Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
FORM - NUMBER - GEOMETRY - ARCHITECTURE - LIGHT - COLOR - MUSIC - POETRY
All such disciplines, theories, and scientific investigations as truly invigorate the eye of the soul, and purify the intellect from blindness introduced by studies of a different kind, so as to enable it to perceive the true principles and causes of the universe, were unfolded by Pythagoras to the Greeks. -- Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras
Synopsis
Form - Number - Geometry - Architecture - Light - Color - Music - Poetry
"All such disciplines, theories, and scientific investigations as truly invigorate the eye of the soul, and purify the intellect from blindness introduced by studies of a different kind, so as to enable it to perceive the true principles and causes of the universe, were unfolded by Pythagoras to the Greeks." -- Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras
Homage to Pythagoras collects essential writings by authors at the leading edge of the sacred sciences today. Each chapter--scholarly homages to the Pythagorean perspective--confirms the continuing interest in Pythagoras' philosophy as a living reality. These authors provide a major addition to the field of Pythagorean studies and traditional mathematics.
C O N T E N T S
Introduction by Christopher Bamford
"Ancient Temple Architecture" by Robert Lawlor
"The Platonic Tradition on the Nature of Proportion" by Keith Critchlow
"What is Sacred Architecture? by Keith Critchlow
"Twelve Criteria for Sacred Architecture" by Keith Critchlow
"Pythagorean Number as Form, Color, and Light" by Robert Lawlor
"The Two Lights" by Arthur Zajonc
"Apollo: The Pythagorean Definition of God" by Anne Macaulay
"Blake, Yeats, and Pythagoras" by Kathleen Raine