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Sacred geometry, philosophy and practice, Robert Lawlor ; [diagrams by Melvyn Bernstein]

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Sacred geometry, philosophy and practice, Robert Lawlor ; [diagrams by Melvyn Bernstein]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 110)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sacred geometry

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

9105697

Responsibility statement

Robert Lawlor ; [diagrams by Melvyn Bernstein]

Series statement

Art and imagination

Sub title

philosophy and practice

Table Of Contents

The practice of geometry -- Sacred geometry: metaphor of universal order -- The primal act: the division of unity : The square cut by its diagonal; [root] 2 ; The [root] 3 and the Vesica Piscis ; The [root] 5 -- Alternation -- Proportion and the golden section : The golden proportion ; Gnomonic expansion and the creation of spirals : Gnomonic spirals -- The squaring of the circle -- Mediation: geometry becomes music : Geometry and music ; Anthropos ; The genesis of cosmic volumes : The Platonic solids

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