At the Centre of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes

John Mitchell

Published by Thames & Hudson, 1994

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London: Thames & Hudson, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 184pp. Light wear to jacket, a near-fine copy. At the Centre of the World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes. 'The cities of Megalopolis of Ancient Greece, Akhetaten of Ancient Egypt, the "world-centres" of Roman Gaul and Celtic Cornwall, all provide clues to lead John Michell to the geographical and sacred criteria for locating a centre. From studies of symbolic geography, particularly that of Celtic and Norse territories, he has discovered the leading principle for the siting of the "thing" places, main centres of religious and state ritual in Shetland, Orkney, the Faroe Islands and the Isle of Man. He considers possible locations of the most hallowed centres of ancient Druidry and of the High Kings of Ireland. Finally, the esoteric foundation plan for the ancient societies is disclosed: the sacred geometry, the symbolic numbers. Symbols of the centre are among the most persistent elements of myth and belief between cultures widely separated in time and space.'. Seller Inventory # ABE-1712257527154

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Title: At the Centre of the World: Polar Symbolism ...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition