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The genesis and geometry of the labyrinth : architecture, hidden language, myths, and rituals
- Title
- The genesis and geometry of the labyrinth : architecture, hidden language, myths, and rituals / Patrick Conty ; with the assistance of Arianne Conty.
- Author
- Conty, Patrick.
- Publication
- Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, c2002.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 296 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-288) and index.
- Contents
- The Gotland labyrinth -- The enigma -- The labyrinth is not a maze -- The trace of the ritual -- The equation and its solution -- The bound universe and the eternal return -- The woven myth -- The Malekulan ritual and the story of Aeneas -- The living and the dead -- A puzzle of myths -- The Malekulan Nahals -- The temple as a knot -- About knots -- The origin of language in Dogon myth -- The hidden language of nature -- The ball of thread and Ariadne's technique -- The geometric crossing -- Time -- Axis and center -- The Hopi labyrinths -- The concept of the maze -- Why a four-dimensional knot? -- The equivalence of samsara and nirvana -- Different aspects of reality -- The cord -- Labyrinths within labyrinths -- The image, the whole, and the changing aspect -- Gestalt -- The tennis ball and the path of the grandmother -- The book of Durrow : the reversal -- The labyrinth in painting -- A labyrinth practice -- Structuralism and contemplation -- Now what? -- Meaning and the mythic path -- The crossing of codes evokes space -- Physics, anthropology, and the continuous whole -- Circumambulation and revelation -- Cretan seals and the art of the whole.
- Call Number
- JFF 03-922
- ISBN
- 0892819227 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2002015054
- OCLC
- 50643750
- Author
- Conty, Patrick.
- Title
- The genesis and geometry of the labyrinth : architecture, hidden language, myths, and rituals / Patrick Conty ; with the assistance of Arianne Conty.
- Imprint
- Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, c2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-288) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 03-922