Creating Places of Power Creating Places of Power

Creating Places of Power

Geomancy, Builders' Rites, and Electional Astrology in the Hermetic Tradition

    • $21.99
    • $21.99

Publisher Description

An exploration of the traditional rites of auspicious building and crafting

• Explains the ceremonial beginnings and Hermetic principles in the laying out of foundations not only for sacred buildings like temples but also for homes and barns

• Examines the principles and ceremonies of electional astrology and details how to compute natural time, as opposed to clock time

• Shares examples from ancient Egypt, Iran, India, and Europe that range from the Stone Age to the Renaissance and include secret societies

When we make things--whether a building, a sacred space, or a magical object--there is a precise moment when the artifact comes into being as a separate entity. That moment in time possesses its own unique quality, and because of this, there is a right time to do something and a wrong time. And, as Nigel Pennick reveals, we have the power to select favorable moments for our creations, just as our ancestors did.

Illustrating ancient principles of divination, chronomancy, and electional astrology, Pennick examines all the factors behind the ancestral art of geomancy: the auspicious creation and alignment of sacred buildings as places of power. Sharing examples from ancient Egypt, Iran, India, and Europe that range from the Stone Age to the modern day, including secret societies like the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons, he explains how many cities were constructed on specially selected sites and founded ritually at precise, predetermined moments.

Looking at the traditional rites of creating places of power, Pennick explains the ceremonial beginnings and Hermetic principles in the laying out of foundations as well as the use of sacrifice in the building of many notable structures. Examining the role of sacred geometry in geomancy, Pennick explains the Hermetic meaning assigned to each direction in traditional European cultures as well as the principles of natural measures and the science of understanding lucky and unlucky days.

Revealing how geomantic principles are rooted in the structure of the world and the cosmic patterns of space and time, the author shows how they transcend the ages and are just as meaningful today as they were to our ancestors.

GENRE
Health, Mind & Body
RELEASED
2022
November 29
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Canada
SIZE
32.3
MB

More Books Like This

Stonehenge and other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered Stonehenge and other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered
2020
The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts
2013
Stonehenge and other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered Stonehenge and other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered
2020
The Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience The Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience
2020
Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral
2010
Architecture and Ritual Architecture and Ritual
2016

More Books by Nigel Pennick

Elemental Magic Elemental Magic
2020
Pagan Magic of the Northern Tradition Pagan Magic of the Northern Tradition
2015
The Secret Lore of London The Secret Lore of London
2016
A History of Pagan Europe A History of Pagan Europe
2013
Witchcraft and Secret Societies of Rural England Witchcraft and Secret Societies of Rural England
2019
Runic Lore and Legend Runic Lore and Legend
2019