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Explores how ancient people who grasped the timeless principles of sacred geometry were able to create flourishing societies. This title features more than 300 colour illustrations that reveal the secret code within the geometrical figures and shows how they express the spiritual meanings in the key numbers of 1 through 12.

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'A delightful book: clear, witty, beautiful and illuminating' - The Spectator
'Instructive and illustrative … John Michell has stamped this book with the freshness and originality that are his hallmark. It is a worthy bequest of an extraordinary mind … a source of inspiration for seekers in the arts, mathematics and the Mysteries' - Temenos Academy Review
'Utterly gorgeous … 288 full-colour pages of wisdom and wonder … A thing to be cherished, a work of art, it is also a beautifully illustrated geometry primer with philosophical commentary … the text is Michell’s finest prose - cool, succinct and rational' - Fortean Times

How the World Is Made

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    A Paperback / softback by John Michell

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      Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Publication Date: 19/03/2012
      ISBN13: 9780500290378, 978-0500290378
      ISBN10: 0500290377

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores how ancient people who grasped the timeless principles of sacred geometry were able to create flourishing societies. This title features more than 300 colour illustrations that reveal the secret code within the geometrical figures and shows how they express the spiritual meanings in the key numbers of 1 through 12.

      Trade Review
      'A delightful book: clear, witty, beautiful and illuminating' - The Spectator
      'Instructive and illustrative … John Michell has stamped this book with the freshness and originality that are his hallmark. It is a worthy bequest of an extraordinary mind … a source of inspiration for seekers in the arts, mathematics and the Mysteries' - Temenos Academy Review
      'Utterly gorgeous … 288 full-colour pages of wisdom and wonder … A thing to be cherished, a work of art, it is also a beautifully illustrated geometry primer with philosophical commentary … the text is Michell’s finest prose - cool, succinct and rational' - Fortean Times

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