Sacred Geometry (Wooden Books) |  | Author: Miranda Lundy
Publisher: Walker & Company
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 37236
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 0802713823
Dewey Decimal Number: 516.05
EAN: 9780802713827
ASIN: 0802713823
Publication Date: April 1, 2001
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Product Description
Geometry is one of a group of special sciences - Number, Music and Cosmology are the others - found identically in nearly every culture on earth. In this small volume, Miranda Lundy presents a unique introduction to this most ancient and timeless of universal sciences. Sacred Geometry demonstrates what happens to space in two dimensions - a subject last flowering in the art, science and architecture of the Renaissance and seen in the designs of Stonehenge, mosque decorations and church windows. With exquisite hand-drawn images throughout showing the relationship between shapes, the patterns of coin circles, and the definition of the golden section, it will forever alter the way in which you look at a triangle, hexagon, arch, or spiral. Small Books, Big Ideas Historically, in all known cultures on Earth, wise men and women studied the four great unchanging liberal arts -numbers, music, geometry and cosmology-and used them to inform the practical and decorative arts like medicine, pottery, agriculture and building. At one time, the metaphysical fields of the liberal arts were considered utterly universal, even placed above physics and religion. Today no one knows them. Walker & Company is proud to launch Wooden Books, a collectable series of concise books offering simple introductions to timeless sciences and vanishing arts. Attractively simple in their appearance yet extremely informative in content, these unusual books are the perfect gift solution for all ages and occasions. The expanding title range is highly collectable and ensures continuing interest. In addition, the books are non-gloss and non-color, appealing to a greener book-buying public. Wooden Books are ideally suited to non-book outlets. Wooden Books are designed as timeless. Much of the information contained in them will be as true in five hundred years time as it was five hundred years ago. These books are designed as gifts, lovely to own. They are beautifully made, case-bound, printed using ultra-fine plates on the highest quality recycled laid paper, finished with thick recycled endpapers and sewn in sections. There are fine, hand drawn illustrations on every page. The fast-moving world of Wooden Books brings you a selection of fascinating titles. All hardcover, 64 pages, 100% recycled paper at $10.00 each.
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 Fast start May 28, 2009
Fabio Savastano
This is the book that you want to read if you want to get to know the basics in a fast way. Well written and nice presentation. Well worth the price.
 A good introduction to Sacred Geometry principles. May 20, 2009
Noble Sir (Korea)
This book will appeal to students of many esoteric traditions as an introduction or review of sacred geometry principles. It is written for the layman and the pictures help to explain the text. A nice, short book which can be read in one evening over a cup of tea.
easily describes the symbolism in common shapes and patterns March 3, 2009
Tracey Ulshafer (New Jersey)
Ever since reading "Sacred Geometry" I am much more aware of the shapes that surround us in our everyday life. This was a concise, compact book that easily describes the symbolism in common shapes and patterns. I only wish it had more information.
Tracey L. Ulshafer, author "Butterfly"
Interesting little book.... January 13, 2009
Book Worm (Coastal Maine)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This little book would not guide you in replicating the Cathedral of Notre Dame. On the other hand, Miranda makes no such claims. It is by far my favorite introductory work re: sacred geometry and its applications to date. Short; sweet; to the point; if it's not your bag, you're only out $8.00 and very little shelf space should you decide to keep it. So go ahead-skip Starbuck's this afternoon and buy yourself some brain food.
Great primer on the basic geometric figures November 9, 2008
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This simple book describing basic shapes is nice, contains some attractive geometric figures and displays some significant relationships between structures basic geometric figures. It is one of those books that you glance through quickly, are impressed by the contents, and yet are disappointed in the depth. With only 58 pages, half of which are diagrams, there is little space for detailed explanations of the figures. Great book, but it is only a tease into the wealth and depth of geometry.
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