 165 1728

78 8218659

Hamlet 174-5Hand Ro bert 178 181heaven 34, 35, 38, 42-4 47, 8084-85 114 121 123 129 131 Hebrew alphabetHellhieroglyph

138 1842 1159

103, 106

High Pri est tarot ca rdHindu templeHipparchus

17350 74 7532

Hong Kong and Shanghai BankHong Kong

Holy GhostHorus. Egyptian godhuman body

human proportionsII C hingIbn Arabi

856732 33 40 41104 1 22

34

77 82-412 1

ila s Bey Mosqu e. Mi letus, Turkey 121Imago Mundi 149b iferno 158International Style 8 185Irish mythology 60Isfahan, Iran 129sis, Egyptian goddess 40 108 134Islamic architecture 120-9

JJain temples 50 96Jan tar Manter Observatory . Delhi 15Jama M asj id Mo sque Delhi 124Jeanneret, Pierre 185Jericho 45Johnson Ph ilip 9Jung, Carl Gustav 13 98 100,

101 14 7, 157Jtmo arid Mars 173KKa'aba in MeccaKabbalahKamak EgyptKepler, Johanneski vaKom Ombo EgyptKrishna. Hind u godL

28 58 97 121 122 1231431 160

30 1042 1 22

38 39 93 1015727

labyrinth 37 59 150Lakshmi Narayan Temple, India 74Lausan ne Cathedral 147, 149-50Le Co rbusier 8 92 2 185 186Leo 40, 113Leonardo da Vin ci 34Lethaby WilIiam 47ley lines 87 89-91Li River China 77 80 82lion 113 137 148Lo P'an , Chinese geo mantic

co mpassLockyer, Sir NormanLogos

8364133

60ords of LightLorrain, Claudelotus

5427, 50, 94 98 100103 108 134

Lubicz RA Schwaller de 103-6108- 11 114

lunar-solar temple 86Luxor Egypt 30 104 108- 11 116MMagician tarot ca rd 173Mahakala, Great God of T ime.

mandala 99mandala 5051 95- 101 139 150154 157 163Mann A T 99 1/ 5 139 143 154157, 163Mars planet 69 82 84 161 172, 173masks 162

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ma sons 14 , 3 177Mausoleum of Ga lla Placidia,R avenn amazeMeccaMedicine LodgeMedicine ManMedina, Arabiamegalithi c astronom ymegalithic monumentsMegalithic Yard MY)memory art

1336, 134, 150-1

121-12339

38,39122

15 60 6115, 19 60-9

87 10167

155-8155-76

11619,69

15732

177

memory th eatreMenzies, Rob ertmeto ni c cycleMetrodorus of ScepsisMexican CalendarMichelangeloMi chell , JohnMies van der Roh emihrab

24-5, 52, 53, 669Mi lky Way ga laxyMinotaurMnemosynernnemotechnic devicesMont St MichelMoon goddessmosaicMoses

12133, 42 98

15015516158

18 4012644

mo squ e 101 122, 124-9Mosque of Ibn Tulun , Cairo 129Mt Ararat, Turkey 58Mc Athos, Greece 46Mt Fuji , Japan 59Mt Mandara, India 98Mt MeruMt of he SunMt OlympusMountain Temple

43,965842,9778155usesmusic 15 , 18 , 21,42

Mykonos, Greece 14mytho logy 31, 40 44, 60 66, 69,

71 85 107 112 , 186

Native Americans 38, 39, 93nave 132Nazca lines, Peru 91new human eco logy 186New Jerusalem 51,52,53 , 66New Sacred Architecture 10, 186Newgrange, Ireland 6 12N ew ton , Si r Isaac 181Nile 33, 40 111-2Ni mrud 41nirvana 179Noah s ark 56,58, 10 7 132Norse culture and myths 31 44Norse Fairy Tales 30No tre Dame, Paris 130 131, 150

North Rose w in dow 1467number 10 15 20-2 66 67 70

100 108 122, 134Nut , Egyptian sky goddess 402

oobservatory

at Babylonocu lu sOdin

44 107

12 15 39 60 / 16-94213730

O-Kee-Pa Ceremon y, native Americanritual 39 , 93Old Sarum. England 90Omphalos, world na vel 38, 56 , 57

orientation 31, 66 , iO2 75Osiris, Egyptian god 40 104 10 7 108pPaJazzo Co mmunale, Siena 158Palbdio, Andrea 8, 162 164, 166- 7Pantheon , RomepapyrusPartheno n, Athenspassage gra vcPei, lMphi, th e proportiOl/

170 1778,43

27 10922, 23, 28, 179

619

18, 19,22,23,106 108

Philae, Egypt 112Philae T emp le 103 109Piazzi Smyth 11 5, 116Piero de lla Francesca 8Pi sces 32, 143, 149, 153Plato 10 16 18, 21,22,24, 106132 150 156, 157Platon ic solids 19,2 1,22,124Platonists 22, 157, 16 1Pleiades, constellation 51 71, 116Plot inus 132, 150polar co nstellations 32Polaris, the pole star 32 66polarity 20precession of the equinoxes 31 32

50 52 /10 116, 143Proctor, Ri cha rd 1169Promaia Athena, Temple at

Delphi 2 18proportion 10 15, 16, 18,42,

106-8 124, 134, 152psyche 10 13 15 30 149, 160psychic energy 20Pyramid of che Sun .Teotihu ac anPythago rasPythagoreanPythonQQur anQuakerismRR aRahuRaphae lR eims ca th edral

70-11020 22 132

42 108 15757

44, 121178

285116, 17

135R enaissan ce 155 , 157, 160 163

168 li D 174, 177 180Revolutionary Science 178R oman Church 178Roman theatre 172R onchamp Chapel, Le Corbusier186, 187rose windows 22, 133, 134-51, 157Ros icruciansround art

22, 134168-9

Roya l D etect;' l's, by CarolineSmith 107

Ro ya l Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong 85ssacred arc hi tecturesacred cavessacred geometry

13 16, 10347-815

sac red m ountain 14 55 58 / 9 396,97

Sa lisbury Ca thedral 90San Gio rgio Maggiore, Venice 164Sa n Lorenzo, Florence 176San Min iaro , Florence 153sanctuary 6i 91, 93, 127, 129

n d e x

Santa Maria No ve lla, Florence 158Sa turn 42, 83,8 4, 153, 161,172-3, 176Sa unders, Michael 69Scamozzi, Vincenzo 166

oo of AlII by Raphaei 16, 17School of th e Compass , feng shui 84Scorpio 147Sea of Milk Milky Way) 98Seal of Solomon 25, 66Sekhmet, Egyptian god dess 30se rpent 3 15 7 71 87Se t, Egyptian god 32, 33, 40 41Seti I, Pharoah, Tomb of 40Seven Uberal Arts 155Seven Pillars of Wisdom 161Seven Rays 35Shah Mosque , Isfahan 9 15 123Shakespeare th eatre 169 75Shore Temple, Madurai, India 74signalling and suppressing signs 92Si lbllry Hill , England 65, 87, 88Simonides 155snakes 36, 37, 104solarsystem 2 1,22,31 ,52, 153, 178Solomon s Temple 28, 103 182sph ere 16, 19 20 42-4 100 148sphin x 103 113spira mirabi lis 18spiral 18,33, 42,62, 93, 143Spirits of Fom l 184Spiritus mundi (sp irit of the world) 180square art of memory 1689squaring th e circle 34, 70 4St Chappelle, Pari s 135St Denis, Paris 132StJohn 133, 138 148St Michael 58St Peter's, RomeSt Sepulchres Ch urchSte iner, Rud olfstone circl esStone of DestinyStone of Foundation,

177101

182-464, 65, 92

56Hebrew temple 52Stonehenge 19 31 44 66-9 90

92,93Stllkeley , William 44, 66, 87-8stllpa 48,96,97, 100 101Sufism 178Sule Pagoda, Rangoon, Bumla 97sun god 28,39-4 1, 71, 107 108sunflower 18, 22, 142Swan Theatre , London l iOsymbolism 13- 15, 20 33, 42-4,

4i-53 60 100 103-4 108-1012 1-3, 132 143-4, 148-50153, 158-9, 174, 186

TTabern acleTa} A1ahal Agm diatalismanTaoismtarot

28, 35, 44, 479, 125

163178

172-3164,166, 167

38,93151

Teatro Olimpico , Vicenzatt'epeestelluric currenttemple 27-30 35-6, 47-53,

72, 75, 96, 100 105 122Te mple of Hathoor, Egypt 113Temple ofSobek, Egypt 57Temple of Wisdom 16 1tenttentpoleTeotihuaca n, Mexico

35, 38, 47, 9538

70- 1

Teutonsth ea treThebes EgyptTheseus

47158, 162-7557 104 107 112

150Thom3S AquinasThoth

15730 160

122, 124, 12610 20 30 32, 50-I 53, 71,

tilestime

98 104 107 132 149time and space 5 1, 57 , 70Toiuum , Mex ico 71Tomb of Amo ncho peshfu, Egypt 107Tomb of Nefertiti, Egypt 104T omb ofSe ti 1TorahTo wer of Babel

404411

tracery 138Treas ury of Atreus, Greece 63tree of life 30 52 160 163Tre lleborg, Denmark 101Troy , Turkey 173T ype I and II religion 178-8 1Typ hon , Egy ptian god 40UUtriusque Cos mi His/oria by Flud d 169vVall ey of the Kings Egypt 40 107Valley of th e Qu eens , Egypt 104Va stu - Purusha Tem pl e, India 51Vedas 42Veneto 8, 166Venus 69, 82, 83, 134, 153, 161 , 172vesica piscis 24, 44 , 52, 55, 66,

72, 152Vicenza, Ita ly 9, 166Vikings 101Villa Rotonda, Italy 8Villa Trissino, Melodo, Italy 8Virgin Mary 24, 134, 135, 142 143,147-9, 153Vishnu, Hindu god 98Vishwanath Temple, Kh ajuraho,

India 97Vitruvius 72, 162, 163, 166, 172Wwater 15,21, 25, 27,42 5, 56, 77

80 83, 100 149, 166Weaver, Herbert 913West Kenn et Long Barrow 87Westmi ns ter Abbey 56wheel 30 50 95 98 135, 138, 139,

150 179Wheel of Fortune 138, 139Wilton Hou se 245Wincht s ter R oun d Table , England 53World Axis 98world mountainworld treeW right, Frank Lioyd

46, 47, 49, 9i30 31 44 49

22 , 185, 186yya ngya ntraYates, FrancesYggdrasil TreeyinZ

77 8010 100

158 160 163, 17130 31, 44

77 80

zodiac 18 2 1 31 32 39 40 52 5384 95 108 113, 124, 14i-50

153, 163, 166, 169-73Zo ro astrian ism 179Zoroastrians 44