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The temple : meeting place of heaven and earth / John M. Lundquist

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Art and imaginationPublication details: [New York] : Thames and Hudson, [1993]Description: 96 p. : ill., ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780500810408 pbk
  • 9780500810408 pbk
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Focus on the divine -- Plates -- Themes
Summary: John Lundquist follows it back into the darkness of prehistory, unveiling features that are common to ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian beliefs, Hinduism, Buddhism, Maya and Aztec cults, Islam, Judaism and Christianity; showing examples such as Borobudur, Angkor Wat and the biblical Temple of Solomon. The place of ritual and initiation, the mountain, the waters of generation, the pillar joining heaven, earth and the underworld, the path to the innermost sanctuary: these concepts are universal and eternal
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Focus on the divine -- Plates -- Themes

John Lundquist follows it back into the darkness of prehistory, unveiling features that are common to ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian beliefs, Hinduism, Buddhism, Maya and Aztec cults, Islam, Judaism and Christianity; showing examples such as Borobudur, Angkor Wat and the biblical Temple of Solomon. The place of ritual and initiation, the mountain, the waters of generation, the pillar joining heaven, earth and the underworld, the path to the innermost sanctuary: these concepts are universal and eternal

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