TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lawlor,Robert
AU  - Bernstein,Melvyn
TI  - Sacred geometry: philosophy and practice 
T2  - Art and imagination
SN  - 9780500810309
AV  - QA477 L418 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Thames and Hudson
KW  - Geometry
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Proportion
N1  - "Originated in a series of seminars held in New York City for the Lindisfarne Association, Crestone, Colorado"--Verso of t.p; Includes bibliographical references (page 110); I. The practice of Geometry -- II. Sacred Geometry: Metaphor of Universal Order -- III. The Primal Act: The Division of Unity -- IV. Alternation -- V. Proportion and the Golden Section -- VI. Gnomonic Expansion and the Creation of Spirals -- VII. The Squaring of the Circle -- VIII. Mediation: Geometry becomes Music -- IX. Anthropos -- X. The Genesis of Cosmic Volumes
N2  - 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
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