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Beschreibung
Many ancient, even prehistoric, monuments and temples around the world show an amazingly sophisticated understanding of the heavens. They reflect this sacred knowledge in celestial alignments - to the eternal cycles of the sun, moon, stars and planets.

The ceremonies performed at sites such as Stonehenge in England or Teotihuacan in Mexico are now lost to us. But the time-worn stones and structures remain, and archaeoastronomers (experts in ancient astronomy) have studied how their sightlines relate to astronomical phenomena such as midwinter or midsummer sunrise or the rising of the Pleiades star cluster. Within, Ken Taylor dives into the fantastical:

  • The principles of astronomy - the seasons, the solstices and equinoxes, the rising and setting of stars, the ""lunar standstills""
  • Solar alignments - the language of light and shadow, and the life-giving shows of the sun
  • Lunar alignments - the drama of the eclipse and the mysterious energies of the night
  • Alignments to stars and planets - reaching out to the immensity of the cosmos

In exploring such connections, in words, superb photographs and clear explanatory artworks, Celestial Geometry opens a whole universe of mystery and wonder, and a window on the inner life of ancient civilizations.

Many ancient, even prehistoric, monuments and temples around the world show an amazingly sophisticated understanding of the heavens. They reflect this sacred knowledge in celestial alignments - to the eternal cycles of the sun, moon, stars and planets.

The ceremonies performed at sites such as Stonehenge in England or Teotihuacan in Mexico are now lost to us. But the time-worn stones and structures remain, and archaeoastronomers (experts in ancient astronomy) have studied how their sightlines relate to astronomical phenomena such as midwinter or midsummer sunrise or the rising of the Pleiades star cluster. Within, Ken Taylor dives into the fantastical:

  • The principles of astronomy - the seasons, the solstices and equinoxes, the rising and setting of stars, the ""lunar standstills""
  • Solar alignments - the language of light and shadow, and the life-giving shows of the sun
  • Lunar alignments - the drama of the eclipse and the mysterious energies of the night
  • Alignments to stars and planets - reaching out to the immensity of the cosmos

In exploring such connections, in words, superb photographs and clear explanatory artworks, Celestial Geometry opens a whole universe of mystery and wonder, and a window on the inner life of ancient civilizations.

Über den Autor
Ken Taylor has an established reputation for carefully researched and lucid writing exploring ancient traditions with contemporary applications. He has worked as an archaeologist and has written extensively on Palaeolithic alignments, celestial events, earth energies, astronomy and mythology.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781786782700
ISBN-10: 1786782707
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Taylor, Ken
Hersteller: Watkins Media
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 249 x 215 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Ken Taylor
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.04.2019
Gewicht: 1,002 kg
Artikel-ID: 115020924