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Sacred geometry : philosophy and practice / Robert Lawlor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Illustrated library of sacred imaginationPublication details: New York : Crossroad, c1982.Description: 111 p. ; illISBN:
  • 0824500628 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 516.001 23 L418
Contents:
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-- Bibliography-- Sources of illustrations--
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books ISI Library, Kolkata 516.201 L418 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C26330
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: p. 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--

Bibliography--
Sources of illustrations--


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