The Sacred Architecture of London

Informationen zum Autor Nigel Campbell Pennick (born 1946 in Guildford, Surrey, England) is a marine biologist, who has also published on occultism, magic, natural magic, divination, subterranea, rural folk customs, traditional performance and Celtic art as well as runosophy. He is a writer on marine species as well as an occultist and geomancer. He also writes on European arts and crafts, buildings, landscape and spiritual traditions. He has written several booklets on the history of urban transport in Cambridge and London. He is best known for his research on geomancy, labyrinths, sacred geometry, the spiritual arts and crafts, esoteric alphabets and Germanic runic studies. Klappentext An exploration into the sacred geometry, spiritual symbols, and emblems that make the churches of London some of the most notable buildings in the city. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Legend, Precepts and Principles 2. Spiritual Principles: Place, Times and Form 3. Number, Measure and Harmony 4. The Sacred Art of Geometry in Action 5. Practical Geometry Techniques 6. Symbols and Emblemata 7. Towers and Steeples 8. Masterworks of a Superior Order Postscript Bibliography Appendix 1: Glossary of technical terms Appendix 2: A chronology of London classical church building Appendix 3: London multi-stage steeples completion dates

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Pennick
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9781904658627
• ISBN: 978-1-904658-62-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General, Folk Art, ARCHITECTURE / Regional, ARCHITECTURE / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Magick Studies, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Hermetism & Rosicrucianism, Folklore, myths & legends, Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought, Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)